Poker with Dick Cheney
http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/002789.html
Dick Cheney is not stupid - interview 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I
The only thing I can say about politics is stay informed.
On Oct
8th., 2002, George Bush declared the following
"We can not wait for the final proof, the smoking gun, that could come in
the form of a mushroom cloud."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gUzD1Ud4Lk
based on evidence of a document from Niger that showed Saddam Hussein was
trying to obtain uranium. This was debunked by Joe Wilson based on his
trip to Niger. He reported this in February of 2002. The main stream media
in the US did not report this. I learned about it shortly before the Iraq War
started in March of 2003. The arguments to go to war with Iraq was a house of
cards and this card turned me against the Bush administration.
I've been
a political junkie ever since.
Currently I look at he following web sites on a daily basis to stay informed.
Altercation - Eric Alterman
http://mediamatters.org/altercation/
TPMMuckraker - good US political coverage, they broke the current US attorney
scandle.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/
Economy
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/
http://angrybear.blogspot.com/
http://www.economist.com/index.html
Non US media sources tend to highlight what US media sources lack.
The Independent
The Guardian
I listen to NPR all the time.
Bill Moyers is good.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Good biting commentary.
Nice collection of alternative news.
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/
Also, I've joined the following organizations to keep me up-to-date on current issues. These
organizations send email often. But they ask to petition to your US reps, government
orgs and business about issues I'm concerned about. They make it simple to make statements
to the officials that are in power.
MoveOn.Org - progressively slanted. I don't always agree with their politics but at times, I've
acted on their request's.
Union of Concerned Scientists - Always up-to-date on environmental and technological issues of
concern.
http://www.ucsusa.org/
True
Majority
http://www.truemajority.org/
ACLU -
American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/
Web site to track how US Legislators vote - excellent site!