Quantcast
Channel: humblecritic
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 20 View Live

prologue

I'd never been much into politics. When I was a kid, it all seemed pretty mundane: A bunch of identical looking guys and their identical looking haircuts running on about bombing and/or saving far off...

View Article



a declaration of independence

I am an Independent. I observe the world around me and recognize a complexity that is too great to be represented in just two colors. I hold that any system which effectively bars non-affiliated...

View Article

Surveillance vs Democracy: The Nixon Parallel

"Watergate and a lot of things around Watergate and Vietnam... served, I think, to erode the authority ... the president needs to be effective, especially in the national security area"– Vice President...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

who loves Yoo?

Mr. Yoo’s 2001 legal opinion was revealed last week thanks to a 2003 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the ACLU. The full memo, to which this is literally a footnote, is 81 pages in length and...

View Article

big media low standards

The ABC debate debacle between Senators Clinton and Obama was simply the latest unfortunate consequence of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which enabled massive and historic media consolidation...

View Article


govt. + watchdog: bff

It’s been more than two weeks now since The New York Times revealed that corporate network news had played willing partners in a government propaganda campaign directed by former Secretary of Defense...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

hearts and minds

Let’s face it, most of what’s been politely referred to as "broadcast journalism" has for the past decade or so been an insult to our collective intelligence, an abandonment of democratic principle,...

View Article

Lessig's "Change Congress" Campaign -- Just Might Work

Special interest money is one of the most significant challenges facing American democracy today. Money is funneled into our system by lobbyists and Political Action Committees (PACs) who finance and...

View Article


A conversation/debate with an Obama phone volunteer on FISA

I just had a very interesting conversation with an Obama campaign phone volunteer. It was the first time I’ve ever been met with more than just a listener on the other end of the line dutifully...

View Article


Obama, FISA, and Stealing Elections (with poll)

Over the last several days there have been many heated discussions on the FISA bill that's coming up for a vote this Wednesday (tomorrow) in the Senate. Most of the discussions have revolved around...

View Article

Ellsberg on FISA: Congress Blackmailed? w/video

The following is a paraphrased transcription of an interview with Mr. Ellsberg that I found over at www.fourhourworkweek.com. Video is embedded below the fold:[People] should ask themselves whether...

View Article

BREAKING: 8am (ET) On C-Span live FISA call-ins with Hatch

C-span is about to do a segment on FISA. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is the scheduled guest. We can expect him to be a stone-faced apologist for this bill, but we can expect a bit of morbid entertainment as he...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

AT&T EyePhone and Big brothers without borders

CBS News recently spoke with Mr. Joel Brenner, who they described as "the nation’s top cyber-security official" about the security risks facing U.S. travelers planning on attending the Beijing...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

WebComic: Alan Greenspan Standup Comedian

In his recent testimony before congress, Mr. Greenspan came clean: "I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organizations, specifically banks and others, was such as they were best...

View Article

Three [almost] viral vids worth seeing

Pick one and pass it on to your friends, your kids, or your kids' friends...Great production values here with some smooth beats... A great remix of an old-school beat: An here's an animated take on why...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Webcomic: Halloween's Young Republicans

As Halloween is now officially upon us, and we are just days from the election, I thought it only fitting to do a special piece to commemorate the occasion. Trying to imagine what my response to a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

webcomic: zombie karl marx

The real irony of Karl Marx, of course, is the extent to which he’s been embraced by the right and used as a sort of political bludgeon applied routinely to the eyes, ears and skulls of a constituent...

View Article


Verizon mishandles Obama phone records

Verizon once again proves why they should not be trusted with anyone’s private data. It was revealed today that multiple Verizon employees have accessed President-elect Obama’s cell phone records...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Webcomic: CEO Logic

If we learned one thing from last week's meeting of the well-heeled and the well-jowled, it would that it's not always easy to tell the two apart. If we learned anything else, it would be that CEOs of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

a party underwater [with art]

As the Republican party finaly sinks into that vast ocean of ill-will it has generated over the past 8 years, it’s worth remembering that the elections of 2008 were simply the latest battle in a...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 20 View Live




Latest Images