Comments on: Early Morning Swim: Election Roundup

By: MarkH

MarkH — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:42:33 +0000

Over-zealous (meaning mostly politically motivated) prosecutors are one of the biggest legal problems in America. There needs to be some kind of recourse for people beyond hoping the bar will punish malfeasance.

This era of personal responsibility requires regulation, governance and limits.

By: kittykitty

kittykitty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:44:04 +0000

Justice dept under holder is a wasteland.

might as well be gonsalez

By: kittykitty

kittykitty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:22 +0000

I think they’re hoping the absentee ballots will change the result, but it’s a slim poss.

I’m surprised too, but I think even “moderate” Maine is suffering from reactionary drawback from the meltdown.

By: selise

selise — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:53 +0000

oops gotta run. like 15 minutes ago. later!

By: selise

selise — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:38:54 +0000

i don’t know of any major human rights struggle that didn’t have a social movement to demand them.

this isn’t the kind of issue that deecee insiders are going to be able to negotiate in one legislative cycle. this is going to take a social movement to confront both corporate and political power centers. lucky for us htere is a social movement now for us to join and support.

By: i4u2bi

i4u2bi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:34:04 +0000

A lot of agreement here…guess it’s really is time to short the Dems and move on with our problems. Maybe in another country..heh

By: selise

selise — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:58 +0000

i hope so. which is why i don’t usually “go there” as i wrote in comment above. trying to push without pushing anyone into a corner. (trying doesn’t mean succeeding)

even if not, imo it would have been a great help to educate people on the various policy options. especially the only one with a genuine grass roots effort behind it. there is so much misunderstanding and while that’s to be expected (hcan has been using deceptive language from the start, conflating the public option with single payer among other things), imo it really is unfortunate. because while people are paying attention to an issue is the best time for education, etc. it doesn’t have to all or even mostly horse race stuff. my 2 cents. obviously opinions vary.

By: SouthernDragon

SouthernDragon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:27:17 +0000

That just might change if Congress screws us. Again.

By: selise

selise — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:26:55 +0000

oh, if you are interested in the topic, i’d love to talk about it more. i’ve had a little bit of the training for various actions (plus reading, etc on my own). best was when i did two days in bethlehem with ghassan andoni and the christian peacemaker team from hebron before olive harvest in the west bank 2002. amazing experience.

By: SouthernDragon

SouthernDragon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:25:54 +0000

I agree. I hope some others pick up the book, though, if only to follow Gandhi’s thought processes over the years.