National politicsLatest Post: Started By: Latest Topics oneill Did President Obama "win" the debate at Hofstra University? YES HE DID! Will we re-elect him? YES WE CAN! Posts: 0 - The President made a striking comeback tonight at the Town Hall debate at Hofstra University in New York ... oneill Have these sites become nothing more than "fib forums" for rightwing hacks who have given up on convincing the public of their extremist views on topics of current interest? Posts: 0 - Entertainer George M. ("Yankee Doodle Dandy") Cohan once said "When the act is going badly, haul out the flag. oneill Is there a concerted effort on the part of some right-wing extremists to distort or revise American History to suit their current idelogical agenda? Posts: 0 - The Texas school textbook controversy and the issuing of "pro-Confederate" textbooks to fourth graders in Virginia seems to be only the tip of a massive "revisionist" iceberg .. BobDahler Gaggle of Nitwits: Who will ultimately be the Republican nominee to oppose Obama? Posts: 0 - My opinion: The exhisting (and past) Republican candidates who have expressed the desire to oppose Obama in 2012 do not have a chance. oneill While (in a perfect world) a candidate's religious views should be off-limits, does the over-four-yea r-long speculations about the president's religion open the door for speculations about Mitt Romney's LDS faith and how it might affect his policies? Posts: 0 - My views on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) faith are neutral - I don't consider them to be a "cult" or less "legitimate" than other denominations. oneill In regard to the first presidential debate, who "won" and who "lost"? Better still, who made his case and who didn't? Posts: 0 - At the risk of upsetting the racially-impaired folks around here, I think that Romney's position was best summed up by the Reverend Al Sharpton who said "Romney presented an eloquent testimony... oneill Is Mitt Romney the "Manchurian Candidate"? Posts: 0 - .. oneill Do right-wing folks - and some others who should know better - habitually mis-use, mis-interpret, or mis-represent terms like "communist", "socialist", "Marxist","fascist", "democracy", "republic"? Posts: 0 - From 1945 until the fall of the Soviet Union, right-wing "fringe" folks such as McCarthyites and John Birchers were in the habit of calling opponents "communists" or... oneill Are local Republicans so desperate that they need to put out a REALLY funny "alternative newspaper" called The Marietta Post* that contains some gems of falsehood and partisan propaganda? Posts: 0 - When I started to dump the ads from today's 9/21/12 edition of The TIMES, I noticed an insert from the local Republican Party entitled "The Marietta Post". Apparently, the G.O.P. oneill Celebrate Labor Day by reminding Americans why unions are important! Posts: 0 - VOTE UNION November 6th ... Make EVERY day Rabid Season! Support AFSCME & AFL/CIO! Wun Wikki Wagged! BeRight Are the security breaches from within the current administration more serious than the Valerie Flame debacle? Posts: 0 - I think so since it can not be blamed on Bush. 4Truth have Republican or Democratic Presidents done more to grow the economy? Posts: 0 - What does the data tell us if we disaggregate GDP growth, changes in unemployment rate, and changes in the federal debt by sitting President's political party? Also - which party does a better job... oneill Did so-called "American" conspiracy nuts endanger the life of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was attacked by a mob in Alexandria, Egypt, that "heard" from righty blogs the fib that she "supports" the Muslim Brotherhood? Posts: 0 - Certain far right "conspiracy" nutcases - including Frank Gaffney (who touted fake WMD theories on CNN and FOX in 2002), Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck, The Washington TIMES, and assorted... BobDahler Chinese influence on American politics Posts: 0 - Sputknik7 feels this is a concern...Do you? (I do). BobDahler What are the ramifications of Wisconsin's contract annulment legislation? Posts: 0 - Even if you like the notion of busting unions via this legislation, where do you suppose this concept could end? oneill As the NRA goes into "damage-control" mode after the Aurora, Colorado shootings, is it issuing orders to stifle debate on the topic of assault-weapon restrictions by accusing its opponents of "politicizing a tragedy"? Posts: 0 - Almost immediately after the two articles on the Aurora movie theater tragedy appeared in The TIMES (July 20-21), local NRA surrogates went immediately into damage-control mode and - taking a cue... oneill oneill oneill In light of the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona, is it time for many politicos and hot-button radio an tv demagogues to curb their dogma, especially when it contains violence-provoking terms and imagery? Posts: 0 - In the wake of the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others (6 of whom died) it might be time to take a long overdue look at the sort of rhetoric put forth by politicians... oneill While media attention was focused on Romney's silly London gaffes, did he, during his visit to Israel, make an even WORSE mistake, by upsetting both Israelis AND Palestinians via his antiquated views about "culture" and "success"? Posts: 0 - If there was ever a doubt that Mitt Romney subscribes to the early-20th century philosophy of "Social Darwinism", these doubts should be dispelled by what he said during his visit to... |