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JANUARY
2002
Enron - Launch the Assault
January
31, 2:30PM
· The Democrats must lead the assault
on the Enron issue because clearly people suffered. The scandal
affects many Americans whose pensions lost money because of
investments in this company.
By J. Carlos Jiacinto
A Modest Proposal
January
31, 2:30PM
· Using Enron as a model for how businesses
(and the government) should be run is like watching porno
movies to learn how to have a stable, committed relationship.
By Isaac
Peterson
Lies, Damn Lies, and the
Polls
January
31, 2:30PM
· A lack of exercise of critical thought
is a very, very common affliction and it is easier to be blinded
than I ever could have imagined. By John Larson
America in the Tank;
Americans Say Bush for Intergalactic Czar
January
31, 9:00AM
· Are Americans really this stupid,
or is it something in the water? By Warren
Pease
Don't Be Paranoid, But...
January
31, 9:00AM
· We are only trying to give you the
facts. We do not want to scare you. We just want you to continue
living your normal life. By kentuck
The State of the Union (as
George sees it)
January
30, 4:30PM
· A blow-by-blow rebuttal of George
W. Bush's State of the Union Address. By Why
Bush's Speeches Give
Me Motion Sickness
January
30, 4:30PM
· I meant to listen to the State of
the Union Address; I really did. Mea Culpa: I blew it off.
By Tyler Durden
State of the Union -
One Listener's Reaction
January
30, 4:30PM
· After Bush's inspiring speech, a friend
asked me what I thought. "Sounds like a great country," I
said. "I'd like to go there sometime."
By Scott Alexander
When News Isn't
January
30, 8:00AM
· When did the news stop being the news?
Why does a slice of our demographic pie actually think what
we get today is NEWS?
By SoCalDem
Ashcroft's Big Cover-Up
January
30, 8:00AM
· Justice is supposed to be blind, but
does the Attorney General have blinders on when it comes to
more important issues like the anthrax investigation? By Richard
Prasad
Unvarnished Indeed
January
30, 8:00AM
· Did Dick and Dubya really expect to
receive "unvarnished" advice on energy policy from Enron?
I would hope that they are more intelligent than that. By James
May
DU
Member Exposes New Info in Enron "Suicide" Story
Report on DU message board outlines Medical Examiner's history
of scandal. The Village Voice picks up the story: "Enron's
Vince Foster?"
The True Republican Scandal
January
29, 5:00PM
· Why is everyone so surprised about
Enron? What about it is so shocking? It's in everything Republicans
say and do. It's their reason for being. By Melissa
Brown
Whatever Happened to the War?
January
29, 5:00PM
· Anybody seen the war lately? I could
have sworn it was around here somewhere.
By birdman
Now Test Journalists
January
29, 5:00PM
· Why are normally blustery, self-aggrandizing
right-wing journailsts so back on their heels and defensive?
I believe I have the answer.
By Anthony G. Hendricks
Not Yer Average Grandfather's
Bedtime Story
January
29, 5:00PM
· Once upon a time there lived a very
lucky emperor who not only made it just in the nick of time
to the gilded throne through a freak accident of birth but
also from a secret balloting accession fiasco of unimaginable
slapstick proportions. By David
Marsden
America's Business Is...
January
29, 2:30PM
· How often have you heard the President
Calvin Coolidge "The business of America is business?" At
present we have another Calvin Coolidge occupying 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue - sadly, though, he was born in the wrong era. By Bob
Volpitto
Inside Bush's Diary: Bobbin'
and Weavin' Over Enron
January
29, 2:30PM
· Dear Diary: I feel like I been blindsided.
