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steveApril 13th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Justin, Lynn Woolsey is my Congressperson, too. I think you will be disappointed at her resolve. Me and all my friends (who live in her district) called her, wrote her, and even visited her office, telling her not to vote for the bailout bill. She did vote against it the first round, but then, even after we redoubled our efforts, and her promising to vote against it a second time (she said her constituent's calls were 100% against it), she voted for it. So, don't be surprised if she votes for for more war funds, she has changed her mind before.
empyriusApril 13th, 2009 at 6:02 am
You rock Raimondo! Even though we may be in total opposition as far as economic theory is concerned, our mutual pro-peace beliefs make us comrades unarmed!
Peace
Robert_NovalApril 13th, 2009 at 7:10 am
"Take heart, dear reader: our day will come." "But where can a man go That's sweet to his soul When his time is not ready But he's still turning old Here's a dream for the piper And a tune for his lady Outside the thin wall The waves are still raging…" "Harp Tree Lament" —Robert Hunter —The Bikemessenger
Ira7EpsteinApril 13th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I hope you and your family have a happy Easter Mr. Raimondo. As to your article full of if not good cheer at least guarded optimism about the cause of peace and anti-interventionism, I think it proves the opposite. Sure, it is all to the best that Saakashvili might be getting his due for starting a war in the Caucsus, and that Woolsey has expressed tentative opposition to Obama's esculation of the war in Afghanistan. However, if these are your only grounds for optimism concerning Peace and anti-interventionism, then that proves just how desperate the Peace and anti-interventionist cause has become. Plus, I see darker clouds on the horizion. With former WINEP member Dennis Ross in charge of the Iran portfolio, and the ultra nationalist government of Lieberman and Netanyahu taking charge in Israel the prospects for war with Iran look better than ever. Despite Obama's pretty words about peace with Iran, he still speaks about an Iranian nuclear weapons program that does not exist. It sounds to me like Obama is using "negotiations" with Iran as a ploy to gain international support for a future military attack against Iran's civilian nuclear power program.
Ira7EpsteinApril 13th, 2009 at 9:37 am
These developments seem much more important to me, than the fact that Saakashvili might be getting a well deserved boot in the arse from the people of Geogia, and the weak opposition of a California congressperson to Obama's esculation of the Afghan war.
Rosemary MolloyApril 13th, 2009 at 10:27 am
So good to read this. Points up why you're my favorite writer-on-current-affairs. Thank you.
wadosyApril 13th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
how's the war gonna start?
the israelis cant just haul off and start bombing iran, because that would play into the hands of the old line americans goys who'd like nothing better than an israeli scapegoat to blame for the disintegration of the US…
if israel bombed iran and oil went back up to $150 or $200 a barrel, that'd be curtains for the US economy… at a time when global energy supplies are getting so tight there's probably never ever gonna be a full recovery to business-as-usual.
looks like <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=neocons+want+OR+need+another+9%2F11&aq=f&oq=">another 9/11-type false flag is a necessity.
…but maybe americans are haywire enough to let themselves be lied into another war…
…and it's just barely possible that israelis are being played for suckers, seeing as how it's pretty much game over for america, anyhow.
joebriggsApril 13th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Good reporting Justin - keep it up. One other thing that the Georgian leader did in invading South Ossetia was violate the principle of Wilsonian Democracy - no forced unifcation. That is the principle upon which we defend Tiawan, and it should have been the principle that guided our admonitions to Georgia, instead of abandoning our values just to allow the Israeli's to build air bases from which to attack Iran.
LiberaltarianApril 13th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
I was wondering why the hell 'radical' San Francisco kept sending Pelosi back. The word 'machine' seems plausible enough. Now isn't SF supposed to have the highest concentration of PhD's? For shame! (But I do like to visit the place)
Ira7EpsteinApril 13th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Is not PHD an acronym for Piled Higher and Deeper? Anyways, I am of the view that if you want to be well educated as opposed to well schooled then you must be an autodidact.
LesterApril 13th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
saakashvilli doesn't realize he is yesterdays news. Where are your western friends? They've moved on to Glenn becks tea parties or bellyaching about Obamas diplomatic gestures towards iran.
GradyWilsonApril 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Leave to Raimondo to create a cheap shot strawman argument against "liberal/progressive prejudice" out of a Democrat in a Democrat district opposing war.
"Rural bad, urban good – that’s the liberal/"progressive" prejudice. Country folk are supposed to be unreconstructed jingoists, as well as small-minded bigots prone to outbreaks of primordial violence against "outsiders." Another cliché bites the dust. " - Justin
Rural bad, urban good? Isn't it the otherway around Justin? Isn't it Hannity who advocated Iran bombing SanFran? Wasn't it Sarah! who lashed out at urbanites as unAmerican?
Otherwise a great article.
KPowersApril 13th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
All I can say is Thank You Very Much. Things are so bad its really hard at times to have any kind of hope for change.
Never saidApril 14th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Write your comment here…Yet down in supposedly "radical" San Francisco, support for Her Highness the Speaker achieves Soviet-style near-unanimity year in and year out, no matter what villainy she perpetrates." -J. Raimondo.
San Francisco, quite the conrary, is anything but "radical" and it is good you point this out. A city where the Zionist sycophant Diane Feinstein remains the most popular politician, can only be called reactionary. Under the aegis of socialite oligarch Pelosi and Republican-lite corporate 'boy toy' Gavin Newsom, serious political life in the city has degenerated. It is now at a nadir of smarmy obsequious servility to the worst tendencies of the Democratic party. By design ,it has become little more than a playpen for the rich.
aaronApril 14th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Hey, didn't we give Georgia $1 billion dollars a la Joe Biden at some point?
M SwinburnApril 14th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Whatever your opinions are I appreciate your columns because you seem to do thorough research, which I don't always have the time for. Your presentation is certainly entertaining and some people may think it therefore comes off the top of your head but I have always found your analysis to be very informative and not unfair or ideological.
Brian RuddellApril 14th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Mate, from Down Under here in Australia the comment "This Easter Sunday, a holiday of resurrection – or, at least, spring" Is a bit off the mark. For us poor souls in the Southern Hemisphere Easter is "The Last of the Summer Wine"
All the Best
GradyWilsonApril 14th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Notice Justin can't go a column without comparing an American liberal to a Soviet? This makes him look petulant and small and takes away from the quality of his arguments. Although I must admit ths tactic seems to be SOP for libertarians and fascists.
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