Comments for Jubilee

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by Michael Drew

Michael Drew — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:48:15 +0000

Oh, duh. Sorry.

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by Kolohe

Kolohe — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:14:43 +0000

Well played. (I wonder how many people will get it)

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by Will Truman

Will Truman — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:21:55 +0000

I always take such statements as more likely than not to include the caveat “Within certain parameters.”

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by NewDealer

NewDealer — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:08 +0000

Very fair point!

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by Shazbot5

Shazbot5 — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:43:19 +0000

Also:

The Stimulus. (Huge deal)

Not engaging in harsher austerity. (Huger deal: see Europe)

The mini-Dream Act

Ending the War in Iraq. (President McCain…)

Ending torture. (This was a minimum that McCain would’ve done. Maybe Romney too. Bush was a monster on this one.)

He hasn’t ended the surveillance state, Gitmo, and the drones. Nor the war in Afghanistan fast enough. He could’ve done more stimulus and less austerity and a more liberal health system, but political realities are what they are. He could soften on the drug war, though not as much as we all want. He wants cap and trade and might just, maybe, get immigration reform before he’s done.

What would (would have) Bush/McCain/Romney do (done)?

Help us Jebus.

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:47:18 +0000

I do think Clinton (Bill or Hillary) would have appointed Sotomayor and/or Kagan or some persons very much like them.

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by b-psycho

b-psycho — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:40:14 +0000

Ambitious, ruthless, stage-managed within an inch of their lives people who seek power for its own sake…

If we take the mainstream assumption that the problem is not the power itself but who ends up obtaining it (which I obviously disagree with), this leaves a question: how do you reliably block such heathens from getting control?

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by J@m3z Aitch

J@m3z Aitch — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:32:16 +0000

The Obama Admin’s DOJ has stepped to the defense of people on death row.

But not those on the secret death list.

Comment on Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity by North

North — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:34:41 +0000

You probably do have a point there.

Comment on New Labor Laws in Bangladesh by North

North — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:16:02 +0000

I have neo-liberalish inclinations (possibly more inclinations than disinclinations) and I would emphatically reject any suggestion that neoliberals should/would or do endorse using state force to prevent labor from organizing.