Casual Friday is here bringing our Friday Favorites: Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) from Libertas LLC on news and politics from the week and Isabel Gillies (@isabelgillies) with a movie recommendation to kick off the weekend! And Jeff Smith (@dontbeaputz) reports on PROP (Police Reform Organizing Project) and NYPD conduct. Click thru for some incredible May Day Photos from around the world, the trailer to Isabel’s pic, other links and updates. Use this post as today’s thread.
More on PROP (Police Reform Organizing Project) as reported by Jeff Smith
Sam and Cliff debate David Atkins’ article in Hullabaloo, “The Cold Truth about Obama and FDR“. Click thru and read for yourself.
May Day Photos posted by The Atlantic
Isabel’s Pick of the Week, No Impact Man: Check out the website and trailer.
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12:39 pm
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6:13 am
I have to be honest: I was frustrated by today’s Cliff Shecter segment.
Cliff likes to talk about what Obama could’ve/should’ve done, and what he could/should do in the future. This strikes me as utterly pointless. It is beyond obvious now that Obama will never, ever do what we want him to do. Why keep pretending otherwise? The guy’s a total lost cause.
If I may be so bold, can I suggest that we move on to a new phase? Let’s loudly oppose Obama when he’s wrong (which is, sadly, most of the time). Let’s insist our Democratic senators and representatives stop blindly following him. Let’s complain to MSNBC and Daily Kos for not holding him accountable. Let’s get serious about voting third party whenever possible, to stop rewarding the Democrats for their corporate subservience.
Nothing will ever change if we just sit around wishing for Obama to be something he’s not.
3:14 pm
I love Isabel. I’m a big fan of her on your show (except for her “Chariots of Fire” pick–that just didn’t deserve to make the MR lineup–but she is allowed a bad pick every once in a while).
And thanks, Sam, for the OWS coverage. I was there for a while from Union Sq Park around 6pm, and it is amazing to me that the news coverage was so non-existent. It seems like a peaceful protest is just not news… the cops and the media are simply waiting around for violence.