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A new essay by Bernard Weiner: "Shallow Throat": Is Obama Turning Into Bush Lite?
May 27, 2009
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Bernard Weiner:
NEW: "Shallow Throat": Is Obama Turning Into Bush Lite? The high-ranking GOP mole uncorks some stunning revelations about Obama, the Democrats, the Republicans, and even speculates about the necessity for a big-tent populist third party in the future.
REPRISE: Getting Through the Coming Depression. As the country sinks deeper into recession -- two millions jobs lost in just a few months -- and a coming Depression, Americans will have to pull together to help each other make it through the catastrophe. This will take individual effort but also the clout of federal government public-works and other job-stimulation programs. (First published Nov. 18, 2008)
Ernest Partridge
On Behalf of the "Tea Bag Brigades:" A Proposal. Here is my proposal: Make all tax payment voluntary. If all those April 15 "tea party" tax protesters find tax-paying so onerous, then they should be excused from paying taxes. The only provision is that if they do so, they are no longer entitled to the services that are supported by taxes. Before you accept this proposal, consider first this list of tax-supported services.
REPRISE: Kill the Umpire! The anti-government crowd has had the public podium pretty much to themselves, and thus even the plain beneficiaries of government protection have been persuaded to join cry to "Kill the Umpire!" Never mind that the moment the umpires leave the field, the game is over, and nobody wins! This is true with every organized team sport, and as history demonstrates conclusively, it is true of all human societies that have attained a civilized condition. (Chapter Seven of Conscience of a Progressive, a book in progress).
June 3, 2008
Ernest Partridge's Blog: A farewell tribute to an old friend, Bruce "Utah" Phillips: pacifist, activist, poet, folklorist, and song writer.Bernard Weiner's Blog: The Holding-One's-Nose-While-Voting Dilemma. In November, should progressives who aren't enamored of the Dem nominee swallow hard and vote for that candidate -- because s/he isn't McCain -- or should progressives vote for Nader or McKinney or Gravel? In a heated exchange of letters, here is an updated version of the every-four-year dilemma. Hold your nose or go for more political purity? (April 15, 2008)
