Top 10 Stories for 2010

Greetings from the land of the progressives. This is the Adirondack Howler for Sunday, January 2nd, 2011.
I hope that everyone had a joyous and safe holiday but before I close 2010 I would like to give you my top 10 stories of 2010. So much has happened over the past year that this task is a challenge. I am up to the challenge and I will start with #10.

#10 -- Mountaintop Removal in the region of Appalachia -- one of the most dangerous and environmentally harmful ways to meet our energy needs

#9 --  Drone wars in Pakistan/war in Afghanistan -- these wars are a waste of money and people -- I hear the ghosts of the fall of Saigon

#8 --  The battle over Health Care -- even though major legislation passed in this Congress, the battle over universal health care (Medicare for All) is far from over

#7 --  BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico -- if anyone thinks drilling for petroleum is a good idea after the April 20th catastrophe, could these people give me a good explanation?

#6 --  The siege of the people of the Gaza Strip -- after more than two years of punishment by a certain state who is led by a man named Netanyahu, when will the world say enough is enough?

#5 --  The Economy -- actual unemployment about 20%, 3 million families losing their homes, megaprofits for the financial sector -- What is wrong with this picure?

#4 --  Climate Change -- major firestorm in Russia, floods in Pakistan, the past decade the warmest in millions of years, little progress made at the Climate Summit in Cancun -- Will people wake up to face this problem before the planet suffers immeasurable damage?

#3 --  The 2010 Elections -- voting for people who will take us on a one-way ticket to misery

#2 --  Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission -- the Supreme Court decision that opened the spigots of corporate cash and poisoned the well of our democracy.

#1 --  Julian Assange and the staff at WikiLeaks -- for doing the service that mainstream journalism declined to provide, especially the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the behavior of our diplomats abroad

These are my top 10 stories for 2010. I will return shortly with my Three Cheers and Three Boos of 2010.