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FEBRUARY
2002
We Are a Problem People
February
28, 9:00AM · For us, history has not
been kind, nor very forgiving. We are still paying for the
sins of others, the greed of the Southern industrial complex
that needed cheap labor, and the avarice of wealthy landowners
who slandered African-Americans to justify their inhumanity.
By Tommy
Ates
Marriage as a Route to
Success? Maybe Not
February
28, 9:00AM · The reality is, marriage
guarantees nothing. It is foolish to suggest that marriage,
in and of itself, guarantees success in life.
By Why
Check Yer Guns at the Door
February
28, 9:00AM · Gun control requires two
different standards. Sensible standards for our rural areas,
where many types of rifles, shotguns, and handguns can be
possessed by anyone, and sensible standards for our big cities,
where there are no crop-eating vermin or cattle-stalking coyotes.
By Eddie Ruff
Comic Book Conservatism
February
27, 9:00AM · Comic book simplicity is
the main reason Republicans are at the top of the political
food chain. They use easy to understand dialog, mixed with
arguments distilled into black and white, good versus evil,
plot lines. By Larry
Martin
What Time is it, Mr Fox?
February
27, 9:00AM · A 25-year-long message
board discussion from an eerily familiar parallel universe.
By Pamela
Troy
13 Days in Captivity
February
27, 9:00AM · Through no fault of my
own, I erased my hard drive. And there I was, the proud owner
of a $1200 paper weight with no access to information other
than what the media chose to tell me. By W.
David Jenkins III
We Have a Job to Do
February
26, 9:00AM · Referring to our leader
as a smirking, repugnant chimp is fun as a hobby, but we need
to get serious. We need to win in November.
By Eddie Ruff
Game Review: Predator UAV
February
25, 9:00AM · In the past some of the
best console games on the market have been pilloried by lobby
groups both liberal and conservative for promoting violence
against innocents.
By Adrian Luca
Fifth Estate, Anyone?
February
25, 9:00AM · The fourth estate is as
cold as last week's road kill.
By Prodigal Son
The Axis of Evil in a Real World
Application
February
25, 9:00AM · I have created a little real
world example of what exactly appointed president Bush did in
regards to North Korea during his state of the Union address.
By Jeff
Commaroto
The Unholy Trinity
February
24, 10:00PM · It is long past time for
people outside the fundamentalist religious community to put
this administration's claims of virtue to the test. By Arendt
Authorities Suspect Foul
Play
February
24, 10:00PM · Yeah, the entire planet
knows what really happened with Enron but the Republicans
have committed themselves. They're stuck going down the path
of deception or the path of misdirection. By Paul
Winkelmann
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
Get Off Your High Warhorse,
Mr. Ashcroft
February
22, 9:00AM · Reverend General John Ashcroft
is working overtime on a personal crusade.
By Jeremiah Bourque
The Greatest Resident
February
22, 9:00AM · One of the latest polls
I've heard has George W. Bush ranked as the 3rd greatest president.
Sheep nationwide bleated Bush's name above every other president's
with the exception of JFK and Abraham Lincoln. By Paul
Winkelmann
The Republican Layoff Conspiracy
February
22, 9:00AM · Lost in the excitement
last year over Enron and the purported War on Terrorism was
this fact: 2001 was the worst year for workers since the early
Reagan years. By Kevin
J. Shay
Forgive, and Go Forward
February
22, 9:00AM · I forgive Jesse Jackson
not just because it's the Godly thing to do, but the sensible
thing to do. By Sam
Stellar
Let's Not Impeach Bush
February
22, 9:00AM · Believe it or not, although
I believe the current administration is involved in a whole
litany of scandals, and yes, I believe Bush, Cheney, et al.
