Washington Liberals Blog

How to stop the Tea Party: a response to Sam Harris 1

How to stop the Tea Party: a response to Sam Harris

Here are two ways to stop the Tea Party and other libertarians. First, progressive Democrats should fight to take over the Democratic Party — the way Tea Party activists recently took over much of...

Promising Obama speeches 0

Promising Obama speeches

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?

Boss rakes in millions; workers get food stamps 1

Boss rakes in millions; workers get food stamps

All told, the federal government provides $65 billion a year in food stamps to almost 46 million Americans. While that sounds like a lot of money — maybe it’s something Republicans in Congress would...

Transpartisan dialog: is it possible? 0

Transpartisan dialog: is it possible?

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...

Shared Sacrifice my Ass! — Photos 0

Shared Sacrifice my Ass! — Photos

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...

Crisis of Capitalism 1

Crisis of Capitalism

RSA – Ideas and Actions for a 21st Century Enlightenment Uh-oh, it’s a marxist analysis. Hey, can Marx have things figured out correctly from time to time? Thanks to Austin K for passing this...

Quickie: I want the Democrats to win, so …. 0

Quickie: I want the Democrats to win, so ….

(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...

Double Dip Anyone? 0

Double Dip Anyone?

The stock market continues to be on a roller coaster ride as it slides and then rebounds as traders engage in fishing the bottom and making trading commissions, sliding a few bucks out of...