http://danvolper.com Exchanging Ideas and Experiences Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:29:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cenk Uygur: Obama's Tipping Point. I haven't posted anything to my blog for a long time - however after reading this I am beginning to feel this way - saddened, discouraged and depressed over the whole thing.  Suggest you read it and let me know what you think too. http://danvolper.com/2011/08/09/cenk-uygur-obamas-tipping-point/ Nine years after America invaded Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, American and NATO troops remain involved in heavy fighting. One year ago, President Barack Obama committed additional troops to the war while vowing to begin reducing levels in 2011. Though Obama revised "success" ... http://danvolper.com/2010/04/11/bill-moyers-journal-andrew-bacevich-on-afghanistan-pbs/ Arianna Huffington: Book Club Pick: Why 13 Bankers Is a Must-Read for Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, and Everyone Who Wants to Avoid Another Financial Crisis. http://danvolper.com/2010/04/09/arianna-huffington-book-club-pick-why-13-bankers-is-a-must-read-for-barack-obama-chris-dodd-and-everyone-who-wants-to-avoid-another-financial-crisis/ What I cannot understand is why decent people really organize to combat the filth and nonsense spewed by the teabaggers.  They have become the darlings of the media - and not only the right wing media.  Why isn't there more outrage?  It's a scenario in miniature of what happened in ... http://danvolper.com/2010/03/27/teabaggers/ Robert Reich: The Enthusiasm Gap. Want to see why the Democrats will probably lose Congress in the mid term elections?  Read this! http://danvolper.com/2010/03/01/robert-reich-the-enthusiasm-gap/ http://danvolper.com/2010/02/14/new-u-s-supreme-court-group-photo/ Eric E. Schmidt is the CEO of Google.  He has been in the news lately because of his resistance to censorship by the Chinese Government.  He recently made these remarks at the Davos Conference, and they have a message that everyone should be interested in.  Click the link below and ... http://danvolper.com/2010/02/12/eric-e-schmidt-davos-confidential/ Read what Robert Borsage has to say about the Republican leadership and the big banks.  Click an the link below to read the full article.   The Tea Baggers are organized and make a big splash in the media every day.  People like us, who by far are the majority in ... http://danvolper.com/2010/02/07/republican-leaders-to-banks-buy-us-ourfuture-org/ Want to leave a comment? Just click on the Comments line next to the post that interests you. We would love to hear from you! http://danvolper.com/2010/01/23/please-leave-a-comment/ I've been remiss -  I really haven't given too much attention to my blog, although I apparently have quite a few readers.  The problem is that the ones who do read it and post comments send in mostly spam - a lot of it comes from Eastern Europe.  Naturally I ... http://danvolper.com/2009/09/27/who-reads-my-blog/