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American dysfunction! Is there anything more comically inspiring than a hard, hilarious look at the reality behind this ruling cliché? For all the exaggerations in Michael Arndt's script (jauntily directed by the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris), it comes closer to the truth about the way people really live--on the edge of fantasy-driven desperation--than our sanctimonies permit us to think...
...have the right to make a citizen's arrest and detain them," he insists. "And if they try to get away, we have the right to get physical with them." Martin gleefully boasts about leading eight fellow storm troopers in disrupting a May 1 pro-immigrant rally in Dayton by taunting protesters. Although police ultimately restrained him, Martin believes his agitation was worthwhile because it attracted new recruits. "After the rally, the Klan called us," he says. "Now we've started working together more often...
...resolution to create a Federal Department of Peace and Nonviolence that Minnesota Senator Mark Dayton introduced was portrayed as an impractical liberal endeavor. In fact, that idea is neither impractical nor liberal. It is commonsense. The proposed legislation strives to establish a framework for resolving conflicts without military aggression. Will it prevent all future conflict? No. Will it reduce the amount of violence? The answer is yes. Is it worth a try? Yes! I tip my hat to Senator Dayton for standing his ground on what he believes, something that seems to be rare on Capitol Hill these days. MATT...
...conversation in GM plants for the past couple of weeks. "I expect about 60% of the people are going to take it," says John Weizman, union member from UAW Local 653 in Pontiac. "I know I'm thinking about it," adds Weizman, who first signed on with GM in Dayton, Ohio, more than twenty years ago and has now moved four times as GM has downsized...
...When the stakes were this high, past Presidents put their prestige on the line with no guarantee it would work, like Ronald Reagan at Reykjavik, Jimmy Carter at Camp David and Bill Clinton at Dayton. The President must show that same kind of leadership. If he doesn't, instead of trying to build stability in Iraq, we will be forced to try to contain chaos...