Author Archives: Margaret Kimberley

Freedom Rider: Bachmann for president
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

Listening to most Democratic liberals or progressives (you choose the term) leads one to believe that the biggest menace to civilization today is Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. If not Bachmann, the latest and greatest bogeyman is Texas Governor Rick Perry. Bachmann won the recent Iowa straw poll and in so doing made herself more of a serious candidate, in media eyes at any rate, for the Republican presidential nomination. Perry’s announcement of his presidential ambitions shortly thereafter moved him up on the liberal fear meter. Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: Six more years of Obama
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on August 12, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

January 20, 2017, will be liberation day. That date will be the last day that Barack Obama can possibly be President of the United States. Assuming he will be reelected in 2012, his second term will end on Inauguration Day in 2017 and that will be a wonderful moment, even if his successor is a Republican. Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: Ruling class victory
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on August 5, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

“There is doom all around, with no rescuer in sight, and Democrats continue to suffer from willful amnesia whenever their beloved leader shows his true face to the world.” Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: White terror in Norway
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on July 29, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

If a white man commits what is indisputably an act of terror, the “t” word is stricken from the record. Only Muslims whom Western interests don’t like are ever referred to as terrorists. Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: Rupert Murdoch and media corruption
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on July 18, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

If it can be said that there is one lord of worldwide corporate media, that person is Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch’s News Corporation reigns supreme in television and print media in his native Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: The evil of two lessers
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on July 11, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

One of the Republicans’ major goals is to starve funding from any and all government programs which do not support military spending or the further enriching of corporations and wealthy individuals. They have worked towards this end for decades and, ironically, now, with a Democratic president, are closer than ever to seeing their dream realized. Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: The Obama surveillance state
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on June 8, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

The state security apparatus which came into being during the Bush administration is now supported just as strongly, if not more so, under President Barack Obama. There has been no let up, no change in course for a system which becomes stronger with each passing day and which faces almost no political opposition. Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: The Guantanamo Files
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on May 4, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

President Obama has turned out to be George W. Bush’s imperial twin, largely identical on “war on terror” policies—as the recently released WikiLeaks files on Guantanamo attest. Both presidents rate as hypocrites and liars. “The Obama administration remains committed to continuing the Bush era military tribunals, using hearsay and evidence acquired under torture as evidence.” Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: Don’t vote for Democrats
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on April 25, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

The 2012 presidential campaign is already upon us, and that makes this a propitious moment to discuss America’s slide down an ever steeper slope. Next year we will be asked to decide between two major parties which differ only stylistically. One side exults in ignorance and mean spirited bigotry. The other appeals to and attracts a seemingly more intelligent crowd who would rather die than vote for someone who proclaims themselves to be part of the mean, stupid group. Continue reading →

Freedom Rider: Earth Day is for black people
By Margaret Kimberley
Posted on April 22, 2011 by Margaret Kimberley

April 22nd is Earth Day, and it is important to remember how this event came about. Far from the image of tree hugging mystics, the environmental movement was born as a political one. In 1969 millions of people took to the streets and demanded that their government protect them and their environment from industrial polluters. Members of congress, the so-called “dirty dozen” were targeted for defeat in 1970 and in fact seven of the twelve did lose. Continue reading →