Thursday, February 4, 2010

I Will Discontinue Regular Posting for the Near Future. Thank you.

Friends,

Urgent family business requires that I spend my time elsewhere,and discontinue regular posting.

From time to time, when something particularly noteworthy or new comes to my attention,  I'll try to post it when I can. All of the secondary materials in the form of newspaper articles, etc., which I formerly posted to illustrate how the blogging/opinion pieces were supported by current events, will be discontinued.

And let's face it, Friends --- it doesn't look like the Bush/Cheney Cabal and their enablers are going to be brought to any kind of judicial or Congressional accountability any time soon, if at all. Our only hope, at present, is that the Congressional committees curently looking into Bush era malfeasance come up with a few bombshells impressive enough to re-ignite popular and Congressional fervor.

The SOTU decision is the other menacing open subject, but only this currently scared, corrupt and, hence, incompetent Congess can do something about it, and they seem at present to be in a "wait until the public forgets about it" mood.

Thanks for your attention,
I hope to get back to you soon,
Eric Blackstead

Monday, January 25, 2010

At Last! SCOTUS Finally Allows Corporations to Influence US Politics | CommonDreams.org

At Last! SCOTUS Finally Allows Corporations to Influence US Politics | CommonDreams.org

Campaign Finance Ruling Reflects Supreme Court's Growing Audacity | CommonDreams.org

Campaign Finance Ruling Reflects Supreme Court's Growing Audacity | CommonDreams.org

ACLU slams Senators: The Constitution is not ‘optional’ | Raw Story

ACLU slams Senators: The Constitution is not ‘optional’ | Raw Story

Joseph A. Palermo: "Citizens United" for More Corporate Power

Joseph A. Palermo: "Citizens United" for More Corporate Power

Alec Baldwin: The Roberts Court Takes Aim at Campaign Finance Reform

Alec Baldwin: The Roberts Court Takes Aim at Campaign Finance Reform

Derrick Crowe: Watch General Petraeus Try to Move the Goalposts on the Afghanistan War

Derrick Crowe: Watch General Petraeus Try to Move the Goalposts on the Afghanistan War

So Why is the Fed So Desperate to Keep Maiden Lane III Details Secret? « naked capitalism

So Why is the Fed So Desperate to Keep Maiden Lane III Details Secret? « naked capitalism

A Threat To Democracy - Courant.com

A Threat To Democracy - Courant.com

Elections to deepest of deep pockets - MontereyHerald.com :

Elections to deepest of deep pockets - MontereyHerald.com :

Court's campaign-financing decision endangers democracy | delawareonline.com | The News Journal

Court's campaign-financing decision endangers democracy | delawareonline.com | The News Journal

Editorial: Corporate blunder | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/25/2010

Editorial: Corporate blunder | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/25/2010

A Threat To Democracy - Courant.com

A Threat To Democracy - Courant.com

RALPH NADER: Shredding the fabric of democracy- The Register Citizen Opinion - Northwest Connecticut's Daily Newspaper

RALPH NADER: Shredding the fabric of democracy- The Register Citizen Opinion - Northwest Connecticut's Daily Newspaper

AIG Took Four Tries on Filing as Fed Asked to Withhold Data - Bloomberg.com

AIG Took Four Tries on Filing as Fed Asked to Withhold Data - Bloomberg.com

Afghanistan will take longer to tackle than Iraq, General David Petraeus says - Times Online

Afghanistan will take longer to tackle than Iraq, General David Petraeus says - Times Online

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Wall Street's $26m lobbyists gear up to fight Obama banks reform | Business | The Observer

Wall Street's $26m lobbyists gear up to fight Obama banks reform | Business | The Observer

Supreme Court Justice Stevens Bemoans Changed Court - ABC News

Supreme Court Justice Stevens Bemoans Changed Court - ABC News

Iraq war was illegal, top lawyer will tell Chilcot inquiry | UK news | The Observer

