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goNPA commented on the diary post That dog won’t hunt by Cynicman.
Recommended! I almost cry when I see bumper stickers of “Peace” and “Elect Obama” on the same car. How many wars are we fighting now? Certainly we are fighting wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Bahrain, Syria and are beating the drums for war in Iran. There are also credible reports of [...]
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goNPA commented on the diary post San Onofre is Dead & So is Nuclear Power by solartopia.
Recommended! Good news, but we have not won the war yet. As zapkitty said above, “Sorry, truly sorry, but not so fast on the jubilee.” In Georgia taxes have already risen to pay for two brand new nuclear plants that do not even have to be built in a state whose laws prohibit full financing [...]
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goNPA commented on the blog post Imprisoned CIA Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou Pens “Letter from Loretto”
Glad this is being covered somewhere. It is very sad that Obama supporters look the other way on whistleblowers, war, the environment, and civil rights. See also Whistleblowers – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/whistleblowers-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party
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goNPA commented on the diary post Engelhardt: The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History by Tom Engelhardt.
Highly Recommended! Great article! Only one slight disagreement.
Ronald Reagan caught the mood of the era perfectly. One of his first acts was to order the removal of those panels and none were reinstalled for three decades, until Barack Obama was president.
In fact Obama has has not installed solar panels even though they were offered [...]
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goNPA commented on the diary post Peter Van Buren: If the Government Does It, It’s “Legal” by Tom Engelhardt.
This is a little overstated.
Perhaps, but the danger to whistleblowers is not overstated. See http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/whistleblowers-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party It has 115 references thus far.
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goNPA commented on the diary post Peter Van Buren: If the Government Does It, It’s “Legal” by Tom Engelhardt.
When will we see the new president he always wanted to be now that it is his second term? What happened to “Elect him and then hold him accountable!” ??????????????
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goNPA commented on the diary post Peter Van Buren: If the Government Does It, It’s “Legal” by Tom Engelhardt.
Recommended! This is another fine job we won’t see in the mainstream press.
Unfortunately, the Guantanamo and whistleblower prosecutions the author mentions are hardly isolated cases.
See Civil Rights – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/civil-rights-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party
See also Whistleblowers – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/whistleblowers-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party
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goNPA commented on the diary post Obama’s Former PR Flack’s Firm Does PR For Keystone XL Pipeline, Tar Sands Rail Transport by Steve Horn.
“But we can hold him accountable”,remember Van Jones,Norman Solomon,Jeff Cohen & Bill Fletcher peddling this idiocy just before the election in 2012.
Along with a million other people who still – even now! – believe they made the right choice? I remember it all too well.
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goNPA commented on the diary post Bradley Manning and Julian Assange by janerauch.
This is why we need to be concerned with all causes. “At least he supports gays,” is not enough.
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goNPA commented on the diary post Julian Assange on George Bush’s Library and Bradley Manning’s Trial by codepink.
Recommended! If you want to support Bradley, you could also hold President Obama accountable. He is head of the executive branch. Bradley’s arrest, torture, and continued imprisonment as well as the prosecution of Assange are under his orders, not those of Bush. By all means hold Bush accountable, but don’t give Obama a pass for [...]
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goNPA commented on the diary post MoveOn protest Thursday in Pittsburgh against horrible Obama plan to cut Social Security. by Steelydan3 (Philip Shropshire).
And on it goes. No matter how many specifics given, the republicans will always be worse and this election is too important so we must suck it up, vote democratic, and then hold Democrat (Fill in the Blank)’s feet to the fire. Democrats (fill in the blanks) have been disappointing, but that is ancient history. [...]
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goNPA commented on the diary post Engelhardt: Field of Nightmares by Tom Engelhardt.
Recommended!
See also War – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/11/wars-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party -
goNPA commented on the diary post Earth Day, Earth Spin by Consumer Watchdog.
Recommended!
Unfortunately, the situation for the US EPA is very similar. See Environment – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/08/environment-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party -
goNPA commented on the diary post Learning the Hard Way: The False Promises of Standardized Tests by amerigus.
Recommended!
The destruction of our public education has been eagerly pursued by both Parties using the same tactics. For verification see Education – http://newprogs.org/blog/2012/01/14/education-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party -
goNPA commented on the diary post In off election years it is permissible to criticize democrats and pretend to hold them accountable. by goNPA.
Now dakine01, I violated no rule or TOS and you never gave an explanation. This has nothing to do with not endorsing a candidate. Your outing of Michael Cavlan and Al Maki was unjustified by their comments. Your refusal to return Al’s comments was also unjustified. If you review the comments back then you will [...]
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goNPA commented on the diary post John Kerry, Is There Something Wrong with Your Brain? by Ohio Barbarian.
Kerry, like Hilary before him, also did a rapid retreat from environmentalism with his demonstrably false Environmental Impact Statement on the XL Pipeline. Perhaps we should just turn the other way because he works for Obama.
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goNPA wrote a new diary post: In off election years it is permissible to criticize democrats and pretend to hold them accountable.
Ahhh, it is that season again. We have a narrow window of opportunity in an off election year to criticize democrats and pretend to hold them accountable. Bill McKibben in The Fossil Fuel Resistance said, “Like Occupy, this new Resistance is not obsessed with winning over Democratic Party leaders.” I hope he is serious about the [...]
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goNPA commented on the diary post Who’s Your Progressive Candidate for 2016? by jaango.
Someone who is not a democrat. They have let us down too many times on too many issues.
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goNPA commented on the diary post Bill McKibben: How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Democrats? by Tom Engelhardt.
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