Category Archives: commentary

THE LATEST TEA PARTY-INFESTED, REACTIONARY REPUBLICAN PARTY GRANDSTANDING!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

May 16, 2013  By Jack Jodell. For nearly as long as I can remember, the Republican Party has used  lies – BIG lies - as tools both to gain and to maintain power. To enumerate all but the most recent ones would fill … Continue reading →

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A LONG-OVERDUE TRIBUTE TO I. F. STONE!

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

May 12, 2013  By Jack Jodell. A voice rarely mentioned anymore, yet nonetheless tremendously influential during that fabulous liberal era of the mid-1950s to the early 197os , was that of Isidor (Izzy) Feinstein Stone, better known as I. F. … Continue reading →

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HYPOCRISY WON BIG IN SOUTH CAROLINA!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

May 8, 2013  By Jack Jodell. Hypocrisy won big in South Carolina Tuesday night. There, 1st congressional district voters elected their recently disgraced former Republican Governor, Mark Sanford, to a term in Congress by a 9 point landslide. In a very heavily … Continue reading →

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THE SLY TEA PARTY ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT OUR GOVERNMENT!

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

May 1, 2013  By Jack Jodell. With very, VERY rare exception (notably in its earliest years and again, briefly, during the progressive-era presidency of Teddy Roosevelt over 100 years ago), the Republican Party has never stood for or represented the best interests … Continue reading →

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THE LIES OF AUSTERITY MEASURES!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

April 26, 2013  By Jack Jodell. An April 18 piece by Senior Editor Lynn Parramore which appeared in Alter Net has blown a hole in the reactionary Republican LIE which has fueled utterly ridiculous and needlessly barbaric austerity measures all across Europe … Continue reading →

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GREAT PROGRESSIVE VOICES (Part IX)!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

April 18, 2013  By Jack Jodell. It has been some time since I have added a post to this series, which has highlighted a wide array of people from a great many walks of life. Each has, through progressive ideals and … Continue reading →

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BEST WAYS TO BATTLE THE NRA AND GOA!

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

April 14, 2013  By Jack Jodell. The National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners of America have once more flexed their political muscles, and their paranoid efforts have again worked against the safety, welfare, and best interests of the American people. They … Continue reading →

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GOOD RIDDANCE, MARGARET THATCHER

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

April 9, 2013  By Jack Jodell. The United Kingdom’s former Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, passed away from a stroke on Monday. She was 87 and had been in declining health for many years. Thatcher had been a very powerful … Continue reading →

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MY EASTER SEASON WISH FOR THE WORLD!

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

April 1, 2013  By Jack Jodell. The Lenten season, with its call for introspection, sacrifice, and charity for all, has now passed. It is replaced by the Easter season, a celebration of new life over death. In the Christian world, this marks the … Continue reading →

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SHOCKING FACTS ON U.S. GUN VIOLENCE!

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

March 24, 2013  By Jack Jodell. The pre-Christmas senseless murders of defenseless 6 and 7 year olds by automatic weapons at Sandy Hook Elementary School atill weighs heavily on my mind. So, too, does the infuriatingly slow and pitifully weak … Continue reading →

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