What the hell happened? Things were going great. By Bernard
Weiner
Revisiting Honor
and Integrity
January
29, 9:00AM
· Little Bush and his babysitters try
awful hard, but he and his henchmen are more appropriate for
selling snake oil than they are anything else. By W. David
Jenkins III
Mother-In-Law Loses on Enron
January
28, 3:30PM
· The acting President's mother-in-law
lost over $8,000 on Enron stock. Her son in law failed to
tell her what was coming down so that she could bail out like
all the other rats. This proves that George the Affable, current
head of Bush Inc., has a sense of humor. By Anthony
G. Hendricks
Why I Will Not Just Get
Over It
January
28, 3:00PM
· Bush is not my president and never
will be. I am 42 and seriously doubt I will ever get over
it. By Jackson
Thoreau
Violating the Geneva Convention
January
28, 3:00PM · The four Geneva Conventions,
drawn up in 1949, and ratified by most countries, specifically
and dogmatically direct the identification, housing and treatment
of people caught up in war. By TrogL
Enron Does India, Part
3: The Operation of the Dabhol Power Plant
January
28, 1:00AM · Enron's operation of the
plant was what one might expect: a disaster that came as the
logical consequence of greed. By Jack Rabbit
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
Our Illiterate National
Leadership
January
28, 1:00AM · Besides the Bible, how
much do you think your national leaders read? Seriously. By
Jeremiah Bourque
The Year that Might Have
Been
January
28, 1:00AM · Looking back at President
Gore's first year in office. By
Eric Munoz
Enron Does India, Part
2: The Popular Uprising against the Dabhol Power Plant
January
26, 10:00AM · Today, we will look at
how the local population expressed its opposition to Enron's
Dabhol project and the ruthless methods that were employed
to put down the uprising. By
Jack Rabbit
An Answered Prayer? A Quid
Pro Quo?
January
26, 10:00AM · Was the announced intent
of the Republican-controlled Senate Energy Committee, to craft
an Energy Deregulation Bill, an answer to any direct, or indirect
prayers, by Kenneth Lay?
By Teresa Simon-Noble
A Parable for America
January
26, 10:00AM · Imagine, for a moment,
a society in which the print and broadcast media were routinely
filled with earnest discussion of the issues of the day. By
Richard Mynick
Is George W. Bush Deluded
or Simply a Liar? And Which is Worse?
January
26, 10:00AM · The worst part is that
Bush does not even have first stage Alzheimer's Disease to
blame for his delusion or his lies, whichever is the true
case. By
Tyler Durden
Enron Does India, Part
One: The Contract for the Dabhol Power Project
January
25, 8:30AM · The name Enron once meant
the seventh largest corporation in the United States; it now
means a scandal that will likely see some wealthy men serving
prison sentences. By
Jack Rabbit
The Impossible Dream
January
24, 3:20PM ·
What should be the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther
King? That question struck me, as I watched how Americans
celebrated, congratulated - yet denigrated his memory, on
and off the media dial last weekend. By Tommy
Ates
A Case for Secret Tribunals
January
24, 3:20PM · Can't we all agree that
a Constitutional court trial would be too good for this anti-American
scum? By
Ron C. Coma
Caution: Beware of Guantanamo
Bay Blowback
January
24, 12:50PM · Those running this so-called
"War on Terrorism" on behalf of The United States and its
people are making some very bad moves. They are, as usual,
not taking into consideration the ramifications of their actions.
By Carlos
Kelly
George W. and "The
Vision Thing"
January
24, 8:50AM · George W., with his limited
sense and knowledge of history and the world, is missing a
golden opportunity to grow into a great president. By
Bernard Weiner
A Word on Closure
January
23, 5:00PM · Are we pushing away the
memories of 9/11 that brought us closer as human beings, and
replacing them with our baser instincts of greed and distinctions
by race? By
Richard Prasad
The CIA in Columbia:
Bush Revisits Iran-Contra?
