Tag: Bernie Sanders
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Donald or Hillary: a Calm Discussion
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe election conversation gets narrower and narrower the closer we get to November 8. I’ve already told you what I plan to do. I’ve also urged my readers to vote for Hillary, even though when she was first nominated I said I wouldn’t talk about my plans. This began out of loyalty…
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Shady Business in North Carolina
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDid you ever wonder how Bernie could raise so much money from ordinary people and still lose the vote in some states? Watch this video on Tim Black’s YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl-mHhH4qS0
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Bernie Sanders and the Supreme Court
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s my theory that Merrick Garland will be confirmed to the Supreme Court. I think this is inevitable for the reason that everyone involved in this process has an interest in maintaining the Court’s conservative majority. Then if the next president has to replace a liberal justice he or she will…
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The Valiant David Brock
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen David Brock criticizes Bernie for being too hard on Hillary it almost sounds like he wants to give her a handicap. He might be right—if not for Donald Trump Hillary Clinton would be out of the running by now—however Brock’s criticism of Sanders is nonsense and I think everyone knows…
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Yes Virginia, There Really is The People
Reading Time: 5 minutesI”m not sure what Curtis White had in mind with his recent article for Salon Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and the Real Reason Why Change Never Seems to Come. Salon, Jan. 30, 2016). https://www.salon.com/2016/01/30/this_is_an_oligarchy_not_a_democracy_donald_trump_bernie_sanders_and_the_real_reason_why_change_never_seems_to_come/I agreed with his argument against regime change which is carried out through the back door of democratization, but after…
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Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Weave A Tangled Web
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor many of us the data scandal scenario that was being presented to us in which Bernie Sanders was the offender and Hillary Clinton the innocent victim had an aura of unreality. But then we were told that the behavior of Sanders’ staffers was even worse than we knew. Heck, even Greg…
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The ACLU and Corporate America
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m afraid I’m still focused on the presidential campaign. I didn’t intend to spend so much time on this subject, but it seems the activities of Black Lives Matter and the support they have received from the ‘liberal’ media need some kind of explanation. The media pretends it’s a question of whether BLM…
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Do Black Activists Have a Beef With Bernie Sanders?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt looks like Bernie Sanders’ campaign has already moved on in responding to Black Lives Matter. I probably should make it clear that the following is just my opinion. On Saturday a group of people belonging to an organization called Black Lives Matter stormed into a Netroots Nation town meeting with the…
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Agribusiness Meets Reality
Reading Time: 7 minutesI recently said that the words of those who criticize Laudato Si’ have no substance. Now I’ll try to be more specific. Laudato Si’ is a rebuke of current practices, including agribusiness, but it is not the only dissenting voice. In this post, agribusiness meets reality. My concerns about the environment are…