Tag Archives: dissent

Ernest Partridge lays it on the line

27 Sep

A Gathering Storm
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Get back to thinking

23 Sep

Bill Clinton: We must get back to thinking
Former President Bill Clinton sits down with Countdown’s Keith Olbermann.
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Dissent, and the unacceptability of thought

18 Sep

Olbermann Video: Bush owes us an apology

Yes, he does. He owes the entire United States an apology for suggesting that it is unacceptable to think anything. Allow me to direct you once again to the words of Historian Howard Zinn: Continue reading

Keith Olbermann speaks truth to power, again

11 Sep

Keith Olbermann: This hole in the ground (MSN Video, requires IE)
Sept. 11: “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann offers a special comment about 9/11 five years after the terrorist attacks.
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Folk Hero of the American West?

1 Sep

The Mayor Who Challenged the President
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“Blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism,” he told the excited crowd, a slender, gray haired man in a black suit, standing alone, and entirely unprotected, at a microphone on a podium on the steps of City Hall. In a booming bass, denouncing the hundreds of angry callers who had phoned his office to urge him not to embarrass the city by protesting the presence of the nation’s leader, he continued. “A patriot does not tell people who are intensely concerned about their country to sit down and be quiet in the name of politeness.”

This man has a clue. Click through to The Nation to read the rest.

Godwin’s Law does not apply

31 Aug

Keith Olbermann Delivers One Hell Of a Commentary on Rumsfeld
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This country faces a new type of fascism – indeed. – Although I presumptuously use his sign-off each night, in feeble tribute… Continue reading

Dissent: Unpatriotic or necessary?

29 Nov

Dissent these days seems to be a dirty word. The Bush administration has, at least since September 11th, usually termed any criticism of its policies “unpatriotic.”TomPaine.com

Quotes of interest in that regard:
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