January
23, 5:00PM · For some reason, our always-probing
US media have hardly mentioned the rising toll of murdered
civilians in Colombia, the heart of Latin America's cocaine
exporting region. By
Faun Otter
Alan Keyes Has a Dream
January
23, 2:10PM · Keyes is one of a small
but visible group of black conservatives who've become showpieces
for the right wing by cozying up to the same type of pols
who did everything they could to keep the ideals of Martin
Luther King and others from becoming a reality. By
birdman
Matter of Trust
January
23, 2:10PM · The events of the last
year have spawned numerous speculations and accusations when
it comes to the Bush II White House and they erupted passionately
and, sometimes, irresponsibly in the days after September
11th. By
Whyzayker
The New Alchemy
January
23, 9:00AM · In the near-future neo-classical
economic theory may be regarded as the "alchemy" of our age.
And intelligent men and women will wonder how it was possible
that anyone could ever have believed such nonsense. By
Ernest Partridge
The Death of Outrage
January
22, 6:30PM · Along with the growing
smell of corruption, nepotism, and crony capitalism, the stench
of total hypocrisy and arrogance fills the air. By
J. Carlos Jiacinto
Patriot Amnesia: Buried
in Paper
January
22, 6:30PM · Be it a rich man doing
insider trading or a poor man performing a bank robbery, greed
is universal. By
Tommy Ates
The Great Stone Walls
January
22, 6:30PM · Between May and September
knowledge of the attacks were strongly suspected, but the
Administration put oil and gas pipeline negotiations ahead
of preventing the 9/11 tragedies. By
Jacob Kaufman
Dear John
January
22, 9:30AM · It feels kind of weird
to be telling the Attorney General about constitutions, but
I'm just trying to help. By Isaac
Peterson
W stands for Wrong
January
22, 9:30AM · It's ironic that in the
year that George W. Bush has enjoyed such a spectacular approval
rating that his political philosophy has proven to be so fundamentally
wrong. By
Eric Munoz
A Note from the Search for
the Infamous "Liberal Media"
January
22, 9:30AM · NPR's Don Gonyea isn't
a complete media whore yet, but he's definitely signed up
for the course and is in line to buy the books. By
Tyler Durden
Enron, Why?
January
22, 9:30AM · When Enron is in the dumps
where does it turn for a favor? Washington. By
Drudge Jr.
Happy Birthday, DU
January
20 · Today is the first anniversary of
Democratic Underground. By the Editors
Scandals of Gilded Ages
January
19 · At the end of every storm, clouds
are seen to have a silver lining. When an age is as burdened
with political scandal as ours has been, the result is often
the reform that had been badly needed for a long time. By Jack
Rabbit
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
The Dog Ate My Homework
January
19 · Currently there is an "I
didn't do it" craze in conservative thought on the issue of
Enron.
By Jeremiah Bourque
A Bush By Any Other Name
January
19 · Reflecting on the first year of
a Presidency is to fly over a target rich environment.
By Michael Shannon
Special Presidential Training
Results in Pretzel Injury
January
19 · President Bush took an unfortunate
step back Sunday night in what had been a carefully planned
training regimen spanning more than three decades. By Kerouac
Bush
Administration Goes Full-Bore After Fuel Cells
January 18, 2002
Is this good news? Why, then is the left (or anyone
else who pays attention) unhappy? by Why
White
House Denies Barney the Dog Knew About Enron Collapse
January 18, 2002
WASHINGTON - The White House refutes reports that
Kenneth Lay tried to get President Bush's Scottie dog Barney
to put in a good word for the failing company during the last
months of 2001. by Gil
Christner
Depression
Watch #5: Fat Bottomed Recessions
January 18, 2002
A fat bottomed recession differs from a double dip in that
it forms two distinct bottoms (cheeks) of particular depth
and length.
by Jerald Cumbus (JCMach1)
We
Are Not In the Promised Land
January 17, 2002
The treatment that an Arab-American Secret Service
agent received last week from an American Airlines pilot should
trouble everyone, particularly African-Americans.
by Tommy Ates
It's
Time For ENDA
January 17, 2002
The Constitution guarantees the right to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. If only everyone were
lucky enough to enjoy these three tenets. by Eric
Hananoki
Democrats
Should Put the Enron Scandal on the Backburner
January 17, 2002
Let the Republicans wallow in their defensive paranoia.
by kentuck
The
Mother of all Sequels
January 16, 2002
Bush II is doomed, as the country fails to rebound
from the recession with any vigor (just like in Bush I), and
the Government returns to $200-$300 billion dollar per year
deficits.
by J. Mark Batchelor
Enron
- a True Example of Compassionate Conservatism
January 16, 2002
The Enron crisis reveals how indifferent and how
uncompassionate the Republicans can be, especially to their
own employees. by J.
