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Pride is Not About One Day – Pride is About Every Day
 SelectiveEcho.com
These are the remarks Mark Alvarez gave at the June 5th Utah Pride Festival. These important words reflect precisely the true spirit of Pride.
 Sting and Soros Hook Up for a Duet of Pro-Drug Stupidity
 Kurt Schlichter
Apparently not content to subsidize the whining of the nonentities at Media Matters, Soros is taking a break from his adventures in currency manipulation and general scuzziness to enlist entertainment celebrities like Sting in his newest quest: The Drug Policy Alliance.
Tea Party Fruitcakes: This is Change?
 Doug Thompson
The Tea Party’s performance in Tuesday’s round of primaries was — at best — a mixed bag. The Tea Party may be the CB radio of this political season — a flashy fad that came on with more flash than substance and faded quickly.
The Christian Fascists Are Growing Stronger
 Chris Hedges
Tens of millions of Americans, lumped into a diffuse and fractious movement known as the Christian right, have begun to dismantle the intellectual and scientific rigor of the Enlightenment. They are creating a theocratic state based on "biblical law," and shutting out all those they define as the enemy.
In Defense of Helen Thomas: On Apologizing to Apologists
 Paul Jay
Helen Thomas was the dean of the White House Press corp. She has a fifty-year history of tough-minded journalism and is one of the very, very few journalists in the mainstream press who has had the guts to question US policy towards Israel. On Monday she was pressured into resigning, "effective immediately".
Why Did God Create Atheists?
 Greta Christina
If God is real, and religious believers are perceiving a real entity... why is anyone an atheist? Why don't we all perceive him? If God is powerful enough to reach out to believers just by sending out his thoughts or love or whatever... why isn't he powerful enough to reach all of us?
USA: Acronym for United States of Assassinations?
 Sherwood Ross
What the United Nations independent investigator on extrajudicial killings would like is for countries that employ surprise drone attacks to first prove they have attempted to capture or incapacitate suspects.
So SUE Me!
 Alan Burkhart
Every time I read the news, there is yet another story about another lawsuit. Mind you, some of those lawsuits are perfectly justified. When one is wronged, one has the right to seek redress. Then again, some lawsuits defy the imagination.
Life... The Mexican Way
 Sean Chalfin
I am a 42 year-old American from Scottsdale, Arizona. I have lived in Mexico and want to share some thoughts and observations that came from traveling the entire Baja by car several times, living in Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta, and adventuring into hundreds of towns in between.
BP Gulf Disaster Is a Crime, Not an Accident
 Scott West
The Obama administration is beginning to do some damage control relative to what we have been saying and asking lately. Why was a criminal investigation not launched early in the BP crisis and why has one not been launched to date?
What is Voting for Mexicans?
 Guillermo Ramón Adames y Suari
Mexico has passed from a situation in which "whoever you would vote for, you knew the result beforehand" to a "more democratic counting of votes" system. It has passed from the attitude of "who cares" to "if I don't vote for you, you will not make it".
Israel Murders Human Rights Workers Delivering Humanitarian Aid
 Marjorie Cohn
On Sunday, Israel murdered human rights workers who were attempting to deliver 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, because Gaza has been virtually cut off from the outside world by Israel.
Plight of Black Poor Continues to Worsen
 Sherwood Ross
“The conditions now, in my view, are unquestionably worse in the inner cities,” attorney and civil rights stalwart David Ginsburg told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Education is worse. Housing is worse. Unemployment is worse.”
A Veteran Speaks Out about Being "Un-American" on Memorial Day
 Michael Gass
As a veteran, I can think of no other way that better epitomizes what it means to be an American than to honor those who died for our country. But Memorial Day is more than simply a day for honoring our fallen soldiers; it is also about remembering the ideals for which they gave their lives.
US Drug War Damages Both Canada and Mexico
 StarPhoenix
Mexico and Canada have a lot more in common than their shared $25-billion annual trade and awkward relationship with the elephant in the middle. They also serve as the economic and physical battle grounds for the demonstrably failing U.S. war on drugs.
Richard the LyingHearted
 Lawrence Velvel
Question: What do John Roberts, Bernie Madoff, Elena Kagan, Richard Blumenthal, Allen Stanford, George W. Bush and Adam Wheeler have in common? Answer: All of them have shown lack of respect for truth and honesty.
Welcome to Arizona: "It's a Dry Hate..."
