Thirdeye Magazine » Politics http://www.thirdeyemag.com Using Creativity to Build Better Communities Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Poison of the Democratic Party http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:54:05 +0000 David Siwik http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/ This current election is something else. The race between Obama and Hillary is a reminder of the absolute poison that the Clintons brought to the Democratic Party, and what a duplicitous and self-serving couple of thoroughly narcissistic people Bill and Hillary have always been. Bill Clinton, in campaigning for his wife, has degraded the institution of the Former Presidency down to the lowest common denominator. Case in point: His reference to Obama’s “fairytale” run for the White House and utilization of the race card – confirming what a classless individual ole’ Slick Willie really is. The Clintons are a marriage (and a mirage) of a desultory individual from Arkansas and a conniving lawyer from suburban Chicago. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/feed/ 5 Elizabeth Kucinich http://www.thirdeyemag.com/interviews/elizabeth-kucinich/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/interviews/elizabeth-kucinich/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:14:42 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/interviews/elizabeth-kucinich/ Dennis Kucinich’s wife Elizabeth may be half her husband’s age, but she is his equal and then some when it comes to pure political gusto. The fiery Brit spent time working with relief organizations in both India and Africa before relocating to America where she found true love in the form of a an Ohioan congressman. As she braved the campaign trail with Dennis this year, she made a stop in Traverse City for a Q & A with the locals. ]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/interviews/elizabeth-kucinich/feed/ 1 Monkey Don’t http://www.thirdeyemag.com/literature/poetry/monkey-dont/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/literature/poetry/monkey-dont/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:12:18 +0000 David Blaine http://www.thirdeyemag.com/literature/poetry/monkey-dont/ The quadrennial quandary, choosing between the lesser of two lechers as they bisect bilateral boundaries, splitting atoms and Adams, exporting Middle America in the making of little Americas. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/literature/poetry/monkey-dont/feed/ 1 Three Cheers for Testosterone http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 02:53:17 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/ You’d have thought in 1961 when Eisenhower warned the U.S. about its emerging “military-industrial complex” someone would’ve sat up and taken notice. Perhaps some calls for restraint in military expenditures, or less interchange between defense industry execs and positions of power within the federal government. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/feed/ 0 Typhoid Jack http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:08:41 +0000 Garret Ellison http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/ A congressional plague is reaching critical mass. "I don't think we've had something of this scope, arrogance and sheer venality in our lifetimes," writes Norman J. Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank. "It is building to an explosion, one that could create immense collateral damage within Congress and in coming elections."
Patient Zero of this plague is Washington K-Street lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Patient Zero of this plague is Washington K-Street lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Plame case might grab the headlines, but Abramoff is regarded as the sharpest stake pressed against the heart of the Republican Party. He will become a household name in 2006.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/feed/ 0 Rove, Plame, and a Very Dirty Game http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:20:10 +0000 Garret Ellison http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/ You might think people would find it disturbing that George W. Bush's political "Architect" grew up idolizing Richard Nixon. Or, that one of his favorite tricks to play in his college republican days was to steal Democratic campaign stationary and direct mail the entire country invitations to a fictitious Democratic keg party. But the world of politics is a sordid place. It's to be expected that someone hailed as the most influential advisor to a sitting president would grow up with a fondness for dirty tricks. On a long enough timeline, however, everyone's survival rate drops to zero. Even Karl Rove.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/feed/ 0