We the people, of all races and cultures must unite to fight the corporate take over of our country that has arisen since deregulation began and trickle down economics have proven disasterous. We cannot truly be a civilized nation until we act responsibly, morally, and truly assert that “all men are created equal”. Quality health care and education for all are civil rights the masses are being deprived of. Quality Education and Health Care for All, Not Warfare!
Friday Feedback: Ten More States?
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160 years and the chickens are coming home to roost, and instead of letting loud white supremacists shout down attempts at reasoning in the Obama era, it’s time to end the apartheid by having Congress invite the Mexican people to dissolve their ever-corrupt fatcat and cartel-controlled govt. and failed country and join the U.S. as 10+ new states sans racism.
Friday Feedback: A Better, Stronger, More Unified Nation
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Just as importantly I hope the right wingnuts come to understand America will be a better, stronger, more unified nation when it works for all it’s citizens – not just some of them.
Friday Feedback: A Nondescript “Balanced” Approach
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nd at home, from the likes of Salazar and Vilsack, we get a nondescript ‘balanced’ approach to environmental stresses – kind of like my adolescent son’s diet – half health food, half junk food.
Friday Feedback: A Constitutional Convention for California
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Senator Hancock said that “AS STRUCTURED California is ungovernable” and she voiced her strong support for a Constitutional Convention, as well as her total support of her friend Rick Jacobs – founder of the Courage Campaign.
Friday Feedback: Repeal the Controlled Substances Act of 1970
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Only a clause about interstate commerce provides the CSA (Controlled Substances Act of 1970) with any pretext of constitutionality. The effect of the CSA on interstate commerce is to fatten outlaws and endanger homeland security while the treasury bleeds.
Friday Feedback: American Blacks and Iranians
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Devin, commenting on David A. Love‘s “The Revolution Will Be Twitterized.” Here’s Devin’s comment: You had it right until you said “Cairo protest surely provided a catalyst for the Iranian protests”. We must remember [...]
Friday Feedback: Crony, the Corporate Clown
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Wayne, commenting on Carol V. Hamilton’s “Right Wing Sedition.” Here’s Wayne’s comment: The real sedition is coming from within the Democratic Party, which is now rapidly becoming the party of Crony the Corporate Clown [...]
Friday Feedback: Waterboarding for Real
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by James Dehnert commenting on William J. Astore’s “The United States of Euphemism.” Here’s James’s comment: I have noticed that every person who has agreed to be water boarded on TV to see how bad [...]
Friday Feedback: Merchant of Misery Degree
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Craig commenting on Lorraine Payette’s The Poor You Shall Have with You Always.” Here’s Craig’s comment: Poor has become a MBA major now. You can learn how to charge the unisured double what insured [...]
Friday Feedback: At Least They Had Some Flava!
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Roman commenting on Charley James’ “Why TV Is the Pits.” Here’s Roman’s comment: Another thing that I believe contributes to the decline of network television and I’m not speaking of cable here is the [...]
Friday Feedback: Torture and America’s Moral Compass
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Magic StarER commenting on Charley James’ “Suppresssed Abu Ghraib Photos Published Down Under.” Here’s Magic StarER’s comment: Americans have certainly lost their moral compass and this is why they are not shocked by the [...]
Friday Feedback: Gun Lust
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Jessica Teel, commenting on David A. Love’s “A Philly Tragedy Reminds Us of America’s Gun Lust.” Here’s Jessica’s comment: Well said! We focus on “terrorism” when the REAL violence in our society is domestic, [...]
Friday Feedback: Bottom Line, Vote No on All!
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Lauren Steiner, commenting on Sheila Kuehl’s “California Budget: How Abel Raised Cain.” Here’s Lauren’s response: I appreciated this article. There are very few places that we can learn about the ins and outs of [...]
Friday Feedback: Absolute Unwillingness
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Wayne from Fullerton, commenting on Obama’s Surprising First 100 Days by Randy Shaw. Wayne commented: As I read your article, I can not help but find myself emmitting sounds like “hhhmmmmm” over and over. [...]
Reader Feedback: Behaving Like a Human Being, Complete with Foibles
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Weekly the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Stephanie, commenting on His First 100 Days. Stephanie writers: “I think Obama has been behaving like a human being, complete with foibles. For the time being, it is just such a relief to be able [...]
Friday Feedback: Making the Army Experience Center Realer than Real
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Buck-Connecticut, commenting on “Shutting Down the Army Experience Center,”by Pat Elder. Buck responded: “The mall-based Army Experience Center has stirred up controversy by using simulators (aka video games) to create a fun-filled, hi-tech recruitment [...]
Reader Feedback: Moral Crossroads
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Weekly the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Michael, commenting on Please Investigate War Crimes Now: Please by Charley James. Michael writes: I think you are exactly right. Without acknowledging the problem and making sure that the people who caused the problem are [...]
Friday Feedback: Supporting What Is Real and True
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Lisa, commenting on “Easter Reflections on a ‘Christian Nation.’” by Charley James. Lisa writes: As I recall, most of the gospels – the ones the Church decided to select for the ‘official’ bible hundreds [...]
Friday Feedback: Eight Years of Job Declines Under Bush II
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Richard Mathews, updating his own article, “Who Creates Jobs? Democratic Presidents Do!” Richard writes: UPDATE: With today’s final job numbers for January, we can now close the books on Bush II. After eight years, [...]
Friday Feedback: Oligarchs Will Not Play Fair
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Carole Lutness, writing in response to Anthony Asadullah Samad’s Economic Recovery Will Be More than Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan.” Carole writes: The oligarchs will not play fair. They are not built that way. [...]
Friday Feedback: Who Are the Consumers When No One Has the Money to Buy Anything?
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Ramona, writing in response to Joseph Palermo’s “Blue Dogs and Citigroup Fight the Employee Free Choice Act.” Ramona writes Great piece. We were at our most stable when unions and the middle class flourished. [...]
Friday Feedback: Not for Profit, Taxpayer Supported, Single-Payer, Authomatic, Free Universal Healthcare for All
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Jack Smith, writing in response to Robert Reich’s “Is Obamanomics Conservative or Revolutionary?” Jack writes :Finally, the time has arrived to fix Americas Healthcare crisis, and Americas healthcare nightmare. Hundreds of thousands of you [...]
Friday Feedback: Land Use and Transit
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Yoshidad, writing in response to “Economic Recovery Must Include Transit“ by Erin Steva and Kevin J. Powers. Yoshidad writes: Let’s not forget revisions to the land use that accompanies transit. Currently the vast majority [...]
Friday Feedback: Comic Book Biology
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Stephen F. Stringham, Director of Alaska’s Bear Vieiwing Association, writing in response to Jessica Teel’s article, “Eye on Palin: Disregarding Science Thwarting Democracy.” Stephen writes: Since my name has been dragged into this debate, [...]
Friday Feedback: Putting Rehabilitation Back in Prison
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Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Judith Traverso in response to Guy Geltner‘s “From After Guantánamo: The Crisis of U.S. Prisons and Lessons from the Medieval Past.” Judith writes: Thank you, Dr. Geltner, for your very interesting article on prisons [...]
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Friday Feedback: The Gates Teaching Moment
Most Fridays the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by David Landau, commenting on Robert Fuller’s “Rankism: The Elephant in Professor Gates’s House.” Here’s David’s comment: Robert Fuller’s piece is certainly the best analysis I’ve seen of “Gates-Gate.” Rather than produce a whodunit, or [...]