A. Picazo: Chevron – Because BP Wasn’t Drilling Deep Enough
Fifty miles off the coast of Louisiana, upwards of 100,000 barrels per day of oil are gushing from BP’s Deepwater Horizon well into the Gulf of Mexico. With the equivalent of one Exxon-Valdez seeping...
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Death By Trolley: Why Obama and Democrats are Less Trustworthy than Bush and...
Why a progressive blogger trusts Republicans more than Democrats and Obama to follow through on their commitments. . . . → Read More: Death By Trolley: Why Obama and Democrats are Less Trustworthy than...
View ArticleBattle of lightweights: Bush vs. Perry
Well, not Bush personally. He's too busy sitting back in his La-Z-boy or clearing brush from his porch. But Karl Rove, Bruce Bartlett et al. are waging a battle royale against pipsqueak Rick Perry, a...
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Red Tory v.3.0.3: Enough of 9/11 Already!
Arrrrgh. Another maudlin 9/11 commemorative is drawing closer – this time with even more dramatic intensity, being the 10th anniversary of the completely avoidable attacks on the American “homeland”...
View ArticleBush Toronto speech ‘abruptly canceled’. The power of the populace.
Tea Partiers and the right wing love to think they are populists. Bullshit. Real populism comes from the grass roots - people - doing it for themselves, not from billionaire brothers. Such is the case...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Fair Game – The Things Politicians Do While We...
I rarely watch films today, preferring some of the edgier fare offered by cable television series such as Justified, Nurse Jackie, Trueblood and Breaking Bad. Nonetheless, with my son visiting last...
View ArticleFox News whines that George Bush isn’t getting credit for assassination of...
This is one time Fox News can keep the credit for George Bush. After all, they tried this with the capture of Saddam.Right wingers cannot handle anyone getting credit except for themselves. They hate...
View ArticlePushed to the Left and Loving It: Should We Be Concerned With Those Harper is...
In 1911, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil, then the largest multinational corporation, because it was simply becoming too big and powerful. The company's battles with former...
View ArticlePushed to the Left and Loving It: Why Does the Right Hold the Left to a...
Despite the allegations of sexual misconduct, Herman Cain continues to poll high with Republicans.And yet they wasted millions of tax dollars in an attempt to impeach President Bill Clinton, because of...
View ArticleDeSmogBlog: Climate Denier Marc Morano Praises "George W. Obama" at COP17
marc-morano.jpg If the jury was still out on President Barack Obama's climate policy accolades (a huge "if"), consider the verdict now in, and from a surprising character at that: Marc Morano. Morano...
View ArticleWhat George Bush hath wrought: 90 Iraqi youths stoned to death for ‘emo’...
So this is what George Bush’s invasion of Iraq has come to. Gotta love the democracy of this bit of theological murder. Just think, prior to 2001 Iraq was a secular enemy of al Queda. Now it’s...
View ArticleLeDaro: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld -the liars
These bastards are responsible for the killing of over one million Iraqis – majority of them women and children. No one has the courage to make them accountable including softy Obama. We live in a...
View ArticleEclectic Lip: Wynne-win for Canada! And, is America ready for another white...
I welcomed Kathleen Wynne‘s victory in the leadership race for the ruling Ontario Liberal Party this past Saturday, even though I live in faraway British Columbia. And I do mean far away — seriously,...
View ArticleArt Threat: Blown Up: Gaming and War
Let’s face it: shooting stuff is fun – in video, that is; but it can also be ethically complicated. Gallery 101’s current exhibition Blown Up: Gaming and War, brings to the conventions of video gaming...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: The War Crimes of Our Political Leaders
Recently I wrote a brief post directing readers to a story written by Chris Hedges. Hedge’s piece, entitled The Crucifixion of Tomas Young, conveyed the very sad story, one that has probably been...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Syria: Iraq Redux
Rachel Maddow is hated by the right and all who peddle propaganda as truth. The following video illustrates why: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Recommend...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Opposites Attract: The New Conservative Love Affair...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Canada and the US share the world’s longest undefended border, speak the same language approximately, and as is engraved on the ‘Peace Arch’ in Blaine Washington we...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Why Is the West Spoiling for a Fight with Russia?
At a time where the commercial media, or much of it, serves to whip up hysteria over challenges from ISIS, the so called aggressive actions of Putin and other US/Nato driven issues we can be grateful...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: This is not just what terrorism looks like; it’s what a...
PHOTOS: Is Old Glory, as the American flag was once known, now the banner of a failed state? Below: Donald Trump, president of the United States, divider, deceiver and denier in chief, incompetent and...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: He Speaks – But Will The Truth Set Him Free?
In the following, George Bush offers an opinion that reveals more than he perhaps intended. Was it just one of his usual gaffes, his advancing years, or a subconsciously motivated expression of...
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