Category Archives: Peace and Politics

Media, Medea and Manski

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 16, 2010

Progressive activist Medea Benjamin isn’t often in Madison, so when she comes, one goes. Last night she came for Ben Manski, a real progressive, a Green running for Assembly in Wisconsin’s “safe” 77th district. His opponent, Brett Hulsey, a Democrat and former lobbyist for energy corporations against environmentally sound legislation, has one thing going for [...]

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Facebook, environmental disaster, and the unending war

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 14, 2010

There has been quite a bit of energy given to the matter of Facebook privacy and customer relations lately. Some friends are pulling down accounts. Bill Meloney drew the curtain on his Facebook account on May 1. A few others are quietly disentangling themselves and may make public announcements later. I have spent way too [...]

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CIA agents killed in the line of duty

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 1, 2010

So ‘ere’s to you fuzzy-wuzzy, at your ‘ome in the Soudan; You’re a pore benighted ‘eathen, but a first class fightin’ man. – Rudyard Kipling Since a time before the centuries of failure of the British imperialists to subdue “the wily Pathan”, since the time of Hasan bin Sabah and before, a time stretching back [...]

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Obama and the Insane Clown Posse

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 18, 2009

Eric Holder owes America a special prosecutor. We need to bring charges against Bush, Cheney, and their willing accomplices. (That would be you, Hate Radio pundits; and you, PNAC; and sadly lots of others.) President Obama shows no inclination to get the mess sorted out. In fact he seems to enjoy the cluttered agenda, the [...]

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New Year Revolution

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 17, 2009

President Obama has had a year to set things right, and outside my window there are not yet fields of wild flowers in dappled sunlight beneath rainbows with unicorns frolicking. In fact, not much has changed. I could say I told you so, but of course I didn’t tell anybody so. In 2008, the prospect [...]

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In defense of the military draft

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 12, 2009

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Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, and DOJ Attorneys

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 24, 2009

February 24, 2009 *Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials * We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department [...]

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