Dennis Loo
Sometimes asking for the impossible is the only realistic path
Dennis Loo
- Location
- Los Angeles, California,
- Birthday
- December 31
- Title
- Professor of Sociology
- Company
- Cal Poly Pomona
- Bio
- Author of Globalization and the Demolition of Society; Co-Editor/Author of Impeach the President: the Case Against Bush and Cheney, World Can't Wait Steering Committee Member, co-author of "Crimes Are Crimes, No Matter Who Does Them" statement, dog and fruit tree lover. Published poet.
Winner of the Alfred R. Lindesmith Award, Project Censored Award and the Nation Magazine's Most Valuable Campaign Award.
Punahou and Harvard Honor Graduate. Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Santa Cruz.
An archive of close to 500 postings of mine can be found at my blogspot blog, Dennis Loo, link below.
I publish regularly at dennisloo.com, worldcantwait.net (link below) and also at OpEd News and sometimes at Counterpunch.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Lights Out at the Superbowl
and in Beijing
February 04, 2013 06:11PM - What the 2012 Election Was ...
and Wasn't
November 08, 2012 10:30AM - UCLA Panel on the Elections
October 18, 2012 04:48PM - Who is Obama Really? Obama’s
Domestic Policies Examined
October 10, 2012 10:31AM - Is Indiana Trying to Lose to
Miami?
May 22, 2012 10:45PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Hi Don:
I don't
understand the last part of
your last sentence.
Please
elaborate/c…”
February 04, 2013 11:33PM - “I'm back.”
February 04, 2013 07:34PM - “Inspired perhaps by
Sinclair Lewis' description of
when
fascism comes to
America.…”
January 27, 2013 09:49AM - “Catnlion:
There
are three parts to my answer
to you.
The first
part is that ALL
soc…”
October 12, 2012 11:45PM - “Sky:
You write:
"I want to personally own, and
decide what I'll do with,
my
f…”
October 12, 2012 10:38PM
February 04, 2013 11:33PM
“Hi Don: I don't understand the last part of your last sentence. Please elaborate/clarify.”
About: Lights Out at the Superbowl and in Beijing
“Hi Don: I don't understand the last part of your last sentence. Please elaborate/clarify.”
About: Lights Out at the Superbowl and in Beijing
January 27, 2013 09:49AM
“Inspired perhaps by Sinclair Lewis' description of when fascism comes to America...? I especially like the first two stanzas when you juxtapose the sup…”
About: When Fascism Comes It Will Come with Two Children, A Dog
“Inspired perhaps by Sinclair Lewis' description of when fascism comes to America...? I especially like the first two stanzas when you juxtapose the sup…”
About: When Fascism Comes It Will Come with Two Children, A Dog
October 12, 2012 11:45PM
“Catnlion: There are three parts to my answer to you. The first part is that ALL societies have always had and will always have to find a way to motivate…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Catnlion: There are three parts to my answer to you. The first part is that ALL societies have always had and will always have to find a way to motivate…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 12, 2012 10:38PM
“Sky: You write: "I want to personally own, and decide what I'll do with, my fair share of the wealth of my society. I want to raise every citizen u…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Sky: You write: "I want to personally own, and decide what I'll do with, my fair share of the wealth of my society. I want to raise every citizen u…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 12, 2012 01:31PM
“Sky: I agree with you that what was present in the Soviet Union from at least from the time of Khruschev was state capitalism and also has been in China…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Sky: I agree with you that what was present in the Soviet Union from at least from the time of Khruschev was state capitalism and also has been in China…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 12, 2012 09:43AM
“Thank you Hannu for pointing that out. Sky: I don't know why you find it necessary to engage in personal insults. Why get so hostile when I say that it's…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Thank you Hannu for pointing that out. Sky: I don't know why you find it necessary to engage in personal insults. Why get so hostile when I say that it's…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 11, 2012 06:32PM
“Sky: You conclude without really knowing it, that book learnin' is all I know. You don't know my personal history and so you really don't know what I ha…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Sky: You conclude without really knowing it, that book learnin' is all I know. You don't know my personal history and so you really don't know what I ha…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 11, 2012 03:00PM
