Washington Liberals

Conservatives love to hate government and taxes. They love to promote “liberty” and “freedom.” Yeah, in the same way that criminals like liberty: to cheat, steal, etc.

Brave New Foundation reports: “From 2009 to 2011, 70 percent of retiring three- and four-star generals and admirals left the Pentagon to cash in off jobs with contractors and consulting firms, using their knowledge of the Pentagon and Capitol Hill to reap their own immense profits from public coffers.” Read the report Strategic Maneuvers.

My e-mail seems to have two recurring themes lately, each from the opposite side of the political spectrum. It goes like this: “Hey, have you seen this? Anonymous claims to have hacked Karl Rove’s intended election manipulation.” And this: “Are you doing anything about the rampant voter fraud that put Obama in office?” 1. The…

On January 5, 2012, the Washington Supreme Court ruled: “We affirm the trial court’s declaratory ruling and hold that the State has not complied with its Article IX, section 1 duty to make ample provision for the education of all children in Washington.”  (Summary of Supreme Court’s McCleary v. State Decision) Governor Christine Gregoire has…

From: Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four

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It’s fun to see what whacko conspiracy theory the right wing comes up with. (Same for the far left, I suppose.) Here’s one that’s making the rounds. I saw it on a conservative email list I monitor. According to sources in the State Department and the CIA, and intercepted communications from the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama…

Stand Strong. Add your name here: http://bit.ly/WipgS1 But the Tea Party contingent is even worse than Boehner.

Having won re-election thanks to the strenuous efforts of millions of Democrats and progressives, President Obama is now freed from the pressures of campaigning. I fear that he will do what he really wants to do:  serve the interests of Wall Street and the military-industrial complex. Last year he volunteered to cut Social Security and…

Twenty years ago, smoking was permitted in most restaurants and public buildings. Nowadays, smokers have accepted that they have no right to force nonsmokers to put up with secondhand smoke. In a similar way, society needs to make the transition to a mindset in which driving a single-occupancy, non-electric passenger car is viewed as selfish,…