tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19761905558793177872024-03-13T23:48:18.278-04:00The Mighty LiberalIntended as a forum for me to egomaniacally disperse my personal opinions and observations on political matters and anything which derives from them in a place that asks for some manner of interaction with those who care to so engage.Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-87145393362312885552019-06-29T12:56:00.002-04:002019-06-29T12:56:46.269-04:00Gravitar Gets a Byline at Truthout!!!Your humble blogger got an official assignment to cover the Democratic Debates in Miami earlier this week for Truthout.org. Quite an experience for an aging rookie. Here's the article I wrote as posted at TO: https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-debates-were-depth-free-will-future-rounds-be-better/
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And by all means support Truthout with a few bucks. It all Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-5216596734710975982019-06-26T00:20:00.000-04:002019-06-26T00:20:20.890-04:00Pre-Debate Shenanigans: Elizabeth Warren Town Hall in Miami
The Warren Town Hall event at FIU was not what I expected.
It looked like what I expected: a circle of about a thousand chairs around a small
stage with a small podium and a stool with a glass of water on it. After a
couple of brief rah rah intros, the candidate came out to the raucous cheers of
the SRO crowd and she began telling her story of growing up in Oklahoma; of her
hardworking, lower Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-67003888004668943862018-11-10T14:00:00.002-05:002018-11-10T14:00:49.752-05:00Post-Election Chaos: Just Another Day in Florida
Late
Thursday afternoon, November 8, 2018 current Republican Governor of Florida,
candidate for US Senate, and adult
space alien baby, Rick Scott filed a lawsuit
against Broward County Supervisor of Elections, Brenda
Snipes, alleging that she is engaging in acts of fraud on behalf of
the Democratic candidates in the election “completed” just two days prior. She
is doing this by somehow skewing Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-32940334340175939292018-10-22T20:41:00.001-04:002018-10-22T20:41:02.137-04:00Yes, I'm Still HereBeen getting published lately on Buzzflash by truthout.org.
Here's my latest piece, commentary after the first debate between Florida gubernatorial candidates Andrew Gillum (D) and Ron DeSantis (R). The end of the article lists links to earlier articles.
The Real Swamp Report 4: Gillum Dominates the First Debate
Please enjoy and comment freely.Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-9213560494751099202017-07-18T00:05:00.001-04:002017-07-18T00:05:37.924-04:00Can You Smell The Republican Bullshit NOW???Let's be clear now. The Republicans have spent the past 8 years attacking a healthcare system substantially comprised of an idea that they originally devised in the 90s and enacted in Massachusetts in the early aughts by the guy they ran for President in 2012. The instant that idea was adopted by a Democratic president, for the sole purpose of getting them to at least pretend to engage in the Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-195336191795222442017-07-09T13:22:00.000-04:002017-07-09T13:22:20.875-04:00The Problem of TrumpThe problem of Trump isn't Trump. It's the people in charge of stopping Trump. It should not have come as a shock the the head of the Office of Government Ethics resigned this week suggesting that it is nearly pointless to continue in a job whose directives are entirely ignored by the Trump administration.
