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davidl commented on the diary post Greenwald v Maher on Terror Facts by davidl.
Great points, nonplussed. It’s not that American Christians and Jews are 50,000 times more bloodthirsty than Muslims. It’s that we don’t see victims blown up, force fed, testifying about their suffering or torture, or witness anything about it. Unless we post about them, those 100+ children are completely invisible to the Americans who funded their [...]
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davidl wrote a new diary post: Greenwald v Maher on Terror Facts
It was thrilling to finally see, on this week’s HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher , an articulate guest answering Maher’s frequent screeds that Islam is overwhelmingly the most violent and dangerous religion. Glenn Greenwald was well prepared and answered so swiftly, brilliantly and efficiently we had to replay it several times to fully enjoy it. http://youtu.be/EYG7GR13DnU [...]
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davidl commented on the blog post Making the Indisputable Fact the US Engaged in Torture a Part of Consensus in Washington
Kevin – nice work as always.
Can you comment on potentially the most promising avenue for justice in this case? Obviously it is not Obama reversing his policy of blanket immunity for torture. It’s Universal Jurisdiction, where the Bush era torturers are prosecuted for authorizing torture while the Obama administration is prosecuted for violating the Convention Against Torture for the immunity and for keeping their secrets? -
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davidl commented on the diary post An African American President by lakota.
Yes, wow – all this predictable and accurately predicted in August 2008. It’s no surprise you missed that diary; the author was instantly banned from The Daily Kos. Fortunately pre-emptive comments by the author prevented the diary itself from being Hidden, so we can see today: for those not blinded by race, party and “hope”, [...]
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davidl commented on the diary post President Shoves Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling Down the Memory Hole by davidl.
Good points about how the law is abused – Glenn Greenwald’s excellent “With Liberty and Justice for Some” deeply analyses this process with many examples.
But as you’ll see in my reply to Vote Socialist, in this case the arguments don’t make moral OR legal sense.
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davidl commented on the diary post President Shoves Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling Down the Memory Hole by davidl.
Yes, exactly! Thank you, very well said – if only you were writing Obama’s speeches. This is a president who claims to pride himself in his “teachable moments” drawn from today’s controversies, but here that’s revealed as another lie. I offered $10 to anyone who could find Obama mentioning ‘Loving v Virginia’ in any context, [...]
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davidl commented on the diary post President Shoves Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling Down the Memory Hole by davidl.
Thanks Ohio – always insightful. Sometimes find myself writing the speech about equality that any honest, self respecting black president would deliver to sway the court – like you say. It’s obvious. That’s what people expected but will never get from BHO.
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davidl commented on the diary post An African American President by lakota.
Obama succinctly proves how foolish it is to base your voting decisions on race. Likewise, pro-lifer Phyllis Schlafly’s vagina does not make her a feminist. If you vote based on superficials, we all lose. If you look at someone’s character instead, you can predict much more accurately what they will really do – sometimes far in [...]
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davidl wrote a new diary post: President Shoves Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling Down the Memory Hole
Here’s video of our president this week , deceiving the public about the historical role of the federal government in the history of marriage equality. “…the federal government has to respect decision by the states. That’s traditionally been how it works.” But the key historic marriage equality ruling was 1967′s Loving v. Virginia, the federal Supreme Court ruling [...]
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davidl wrote a new diary post: Let’s Break Strom’s Filibuster Record!
Yesterday Kentucky Senator Rand Paul did a real filibuster – where you actually have the strength and courage to speak and inform the public instead of quietly, cowardly holding up the Senate’s business – to draw attention to the murderous drone program run by the president and his CIA Director nominee John Brennan. There are [...]
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davidl commented on the diary post Only a Black President Can by davidl.
McKinney was my candidate too! There were multiple great candidates on that ballot – including Nader – and as usual thanks to the bizarre year-long media blitz to mislead the public known as “campaign season”, most voters had literally never heard of them until they saw them on the ballot on election day. I keep [...]
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davidl commented on the diary post Only a Black President Can by davidl.
Thanks – and I know what you mean. I don’t mean to exaggerate the black outcry against Obama’s crimes and his continuity with Bush, but it’s real and growing. I realize for every outspoken truth teller there’ll be a Sharpton who has vowed never to criticize the president about anything. But West, Tutu and Belafonte [...]
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davidl commented on the diary post Only a Black President Can by davidl.
Thanks, brother. I’ve just discovered the Black Agenda Report and Glen Ford, thanks to you.
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davidl commented on the diary post Only a Black President Can by davidl.
Great to see these responses. Great to meet you, Ohio! Thrilling how you spoke out on King Day. Yes you’ll see more of me. Yes Wendy – I’m eager to converse here. (Remember – during my first post here you joked Warren Buffet was getting the medal of freedom from Obama — and within hours [...]
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davidl wrote a new diary post: Only a Black President Can
With the election, inauguration, State of the Union speech and President’s Day behind us, and Black History Month almost done, it’s time to take stock. Barack Obama has won two presidential elections. He’ll never run again. If he’s going to be fully effective, it’s time for us to face how many Americans have been blinded by [...] -
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davidl commented on the blog post Democrats Still “Myth-Busting,” Proudly Boasting About Spending Cuts
Hi Dave! Enjoyed our brief chat this weekend.
A goal in running for US Senate in California has been to bring these ideas into the debate where they’ve been shut out, as forcefully as possible. http://Levitt2012.orgOn the Vote Smart “Political Courage Test” form I filled out today, they allow 100 words to summarize Spending and Taxes – along with a list of what to increase (education, research) and decrease (military, homeland security).
“The US should be investing in its future — education through college, and 21st century jobs in infrastructure and renewable energy.
Despite efforts to keep it secret, the federal reserve has recently spent $7 Trillion on too-big-to-fail banks that continue to make risky gambles with our money. Economists understand this scale of funding should instead be invested in JOBS and renewable energy infrastructure, so our economy recovers quickly, and so the US regains its role as worldwide economic leader, educator, and technology innovator.
It’s not fair for investors and the wealthy to pay a lower tax rate than working people.
In a simpler, fairer tax system, there needn’t be a cap on payroll taxes or a lower tax rate for capital gains.
Moreover, a small transaction tax on big Wall Street financial moves will reduce the incentive to speculate at the expense of the public, stabilizing fuel prices and much else.” -
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