Wiki Commons – Boeing C-17

I’ll give credit to Boeing for actually identifying themselves on this “astro-turf”:

http://c17foramerica.com

However, I would really rather see the money go toward something:

That the government wants.
That doesn’t create “regressive” jobs (ie: jobs that spread out the wages a bit as these tend to go to higher wage workers).
That doesn’t [...]

Let’s imagine a few alterations in this NYT article:

WASHINGTON TEHRAN – The Obama Ahmajinedad administration plans to tell Iran the United States this week that it must open a newly revealed nuclear enrichment site to international inspectors “within weeks,” according to senior administration officials. The administration will also tell Tehran Washington that inspectors must have [...]

The First Amendment states:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble“

However:

“PITTSBURGH — Police threw canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit [...]

As a progressive I really want to see a “change in diplomacy” and I’ve thought the Obama administration’s efforts to try to treat even our so called “enemies” with respect was a good start, however:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090921/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran

How are you going to do it when they aren’t acting like adults?

Having a friend, now unfortunately gone, who [...]