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Bush’s Baggage

     I’m Tom Dwyer, When Chris Wallace asked “Do you think there’s Bush baggage” possibly complicating a presidential bid?” Jeb Bush answered, “No, I don’t think there is any Bush baggage at all. I love my brother, I’m proud … Continue reading

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Dumbed-Down Democracy

  I’m Tom Dwyer, Newsweek asked 1,000 Americans to take the standard U.S. Citizenship test, and 38 percent of them failed. One in three couldn’t even name the vice-president. Ignorance poses a genuine threat. Reagan’s war on public education took … Continue reading

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More than just a bad idea… It’s policy.

     I’m Tom Dwyer, Two-tiered justice is now reality. It was hard to deny it when Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer explained HSBC bought its way out of jail because “the entire banking system would have been destabilized.” It … Continue reading

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No-Faith Negotiations

     I’m Tom Dwyer, Congress and the President continue to spar over the budget, but they quit negotiating long ago. Republican Eric Cantor gave a glimpse behind the curtain as to why things aren’t moving forward… “If the president wants … Continue reading

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Holder’s Promise

       I’m Tom Dwyer, …and I’ve been concerned. Concerned that drones, the mechanical angels of death from Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen, would become a domestic tool. But Eric Holder, the man who explained that “due process” is not the … Continue reading

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Signature Strikes

      I’m Tom Dwyer, Debate about drone killing of American citizens without trial overshadows another facet of this lethal program. “Signature strikes” account for many, perhaps even most, drone strikes. More common than targeted strikes, they don’t focus on American … Continue reading

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Tom’s Tidbits- Death from above… Drones are here to stay.

Greetings! Drones are the latest profit driven tool of the military/industrial/congressional complex.  In some ways it’s surprising that it’s taken so long for drone technology to advance- we’ve had remote control hobby planes for decades; putting cameras and laser guided … Continue reading

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What NOW?!! Toon for March

   

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Virtual Honor

Update 4/16/13- Today, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel cancelled the proposed cyber-warrior medal.           I’m Tom Dwyer, As battlefields shift from real to virtual the Pentagon’s shifting too.  They’ve created a medal for cyber warriors fighting from the safety of … Continue reading

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Talking Heads Keep Droning On…

            I’m Tom Dwyer, Talking heads at Fox so called news have been loudly criticizing Obama’s use of drones and trying to bash Liberals for not speaking out. One in particular called us vile and despicable, saying we went … Continue reading

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