Iraq war was illegal, top lawyer will tell Chilcot inquiry | UK news | The Observer

Photographers protest UK terror law - CNN.com

Photographers protest UK terror law - CNN.com

Photographers protest UK terror law - CNN.com

Photographers protest UK terror law - CNN.com

New York Fed documents reveal more detail about AIG bailout - washingtonpost.com

New York Fed documents reveal more detail about AIG bailout - washingtonpost.com

t r u t h o u t | The Supreme Court Just Handed Anyone, Including bin Laden or the Chinese Government, Control of Our Democracy

t r u t h o u t | The Supreme Court Just Handed Anyone, Including bin Laden or the Chinese Government, Control of Our Democracy

Op-Ed Columnist - After the Massachusetts Massacre - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist - After the Massachusetts Massacre - NYTimes.com

Obama Says Supreme Court Decision ‘Strikes at Our Democracy’ - NYTimes.com

Obama Says Supreme Court Decision ‘Strikes at Our Democracy’ - NYTimes.com

Editorial - Bankers’ Sense of Entitlement - NYTimes.com

Editorial - Bankers’ Sense of Entitlement - NYTimes.com

Biden Says U.S. Will Appeal Blackwater Case Dismissal - NYTimes.com

Biden Says U.S. Will Appeal Blackwater Case Dismissal - NYTimes.com

Friday, January 22, 2010

Big Government, Big Business, Big Rip-Off

Big Government, Big Business, Big Rip-Off

Should the US Colonize and Militarize Haiti? by Ron Paul

Should the US Colonize and Militarize Haiti? by Ron Paul

Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux by Cynthia McKinney

Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux by Cynthia McKinney

David Sirota: Who Is Lying -- Barack Obama or Sen. Michael Bennet?

David Sirota: Who Is Lying -- Barack Obama or Sen. Michael Bennet?

Obama, 9/11, and the Perceived Threat from al Qaeda - Kevin Gosztola - Open Salon

Obama, 9/11, and the Perceived Threat from al Qaeda - Kevin Gosztola - Open Salon

Dick Durbin: Banks "Frankly Own The Place"

Dick Durbin: Banks "Frankly Own The Place"

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com : Obama to indefinitely imprison detainees without charges

Toward Freedom - Profiting From Haiti’s Crisis

Toward Freedom - Profiting From Haiti’s Crisis

Paul Krugman leads liberal revolt - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com

Paul Krugman leads liberal revolt - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Campaign Finance Has Consequences for States - NYTimes.com

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Campaign Finance Has Consequences for States - NYTimes.com

State of Shock - Floyd Norris Blog - NYTimes.com

State of Shock - Floyd Norris Blog - NYTimes.com

Editorial - The Court’s Blow to Democracy - NYTimes.com

Editorial - The Court’s Blow to Democracy - NYTimes.com

Intelligent Investor: Will New Rules Tame the Wall Street Tiger? - WSJ.com

Intelligent Investor: Will New Rules Tame the Wall Street Tiger? - WSJ.com

Hightower: Bernanke Wants Even More God-Like Powers for the Federal Reserve | Politics | AlterNet

Hightower: Bernanke Wants Even More God-Like Powers for the Federal Reserve | Politics | AlterNet

Naomi Klein: How Corporate Branding Took Over the White House | | AlterNet

Naomi Klein: How Corporate Branding Took Over the White House | | AlterNet

Supreme Court's 'Radical and Destructive' Decision Hands Over Democracy to the Corporations | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet

Supreme Court's 'Radical and Destructive' Decision Hands Over Democracy to the Corporations | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet

Grayson: Fight Now or 'Kiss Your Country Goodbye' to Exxon, Wal-Mart | | AlterNet

Grayson: Fight Now or 'Kiss Your Country Goodbye' to Exxon, Wal-Mart | | AlterNet

Riki Ott: The U.S. Supreme Court Sells Out: A Government of, for, and by the Corporations

