Roderick “Teachers are terrorists” Paige, the failed Bush Administration Secretary of Education and a group of corporate shills have released a report calling for privatizing the public schools. The report advances the Republican agenda by calling for the elimination of teacher pension funds and creating re-training accounts which do nothing for those who cannot afford to fund their account.

Looking at this report reminded me that Democrats. liberals, and progressives must get serious about real family values in opposition to the Repbulcian right-wing family values which are used to label people the Republicans don't like as lazy, immoral, or deficient. So, I wrote ...   more »

“If Roosevelt had conducted World War II the way Bush has conducted his war in Iraq, we would be speaking German now.” – Geoff Staples

Geoff Staples | RadioLeft.com

I’ve been saying that Bush is the man in charge in his administration and that he is not a puppet of others for a long time. It is true that he has surrounded himself with a group of people that support the Republican corporate imperialist agenda. But, surely, it is clear to everyone by now that – to the peril of the United States and the world – Bush is the decider.

Bush is the decider. Nevertheless, he is not solely responsible for his disastrous presidency. ...   more »

David Sirota’s post, Sen. Frankenstein (D-IN) Starts Presidential Run By Attacking People With Pulses, criticizes Evan Bayh as “a man who, last I checked, hasn’t come up with one mildly interesting idea in his entire career in public office, and has ridden his daddy’s name to remain prominent in Indiana (and, who) has mastered the art of regurgitating Republican talking points and building up Democratic straw men so that he can tear them down.”

Sirota refers to an Associated Press story which says in part:

White House hopeful Sen. Evan Bayh warned on Monday that Democrats could lose their newfound ...   more »