Community discussion on health care reform
All around the country Monday night, Americans will be coming together to discuss the coming changes to our health care system, and how we want to influence the degree and …
Peace Arena to name 'Progressive Person of the Year'
Taking a cue from Time magazine, which today made news with the surprising choice of Barack Obama as its ‘Person of the Year,’ this site will be announcing a “Progressive …
Caroline Kennedy should not be crowned Senator
I have liked and admire Caroline Kennedy. We are almost the same age, so I’ve watched her for a long time. What I have most admired about her is was …
Oklahoma Political News Roundup
Grassroots power. The Oklahoma Democratic Party is trying to keep funding the staff people that were part of Howard Dean’s 50-state grassroots party-building strategy. That program is being laid down, …
Oklahoma political news roundup
There’s some debate among Dems about the level of support the Oklahoma party got from the Obama campaign. On Daily Kos, Oklahoma’s election results get yet another round of …
Demographic forecast: political changes for OK panhandle
James over at Mahatma X Files has an interesting post about demographics and politics in the Oklahoma panhandle. He shows a map that delineates, by country, where the Hispanic population …
Joe Lieberman's last stand
I didn’t vote for Al Gore in 2000 and Joe Lieberman, Al’s stupendously stupid VP pick, is why. He was a whiny sanctimonious prick then, and he’s gotten worse every …
Oklahoma election post mortems
The whole world is trying to figure out what’s up with us here in Red Dirt land. Last Tuesday, for good or bad, we certainly took a different tack, and …
Obama, don't break my heart
Watch this fantastic video ‘song to Obama’ The singer/songwriter is Hannah Friedman. Talented, smart and brave woman. She left a comment on my last post with the link. Thank you, …