tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post6859845623747950209..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: Michael Moore: Begging Obama on AfghanistanWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-76057329049816105292009-12-03T10:42:05.356-08:002009-12-03T10:42:05.356-08:00The fact is that Congress has abrogated its Consti...The fact is that Congress has abrogated its Constitutional power to declare war. This took place long before Gore ran, or Nader came along. Until this issue is addressed in a direct manner by the Congress, we will continue to hop from one war to the next, regardless of the party in power.Martin Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053061645306474569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-86626079360540905022009-12-01T19:37:00.105-08:002009-12-01T19:37:00.105-08:00All of those anti-third party folks who blame Nade...All of those anti-third party folks who blame Nader for Bush, should thank Perot for Clinton.<br /><br />You don't get to pick and choose.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-63240979047113095642009-12-01T16:10:41.106-08:002009-12-01T16:10:41.106-08:00Still blaming Nader for everything, even as a Demo...Still blaming Nader for everything, even as a Democratic president and Congress escalate our imperial quagmire in the Middle East? Audacious. <br /><br />The truth is, Florida Republicans stole the 2000 election from Gore. This is documented by the film American Blackout, available free on youtube, as well as Moore's own Fahrenheit 9/11. The Democrats scapegoated Nader for the GOP's theft. If they truly believed Nader had cost Gore the election, they would have pushed for instant runoff voting, an improved voting system that eliminates the so-called 'spoiler effect'. <br /><br />Obama has backbone. He can do whatever it takes to advance his own career, whether throwing old friends under the bus or contradicting his past statements (on single-payer, civil liberties, war, etc) with a straight face. The "spineless Democrats" canard is a mental crutch, a way of turning a blind eye to the corruption of our corporate-sponsored political class.<br /><br />I apologize for being terse, but I can't help but feel frustrated by the escalation of a war that is morally and financially bankrupting my country.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191765471206225563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-39413081843961246922009-12-01T06:26:47.708-08:002009-12-01T06:26:47.708-08:00Simply put: Obama's pledge to the presidency o...Simply put: Obama's pledge to the presidency of the US is a pledge to uphold and expand Capitalism. This means, in the early part of the 21st Century, continuing the Imperial role of the Mighty US no matter the cost to the vast majority of US workingfolk or the peoples of the nations invaded.<br /><br />Hence, Prez Obama has to increase the war as he receives the Nobel Peace Prize because it is the nature of a capitalist empire (just like it is the nature of Capitalism to continue to maximize profits via the proletarization of all employees and increasing that great army of unemployed.<br /><br />Rather than beg against the inevitable, Michael Moore's energy and money should be spent on helping to build a powerful US antiwar/anti-imperial Popular Movement.Black Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580843226348624045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-47860307386441256572009-11-30T08:37:22.926-08:002009-11-30T08:37:22.926-08:00Tough decisions are tough. The hardest decisions ...Tough decisions are tough. The hardest decisions are those where one must decide to cut one's losses. Those who just went through the latest stock market scam know of what I speak. Selling off stocks at half the purchase price or less wasn't easy. In fact, many still hold those stocks, hoping that they'll regain their value, or that the company will not go out of business. At best, it is a risky business.<br /> <br /> All indications at this moment are that Obama has decided to escalate the involvement in Afghanistan, which is a country where very few people are literate, where a harsh form of fundamentalist Islam is still prevalent (witness the decision by an Afghan court within the past year to put to death a young man who copied something from the Internet, that something alleged to be an insult to Islam), and where we have no ational ninterest at stake. Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan is one of those signal moments of myopia that leaders encounter. Obama's failing is that he lacked the ability to offend others when he should have. Republican politicians support our sending in more troops. These are the same people who have dumped trillions of dollars of debt onto us, taken us into wars of aggression, shipped jobs offshore, and who are bought and paid for by the wealthy. The uncertainty that is coming our way is the reason, in part, that the price of gold is surging. Our only hope was that Obama had some backbone. He doesn't. Where is Mikhael Gorbachev when we need him? Pity us all.<br /> <br />Richard Sutherland<br />PS - If Nader had not run as a Green Party candidate in 2000, there would not have been an Iraqi invasion and Afghanistan would be something in the distant past, if it had occurred at all.Richard Sutherlandnoreply@blogger.com