http://www.reachm.com/amstreet Liberal and progressive US politics, news, media critique, religion, sex and culture. Sat, 10 May 2008 19:08:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What's black and white and and read all over? Some members who forgot to evolve as part of their service. Most of us evolved from monkeys but a few not-so-great apes chose to remain behind. Maybe they got bonked on the head by too many coconuts. Whatev. If the only way ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2008/05/10/the-secrets-in-saving-us-from-the-jiggerboos/ The elder Bush highlighted a thousand points of light in his administration, but it appears Democrats are creating more light a different way. Chris Bowers notes that our growing light comes from the sun because we've got a thousand glass ceilings breaking. Which also provides plenty of life-propelling photosynthesis to everything ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2008/05/10/a-thousand-for-america/ After the Great Depression ended on the strength of war production, the momentum continued to grow ours into an economy that was the envy of the world. That was accomplished in three critical ways: VA loans permitted returning veterans to own homes, the GI Bill allowed them to go to ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2008/05/10/mccain-prefers-troops-to-never-advance-to-become-the-middle-class/ Scott Collins opined that Americans already believe the broadcast news media is the propaganda arm of the US government, so the news isn't new. Glenn Greenwald thinks the story gets no airplay because the networks are covering their sorryass record of lapdancing on Bush's petard. Glenn's closer to the reality on ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2008/05/10/the-media-and-congress-surrendered-our-weapons-to-tyrants-and-crooks/ He was profiled a few months ago as being so calm that some found him too boring, But today he cut loose with a major rip on both of the Clintons. I'm not sure about the things he says they took, but it's pretty clear Mr. Herbert is not going ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2008/05/10/ever-see-bob-herbert-get-angry/