Obama - Dangerous Intersection

What will Obama do about marijuana?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:December 13, 2008
Post category:Health law and order Politics
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Lots of people want to know, based on Obama's website.

Science will be welcomed in the Obama White House

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:December 11, 2008
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Yes, science is back! In Obama, we will have a President who appreciates the power of science to understand the world and fix the world, not merely to spy on the world or to blow up the world. That's the report from Think Progress: SCIENCE IS BACK: The choice of Chu, a…

The enemy of my enemy

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:November 19, 2008
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I see lots of upside to Al-Qaeda's use of a racial slur to demean President-elect Barack Obama. Perhaps these racial slurs will wake up some of those rabid Palinites who thought that Barack Obama was doing the bidding of Al-Qaeda all along. Consider, also, that many conservatives are xenophobically patriotic. …

Bill Ayers: Passive living as violent living

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:November 18, 2008
Post category:American Culture law and order Politics War
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Bill Ayers talked with Salon.com, exploring many issues. I was especially interested in his characterization of those Americans who would argue that they are passive or non-violent by the fact that they are not, themselves, physically violent. Per Ayers, there is no "neutral" when one's country is perpetrating despicable violence.…

Frienemies?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:November 17, 2008
Post category:Media
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Arriana Huffington, sitting in for Rachel Maddow, talks about Obama's frienemies with Bill Maher. Also at this same page, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt talks about our first Internet President.

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