LA Progressive <http://www.laprogressive.com/> 13 July 2008
Several articles from this week's LA Progressive: Signs of a Watershed Election Year <http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/07/13/a-watershed-election-year/> The several political or at least politically tinged events we attended this week showed us that the momentum for change is running fever pitch here in Los Angeles. Clearly, chickens have come home to roost for the woeful Bush Administration and the failed right-wing policies supporting it. Democratic candidates up and down the slate stand to benefit. It Makes You Want to Cry: Economy Hits Seniors Hard <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0012qzttGhxDysW4ZkWZPBSc4nl2hTslxYTCkW088bO8lgt\ 8ST8tU__xHVl-U29eqPOKlCPlR4WVQ2i7ul-r7UeoyEEdNlELqWR3ciL-SXA7Ls6iQDbrveu\ 5odutbo190UqK4ck-jBqQEMnDLch6mb0rr4EqhDgftdCEcnlDfYk7FYMqzC-qrwkKEHzatSH\ kIuA_soazPzjY92iKev7nyVh5w==> When you're retired and your sole means of support is a fixed amount that arrives each month from Social Security and, for the luck ones, a pension, the pain is especially severe. Bad Mojo Rising <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0012qzttGhxDyt0jct8b2ihYjBvyxFdOE4jckdEr_O9Yfnb\ _Fx49MYtu5zFjQ9y09s-_zYeU3H40JHeBbqMGZeuKJbK8W4qhgMEAmEZstVV_repGFG54zF2\ uHXTpumIMhG7RM1qPB_dp17oi1ukhz2Q81zatciMUBi9_QpGhq3dVVI=> Around the District of Columbia, our putative leaders are breathing in the foul stench of capitulation and finding it to not be as nauseating as they imagined it would be. My Kingdom for a Backbone <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0012qzttGhxDyvcECPQpZ8SmMoTuRmVeQ01mBhDS6gkHGl1\ aAK999--cjdnrn4tfobYLhIAxPbF1s-wY9jF1w3gNvvCtLWBCW-AnjcxeeKQ8nVHiynZ5h_G\ coz8zZkQyj6UMj9kwnUWdz78pWBBmFgwnOIH7w_5xKwaVZSzokuZJDzQz7l1kk0RSQ==> I've been watching a parade of slapstick worthy of the Keystone Kops lately, but it's not on Vintage Movie Night - it's in Washington DC. Hapless doesn't even begin to describe it. How Obama Might Change the Politics of Race in Unexpected Ways <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0012qzttGhxDyuVToJmJezap-OPeESYzaPo4kIfxFr_IxTQ\ yvyyTMA70KmDSPKmv-Z19-mtY7KBAcdvF9_4la2apnEILj67dY_Pcbp_kzLpQ5v_tMk2trSd\ XWTr0iblpHcCzLVbIkmlnSfP5mzVSKnOChEqXQoDqx5corXZI0W7itTuyktEWe92kVx8BfNV\ yCBNgEfJ0HBuIHM9n6KrCLCHTwXzGSAIXJsakcQk8KoZiqk=> I share Congressman John Lewis's belief that Barack Obama's selection as the Democratic standard bearer is a powerful reason to believe we are "in the process of laying down the burden of race." Jesse and Joe <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0012qzttGhxDytTm5pxKGk-Lne_BdwaLBFe1jgD9qioQDWA\ 7gu2UTuBtZk9BhyvzBAJVd6_OixHLjAJALA4rkpz0UK9vw7Dmd15KpMA5ZbMvCNDsP3b3VVV\ to7QsXOJWKu6Qn3xWGHXFIEMUo7FKDz1GeZ_HlXmylIWwhexuBnCmlk=> The old song "Joe Hill" popped into my head while I was reading a rightwing blogger's paean to Jesse Helms. The blogger praised Helms as a "heroic warrior for conservative values." Bullshit. Rove Ignores Subpoena, Refuses to Testify; Ready to Gamble? <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0012qzttGhxDyuIe67SxSuH-z1XbxOo41DulVyMQtjCzT7E\ orxxqS4K448nPiTCjTfOx86O8TsdF5E-fUeUGkLcU9b6y5LEZFNcHxGujWGHKmcfNEPmtz52\ YHwUP8ag29PrbiNSaXFj-PH_-H9T9UhWVU_NywZS-dIqolAEGJBWgelCJ3STR_oRcL_M7OBv\ 11jvalZl1Mjj06gZSNEQD-xf8egD9iOkMj7i> I guess I shouldn't be surprised that he's doing this. I mean, after all, the Bush presidency, for the past 8 years, has been full of "create-it-as-we-go" government antics. A Long View on War. <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0012qzttGhxDysixxp72kP5nL6Fx2MgridFvW52WkqftCz8\ dXf64rxLlqub7PZVfRgANFPuBdFH6xO9Az3651gvP1mVDggK4wTseT2T3_JFtCxP5DUYdP97\ rfw416Sf05sg5ihvKL4-btQCeYrTUjh_lzyuA4Ay1bQWB_qJKAC2fRQ=> As a 91-year-old U.S. Army retiree, I believe I am entitled to present a long view of our war (invasion) in Iraq. I was born the year we joined our allies in World War I, I fought in World War II, was recalled to duty in the Korean Conflict, and watched my oldest son go to fight in Vietnam. It was a very busy and terrible century. 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