Okay, okay…I have just finished this as my last self-produced media project of 2009 and since I have SO many friends here, I wanted to share with all of you 1st…WHOOPEE~ …everyone exclaims in unison! LOL~ Seriously, this might be considered market research for a grander multi-media plan I have [...]

Happy New Year to the wonderful members and readers that have made 2009 an incredible year for PlanetPOV! The Planet officially opened in August 2009 with the 4 founding members, myself, KQuark, Kalima and KevenSeven. As of today, we have 199 members (anyone know of someone who could make it [...]

In perusing the headlines at HP, I stumbled upon a very interesting article by Congressman Eric Massa of New York. Apparently, the most recent personal attack on President Obama by a certain former vice-president has finally provoked a strong response from a Democrat. In the article, he also cites Senator [...]

My apologies to those more easily embarrassed as this poem is a bit …well….adult.  My intention was to titillate, not offend.  Perhaps a warm thought before the night ahead….Happy New Year to you all…. How I must confess my sins From the gondola you stretched out your leg to rise. [...]

While you are still preparing your lunch, other regions in the World are celebrating the new year already. So what are you waiting for, FOR CHRISTS SAKE?

One of the things I love about the Internet is the vast amount of information and idea’s that we can access, especially all the conspiracy theory’s that abound… Since most of us seem to be politically aware we are all familiar with the ones that run their course everytime a politician sneezes… [...]

…to wish all of you a joyous New year and to thank  you for the warm welcome you have given me here at Planet. abby

My alarm goes off every morning without fail; for better or worse, it has a battery backup.  My alarm doesn’t blare rock or  heavy metal, smooth jazz or classical.  Rather than be scared-out-of-my-mind-awake, I prefer “The Voice,” the soothing voice of  Carl Kassel on NPR’s Morning Edition.  Well, today was [...]

Hey all! It seems like a good time, as we head into the New Year to catch up on some blogging biz: 1. QUOTING ARTICLES You are welcome to quote any articles that you want to in your Articles. However, we do need to respect copyrights so please limit your [...]

Media Matters for America has named Glenn Beck the 2009 misinformer of the year. It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving fear monger. This charlatan is a danger in ways that we don’t even seem to realize. Beck has been whipping people into a frenzy based upon nothing but sheer [...]

McClatchy is running a story this morning asserting that the recent terrorism attempt is going to raise some further obstacles to closing Guantanamo: Likely casualty of air plot: Obama’s Guantanamo plans At the center of the issue is the fact that two Guantanamo prisoners, released by the Bush administration in [...]

Good morning everyone. We hope that this will be the place you come to when you wake up early before you leave for work. The place you visit when you wake up late or just a place to meet and chat in between breaks from serious topics and discussions. Feel [...]

Most, if not all, of us here are familiar with the argument some terrorists give in defence of their attacks upon the West. It’s our foreign policy. And you can’t deny that our foreign policy, especially of the last 8 years, has been a disaster. (‘Disaster’ is a strong word, [...]

Thanks to a discussion on NPR yesterday, I became aware of a little provision in tax law that in the age of the wealthy consolidating greater wealth, is an abomination. Due to the Bush changes to the Estate Tax(or as the Repub propagandists call it, the “Death” Tax) and because [...]

Ashura 1388 – December 27, 2009, begins over 1,300 years ago. During the three year reign of Yazid I (680-683 CE) of the Ummayad Caliphate, one man refused to swear allegiance to the caliph, he was Hossein, son of Ali, the father whom Shi’as believe the Prophet Mohammad designated to [...]

I wanted to tell all of you here of the miracle, a miracle that I believe you all helped to bring about. Most of you are aware of my sister’s most critical illness, having been found unconscious on the floor at her home, three days before Christmas. She was admitted [...]

My very first effort at writing here on PlanetPOV was about this subject, one that I believe to be of vital importance to the future of our democracy. After a discussion this morning about the Republicans’ plans to regain control of Congress in the next election, I felt that this [...]

In a breathless display of hypocrisy and hyperbole Jacob Heilbrunn is drumming up the latest attempt by Al Qaeda as all Obama’s fault.  The gist of the article is that President Obama did not lose his mind, overreact and scare the American people to death enough after the attempted attack. [...]

I thought some of you might get a kick out of seeing my publicity photo call sheet whilst on the set of Nashville’s Tough Trade a week or so ago. Yes, that’s me in the infamous, non-speaking role of  Nashville music producer Vernon Scott. LOL…. 1st time in my life [...]

Lately there has been alot of talk in the air of progressives that are not satisfied with the way things are going in this country.  At the beginning of this year, there was such a euphoria that we had a change agent in Washington, but I think alot of people thought [...]

From Talking Points Memo: Specter: Republicans Plotted Early To Stop Bipartisanship, Beat Obama In 2012 During his appearance yesterday on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) appeared to give out some inside dirt from his days as a Republican — alleging that the GOP plotted early to stop any bipartisan [...]

From Think Progress: Gingrich: Republicans ‘Will Run On An Absolute Pledge To Repeal This Bill’ Yesterday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refused to acknowledge that Republicans would campaign in future elections on a platform of repealing health reform, but former House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted that Republicans would exploit the bill’s [...]

The outcome of the 2010 midterms will be a referendum on the current health care reform legislation. The economy is showing signs of making a solid comeback, and so both the GOP and the Democrats are looking to make health care reform the issue of the 2010 elections. However, if [...]

Although I no longer comment over at that other place,  I occasionally do a fly by (no pun intended) for a look-see.  On my last visit to HP, I found the following experience of a passenger aboard Flight 253. Besides needing to change my underwear, I had to ask myself [...]

On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young man from a wealthy Nigerian family, tried to detonate a bomb on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Here’s how various media outlets are presenting the story as of Sunday night. ABC News Christmas Day Terror Suspect Moved to Prison; Air Security [...]