As President Barack Obama delivers his inaugural address to a nation filled with anticipation and hope, the vital signs of the loyal opposition appear worse than worrisome.
The new majority of 49 states and 60 percent of the nation Nixon cobbled together in 1972, that became the Reagan coalition of 49 states and 60 percent of the nation in 1984, is a faded memory. Demographically, philosophically and culturally, the party base has been shrinking since Bush I won his 40-state triumph over Michael Dukakis. Indeed, the Republican base is rapidly becoming a redoubt, a Fort Apache in Indian country.
A discussion with Queen Noor of Jordan, Pat Buchanan and Richard Haas on MSNBC – See 2 videos and column below:
Israeli War in Gaza – Part 1
Israeli War in Gaza – Part 2
A Real Discussion on TV Regarding U.S. Policy Towards Israel
by Glenn Greenwald – Salon
Perhaps it takes a highly-telegenic, American-born Jordanian monarch for American television networks to air a real debate on the one-sided U.S. support for Israel.
UPDATE: Phase one is complete. WordPress [our site's backbone] is fully upgraded. The next step will upgrade, install, and test all the plugins. Then I’ll edit/update all the site files. Stand by!
Dear Brigade, we are about to enter the danger zone again. Over the next few days I will do a two version upgrade to the core of the site – WordPress. Then I will go through all the plugins and edit/update them. Finally, if all has gone well, I will edit out any errors in the theme files.
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