Carlos Jiacinto
The
Enron Fall Guy Tape
January 16, 2002
Will a tape smuggled from the White House tell
us who the fall guy for Enron is going to be? by birdman
Forget
'Enron-Gate'
January 16, 2002
There's another potential scandal that could hurt
Bush more.
by Dinsdale Piranha
CollegeDudeNews
State of the
Union - the First Draft
January 15, 2002
CollegeDudeNews has recently acquired an exclusive
insider document from an anonymous source at the White House.
by Mark W. Brown
Did
George W. Bush do Business with the Taliban?
January 15, 2002
In the months before the 9/11 atrocities, did the
Bush administration see the Taliban as a stable government
with which it could do business? by Gerald
Plessner
Memo
to the DNC
January 15, 2002
All things can be fixed, and I have a plan. It's
encapsulated in a single word: Enron. by Orwell
Thompson
The
Enron Case and Spurious George's Gang
January 15, 2002
Enron is Teapot Dome on a many times larger scale.
by Smokey Sojac
This
is no Whitewater
January 14, 2002
Right-Wing paramedics were immediately dispatched
away from the scene of the destruction. They were last spotted,
heroically fleeing the smoldering wreckage of what once was
Enron Corp. by
Paul Winkelmann
Vindication
for Al Gore
January 14, 2002
Bold, visionary environmental ideas, that will
be Al Gore's legacy. by
Richard Prasad
Who
Are the Real Globalists?
January 14, 2002
What is being called "globalization" nowadays is
not globalization at all. It's corporate hegemony, multinational
corporations saying that their interests should prevail above
all. by
Lydia Leftcoast
Who
Will Ashcroft Feel Comfortable Investigating?
January 12, 2002
There are thousands of people and companies who could be immune
from the direct involvement of the Attorney General of the
United States should any investigation be brought against
them. by
Ted Westervelt
The
Churchill Syndrome
January 12, 2002
I think sooner than later Americans will wake up to the
fact that we are being had. by
Walker
2001:
Not Quite an Odyssey
January 12, 2002
2001 just ended, but instead of sitting in my quarters
on a spaceship fighting with my ultra intelligent and vile
minded computer, I am sitting in my office in the suburbs
of Rochester New York.
by Jeffery Commaroto
Hell
To Pay
January 11, 2002
If these allegations prove true, the Bush administration has
the blood of thousands of American civilians on its hands.
by William
Rivers Pitt
George
W. Bush's Intimate Affair with a Missing... Corporation
January 11, 2002
Enron apparently played a vital role in the Bush Administration
all the way through to its final days.
by Ted Westervelt
The
State of Reporting: Unreal
January 11, 2002
I have created a virtual TV reporter. by Kentuck
The
State Religion
January 10, 2002
Conservatism has taken on many of the qualities of an established
religion, complete with sacred texts and a priesthood. by Ernest
Partridge
The
Lost Island of the Bubbaphobes
January 10, 2002
My friend Jim and I used to sail our boat to interesting and
exotic places. One day we encountered the most bizarre island...
by birdman
Voodoo
Redux January
10, 2002
Because some attribute Forty-One's loss in 1992 to
breaking his "Read my lips" promise, Forty-Three is hell bent
on not only not making the same mistake his father made but
somehow atoning for it. by
Eric Munoz
How
to Win the Gun Vote: A Third Way Approach
January 9, 2002
There are many groups the Democrats do not do well with in
elections. One group is gun owners. by
NewDem
My
Perfect Government
January 9, 2002
I've been thinking about our government and you know what?