are entirely corrupt, I don't believe impeachment would be
the best thing for our country. By Eddie
Ruff
Our Own Worst Enemies
February
21, 9:00AM · We have allowed a small
group of vocal, active, well-intentioned and decent human
beings I call the "For-your-own-goodniks" to absorb so much
of the Party's energy and set so many of the priorities on
its agenda. By
TygrBright
"Shallow Throat" Documents:
A Pre-9/11 Bush&Co. Scenario
February
21, 9:00AM · Recently some minutes
of a pre-9/11 Bush inner-cabinet meeting have come our way,
from someone inside the Administration. By
Bernard Weiner
Our Yen for Dubya to One Day
Make Sense
February
21, 9:00AM · This time it was the Japanese
currency that suffered from Bush's laziness and stupidity
but what will the next flub cause? The beginning of World
War 3? By
Carlos Kelly
Sears & Roebuck $10 Banjo
Media
February
21, 9:00AM · The news story all Democrats
are dreaming about... By SoCalDem
The Polls Are Right, But
They're Better Than You Think
February
20, 6:15PM · If there is one thing
above all to be learned from the polls, it is this: they can
often serve to strengthen the side that they don't favor.
By Josh
Brandon
Lies and Statistics
February
20, 6:15PM · Should we even expect
intellectual objectivity on the subject of welfare reform
from the Heritage Foundation? Or should we just expect them
to formulate talking points for right-wing politicians? By Jack
Rabbit
The Kids are Alright
February
20, 6:15PM · I've been afraid that
protest and dissent on the large scale had died with my generation
and the protests of the 60's and 70's, but my faith has been
renewed. By Tyler
Durden
Digging for Old Bones
February
20, 6:15PM · The Washington Times has
editorialized that the "DNC chairman has two Enrons." It is
a pitiful attempt to deflect attention from the Republican
scandal known as Enron. By kentuck
Congressional Investigations:
Questions That Won't Be Asked
February
20, 6:15PM · There is so much we don't
know and need to find out. We need to know what is hiding
in the bushes! By radfringe
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DU IN THE NEWS ***
"Democratic
Higherground"
Read the editorial by Debby Morse, in today's San Francisco
Examiner.
John Q and America's Uninsured
February
20, 9:00AM · It is a crime that many
Americans fear "getting sick" because of the potential financial
ruination that may follow. By J. Carlos
Jiacinto
Al Gore and the Internet:
The Real Story
February
20, 9:00AM · Contrary to what has been
commonly assumed, Al Gore had a valid point when he claimed
that, "During my service in the United States Congress, I
took the initiative in creating the Internet." By Warren
Stuart
National Security - or Covering
His Ass?
February
20, 9:00AM · In the last week, the
Bush administration pulled from public websites and other
resources more than 6,000 public domain scientific documents.
By Alan
Landis
Are the Wheels Coming
Off the Bush Bandwagon?
February
20, 9:00AM · There are issues that
have come up lately that threaten to diminish the President's
popularity and expose the long standing fissures within the
Republican Party infrastructure. By Richard
Prasad
Colin Powell Wraps it Up
February
19, 9:00AM · It's truly enjoyable watching
the right wing deal with Colin Powell. By birdman
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
Who Benefits from Militarized
Police?
February 19, 9:00AM · While the Drug
War had been the main subject regarding militarization of
the police, everything has been pushed into overdrive as a
result of the War on Terror. By
Jeremiah Bourque
Setting Son
February
19, 9:00AM · Like his father before
him, George W. comes to Japan at a crossroads in his political
life. By Jerald
Cumbus (JCMach1)
Spoiling for a Fight
February
19, 9:00AM · Plans are in the works,
we are told, to attack Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from
power. By Bridget
Gibson
Now That Enron’s in Fashion,
I’d Like to Make a Fashion Statement!
February
16, 9:00AM · I believe all politicians
should be attired like NASCAR race cars and drivers. Bright
suits should rule the day with major corporate sponsors painted
in prominent places. By
Anthony G. Hendricks
Why Republicans Really
Don't Want Campaign Reform
February
16, 9:00AM · More voters equals more
Democrats in office. Fewer voters equals more Republicans
in office. The secret is out. By
Eddie Ruff
Bush Neglects his Duties
While Hillary Defines Patriotism
February
16, 9:00AM · New York has been robbed
in three ways. And in at least two of these areas, Bush and
Enron were responsible. By
Mike Schiller
The Weakest Link in Campaign
Finance Reform
February
16, 9:00AM · Have we created a maze
that will make it virtually impossible to follow the money?
