In their frontal assault on the dissatisfaction of progressives, the Obama team is making a key distortion that needs to be directly challenged. They are claiming that we are unhappy because the Democrats have not brought about change quickly enough. The truth, however, is quite different. We are upset because Obama is going in the completely wrong direction.

Party hacks/grifters have it backwards when they insist we owe them our vote. In our representative democracy they have to earn our vote, or else they will earn our opposition.

Biden & Obama use Filibuster Scam to Block Elizabeth Warren from Full Appointment — by NormanB

On college campuses, credit card companies entice naive undergrads into signing up for super-high-interest-rate credit cards by giving away “perceived high-value items” like t-shirts or coffee mugs. They’re called perceived high value items because they really aren’t worth as much as people assume. Their only purpose is to distract from the terrible terms in the [...]

The Constitutional Referendum Vote Period Reaches a Climax

Massachusetts is Embarrassed, Humiliated by Sen. Kerry’s Disgraceful Climate Fraud Bill — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

The Senate’s Filibuster Rule is not in the Constitution: It was Changed Twice by an Oilman that Nobody Voted For. Who can Change it Now? The Answer is Shocking.

A look at recently passed health reform, growing momentum for the public option, and the movement for and future of single payer healthcare in America

Health reform passed really is “what change looks like.” What’s at stake isn’t simply the future of health care but the future of change in this country. The process that unfolded over the past year is an example of what any meaningful reforms or proposed radical changes dealing with issues will face in the future. And, it’s up to us, the people, to decide if this is how we wish future reforms to be handled.

Some of the best parts of Katherine Viner’s 2003 play, My Name is Rachel Corrie, have to do with how this vibrant 11-year-old spent the first half of the second half of her short life. In the play, the actress acts out a kid growing into adolescence and young adulthood. The scenes are based on diaries and correspondence Rachel’s parents shared with the playwright. Watching the monodrama, one can sense, through the diaries being declaimed, a powerful, rich, resonant feminist voice beginning to emerge.