As a free and independent billionaire, a guy like Trump is very hard to stop if he doesn'tGravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-75093945627906261912017-02-01T12:47:00.001-05:002017-02-01T12:47:43.340-05:00Make Them Blow It UpIf the Republican Party and their leader Donald Trump wants to take over the country entirely, as it appears they've wanted to do for the better part of a decade of utter failure to participate in governing, let them have it. And let the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch be the point at which they do so. And let them, and by them I include all of us, suffer the consequences of ending the American Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-76064018778015568162017-01-29T15:08:00.000-05:002017-01-29T15:08:00.074-05:00Lying About Danger From Refugees
"Extreme vetting" is utter horseshit. It's merely a method of executing a Muslim ban by degrees when none is warranted or useful. This is especially true as it applies to refugees from Syria seeking to escape from the kinds of people we are supposedly protecting ourselves from. The refugees want the same thing we do. Safety and freedom. The US used to be the shining light of such things. But theGravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-26223364030983168432017-01-20T19:14:00.000-05:002017-01-20T19:14:17.496-05:00As Darkness Descends, Get Ready For The Dawn
As you'd expect, I watched and commented on the inauguration today with my colleagues from Progressive Blend Radio for our new show Trumpled Underfoot. Trump's speech was a reworked version of his stump program made all the more dark by his false dystopian view of a United States suffering from the ravages of a "carnage" that few would see if they weren't hearing it from their fearful leader. InGravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-7893085854629511352017-01-12T14:48:00.001-05:002017-01-12T14:54:32.984-05:00Congress, ALL of Congress Better Sack Up FastIt's 2:25PM EST, January 12, 2017. 8 days before the official start of the Trump administration. I'm watching C-SPAN3 for what was supposed to be a hearing featuring Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis (ret). The purpose is a pre-hearing in the House in advance of Senate confirmation hearings for his nomination to be Secretary of Defense. The United States military must be managed by a civilian. CivilianGravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-26820095772097755652016-12-20T00:20:00.001-05:002016-12-20T00:20:19.031-05:00Almost Isn't Good EnoughLong form writing doesn't come easily for me because it's hard to untangle the interconnected thoughts into linear sentences. And I edit myself. And re-edit. Then try to add links. And a little joke here or there. And before you know it, it never gets done and never gets posted. I'm gonna give it a go at keeping it shorter and see how that goes.We have reached the height of the long Republican Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-55281619703516466542016-10-08T18:11:00.000-04:002016-10-08T18:11:09.628-04:00Why Is THIS The One That Broke the GOP Establishment Against Trump?Donald Trump has called Mexican immigrants rapists and murderers. He has called for a ban on all Muslims from entering the country and thrown suspicion upon all of them who are already here including those who are citizens. He attacked a family who lost a son at war for the US. He has a long history of racial discrimination going back to the 1970s and has nearly 0% support from blacks nationally.Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-65886951358461773132016-10-02T14:11:00.000-04:002016-10-02T14:11:08.580-04:00I’m not with her. But I’m voting for her.
You can’t compare her to Bernie. Bernie is an anomaly. You
can’t compare her to Trump. Trump is a waking nightmare of American culture. You
can compare her to politicians of
the post-WWII era. They were all men who campaigned hard and could cut each
other within certain bounds of mutually accepted decency. And when the race was
over and it was time to do the work of governing, they governed. Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-77797570174461716652016-09-18T16:05:00.000-04:002016-09-18T16:05:36.380-04:00BirthshitThe latest absurdity from the Trump campaign is that he has helped the country by finally concluding that Barack Hussein Obama was indeed born in the United States and is therefore a legitimate citizen qualified to be President of this once Great Nation. He accepts all thanks for this announcement and regrets he had to clean up this issue after it was shamefully initiated by the HillaryGravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-54739690108195583302016-07-27T00:26:00.002-04:002016-07-27T00:26:56.411-04:00The DNC Did Not Make Bernie LoseA major theme of this year's primary season has been that the system is rigged. Although the accusation has been leveled at both parties, it's the Democrats who have been most specifically accused of rigging the game against Bernie Sanders. With the release of stolen emails from the hacked computers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), those accusations rose to the pitchforks and torches Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-1825151902478012392016-03-13T14:28:00.001-04:002016-08-07T15:44:59.737-04:00Gravitar Profundus to Attend Trump Event in Boca Raton, Florida Tonight
I have my ticket to enter the Trump event tonight in Boca Raton.
I don't plan to get myself in trouble. I'm not wearing any Bernie gear, no tie dyes, nothing that can be misconstrued to indicate I am anything more than the short, fat, bald, middle-aged guy that I am. My mouth will be kept in check. I'm there to listen and watch. If nothing else, my ticket prevents a true believer from Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-23987771615314209632016-01-21T23:38:00.004-05:002016-01-21T23:38:54.492-05:00The Establishment
The latest favorite phrase of the political class and the
media that promotes it is The Establishment.
