Here's Barrack Obama's reasoning in today's New York Times for getting out of Iraq. He says it will allow us to expand the war in Afghanistan (and he hints...
Bill, What is YOUR alternative? Don't give me Ralph Nader or some other person who cannot and will not capture a nomination, much less an election....
dwemhane@...
Jul 15, 2008 2:23 pm
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I think the alternative is Ralph Nader. If you don't vote for what you believe in, you are throwing your vote away. If enough people support Nader, he gets in...
Not that it matters that much, but for the sake of accuracy it was not the Taliban who were behind 911. It would appear that we would best be served by keeping...
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Jul 15, 2008 3:56 pm
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The Taliban provided an environment for the training grounds for a lot of the radical Al-Quada and other radical terrorist groups, especially with funds from...
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Jul 15, 2008 4:23 pm
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The Tailban offered to turn Osama bin Laden over to the U.S. on several occassions. As recently as August 2001, the offer was made again. The only sticking...
Former South Dakota Senator Jim Aboureck is the founder of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee. He frequently takes people to the Middle East to...
Bill, Good points about Bush and the Taliban - - who can defend the actions of this current President and administration - - they do have one course of action:...
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Jul 15, 2008 5:18 pm
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The miracle of South Africa should stand as our reference point. You would have thought that following years of the repressive white regime that when blacks...
And who was it who supported and armed the Taliban? Today on NPR I heard a person say ( an author interview) that we as a nation that has strayed from our...
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Jul 16, 2008 2:09 am
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Dear All, Sociologists without borders recently launched an exclusive space for sociologists, to interact, create blogs, hold discussions, upload photos and...
Dean Wright died Friday morning. _____________ http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008808160336 August 16, 2008 Fighter for social...
Pandering has become the political way. Whether borrowing money to pay for tax cuts we can't afford isn't even part of the political discussion. An analysis...
Please remove me from the listserv J. David Wemhaner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology Liberal Arts Division, Metro Campus Tulsa Community College 909...
dwemhane@...
Aug 17, 2008 7:28 pm
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Bill: I am sorry to hear this for you (as I know he was your friend) and for the world (as he gave us all much). Kathy To:...
Kathy Stolley
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Aug 17, 2008 7:38 pm
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We never see the Tax cut clearly. But often these costs are transfered to state and local levels where they must balance the budget. Then there are the costs...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Aug 18, 2008 12:37 am
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In a pluralist society, why not appeal to what the pluralism wants? If pandering to tax cuts mobilizes that political slack...tax cuts it is. Is the problem...
... Is borrowing money on the national debt to finance tax cuts a good idea? That's not populism. That's foolishness. I think the bigger question is about...
Here are the numbers from the Urban Institute - Brookings Institute study using what the candidates advisors have said about each candidate's tax plans. ...
Hi Bill, I've been getting gas for 3.31. But they are still selling it for up to 3.69. There can a 0.20 differential with in a block or across the street....
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Sep 11, 2008 11:37 pm
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Looking back on why the Great Depression and stock market crash happened, Congress in 1933 passed the Glass-Steagall Act. It essentially build a wall of...
The new version of Project Censored -- Censored 2009 -- has just been released. See: http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2009/ Of special...
What's necessary to fix America's financial problem? 1. Break up the big comgloreate financial firms. As several politically very different people have notes,...
Call your member of the House of Representatives. Tell them, if you vote for the bailout, I won't vote for you. The bailout is just a gift to the corporate...
An interview with Kevin Phillips, the author of BAD MONEY: RECKLESS FINANCE, FAILED POLITICS, AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM in a September 19,...
This bailout is going to be really interesting. Will Congresspeople go with their constituents who oppose the bill or will they cave to the lobbyists, party...
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