 Randall Amster
First, it was legally-sanctioned racial profiling. Next, we were delivered a new law banning Ethnic Studies. Then, a policy whereby teachers with "heavy accents" would be prevented from being in classrooms in which instruction was being given in English. Despite all of this, we're continually told by proponents that it's not about race but about upholding the laws and securing our borders. Wrong.
The American Century Is So Over: Obama’s Rudderless Foreign Policy Underscores America’s Waning Power
 Dilip Hiro
Irrespective of their politics, flawed leaders share a common trait. They generally remain remarkably oblivious to the harm they do to the nation they lead.
To Fix Immigration, Look North
Froma Harrop
Ripped from the news: Haitians are illegally crossing into Vermont from Canada, looking for work. Why didn't the Haitians stay in Canada, where the social safety net is far cushier?
'Murder City'
 Crawford Kilian
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon is in Canada this week, seeking to improve relations with Ottawa. He'll have a lot to talk about, but one topic he'll mention briefly if at all: The worsening anarchy in Ciudad Juarez.
Reagan Revolution Home to Roost: America Drowning in Debt
 Dave Johnson
The Reagan Revolution was first and foremost about cutting the taxes paid by the rich and corporations. Now, almost 30 years later, the United States of America is drowning in debt. And that is exactly what they wanted to happen.
Pentagon Contractor Profits Rise - Along With Casualties
Sherwood Ross
Recently, a single incident in Afghanistan resulted in the killing the four officers, two other American servicemen and 12 Afghan civilians in a passing bus. This writer deeply regrets each and every one of those deaths.
We Need to Dump the Word "Illegal"
 Kung Li
We know this phrase is crushing us, yet we have done nothing to deliberately and conscientiously fight this battle. Gays and lesbians have long understood that language is a weapon, and so have actively defended against it.
California Governor’s Race: Republican Gubernatorial Candidates Fueling Immigration Fires
 Peace and Freedom Party
A fire is raging across America over Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070; and typical to the top two GOP California gubernatorial candidates, where there is a fire, they show up with gasoline.
In Mexico, a Drug War of Choice?
 Bernd Debusmann
Here is a short history of Mexico's drug war, as told to a joint session of the U.S. Congress by President Felipe Calderon on May 20.
Obama's Broken Promise to Mexico
 John M. Ackerman
State dinners are nice, but Obama has spent too much time cozying up to Mexico’s ineffectual authoritarian leader and his cronies - and not enough time helping Mexicans.
Eisenhower and Iron Man
 Jack Hunter
In 1961 President Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans during his farewell address: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” The movie “Iron Man 2” is about an America that never heeded Ike’s warning.
Mexico's Calderón Needs to Listen, Not Just Lecture U.S.
 Tim Padgett
Nine years have passed since a Mexican President last addressed the U.S. Congress. That was Vicente Fox, just days before 9/11, after which al-Qaeda's horrors all but erased Mexico from Washington's foreign policy radar. But, surprise, our southern neighbor's problems refused to go away.
Mexico's Failed Drug War
 Jorge Castañeda
What is going on with Mexico's drug war? Why are we in our current mess, and what are the possibilities of getting out of it in any reasonable time frame?
America is a Massive, Monumental Failure
 Doug Thompson
Question: What’s the difference between America and a Cub Scout pack? Answer: Cub Scouts have adult leadership. Yeah, I know. Old joke. But America is become an old, sad joke delivered by out-of-touch politicians/comedians before a disinterested, unaware audience.
Facing Overpopulation - Part 2
 Guillermo Ramón Adames y Suari
Overpopulation turned out to be far more interesting that I expected. First, there were the responses by some readers. I was not certain that many people had understood the gravity of the overpopulation problem.
There's No Time Like Now to Be an Activist
 Mickey Z.
We're on the brink of economic, social and environmental collapse. What an extraordinary time to be alive. How lucky are we? We've been trusted with the most vital mission of all time: survival.
Women's Limited Choices
 Ruth Marcus
She's not gay, OK? Actually, the all-too-public discussion about the ought-to-be private topic of Elena Kagan's sexuality would be easier if the Supreme Court nominee were gay.
The Panic Is On!
 Keith Johnson
We don’t live today like they did back in the 1930’s when people were, at most, one generation removed from the farm. Perhaps its time we do remind people of the 1930’s and draw parallels between those tragic times and our current situation.
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