By kentuck
What Did Gore Really
Say?
February
15, 9:00AM · The media would have us
believe that Al Gore’s speech to the Council on Foreign Relations
was an endorsement of Bush’s policies. But on closer inspection,
Gore’s speech was critical of Bush’s approach on several fronts.
By Eric
Munoz
Why Can't a Woman Run for
President?
February
15, 9:00AM · An apron-strings, cookies-and-milk
mind-set still dominates much of American society's attitudes
about women. By
John Chuckman
Real FBI Warning - This
Time We Mean It!
February
14, 9:00AM · This will be one of your
many warnings. Keep tuned to this spot to stay warned throughout
the duration of the President's war on terrorism. By Eddie
Ruff
Why I Refuse to Vote Republican
February
14, 9:00AM · The fact that so many of
my Republican friends scoff at the working poor makes me wonder
what they would do if their lives suddenly changed and they
needed help from the programs they so detest. By J. Carlos
Jiacinto
Black Land Loss (A Hidden
Tragedy)
February
13, 12:30PM · According to an Associated
Press study, the amount of black-owned land in rural areas
has dropped sharply over the past 30 years. By Tommy
Ates
Tears of a Crocodile
February
13, 12:30PM · Did Treasury Secretary
Paul O'Neill shed tears of compassion, self-pity, fire or
those of a crocodile? By The
Radical Ratdog
To the Right of Virtue
February
13, 9:00AM · I say, if we do not universally
share in the simple bonds, we cannot create the complex, in
which condition the virtues of the poor but proud have the
only validity. By grl2watch
Wrong Man, Wrong Place,
Wrong Time
February
13, 9:00AM · Despite the adulation of
a subservient press, George W. Bush is in every way conceivable
exactly the wrong man to confront the challenges that face
America in the twenty-first century - and he is not afraid
to prove it. By Kevin
Raybould (kcr)
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
John Dean, Public Enemy
#1 - Again
February
13, 9:00AM · I've read a couple of things
about John Dean lately. I'm too young to remember Watergate,
but I knew of the name for years. By Jeremiah
Bourque
Woodward's Whitewash:
10 Days That Changed the Face of Journalism
February
12, 5:00PM · Bob Woodward's series in
the Washington Post was nothing more than a puff piece, spoon-fed
directly from the Bush propaganda machine. By
Richard Prasad
I Know Nothing!
February
12, 5:00PM · We are only into the first
few days of the Enron hearings and judging by the testimony,
it's really no wonder that Enron tanked. By
Paul Winkelmann
The Enron Lies Are Piling
Up
February
12, 5:00PM · Perhaps not since Lt. Colonel
Oliver North occupied Skilling's interrogation chair have
so many lies been told in one day's testimony to the U.S.
Congress.
By William
Rivers Pitt
The Democracy Test
February
12, 5:00PM · Pick the best answer and
no cheating, unless you’re planning on becoming a Politician,
CEO, News Editor, T.V. Anchor, or President. By
Anthony G. Hendricks
Answer Key for The Democracy
Test
By
Anthony G. Hendricks
The Rise of Yuppie Fascism,
Part Two: Yuppie Fascism in Practice
February
12, 10:00AM · Last week, we examined
the origins and theory of yuppie fascism. This week, we shall
examine yuppie fascism in practice. By
Jack Rabbit
Whar, Whar, Whar
February
12, 10:00AM · Scarlett O'Hara's words
echo in our ears today as George W. Bush proclaims that his
war may last for decades. By
Jacob Kaufman
A Conservative Face to Liberal
Ideas
February
11, 12:35PM · For all the talk of the
nation swinging conservative there has been little to no mention
of how all of the policies that Americans are applauding run
against the conservative instincts that Bush and Cheney advocated
during the campaign. By Jeffrey
Commaroto
Tough Tony Spanks the Pope
February
11, 12:35PM · As conservative Catholics
are constantly reminding liberal Catholics, the Church is
not a democracy. By birdman
In Case of Depression, Break
Glass
February
11, 12:35PM · The Depression of the
2000s will not be the Depression of the 1930s. The shuttered
factories are a relic of the past. The ghost towns will be
in the office parks and high rise office buildings, the empty
K-Marts and deserted malls. By Kurt
Cagle
Exporting Weapons of Mass
Destruction
February
11, 12:35PM · If George W. Bush wants
to stop the increase of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction,
he need not look any further than his own State Department.
