Ralph Nader Doesn't Want Your Kid To Go To College

Yeah Ralph, college athletic scholarships are the single most important and pressing problem facing this country. Granted anybody attending an SEC school on an athletic scholarship is probably dumber then a box of rocks but c'mon it at least provides a chance for some of our youth to claw their way out of conditions which would probably lead them down the path to just becoming another wannabee rap artist with a longer criminal rap sheet then they do hit rap songs.

"As we near the exciting conclusion of 'March Madness' — which would more accurately be described as the 2011 NCAA Professional Basketball Championships — it's time we step back and finally address the myth of amateurism surrounding big-time college football and basketball in this country," said Nader, whose League of Fans is proposing that the scholarships be replaced with need-based financial aid. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the proposal Thursday, ahead of its official release.

I don't know how much more needs based you can get then offering a kid living in what may be pretty poor economic conditions or from less then ideal social situation with a chance to attend college even if it merely as a stepping stone to become a professional athlete.

Why does Ralph hate black people? Isn't that the implied undercurrent here? I know if I can see it all of the whiny bleeding heart liberals can see it.

If he wants to get riled up at somebody get pissed at the stupid NCAA rules committee which makes recruiting these athletes an Olympic event all unto itself with all of their stupid rules.

Nader: Impeach Obama for War Crimes or Something

Obama has now joined some of the most notorious war criminals of our era, the vil Bush and Cheney.

Get Ralph some decaf.

Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader says that President Obama should be impeached for committing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The consumer advocate and former presidential candidate said in an interview that aired Friday that Obama has committed "war crimes" on the same level as President Bush.

"Why don't we say what's on the minds of many legal experts; that the Obama administration is committing war crimes and if Bush should have been impeached, Obama should be impeached," Nader said in an interview with the anti-war Democracy Now! organization.

Nader's comments came before the U.S. launched military strikes into Libya on Saturday but are among the toughest criticisms Obama has endured from the left.

Ralph Nader Authors Science Fiction Horror Novel

What better way is there to describe this? It's like an acid trip gone bad.

Ralph Nader has been many things: lawyer, consumer-rights bulldog, political activist, and perennial third-party Presidential candidate. He's now added a new title to his business card: fiction writer. His latest book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! is a 700-page populist fantasy in which a small group of billionaires and media moguls — led by Warren Buffett and including Ted Turner, George Soros, Bill Cosby, Yoko Ono and Phil Donahue — pool their massive resources to reform America. With the help of a $15 billion war chest and a P.R. campaign starring a talking parrot, the group successfully unionizes Walmart, ends corporate influence on Congress, makes Warren Beatty the Governor of California and legalizes industrial hemp. TIME talked to Nader about the origins of his book, its celebrity characters and America's real-life political battles.

The only one of that group I'd have any trust in is Bill Cosby.

Yoko Ono?

One aspect certainly rings true, however.

What's your take on Obama so far?

Weak. Waffling, wavering, ambiguous and overwhelmingly concessionary.

Nailed that part.

Ralph Nader is Still Alive?

Yawn.

Starved for attention, I guess.

Well, if it helps scuttle any chance a Democrat has of getting back into the White House, I suppose it can't hurt.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said on Sunday that he is launching another long shot independent campaign for president of the United States.

Nader, who will turn 74 this week, announced his presidential bid on NBC's "Meet the Press" saying that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are addressing the problems facing Americans.

Nader also ran for president in 2000 when he got about 2.7 percent of the national vote as the Green Party candidate and played a role in deciding the final presidential outcome. He also ran as an independent in 2004 and got only a tiny fraction of the vote.

Many Democrats blame Nader's participation in the close race between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George Bush in 2000 for tipping the election in favor of Bush. They believe that but for Nader's name on the ballot in Florida, Gore would have been the clear winner and president today instead of Bush.