Posted in United States, Graham Linehan, UK Politics, US Politics, Health on Aug 16th, 2009 5 Comments »
Following on from Graham Linehan’s defence of the NHS - and by extension his attack on the American right and their absolute hatred of not-for-profit health care - here’s the great man himself talking with Channel Four.
(By the way, Twitter is to me what VHS was to my father. Apparently it’s all the rage […]
Posted in Marx, US Politics, Politics on Jul 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
Posted in capitalism, Economy, US Politics, Working Class on Nov 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Michael Zweig here on Dublin Opinion. Below is a two-part interview with Zweig, conducted with Bill Moyers. It took place in October, around the time of the American bail-out - now under review as the American Treasury wakes up to the fact that it’s going to have […]
Posted in US Election, racism, US Politics, Working Class, Politics on Oct 13th, 2008 No Comments »
You see brothers and sisters, there’s not a single good reason for any worker — especially any union member — to vote against Barack Obama.
There’s only one really bad reason to vote against him: because he’s not white.
And I want to talk about that because I saw that for myself during the Pennsylvania primary.
On […]
Posted in US Election, US Politics on Oct 6th, 2008 2 Comments »
and now, the REAL debate, courtesy of Saturday Night Live.
Enjoy.
Due to technical problems, we couldn’t embed this.
Posted in Current Affairs, US Election, US Politics, satire on Oct 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
Here is a guest post by Gerry Burke, which he suggested could be a follow-up piece to the Palin stuff posted below. Gerry has written several pieces for Irish Left Review.
“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.”
- Kathleen Parker, a National Review online columnist and a former Sarah Palin […]
Posted in American, US Election, US Politics on Oct 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I came across this clip earlier on today. It’s from 14 April 2007, and it’s Biden talking after a campaign rally in Laconia, New Hampshire. Ever the campaigner, he makes sure to make eye contact with both of the persons he’s talking to, as well as effortlessly shaking a person’s hand as they’re leaving the […]
Posted in US Election, US Politics, politics/world on Oct 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Thursday’s debate was one where Sarah Palin, the governor, went up against Sarah Palin, the media moron - and Palin the governor edged ahead on points. Whether that will translate into swing voter support for Palin the VP candidate is another thing.
Anyhow, the last part of the Katie Couric interview is now available on Youtube, […]
Posted in US Election, US Politics on Oct 2nd, 2008 6 Comments »
This is another short clip from Palin’s interview with CNN, where she explains her foreign policy experience. CNN are doing this themselves, i.e. releasing the interview in segments.
Couric: Well explain to me why that [an international border] enhances your foreign policy credentials.
Palin: Well it certainly does because our, our next door neighbours are foreign countries. […]
Posted in US Election, US Politics, Politics on Oct 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Cheers to Becky for this one.
Unbelievable stuff.