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These excerpts from President Obama’s speeches explain why people trusted him to bring real change. Was he forced to renege on his promises? Or was he lying when he made these promises?

I’ve been getting invitations to events organized by “Seattle Transpartisan Alliance” (also here). They wish to find common areas of agreement across the political spectrum, between libertarians and liberals, in particular. For example, they...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sunday Washingtonians took to the air, land and sea to challenge Washington’s wealthiest corporations and individuals to share the economic sacrifices with working families. Joggers, picnicking families and boaters visiting Seward Park...

(Editor’s note. With this posting, we introduce “quickies”: short blurbs or summaries that are quick to read and — hopefully — dense in content. Links to interesting external content also count as quickies. Often...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shared Sacrifice My Ass Regatta! This Sunday at Seward Park, Seattle 11:30am. View Map Bring your voice, your dancing shoes, inner tubes watercraft to join the flotilla. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember the Target Ain’t People...

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Quotes-economics.htm The Adam Smith that everyone knows: Every individual… intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which...

What’s going on with the Republican Party? Their candidates keep getting further and further out in right field.  The Tea Party libertarians are more extreme than typical Republicans in their opposition to government and...

Why is it that conservatives have been able to escape accountability for their inhumane priorities? That’s starting to change. Soup Kitchen at Dave Reichert’s office Norm Conrad of MoveOn reports that on Thursday the...

Be scared. Be very scared. [Graphic:  Uncle Sam being drowned in a bathtub, with five hands choking his throat] An alliance in the Republican Party has a stranglehold on the US political system.  The...

President Obama should call it quits and allow a stronger Democrat to run in his place in 2012. His repeated capitulations and sell-outs have so demoralized Democratic voters that they’re likely to stay away...