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In my Social Studies Teacher school, they made me take Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. The problem is that I took both courses during my sophomore year. I don’t remember most of what happened my sophomore year. All I remember about Macroeconomics was that my professor was a blind Pakistani guy, and that somehow [...]

Filed under: Politics, Reviews on November 8th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I think Americans all over the country share my disgust at the Bush Administration and those that are perpetually at their beck and call, like my Congressman Randy Kuhl. Supporters of universal health care for children can’t figure out why the President is spending countless billions on the war for oil, but won’t spend [...]

Filed under: Politics on November 3rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I take back half the bad things I said about John Mellencamp for the jingoistic ditty that ended up on the Chevy commercial, and served as the soundtrack to the jumbotron video of Americans with high tech weapons patrolling the Iraqi landscape to blow up some A/RABs.
Mellencamp’s Jena video is awesome. The [...]

Filed under: History, Politics on October 12th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

It’s been a great week for the anti-war movement. Sort of.
James Walsh, the Republican congressman from the next district over from me came back from Iraq the week before General Petraeus attempted to placate the masses and said the place was a mess and we need to bring the troops home NOW.
This [...]

Filed under: Politics on September 24th, 2007 | Add Comment! »

by Chris Tate and the Buell Street Five
Five peace activists, “The Buell Street Five”, went on trial Friday September 7, 2007 in the tiny Finger Lakes village of Bath, New York. The defendants were charged with Criminal Trespass in the third degree, a misdemeanor, for refusing to leave the office of Representative Randy Kuhl [...]

Filed under: Politics on September 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

When I teach my students about the Spanish-American War they’re amazed at the impact William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer had on many Americans’ attitudes toward the war. They’re amazed that the press can jump on a dubious justification for war and make almost everyone buy into it.
Then they get a sense [...]

Filed under: Politics on September 3rd, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I was eating breakfast one morning and all I had to read was a paper from August 16 that I hadn’t recycled yet. Since I read most of my news online, I just scan the printed paper. I only bought this because there was an article about some of my students who’d been [...]

Filed under: Politics on August 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

On Wednesday, August 22 Finger Lakes For Peace held a vigil of support for Danny Burns, Mark Carver, Chris Tate, Ellen Grady, and Todd Saddler, members who were arrested on August 6th at the office of Congressman Randy Kuhl (R-NY) who continues to support the war in Iraq. The 22nd was the arraignment date [...]

Filed under: Politics on August 25th, 2007 | Add Comment! »

This is from a moveon.org email I got today.
Our president appears to have declared war on uninsured children.
Late last Friday evening—when it was guaranteed to get almost no news coverage—the Bush administration made it virtually impossible for states to improve health care coverage for uninsured kids.
Among other things, states that want to cover more [...]

Filed under: Politics on August 25th, 2007 | Add Comment! »

Jo Moseley-Wall plays two important roles in our little town. She’s our little town’s alternative press, and she keeps tabs on our town government on important issues that the rest of us tend to overlook in the more mundane world of small-town politics.
Jo is the chief writer, editor and publisher of The [...]

Filed under: Citizen of the Week, Lappe Parish, Politics on August 20th, 2007 | Add Comment! »