By Eric
Hananoki
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
A Man's Tears
February
9, 8:15AM · Paul O'Neill could not take
a verbal beating from Sen. Robert Byrd, breaking down and
crying at the notion that he might possibly be wrong. By Jeremiah
Bourque
Focusing the Anger
February
9, 8:15AM · I fear we've been so wrapped
up in our denunciations of Bush policy that we may have lost
our way a bit and need to be reminded of common-sense political
remedies. By Bernard
Weiner
What's War and What's Not?
February
9, 8:15AM · In my opinion - and I've
lived through every one since 1914 - you can only legitimately
call it a war if you have an opponent roughly of the same
size and strength - or, preferably, slightly weaker - and
you're prepared to lose elegant-memorials-full of good men
and women. By The
Rt. Hon. Sir Festus K. Mountebank, OBE., WAN., KAN., OBI.
Our New Bill of Rights
February
8, 9:00AM · George W. Bush has been
doing a very fine job of bringing our country to ruin by simply
violating our most basic freedoms.
By Dan MacCallum
Urgent Call from Cheyenne
Mountain
February
8, 9:00AM · On the U.S. President's
desk in the Oval Office, a phone's red light urgently flashes.
It's the signal for an incoming call... By John
Chuckman
A Prison of Brown Bottles
February
7, 10:15AM · My best friend is an alcoholic.
His personal weapon of choice is beer, with an occasional
Jack Daniels for variety. For years, I have witnessed the
power of this weapon, and tried to pry it from his hand by
every device imaginable. By grl2watch
Ask Auntie Pinko!
February
7, 10:15AM · Dear Auntie Pinko,
what is tort reform and why should I be worried about it?
Why shouldn't I support something that keeps sleazy lawyers
from making big money on dummies who spill hot coffee on themselves?
The 800-pound Gorilla
February
7, 10:15AM · America wants what it
wants, when it wants it and will do anything to get it. Anybody
standing in the way had better look out. By TrogL
That 80s Show, Indeed
February
7, 10:15AM · George W. Bush's new budget
is a return to Reaganomics. By Adversary
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
We Need Not Be Slaves
to Polls
February
6, 9:00AM · The polls say that the
President is omnipotent. He can do no wrong. He is trusted.
He is popular. He is unstoppable. Why do we even care? By Jeremiah
Bourque
The Bush Haikus
February
6, 9:00AM · Research has led us to
believe that these poems — though whiskey-stained and
crayon-scrawled — are the work of none other than that
venerable wordsmith, George W. Bush himself. By Patrick
Clark
News From the Department
of Compassion
February
6, 9:00AM · The Department of Compassion,
formally known as The Labor Department, announced today release
of a training video to assist laid off, downsized, and Enronized
workers.
By Anthony G. Hendricks
Depression Watch #6:
Catching the Enron Flu
February
6, 9:00AM · Just as it appeared that
the economy might have bottomed out, the economy has taken
and Wall Street in particular has been struck down with the
ENRON flu. By Jerald
Cumbus (JCMach1)
Bush to Environmental Education:
Drop Dead
February
6, 9:00AM · Protecting God's creation
is a form of advocacy that we must encourage. Instead, environmental
concerns are treated like inconsequential data, mostly exaggerated
and, according to President Bush, meaningless. By John
Borowski
Detain the Accountants
February
5, 5:30PM · I don't even know if I
want to get on a plane knowing accountants might be on it.
