Progressive Politics from Memphis
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I'm not bragging or anything….
Seriously, I’m not sure I agree with this at all, but here goes… ht goldeni
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Systemic in Nature
The DOJ has just released it’s findings in the US Attorney firing investigation. For those of you who don’t remember Monica Goodling, she was the DOJ official who testified to Congress that political considerations were made in hiring non-political attorneys in the DOJ. You may also remember Ms. Goodling from this exchange with our Congressman,…
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Panning the Pyramid Sale
Last week I wrote this post advocating for the sale of the Pyramid to an interested local church. This morning, I found this post in my rss feed from Smart City Memphis panning the idea of selling the Pyramid. We’re all entitled to our own opinions. Certainly, selling an icon of the city skyline shouldn’t…
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Pickin' apart the Pickens Plan
Over the past few days I’ve been seeing a lot of ads featuring Swift Boat financier/apologist T. Boone Pickens. Here’s the ad: His site and the plan that he lays out, is an interesting, though hardly comprehensive, take on energy independence. The long and the short of it is, lets build a bunch of wind…
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Just Something Funny
I Stumbled Upon this clip this morning….
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America First – A Response
In this week’s Memphis Flyer there is an opinion piece called America first. Bound by the constraints of print media, it is far from comprehensive, but brings up an important conversation; What should our foreign aid look like? Should we even have any foreign aid? On a certain level, I agree with the author. In…