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If you read any of the commentary on Obama’s administration picks, read “This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House,” by journalist Jeremy Scahill.  Scahill writes of the momentus opportunity that Obama has to create real change–how he was elected on a popular mandate to challenge the militaristic [...]

Check out this video from the Onion:

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

I heard about this recent article in the Progressive by one of my favorite writers, Eduardo Galeano, through an email list that I’ve long since been trying to get off of…funny how that works.  Anyway, I think Galeano is incredible, and I am in the process of reading Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries [...]

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Went to hear Jeremy Scahill speak at UM the day before Halloween.  I thought this would be a suitable post for the holiday, seeing as how *actually* terrifying the subject is, but I am only getting around to it now.  I have yet to read his book, Blackwater: The Rise of America’s Most Powerful Mercenary [...]

Here’s an article from last week’s Irish Voice (15 October) by Cahir O’Doherty.  The quotes from me are a combination of a phone interview and a press release.  You can really tell which ones are more put together–but I really think there were some phrases that were struck from some of the comments that I [...]

The following action alert was issued by the Pat Finucane Centre in remembrance of the anniversary of Peter McBride’s murder:
Peter Mc Bride Anniversary Action Alert-Lobby Barack Obama
Last year a supporter of the PFC in the US contacted Senator Barack Obama regarding the controversial Pentagon contract with LT Col Spicer, the former Scots Guards officer whose [...]

A friend of mine helped put together an ad hoc group of Irish American writers and actors who support Obama, which debuted this week with this ad and an article in the Irish Echo. The group formed partly in an effort to fight back against the mainstream media’s stereotype/generalization of the Irish American [...]

Am only now getting around to writing this post about my trip to New York for the Irish American Presidential Forum with Hillary Clinton last Wednesday. Like I think I said previously, this was what we hope will be one of three Presidential forums, but so far no word on whether or not Obama [...]

I’m here in NYC on my way to what will hopefully be the first of 3 Irish American Presidential Forums.  Senator Hillary Clinton is the first to commit to attending the forum, and myself and about 50-60 other people will meet with her this afternoon to find out where she stands on some Irish issues.
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