Category Archives: Politics

THE REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT!

May 23, 2013  By Jack Jodell. The Republicans are right to assert that government is the problem and not the solution. No, friends – I have not lost my mind – kindly just hear me out. Before long, I’m sure … Continue reading

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

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!

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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THE SLY TEA PARTY ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT OUR GOVERNMENT!

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!

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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GOOD RIDDANCE, MARGARET THATCHER

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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SHOCKING FACTS ON U.S. GUN VIOLENCE!

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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WHAT WILL IT TAKE?

March 21, 2013  By Jack Jodell. We have received the devastating news from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that Senator Dianne Feinstein’s attempt to reinstitute a ban on private ownership of assault weapons with large magazine clips will not even be brought … Continue reading

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CAPITALISM NOW CREATES MISERY INSTEAD OF WEALTH!

March 17, 2013  By Jack Jodell. “The needs of the many far outweigh the wants of the few.” – Star Trek’s Mr. Spock -  Those words, so profound and eloquent even today, were first uttered by a fictional TV character … Continue reading

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A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT SET FORTH BY THE NEOCONS!

March 12, 2013  By Jack Jodell. Within the past week, the ever-belligerent North Koreans began shooting their mouths off and stirring up trouble again. First they showed a video on their state-run TV of New York City being destroyed in … Continue reading

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