Washington Liberals Blog

The Peoples' Budget versus the Obama and Ryan Budgets 0

The Peoples' Budget versus the Obama and Ryan Budgets

See The Congressional Progressive Caucus’ description of the Peoples’ Budget.   Support for the People’s Budget Paul Krugman “genuinely courageous” “achieves this without dismantling the legacy of the New Deal” Dean Baker “if you...

Watch Pirate TV with streaming video 2

Watch Pirate TV with streaming video

Good news!  You can watch Pirate TV with streaming or downloaded video, from the comfort of your computer.   I have never been able to watch the broadcast shows (on my boob tube) at the...

Workers give, business gets in Legislature 0

Workers give, business gets in Legislature

You’d be hard pressed to find a better example of “kick-’em when they’re down” politics this year than the workers’ compensation legislation rushed through Olympia on Monday. By the governor’s own estimate, the bill...

Obama Hostility Syndrome 2

Obama Hostility Syndrome

I guess “Obama Hostility Syndrome” applies to the far left as well as the far right. It is a condition whereby fault is found with anything and everything Obama does. Short memories and impatience...

Update from the Front Lines of the Class War 2

Update from the Front Lines of the Class War

The Washington legislature continues to crawl through the special session. You can see where they have been by tracking the slimy trail. Well. I guess that’s a little harsh. But here is a note...

More Notes on the Fragility of Empire 0

More Notes on the Fragility of Empire

“Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would...

Dinner with Dennis Kucinich 3

Dinner with Dennis Kucinich

I was one of about a dozen King County Democrats that just had dinner with Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich at the Georgetown Liqour Company. This was not a fundraiser. I was hoping to learn...