AuH20
09-29-2011, 01:10 PM
sorry, don't like bloodthirsty investment bankers or Fabian socialists.
http://www.salon.com/about/american_spring/index.html?story=/about/inside_salon/2011/09/27/talbot_letter_to_readers.%C2%A0
Americans are in desperate need of a true crusader for their interests -- not a phony Tea Party. Salon will fight tooth and claw for the beleaguered majority, exposing the machinations of oligarchy with rigorously reported, deep journalism.
For just two examples of this renewed Salon commitment to essential, original journalism, please see Mark Hertsgaard's "Hellfire!" -- on Rick Perry's faith-based reaction to the inferno that is sweeping his state – and Brad Friedman's "The $10.50 Voting Machine Hack" – on the frightening security gaps that could corrupt our electoral process.
Salon's coverage will not be all gloom and doom. We will cover the people who are rebuilding America from the ground up -- taking over their local schools, creating community gardens and food barter networks, launching green start-ups.
We're inspired by Robert Kennedy, who -- after failing to convince President Johnson to end the war in Vietnam -- came back to his Senate office in a mood of dark despair about the fate of America. "Oh, to hell with it," RFK told his young staff, with a new fire in his voice. "Let's start our own country."
It's time to start our own country.
Last week I visited the young people who were camped out near the New York Stock Exchange, in protest against Wall Street's reign of greed. They told me they had little to look forward to in today's America. No jobs, a crushing load of student debt, and a political system that seems completely rigged against people like themselves. But they had not given up hope. Inspired by the social upheavals in the Arab world and the protests in Europe against rapacious financial elites, these young Americans are calling for their own "American Spring."
Talk is cheap. I'll see when they primary Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi. At the least Tea Party has a handful of establishment scalps (Bob Bennett, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Castle, Trey Grayson, etc.) from 2010. I'll give them that.
http://www.salon.com/about/american_spring/index.html?story=/about/inside_salon/2011/09/27/talbot_letter_to_readers.%C2%A0
Americans are in desperate need of a true crusader for their interests -- not a phony Tea Party. Salon will fight tooth and claw for the beleaguered majority, exposing the machinations of oligarchy with rigorously reported, deep journalism.
For just two examples of this renewed Salon commitment to essential, original journalism, please see Mark Hertsgaard's "Hellfire!" -- on Rick Perry's faith-based reaction to the inferno that is sweeping his state – and Brad Friedman's "The $10.50 Voting Machine Hack" – on the frightening security gaps that could corrupt our electoral process.
Salon's coverage will not be all gloom and doom. We will cover the people who are rebuilding America from the ground up -- taking over their local schools, creating community gardens and food barter networks, launching green start-ups.
We're inspired by Robert Kennedy, who -- after failing to convince President Johnson to end the war in Vietnam -- came back to his Senate office in a mood of dark despair about the fate of America. "Oh, to hell with it," RFK told his young staff, with a new fire in his voice. "Let's start our own country."
It's time to start our own country.
Last week I visited the young people who were camped out near the New York Stock Exchange, in protest against Wall Street's reign of greed. They told me they had little to look forward to in today's America. No jobs, a crushing load of student debt, and a political system that seems completely rigged against people like themselves. But they had not given up hope. Inspired by the social upheavals in the Arab world and the protests in Europe against rapacious financial elites, these young Americans are calling for their own "American Spring."
Talk is cheap. I'll see when they primary Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi. At the least Tea Party has a handful of establishment scalps (Bob Bennett, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Castle, Trey Grayson, etc.) from 2010. I'll give them that.