What mischief are they planning? Where do their loyalties
lie? By Frank
Fuller
We Need More Journalists
Like Seymour Hersh
February
5, 5:30PM · At age 64, Hersh, who has
exposed secrets of Democrats as well as Republicans, remains
an example of a member of the media who is doing his job.
By Jackson
Thoreau
The Rise of Yuppie Fascism,
Part One
February
5, 5:30PM · In this two-part series,
we will examine the new phenomenon of yuppie fascism. This
week, we shall look at the origins and the theory of yuppie
fascism. By Jack
Rabbit
What the FERC is Going On?
February
5, 5:30PM · The Bush Administration
would like all of us to believe that the events of last April
are all a series of coincidences. The huge campaign contributions
to Bush, the invitation of Lay to meet with Cheney to discuss
energy policy, the memo given to Cheney by Lay through an
intermediary. By Richard
Prasad
Punxsutawney Dick
February
5, 9:00AM · In hibernation since early
September, Punxsutawney Dick was pulled from his cave to the
glare of the cameras... By Max
Starsky
Winning is the Only Thing
that Matters Anymore
February
5, 9:00AM · I want clever, devious
people coming at Republicans from all sides. I want no aspect
of their public or private lives unexamined, and every hint
of scandal exposed. And if there's no scandal to be found,
take another page from the GOP playbook and invent something.
By Warren
Pease
Administration Lubrication
February
5, 9:00AM · Bush was there when Enron
drove in its first drill, when they hit a gusher, and when
everybody's ten-gallon hats were filled to the brim with million
dollar bills. By Paul
Winkelmann
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
The Perils of Omnipotence
February
5, 9:00AM · If Republicans have ceased
believing in the Republic, are they not now, then, literally,
Imperialists? By Jeremiah
Bourque
Homeland 7 - Evil 5
February
4, 4:00PM · Ever since September 11,
there has been a steady attempt to alter our concept of government
and what we, as Americans should expect from it. By
Pamela Troy
THE
DAILY WHOPPER
The Consequences
Have Begun
February
4, 3:35PM · Slowly but surely, the
consequences of the Bush victory, such as it was, concerning
the last presidential election, are being felt across the
globe. By Jeremiah
Bourque
Katherine Harris Mind Meld
February
2, 10:00AM · Spiritual seekers, as promised,
this week we journey into the mind of Katherine Harris to
search for enlightenment as to exactly what went on in Florida
Selection 2000. By Anthony
G. Hendricks
I Couldn't Fight the Evildoers
Because I Got High
February
2, 10:00AM · If you do drugs you're
helping the terrorists. Honest. Bogart that joint, my friend,
and you might just as well be one of the evildoers. By birdman
Stand Your Ground
February
2, 10:00AM · You are an ordinary American
caught up in the tide of history, and events seem to be getting
beyond you. Who are you to stand against the current? I will
tell you. By William
Rivers Pitt
The War is Over
February
2, 10:00AM · But in our shock and vulnerability,
our fears are being fed deliberately with another war in mind:
The war to keep the administration popular and in power. By coyotefish
Fetus Frenzy
February
2, 10:00AM · How can people who care
so much about life before it's born give such little regard
for life once it is living? By
Jeffery Commaroto
Honor and Dignity
February
1, 9:00AM
· It's time to make the pie higher,
George. Time to prove you're not just a waterboy for the megacorporations.
By Isaac Peterson
Dubya's 'Axis of Evil'
February
1, 9:00AM
· "An axis of evil" huh? Nice little
catchy one-liner to get those "it's my way or the highway,"
"dissent is un-American" heart-strings strumming in unison
across the country, I guess.
By Carlos Kelly
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