Noam Chomsky on Activism (2009)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ VBS MEETS – Noam Chomsky | VBS.TV 12:50 minutes These days it’s just annoying when a person is referred to as an “intellectual.” Most are pseudo-smarties with predictable and usually still-born thoughts regurgitated from some other pseudo-smarty. But if we had to name just one guy worthy of the honorific, it would be Noam [...]

Dennis Kucinich: We Have to Start Over

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ RussiaToday January 22, 2010 After a year of concerted effort to push through a major health care reform in the United States, it seems that the bill currently under consideration will not pass. But Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) says that the current problems are just part of the legislative process and while the end may [...]

Ralph Nader: Corporations never go to jail

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Updated: Jan 25, 2010 added full interview VoiceofAmericans2008 January 22, 2010 Ralph Nader on Thom Hartmann on the SCOTUS Campaign Financing Supreme Court ruling.

Alan Grayson: We Can’t Let Blackwater Take Over The Government

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Note: with the talk of Grayson being “saved” by Blackwater in Niger, please see this post: The Uranium Coup by Michael Carmichael rethinkafghanistan January 22, 2010 Learn more at http://rethinkafghanistan.com The Supreme Court’s recent decision to open the floodgates and allow corporate funds to be used in federal elections will further strengthen the influence of [...]

Obama at One by Howard Zinn

by Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.thenation.com January 22, 2010 I’ve been searching hard for a highlight. The only thing that comes close is some of Obama’s rhetoric; I don’t see any kind of a highlight in his actions and policies. As far as disappointments, I wasn’t terribly disappointed because I didn’t expect that [...]