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Welcome to Turn-Left, a blog that used to be dedicated to the misfits running this country. They've left town. Now it's a blog dedicated to expunging the toxic Bush legacy. That should take at least the next four years.
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July Fourth Special
Here are some holiday suggestions for ways to utilize the summer's unfolding events and organize your priorities, so far. As you set off your firecrackers and bottle rockets, and 500 G military artillery shells (like we do here in Texas),…
The injustice continues under Obama
Yesterday, the military board hearing the case of Lt. Dan Choi, who told the truth about his sexual orientation on the Rachel Maddow show, moved to toss him from the military under the Don't Ask/Don't Tell policy (even though they consider him…
Follow Up
A few days ago I wrote a blog entry called "Inharmonious". In it, I sent along some remarks from Mssrs. Krugman and Reich about the shortcomings of Obama's response to the financial debacle we have on-going. I said that I…
Bringing new meaning to the word
Hypocrisy (hy.poc.ri.sy): The practice of claiming to have standards or beliefs that are contrary to one's real character or actual behavior.
I'd say the above just about defines the present-day GOP, and it is because of this that I cannot even take…
Reverse Psychosis
A few months ago, a new feature, "Schott's Vocabulary", appeared as daily insertion on the Op-Ed page of the NYT. You can also access it directly on the web , here: http://www.benschott.com/. As a "word guy", I have been getting…
Acronyms
Due in large part (I understand) to the nearly illiterate communications skills of Paris Hilton (someone called her "Perez" Hilton in an email to me the other day…as in Simon Perez? Scarey), many young people, on the MySpace, Facebook and…
Both Paul Krugman (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/opinion/19krugman.html?_r=1&th&emc=th)
this morning in the NYT, and Robert Reich (http://robertreich.blogspot.com/)
in his blog posted on 6/18, indicate that they are not happy with the compromise and short-sighted nature of Obama's proposals for over-hauling the economy and our financial policies.…
Oops, we did it again
I'm thinking that they can't help themselves. The GOP disintegration has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the latest self-immolating buffoon is Representative Mark Kirk, junior congressman from Illinois. Congressman Kirk's less-than-excellent adventure took him to none other than China. You…
The Man Who Isn't Here
There may well be some terrible and urgent truth to the saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same”. The word ‘change” stings harshly this morning. The President is not here: he is in France, or Cairo…
Nobody Likes theTruth
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090608_hold_your_applause/
Many people do not like Mr. Hedges, because of his stance on religion, but when he tells the truth and explains ugliness and indefensible cruelty for what it is, you must give him some space. I concur with this, almost…
A Metaphor?
Air France flight 447 is a metapohor for the U.S. economy. It has crashed in a huge sea of debt and we have sent out an armada of financial rescue vehicles. Sadly, Capt. Geithner and First Officer Summers are in…
The New American Mythology: Boy. Are We In Trouble
The citizens of the United States, in this, the first part of the 21rst century, are living in a land of make-believe. We are making our way through every day, pretending to have our lives dependent upon, and grounded in,…
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