The War, Obama and His Acolytes - A Flip Of Unimaginable Cynicism

" David Limbaugh writes: What the Obama Cult Factor Portends Excerpt: "Given the nation’s Bush fatigue — no matter how unjustified from a broad historical perspective — and Bush’s very low approval ratings, it only made sense for Democratic presidential...

President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war (Times interview with...

Frankly, I'm not sure that I believe him! "President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international...

Chomsky on World Ownership

"Chomsky on World Ownership Michael Shank | January 23, 2008 Editor: John Feffer Email this page to a friend Comment on this article Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...

US credibility damaged by CIA tape affair, lawmakers

""Burning tapes, destroying evidence ... I don`t know how deep this goes. Could there be obstruction of justice? Yes," Republican Senator Chuck Hagel said on CBS. "How far does this go up in the White House, who knew it? I don`t know," Hagel said. The White House has stopped...

Who wears the pants?

"Dresses epitomize womanhood in the Western world. Such has been the case since the western man adopted pants to replace the tunic in the sixth century (an aspect of the West's Germanic barbarian heritage). Dresses allow us to differentiate between the silhouettes of men and...

Web TV for quarterlifers: Beyond cynicism?

I haven't seen this show yet but the following review was interesting enough to get me curious. The show is said to be "post-cynical."  Yay, so am I! Except I'm post-pretentious labels too.  (That's cynical isn't it? Dammit.)"The new Web video series quarterlife...

Thoughts on a Turbulent Election

"I've lived most of my adult life in California, which has a history of relatively clean elections (except for San Francisco, back in the 50's), and so I've missed much of the cynicism that many of my peers who...

Is Jon Stewart helping or hurting?

"Two academics say the popular TV show host is breeding a cynical generation"

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