KVIE Sacramento: Air the Documentary “Citizen Koch”!
Show the documentary! The Koch’s certainly spend HUGE sums to have THEIR views not only heard, but pounded into people’s brains. The least PBS, as a public network, … Read more
James Israel
Promoting the “General Welfare” Should Include Health Care for All
Obamacare is an inefficient end-run around the right’s insane aversion to single payer health care for all The Constitution says that government should promote “the general welfare.” To … Read more
There they go again! Republicans Take Country Hostage Over Obamacare
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, “There they go again!” on Obamacare I think even the ol’ Gipper would be ashamed of his party these days. What do they think they’re … Read more
Instead of Bombing Syria, How About Cutting Off Western Corporate Support?
Late last year, as the regime of Bashar Assad was continuing its murderous rampage against the people of Syria, the governments of Iran and Russia offered their diplomatic … Read more
Millions of Extremely Important Tweets Lost to Ether as Twitter Goes Down Momentarily
The Day the Twitter-verse Stood Still Millions of astute, insightful, earth-shaking and otherwise irreplaceable tweets were wasted today — lost forever to the recesses of the universe — … Read more
After Daring Crash Rescue, Newly Minted Hero Zimmerman Goes on Do-Gooder Spree
George Zimmerman always wanted to be a cop, now he’s one better: A serial hero! According to news reports, a few days after George Zimmerman was acquitted of … Read more
Reverse the Races, and the Verdict Would Be Reversed
How many really think that a big black man with a gun killing a skinny white kid with Skittles would not have received a guilty verdict? Supporters of … Read more
Sarah Palin Ponders Half-Term Senate Run
“Like a mama grizzly, I’ll have to go hibernate part way through,” says Palin Sarah Palin, who served half a term as governor of Alaska — quitting after … Read more
It’s Alive! GMO Wheat Stage Million Grain March on Capitol
Recently escaped from the lab, GMO wheat is ‘occupying’ farmland — as well as Washington — and demanding its rights Ever since unapproved GMO wheat was found sprouting … Read more
Mass Shootings Happening Everyday Now; NRA Says It’s the Price of Freedom
“It’s just not enough to make a fuss and create new laws about,” says NRA’s Jim Porter as bullets fly at press conference Since the Newtown school shooting … Read more
