http://talknation.org Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:39:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is worth a read because it is written by a Canadian but mostly because is debunks all the rightwing myths about universal health care using a system that many consider to have some flaws, yet it is still far superior to what we have and far less costly while ... http://talknation.org/2009/07/20/health-care-matters/ By Stan Cox Prairie Writers Circle The Food and Drug Administration found recently that samples of a feed by-product from dozens of corn-ethanol plants were contaminated with antibiotics. With that news, producing vehicle fuel from grain is looking not only like a wasteful and inefficient process, but also like a danger to ... http://talknation.org/2009/06/08/biofuel%e2%80%99s-drug-problem/ We have now grown up as a country after 8 years of being run by a petulant child. What a wonderful and historic day, and what an opportunity we have to save this country from the worst impulses of conservatism. The Republican party is in shambles and has a choice ... http://talknation.org/2008/11/04/america-is-now-out-of-darkness/ OK so Sarah Palin, aka Annie Oakley, comes out and delivers an eloquent assault on Barack Obama for his lack of experience (and when it comes to lack of experience she's certainly familiar with the condition) and she does it with wit and eloquence (though the speech was written before ... http://talknation.org/2008/09/03/speechifying-mattersexcept-when-it-doesnt/ Want to know what rightwing Republican economic policies and Alan Greenspan combined to do to our economy? Give this NPR broadcast a listen. (click on the "full episode" link under the photo) What ought to really boggle the mind on this economic horror is that it is just one ... http://talknation.org/2008/08/22/how-to-crash-a-lot-of-houses-mortgages-actually/ If being a POW is absolute qualification for good judgment and common sense we better listen to what this guy has to say. Why being a POW is no recommendation or qualification for the Presidency. This from a military website written by a POW who had been in ... http://talknation.org/2008/08/20/pow-right-in-the-kisser-st-john-hitting-us-upside-the-head-with-his-only-accomplishment/ I've always like Dock Ellis. http://talknation.org/2008/08/20/having-a-little-fun-with-baseball/ I've had concerns about Hillary's candidacy for a long time but they have varied in intensity and focus over time. My main initial concern was that I really didn't want a legacy President but that she was vastly more qualified for the job than just about anyone else and ... http://talknation.org/2008/05/27/how-hillary-lost-me-for-good/ GritTV interview with Kevin Phillips. http://talknation.org/2008/05/14/grittv-a-great-source-of-progressive-news-and-views/ Probably the best article I've read on the situation in Iraq and it comes from a Canadian publication, Macleans. Free of spin and ideology the author speaks from direct experience outside the protective bubble of US propaganda but also outside of the internal American political debate as well. ... http://talknation.org/2007/09/20/george-bush-the-new-saddam/