I wanted to write something about how the internet is showing its power in the Iranian protests over the disputed election.

No need to write something that has already been written very well so I will just link to the story called High Definition Democracy.

Here's a few quotes:

"The concept of citizen-selected leadership itself is ancient, but we are witnessing today the latest chapter in how technolo… Continue

The United States should not engage in torture.

It doesn't matter if torture works.

Threatening to kill someone's family members might work to get information, but we shouldn't do it.

Hanging someone upside down from a helicopter 1,000 feet in the air might work to get information, but we shouldn't do it.

Waterboarding someone might work to get information, but we shouldn't do it.

The main reason we shouldn't do these things is because we lose more than we gain. We lose our ethical and mora… Continue

I'm glad the Obama Administration is finally sending a message to Israel that they need to stop their West Bank settlement construction.

I have never understood why Israel has been allowed to create and expand settlements in Palestinian land. The conflict there is not just about how Israel was created by removing many Palestinians from their homes decades ago. It also is about how Israel is still taking land from the Palestinians today.

I have never heard a good reason for the settlement const… Continue

The people who want to stop healthcare reform (aka big insurance companies) will be running a multi-million dollar ad campaign to try to stop healthcare reform

Please take a moment to help us stop this misinformation campaign.

Visit http://democracyforamerica.com/activities/155
to send a request to NBC to stop showing the misleading ads.

This is why I can't stand war.

I mean, it is enough to be a stupid way to resolve our differences, but the reality is that most people who die in wars are not soldiers, it is innocent civilians.

Here's the latest quote I saw about the fighting in Somalia:

"Fierce fighting swept across Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens, mostly civilians."

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

The pictures from the fighting show a bunch of teenagers with huge guns running around t… Continue

Republican issues are not very popular. In order to get Republican issues passed, a lot of money is spent on propaganda research and campaigns. One person who does this for a living is Frank Luntz.

Frank Luntz is the one who changed the "estate tax" into the "death tax". He changed "global warming" into the less problematic "climate change". He came up with the phrase "we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here" to get Americans to support the ivasion of a country… Continue

The Republicans released a new ad today asking if we, as Americans, feel safer under the Obama Administration.

The video they released has very ominus and panic inducing music with images of terrorists blowing things up.

This reminds me how shallow the Republican Party is. They have very few issues to run on so they try to remind us about how scared we should be in order to support their militaristic solutions.

The problem is that most Americans are not falling for it anymore. Right after 9/1… Continue

It has been sickening to see so many Republicans trying to justify torture.

Republicans have been on political programs and websites lately saying we didn't torture anyone and the things we did were justified.

The only reasons Republicans are saying we didn't torture anyone is because they have redefined the word torture to allow the things that happened. I'm not sure how Repupublicans have the ability to say that waterboarding someone 100 times is not torture.

Taking a cue from Donald Rumsfe… Continue

I've often wondered how to make a difference in this world.

What I am starting to understand is that being an activist is important (in order to spread information and ideas), but the most important way to make a difference in this world is to win elections and get the power to put our ideas into action.

My main interest is getting people to live in peace. I don't want anyone to enter the stupid situation where people throw hot lead and chemicals at each other while killing many innocent civil… Continue

April 15th is the day Republicans have decided to have "tea parties" to protest the government taking money and spending it on things they don't agree with.

I turned on Fox News last night to see what the right wing media company was talking about. Each program and many of the commercial promos were about the tea parties.

I don't mind people taking to the streets in non-violent ways to protest things they don't agree with. What I have a problem with is a monopoly media company promoting the pr… Continue