Pieces like this increasingly seem irrelevant in that they focus on the two establishment parties both of whom rule for the elite moneyed class.

These kind of articles continue to give attention to corrupted dead horses thinking one of them will take us somewhere good to be.  These type of articles are a wast of time.

They poked at candidates from the insane and stupid party while almost always ignoring that the democrats also are owned by and pay obeisance to the same corporate, big bank, big oil, big Ag, & MIC they fall on their knees to please.

As long as big corporate money is the deciding factor in determining who holds major executive, judicial, and legislative position, we are electing morally bankrupt corporate
rule.  Nothing will change.  Covering the democrats as a true alternative is almost never honest or rigorous journalism.

Nothing will change as long as the flood of money from the plutocrats poisons our dying democracy

@OddSox
—-The other was a US serviceman who violated his oath to protect and serve his country—-

A couple of things. Bradly Manning was one of tens of thousands who had access to that information and the opportunity to send it to wikileaks. He has been accused, but so far there has been no judge or jury to decide if he is indeed guilty. According to american law we must still presume him innocent.
Further, he has been locked up for over a year now, under circumstances that are worse than they would be if he were tried and convicted. You would think that if the government was so certain that he is guilty they could have proceeded with charges and perhaps even a trial. After a year? While it is impossible to say for certain what is taking so long, this suggests that he was simply be made a scapegoat to scare others into keeping their mouth shut and their heads down lest they too be tortured (politely) to death slowly by abuse.
Thirdly, even if he did what he has been arrested for, that does not mean he was not acting in the best interest of his country, and that keeping quiet would have been betraying that oath he took. (Mind I do not know enough of the details, which are conveniently classified a state secret too to make it impossible to have an open discussion about this case, so I can not say but it certainly is possible that Bradly Manning felt he served his country by making public some of the illegal programs it was involved in abroad. For all the talk about ‘illegal wars’ it certainly helps to have information that identifies how the USA was muddled into those wars, and who at senior government levels should be held accountable for the death of thousands of american soldiers and tens (or hundreds) of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Not so clear cut who betrayed his country and his oaths now, is it?

And at the very least, Bradly Manning should be treated like anybody else awaiting trial, instead of receiving the kind of treatment we all poo poo about when we see it in the political prisons of the worst of dictators.

If nothing else, Bradly Manning is an example of how cynical both the government and the country has become, and an exclamation point behind the long list of what is wrong these days with the USA.
American exceptionalism my cute round behind. The only exceptional thing about the USA is how easily it deludes itself and how it looks away from the things it does not wish to acknowledge about itself.

I’m still hoping for a balanced ticket.  Donald Trump/Rosie O’Donnell, for instance.

The GOP can nominate a lot of people who could bring its gunslinger yahoos
together with the suits—think Paul Ryan (good hair) or Jim DeMint, and some
wild cards like GS’ former CEO Paulson, or, once again, Huckabee—and still have
enough money to elect them even after pouring its millions into Mitt and Cain and
Perry Coma. 
At worst, their Crusader might still lose to Obama and the GOP would still have…
Obama.
The point Obama has made quite clearly is, that it doesn’t matter who “wins the
presidency, he or she will do what our militiary/financial community—the
Corporate State—wants.

@OddSox
—-What’s your weird trip w/the hair-envy?—-

A hairdo that costs as much as an average family needs to survive for a year seems to be one of the requirements these days for a republican nomination.

Usually Robinson is a bit milquetoast for me but this article made me laugh and
laugh and I’m always grateful for that, so thanks guy, really good job.

Jon Huntsman is the best candidate the Republicans could nominate.  Which is exactly why they won’t.  He represents experience, logic, stability, and fluency with the English and Chinese languages—all reasons for the Republicans to hate him!

Eugene Robinson,    11/04/2011
    “Mitt Romney for president…after
all.“Sounding as an afterthought.However,he is the
GOP’s choice or is he? “It was bad enough…”?It is
still bad enough with all the others - period.Being
infatuated with someone with no experience or
knowledge of international affairs - given today’s
political/economic climate.This does suggest a
popularity contest or that shills are involved.Where politicians stand on various issues like,abortion,gay
marriage,climate change,the wars,no longer
matters.What matters is,is who is financially behind
and supporting the popular contestant to absolutely
guarantee,the winner takes all.The real vote!
Thanking you for this opportunity to comment -
James M. de Laurier