As I recall from my college political science class, politics is the legitimate exercise of the will of the people. As representative democracy in the United States has been hopelessly corrupted, we need new politics. What form shall that be? Direct democracy? Facebook polling? Pure plutocracy? I propose that we add to interest groups which…
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Google Executive
I think it’s funny how The Google Executive in Egypt is credited with the revolution, and is identified as The Google Executive instead of as a citizen of a particular country. Google is a nation! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7
60 Minutes Assange Interview: News or Yellow Journalism?
Steve Croft’s interview of Julian Assange is full of barely veiled innuendo. Crofts acts as a self-appointed judge of Assange’s actions. This is not an unbiased interview. It is a low point for the quality of news reporting at CBS News. Faced with Assange’s defense of acting in the best tradition of American values, Crofts…
Cut Defense Budget to pre-9/11 Levels
I applaud the cooperation between Ron Paul and Barney Frank on cutting Defense spending. This article is old news, but I still want to point it out: Why We Must Reduce Military Spending Though I’m far from being a Tea Party activist, I’m glad to hear that many of them refuse to take Defense spending…
Dear Mr. President
Here’s my message after the State of the Union (tried to send it via whitehouse.gov, but they give me a 404 error): I cannot take anyone seriously when they discuss controlling the budget crisis and will not address Defense spending. I’m glad to hear mention of your support for proposed cuts in Defense. But, they…