Riki Ott: The U.S. Supreme Court Sells Out: A Government of, for, and by the Corporations

Pat Choate: Supreme Court Decision: More Votes for the Rich

Pat Choate: Supreme Court Decision: More Votes for the Rich

Lobbyists Get Potent Weapon in Campaign Ruling - NYTimes.com

Lobbyists Get Potent Weapon in Campaign Ruling - NYTimes.com

Lobbyists Get Potent Weapon in Campaign Ruling - NYTimes.com

Lobbyists Get Potent Weapon in Campaign Ruling - NYTimes.com

Robert Gates Confirms What U.S. Government Has Denied for Months: Blackwater Is in Pakistan | World | AlterNet

Robert Gates Confirms What U.S. Government Has Denied for Months: Blackwater Is in Pakistan | World | AlterNet

France24 - US returns two former detainees to Algeria

France24 - US returns two former detainees to Algeria

Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds | World news | guardian.co.uk

Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds | World news | guardian.co.uk

EFF Plans Appeal of Jewel v. NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Case | Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF Plans Appeal of Jewel v. NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Case | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Obama to Indefinitely Imprison Detainees without Charges | CommonDreams.org

Obama to Indefinitely Imprison Detainees without Charges | CommonDreams.org

Revisiting The Shock Doctrine in the Wake of Haiti Disaster | CommonDreams.org

Revisiting The Shock Doctrine in the Wake of Haiti Disaster | CommonDreams.org

Judges Urge Congress to Act on Indefinite Terrorism Detentions | CommonDreams.org

Judges Urge Congress to Act on Indefinite Terrorism Detentions | CommonDreams.org

HISSYSPITTING! - Olbermann SCOTUS SPECIAL COMMENT PT. 1: 'After Today, Who's Going To Stop Them?'

HISSYSPITTING! - Olbermann SCOTUS SPECIAL COMMENT PT. 1: 'After Today, Who's Going To Stop Them?'

Obama Says Government Sanctions Unwarranted in Spy Case | Threat Level | Wired.com

Obama Says Government Sanctions Unwarranted in Spy Case | Threat Level | Wired.com

Anti-Warrantless Spying Decision Colors Telecom Amnesty Debate | Threat Level | Wired.com

Anti-Warrantless Spying Decision Colors Telecom Amnesty Debate | Threat Level | Wired.com

Thoughts of Storm Troopers Filling Spy Case | Threat Level | Wired.com

Thoughts of Storm Troopers Filling Spy Case | Threat Level | Wired.com

Judge: ‘Sufficient Facts’ Exist That U.S. Spied on Islamic Charity Lawyers | Threat Level | Wired.com

Judge: ‘Sufficient Facts’ Exist That U.S. Spied on Islamic Charity Lawyers | Threat Level | Wired.com

FBI, Telecoms Teamed to Breach Wiretap Laws | Threat Level | Wired.com

FBI, Telecoms Teamed to Breach Wiretap Laws | Threat Level | Wired.com

FBI Broke Law Spying on Americans’ Phone Records, Post Reports | Threat Level | Wired.com

FBI Broke Law Spying on Americans’ Phone Records, Post Reports | Threat Level | Wired.com

Judge: President’s ‘State Secrets’ Privilege Can’t Shield Wiretapping | Threat Level | Wired.com

Judge: President’s ‘State Secrets’ Privilege Can’t Shield Wiretapping | Threat Level | Wired.com

Judge: ‘Sufficient Facts’ Exist That U.S. Spied on Islamic Charity Lawyers | Threat Level | Wired.com

Judge: ‘Sufficient Facts’ Exist That U.S. Spied on Islamic Charity Lawyers | Threat Level | Wired.com

Wall Street - Salon.com

Wall Street - Salon.com


Judge Tosses NSA Spy Cases | Threat Level | Wired.com

Judge Tosses NSA Spy Cases | Threat Level | Wired.com