I reckon I could do it a lot better.
by Brian Leitner
USA
Means 'Under Saudi Arabia' January
9, 2002
The Saudis bought both George W. Bush and his father.Ties
between the Bush and bin Laden families, the Carlyle Group
and Saudi Arabia let the Riyadh regime beat America like a
rented camel. by
Mike Hersh
All
in the Family
January 8, 2002
The follow-up to Jack Rabbit's The Two-Party System and
the Left, this article examines how Democrats can satisfy
Archie Bunker and the Meathead. by
Jack Rabbit
The
Death of Reporters and Reporting in Afghanistan
January 8, 2002
Afghanistan is still a very dangerous place for reporters.
Anywhere from 8 to 14 reporters have been killed during the
coverage of this war. by Richard
Prasad
CollegeDudeNews
Read My Lips: The Next Generation
January 8, 2002
White House Resident Bush opened his mouth and inserted his
foot in a speech to hand-picked California workers Jan. 5.
by Mark
W. Brown
2001:
The Year in Review - Part Four
January 7, 2002
The fourth and final part of this series, taking a look back
at some of the major news events of last year. by Smokey
Sojac
A
War on Drugs or a War on Students?
January 7, 2002
Students and non-students from all across the nation are uniting
to protect what has been called the "D.A.R.E. generation."
by David
Brown
Depression
Watch #4: A Jobless Recovery?
January 7, 2002
Last week on MSNBC, a respected Wall Street analyst for Bear
Stearns who was retiring predicted that the U.S. economy would
indeed enter into a recovery during 2002. by Jerald
Cumbus (JCMach1)
2001:
The Year in Review - Part Three
January 5, 2002
Third in a four part series taking a look back at some of
the major news events of 2001. by Smokey
Sojac
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
Pat
January 5, 2002
Pat Buchanan brings us the first great whopper of 2002 - civilization
as we know it will go down the toilet by 2050. by Jeremiah
Bourque
Why
I Still Don't Like Bush
January 5, 2002
I am convinced that he and his cronies lack any respect for
America's institutions as long as the ends justify the means.
by J.
Carlos Jiacinto
Good
Riddance, Overrated Rudy
January 5, 2002
Breaking news. Rudy Giuliani has hubris. by Scott
Koziara
2001:
The Year in Review - Part Two
January 4, 2002
Second in a four part series taking a look back at some of
the major news events of 2001. by Smokey
Sojac
John
Walker, Super Spy
January 4, 2002
The CIA keep going on about how impossible it is to infiltrate
al Qaeda. Or is it? by
An Ordinary Patriot
On
Patriotism
January 3, 2002
Judging from the casual use of the word, it would seem that
most everyone has a clear intuitive sense of the meaning of
"patriotism." by Ernest
Partridge
GOP
Word Games
January 3, 2002
I had always suspected that the extremist branch of the Republican
herd carried out intentional word abuse in the media channels
they own. by Faun
Otter
Rehnquist's
Strange Logic
January 3, 2002
Mr. Chief Justice, it ill behooves you to lecture the Senate
on judicial appointments. by Bob
Volpitto
Giving
Jeb the Boot in 2002
January 3, 2002
Floridians must unite to vote Jeb Bush out in 2002.
by Crewleader
2001:
The Year in Review - Part One
January 2, 2002
The first in a four-part series taking a look back some of
last year's events. by Smokey
Sojac
The
Two-Party System and the Left
January 2, 2002
How can the rightward slouch in American politics be effectively
and decisively countered? by Jack
Rabbit
Some
Random Thoughts at Year's End
January 2, 2002
Well, as the song goes, "What a long strange trip it's been."
by W.
David Jenkins III
The
Potemkin War
January 2, 2002
The phrase "Potemkin Village" means a false façade,
something that was created solely to look good for a particular
audience. We are living through the Potemkin War.
by birdman
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