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The NY Giants will win the Super Bowl

by KRXA Hal 1/25/2012 - 11:27 pm   |

If I were a betting man, and I'm not, I'd bet the house on the Giants beating the spread which currently has them 3 point underdogs versus the Patriots.  In fact, I'm very confident that they will win the Super Bowl.  For the life of me, I can't figure out how the Patriots are favored.  Okay, I can.  Tom Brady. 

Brady is a great great quarterback.  Quite possibly, he is the dominant 21st century pro football player - although Ray Lewis devotees certainly have an argument.  But I'm not even sure he's better than Eli Manning right now and Manning has more weapons and a better defense. [Read more]

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Keystone Extra Large

by KRXA Hal 1/19/2012 - 12:08 am   |

It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If you're honest you're poor your whole life and in the end you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star.

Lon Chaney, Jr., asking Marshal Will Kane played by Gary Cooper why he goes out into the street to get shot at. High Noon. [Read more]

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Elia Kazan Reconsidered

by KRXA Hal 1/8/2012 - 8:50 pm   |

I've been meaning to write about film for a while but haven't gotten around to it. For me, like most of us I guess, writing well requires both knowledge and passion about a topic and a sense that I have something unique to add. Lots of times, I have one or two but not all three. In late Spring 2011, I wrote a brief article entitled The San Francisco Giants have the Best Pitching Staff in Baseball. [Read more]

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A Proposed Declaration for the Occupiers

by KRXA Hal 10/10/2011 - 8:14 am   |

We, the General Assembly of Occupation ___________, constituting all who have joined together in __________, whether in person or virtually, to be part of our movement to reclaim, through non-violent means, American democracy from the corporatists, militarists, and theocrats, declare the following to be our operating principles and goals:
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The San Francisco Giants have the Best Pitching Staff in Baseball

by KRXA Hal 5/9/2011 - 1:21 am   |

Last year, the San Francisco Giants won the World Series in 5 games.  They beat the Texas Rangers, who may have had the American League's most potent offense because the Giants have the best pitching staff in baseball.  Before embarrassing the Rangers, the Giants convincingly outpitched the Philadelphia Phillies, who had and have the second best staff in baseball, and who were also supported by the most powerful lineup in the National League.  [Read more]

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An Open Letter to Thom Hartmann - entrepreneur, author, radio host, et al.

by KRXA Hal 11/10/2010 - 9:12 pm   |

Dear Thom,

In 2002, you wrote an oft-cited piece for Common Dreams in which you noted the overwhelming number of right-wing talk radio stations and the virtual absence of any liberal ones. You advised program directors that radio "stations that take the plunge into progressive talk will serve democracy by offering a loyal opposition (which Americans always appreciate), and earn healthy revenues in an industry where it's increasingly difficult to find a profitable niche." You urged listeners to "call [their] local stations to let them know that you want to hear progressive or Democrat[ic] voices, and will even patronize the advertisers of such shows when they run them." [Read more]

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BP is Innocent? - Let's Punish it!

by KRXA Hal 11/8/2010 - 9:09 pm   |

 

A White House report released today largely exonerates BP for the Gulf of Mexico oil catastrophe earlier this year.   Assuming the report is correct, notwithstanding the many experts who have pointed to various reckless actions by BP immediately prior to the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11, the case against deepwater drilling is greatly strengthened.  For if BP acted responsibly then it is impossible to guard against huge gushers into environmentally sensitive areas.  To protect our terribly compromised environment, all deepwater drilling should be halted and a carbon tax immediately implemented.

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The Great Media Purge of 2010 - UPDATED

by KRXA Hal 11/5/2010 - 8:06 pm   |

The decision by MSNBC and its owner GE (Comcast is currently finalizing the purchase of MSNBC) to suspend Keith Olbermann without pay signals the start of a purge of liberal-leaning commentators.  With an activist right-wing Supreme Court, corporate media owners can, without fear of successful legal suits, prune from their trees anybody who speaks for limits on corporate power and against the redistribution of wealth upwards.  With a blood red House of Representatives, the masters of media know that no legislative response to their fiat will be forthcoming.  Some have questioned the decision to "suspend" MSNBC's most popular host and one of NBC's most versatile broadcasters.  Why, these naifs ask, would GE/Comcast act against the best interests of shareholders?  [Read more]

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The Difference Between Them and Us - Why They Hate the Estate Tax

by KRXA Hal 9/23/2010 - 8:49 am   |

I read with great interest and admiration David Seaton's post here: "Observations of and on the Rich".  Seaton contrasts the relatively modest and even awed reactions of some Americans to their financial success with the self-satisfaction and arrogance of others.  Seaton identifies correctly the latter group as the backbone of the reactionary movement that is destroying our world.  Seaton describes the neo-fascists as:
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Allowing the Bush Tax Cuts on High Marginal Income to Expire will Stimulate the US Economy

by KRXA Hal 9/19/2010 - 8:10 am   |

Last night on Inside Washington, Evan Thomas, the "moderate" on the panel said that while there's little doubt that allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire on everybody is going to hurt the economy, it's necessary because the government needs the money.  We certainly do need the money as the budget deficit is now into the double-digits.  But are Thomas and every right-wing pundit, blogger, and columnist who state with the absolute confidence of a used car salesman correct that tax cuts for the wealthy will hurt small businesses and the economy? [Read more]

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