“Sky: To put this in terms of the topic of my article, the reason why you have concluded that it is worthless voting for either of the candidates of the…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Sky: To put this in terms of the topic of my article, the reason why you have concluded that it is worthless voting for either of the candidates of the…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 11, 2012 01:50PM
“CatnLion: I'm not talking just about a long-term solution. I'm also arguing that in the short run the only thing that will make a difference is if peopl…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“CatnLion: I'm not talking just about a long-term solution. I'm also arguing that in the short run the only thing that will make a difference is if peopl…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 11, 2012 11:55AM
“CatnLion: The major point of my article, however, is that voting isn't how you get anything changed. Thank you Kate! Hello Hannu! Frank: Nice to know that…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“CatnLion: The major point of my article, however, is that voting isn't how you get anything changed. Thank you Kate! Hello Hannu! Frank: Nice to know that…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 11, 2012 12:41AM
“Sky: You write "It is, to me, axiomatic that every individual and/or group that gains any sort of power, seeks to increase that power at every oppo…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Sky: You write "It is, to me, axiomatic that every individual and/or group that gains any sort of power, seeks to increase that power at every oppo…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 10, 2012 09:32PM
“Sky: You are correct that the economic system is worldwide. I am not looking only at the U.S. and you are correct that it would be wrong to do so as if…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Sky: You are correct that the economic system is worldwide. I am not looking only at the U.S. and you are correct that it would be wrong to do so as if…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 10, 2012 07:53PM
“Mark - Good hearing from you! sky - Agree with you that Obama and Romney are on the same page. To use your sports analogy: the Democrats led by Obama and…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Mark - Good hearing from you! sky - Agree with you that Obama and Romney are on the same page. To use your sports analogy: the Democrats led by Obama and…”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 10, 2012 02:02PM
“So just now visiting. P.S. Ben Sen's a shill for Obama. He doesn't notice, for that reason, that the plutocrats are on both sides of the ballot, not ju…”
About: "To Vote Or Not To Vote"
“So just now visiting. P.S. Ben Sen's a shill for Obama. He doesn't notice, for that reason, that the plutocrats are on both sides of the ballot, not ju…”
About: "To Vote Or Not To Vote"
October 10, 2012 01:56PM
“Thanks Skypixie. Good to hear your words and from you. And I'm going to read your piece...”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Thanks Skypixie. Good to hear your words and from you. And I'm going to read your piece...”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 10, 2012 01:34PM
“Thanks Peter!”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“Thanks Peter!”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
October 10, 2012 10:38AM
“It's been a long time, but I've returned to post this piece. Hope to hear from you!”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
“It's been a long time, but I've returned to post this piece. Hope to hear from you!”
About: Who is Obama Really? Obama’s Domestic Policies Examined
May 11, 2012 05:16PM
“The Nuggets have been playing great ball in the last two games. Nothing should take away from that. I admire their effort.”
About: What Andrew Bynum Should Have Said
“The Nuggets have been playing great ball in the last two games. Nothing should take away from that. I admire their effort.”
About: What Andrew Bynum Should Have Said
May 01, 2012 04:38PM
“Tom - Thanks for the relevant history lesson. The only alteration I'd make it in is to point out that the "communists" under Ceausescu were n…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
“Tom - Thanks for the relevant history lesson. The only alteration I'd make it in is to point out that the "communists" under Ceausescu were n…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
April 30, 2012 12:02PM
“Who would dare to disagree with Gordon O? If only he'd give us something specific to respond to instead of blanket critical generalizations... Or would…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
“Who would dare to disagree with Gordon O? If only he'd give us something specific to respond to instead of blanket critical generalizations... Or would…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
March 31, 2012 01:48PM
“Hey Boomer! Thank you. Absolutely so.”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
“Hey Boomer! Thank you. Absolutely so.”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
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