Wedge issues only?
In Olympia and in D.C. Democratic politicians are delivering progressive legislation on gay rights and women’s rights.  That’s good. But these issues ARE wedge issues and I feel like I’m being taken for a...
Washington Liberals Blog
Save the News: Stand with arrested journalists
Stand with arrested journalists So far more than 50 journalists, including eight last week, have been arrested in the U.S. while covering the Occupy Wall Street movement. Last Wednesday a documentary filmmaker was arrested...
Link: US Business and Government Colluding to Fill American Jobs with Foreign Workers?
US Business and Government Colluding to Fill American Jobs with Foreign Workers?
World Life Expectancy – Interesting Website Shared by My Friends at TC Pro-Net
The Thurston County Progressive Network are a great bunch of folks who work year-round to produce a more progressive community in the Olympia area. In this week’s calendar they share a link to World...
NYTimes: Army officer challenges Pentagon's Afghanistan reports
Army officer challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan reports “How many more men must die in support of a mission that is not succeeding?“
How money bought State Senate seats in the 2010 election
There were only a few competitive State Senate races in 2010. The Republicans won all of the close races with the exception of the 44th LD and 26th LD, where conservative Dems won by...
Ayn Rand versus Jesus
Source unknown Ayn Rand (conservative hero): “I am against God. I don’t approve of religion. It is a sign of a psychological weakness …. I regard it as evil.” Jesus Christ: “It is easier...
I know some people with no feelings and no conscience
They have no qualms about doing nasty things such as polluting air and water and not paying their fair share in taxes. They’re called corporations, conservatives, and Koch brothers. And if, as right-to-lifers claim,...