Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97669/sarah_palin_may_be_a_pit_bull_in_lipstick%2C_but_she%27s_no_populist/ Mary Ellen Lease would be ashamed. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:06:01 PDT Jim Hightower http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97650/republican_national_convention%3A_whitest_in_forty_years_/ As America diversifies, the GOP goes against the grain. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:01:01 PDT Blue Texan http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97639/jack_abramoff_is_going_to_jail/ Abramoff will see prison time. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:59:01 PDT Amanda http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97631/unbelievable%3A_how_much_do_you_think_cindy_mccain%27s_rnc_outfit_cost/ Whatever you're guessing, you should probably be guessing higher. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:02:01 PDT Liza Sabater http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97611/talk_about_bad_planning%3A_mccain_to_speak_tonight%2C_the_start_of_football_season/ McCain has got some big time competition tonight on the TV dial. Talk about bad planning. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:51:01 PDT Steven Reynolds http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97608/giuliani_and_palin_use_racist_dog_whistle_in_speeches/ Treating 'activist' like a dirty word is bad, using it to invoke racism is much, much worse. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:41:01 PDT Melissa McEwan http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97595/steelworkers_president_slams_palin%3A_%27stop_using_your_husband%27s_membership_in_the_usw_as_a_prop%27/ The head of the United Steelworkers union (USW) isn't pleased. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:33:01 PDT Ali http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97592/jon_stewart_thrashes_rove%2C_o%27reilly_for_palin_hypocrisy_/ How do you spell 'double standard?' Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:31:01 PDT Staff http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97583/the_gop_thinks_organizing_in_your_community_is_worthless/ Republicans mocked some of the hardest workers in America last night. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:34:01 PDT Christy Hardin Smith http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97557/palin%27s_idea_of_foreign_policy_experience%3A_airport_diplomacy_/ A layover does not constitute experience, Governor. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:13:01 PDT General JC Christian http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97555/u.s._troops_kill_six_iraqi_security_forces/ The military says it was a case of "mistaken fire." Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:07:01 PDT Staff http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97556/palin%27s_speech_can%27t_spark_the_gop/ Palin gave a good speech, but may not be able to save the Republicans' shrinking base. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:36:01 PDT Digby http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97540/abu_ghraib%27s_torture_museum_%3D_pure_propaganda_/ The Iraqi government's plan to reopen Abu Ghraib, including a museum of crimes committed under Saddam is revisionist history. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:30:01 PDT Fatih Abdulsalam http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97541/scarborough%2C_buchanan_completely_reverse_positions_on_palin_in_just_five_days/ Yesterday Scarborough and Buchanan sang a different tune about Palin then they were while waiting McCain's VP announcement on Friday. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:53:01 PDT Ali http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97538/main_message_of_the_rnc_the_gop_loathes_itself_/ The former mayor of New York City railed against "cosmopolitans." The Harvard-trained, former governor of Massachusetts railed against eastern elites. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:41:01 PDT Steve Benen