Note to the DNC: It is Indeed Also the Environment, "Stupid"!
I apparently owe the New Democrat Network an apology of sorts. The Ringmaster recently lambasted the NDN for low-balling the environment by not featuring it prominently on their site along with other...
View ArticleDean speaks for you but does he speak for the environment?
Some may not be aware that thhe DNC does not currently include the environment among the Party's official agenda issues listed on their web site, http://democrats.org/agenda.html. As a Democrat and an...
View ArticleVictory! Environment just added to DNC Issue Agenda
As I busily internetworked this fine sunny AM towards the goal of getting the DNC to put the Earth, if not "First", at least on the Party agenda, A co-conspirator emailed the news....
View ArticleWhither the Young?: Stalking The Elusive Plum Demographic
There we were. A packed labor hall filled to bursting with determined activists. Sweating but un-stifled in the midsummer swelter, we'd come to topple a tyrant. Here was a raucous mix of aged beat...
View ArticleIs Liberal TV DOA?
Here's one take on the potential pitfalls of Al Gore's incursion into "non"partisan, youth targeted TV. This from a 2003 story by FAIR's Jim Naureckas that they just recycled via their news feed in a...
View ArticleThe Unsinkable Hillary Clinton?
It is inexorable. The sheer consuming power of it leaves one breathless and in awe, like a giant black hole at the center of the progressive political galaxy. Yes, the juggernaut that is Hillary may...
View ArticlePass the Ritalin, Al Gore's Current TV has Arrived!
It's not boring.. not very. It's slick.. kind of. It's cerebral.. not really. It's Al Gore's Current cable TV Network. Dude, I think think I just had a seizure!Last nite, I managed to endure about 45...
View ArticleOf Hacket, the Promise of "The New Politics", and Some Politics as Usual
In the Immortal words of Maxwell Smart, Hackett "missed it by that much". Now that the Ringmaster's carbon-dated himself, we'll get on with the point. Paul Hackett did himself and his Party proud. As...
View ArticleTime for a Reality Check, on A Bigger Tent and Beyond
It began during the Iraq Invasion. Whenever I tuned into CNN, up until then my first choice in news, I found myself evermore weary and frustrated with the sanitized, "we're more butch than FOX News"...
View ArticleReflections of a Blogger?: The Medium is the Message
Just caught the streamed video from NPI's Reflections of a Blogger which, BTW, the Ringmaster highly recommends. Lot's of lessons to take away there but the overall message I gleaned was that, to...
View ArticleMonty Python and the Peace Movement
Arguably the best satire ever produced on political activist infighting was the classic scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian where the People's front of Judea terrorists stumble upon the Campaign...
View ArticleThe Party of Sustainability?
As we gear up fot the big push towards 2006, I want to invite those Dems and progressives that believe the Party should be one of authentic commitment to the environment and sustainabilty to join...
View ArticleNote to the DNC: It is Indeed Also the Environment, "Stupid"!
I apparently owe the New Democrat Network an apology of sorts. The Ringmaster recently lambasted the NDN for low-balling the environment by not featuring it prominently on their site along with other...
View ArticleDean speaks for you but does he speak for the environment?
Some may not be aware that thhe DNC does not currently include the environment among the Party's official agenda issues listed on their web site, http://democrats.org/agenda.html. As a Democrat and an...
View ArticleVictory! Environment just added to DNC Issue Agenda
As I busily internetworked this fine sunny AM towards the goal of getting the DNC to put the Earth, if not "First", at least on the Party agenda, A co-conspirator emailed the news....
View ArticleWhither the Young?: Stalking The Elusive Plum Demographic
There we were. A packed labor hall filled to bursting with determined activists. Sweating but un-stifled in the midsummer swelter, we'd come to topple a tyrant. Here was a raucous mix of aged beat...
View ArticleIs Liberal TV DOA?
Here's one take on the potential pitfalls of Al Gore's incursion into "non"partisan, youth targeted TV. This from a 2003 story by FAIR's Jim Naureckas that they just recycled via their news feed in a...
View ArticleThe Unsinkable Hillary Clinton?
It is inexorable. The sheer consuming power of it leaves one breathless and in awe, like a giant black hole at the center of the progressive political galaxy. Yes, the juggernaut that is Hillary may...
View ArticlePass the Ritalin, Al Gore's Current TV has Arrived!
It's not boring.. not very. It's slick.. kind of. It's cerebral.. not really. It's Al Gore's Current cable TV Network. Dude, I think think I just had a seizure!Last nite, I managed to endure about 45...
View ArticleOf Hacket, the Promise of "The New Politics", and Some Politics as Usual
In the Immortal words of Maxwell Smart, Hackett "missed it by that much". Now that the Ringmaster's carbon-dated himself, we'll get on with the point. Paul Hackett did himself and his Party proud. As...
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