As a notion, being an outsider is always a popular and
nominally effective way for a would-be member of The Establishment to gain
entry to it. Promising angry voters that they have a chance to support someone
who can act against The Establishment, but only if they are made an important
part Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-56460693536534328712015-10-03T19:48:00.002-04:002015-10-03T19:48:39.124-04:00Whither the US?What is our purpose in the world? I mean the United States, not humanity. Humanity serves no purpose except itself. But is that all the US does as well? And even if that is all the US does, what is it that serves the US?
I wonder about this today because I just read how the US bombed a hospital today in Afghanistan run by Doctors Without Borders. The US has been engaged in wars in central and Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-57946351957432688822015-09-05T13:47:00.000-04:002015-09-05T14:03:03.567-04:00What is a Liberal? Liberal Economics and Neo-Liberal EconomicsStrangely enough, the economic approach favored by today's conservatives is called "neo-liberalism". It developed out of a fundamental misinterpretation of Adam Smith's original concepts of liberalism in economics.
By misinterpretation I mean that today's conservatives leave out a basic concept which is the centralizing force behind Smith's economics: moral control. He made the same academic Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-34941383509705199482013-03-30T00:04:00.000-04:002013-03-30T00:06:09.336-04:00Random Thought: Information Revolution NowI tend to see Facebook, the Internets, and social media in general as the latest information revolution. Rather than the last information revolution -- radio and television, which is not interactive -- the current one is more like the one before, when the printing press spread literacy beyond the halls of government and church. It's interactive and wakes up minds. Sometimes an awakened mind is a Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-18392111868521675242012-12-15T11:34:00.002-05:002022-12-15T09:19:11.551-05:00We Tell Our Children There Are No MonstersI haven't posted in a really long time, including just about the entirety of the presidential election. But really I had to say something now if only to begin to purge myself of some of the mental and emotional bile which has built up since then and especially after yesterday's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Given the chance I'll likely expand on this topic a bit and get back into Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-53213357636819561212012-05-27T13:17:00.001-04:002012-05-27T13:17:48.507-04:00Gravitar Tonight (May 27) On Progressive BlendI just completed a pre-taped segment for tonight's More Me Show on Progressive Blend Radio to discuss the otherwise ignored story of the lawsuit against the indefinite detention law. The show starts at 5PM EST with my segment going on at 7PM EST. Listen live or later through the podcast on FB or at the station's site: http://pbradio.net/.Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-54823121877237585342012-05-18T22:27:00.000-04:002012-05-18T22:27:02.958-04:00Definite Intention: The Case Against Presidential Indiscretion
Next-door neighbour, dem hold your son,
said dem find him with one gun
And it's no need him start to mention,
Him going to get an indefinite detention.
Oh, lady, whatcha gonna do now?
(...Oh...) Oh, lady, whatcha gonna do?
Oh, lady, whatcha gonna do?
He's your one son, lady, whatcha gonna do?
Peter Tosh, "Whatcha Gonna Do?"
In what has become an all-too-common behavior Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-51857405339093806272012-05-15T22:34:00.000-04:002012-05-15T22:34:22.543-04:00Marriage Is So GayFor the life of me I can't understand why anyone cares if the government recognizes the union of consenting adults and calls it marriage. Why anyone feels they need the stamp of approval of the state in order to ratify the love they have in their hearts for another grants the state more authority over matters of devotion and commitment than any government ought to have over its people. If Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976190555879317787.post-39090246165789552612012-05-14T14:48:00.000-04:002012-05-14T14:48:09.081-04:00Caveat Emptor in ExtremisThis is, of course, a generalization, but until about 1980 or so, big business culture in the United States operated under the presumption that the purpose of the business was to make money by providing a quality product or service. If that product or service was efficiently provided at a reasonable price together with an appropriate level of quality, sales would grow and profits Gravitar Profundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041713467623442476noreply@blogger.com1