Wow, very thoughtful and though-provoking essay by professor Robert Jenson; worth reading and thinking about…. Occupy movement is more than just a flash in the pan. aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/201111191022862285.html
Republicans have controlled congress for the past 8 months; yet there is not even one attempted jobs bill nor even one attempted bill to try ending the recession. They have not even tried and been vetoed or rejected in the Senate… they simply have not tried. Clearly Republicans, at least the ones in office now, [...]
The truth is neither harsh nor forgiving; it simply is. It probably seems quite harsh to those who refuse to live with it or observe it though; I remain unsympathetic. Just the Simple Truth about President Obama’s speech on April 13th, 2011.
There are many reasons I do not think that corporations should have the same rights as individual persons. Corporations are effectively not subject to the effects of aging, they can have virtually unlimited resources, they dodge personal responsibility by selectively using scape-goats/layoffs/contractors, and they can effectively dodge taxation by getting subsidies or tax-breaks that ordinary [...]
How Obama Enables Rush: President Obama lowered taxes. Why doesn’t the country know that? Rick Perlstein on how Rush Limbaugh helped mislead a nation—and why the Democrats let him get away with it. I think this is an interesting read about how the public can so easily be misled by lies, stated confidently… and left [...]
The deliberate misrepresentation of data to manipulate it’s viewers: Media Matters “Worst chart I’ve seen all day” The Republicans have Fox and the Soviets have Pravda.
This may be the best bit of journalism publish in the United States in two decades… excellent and valid criticism of our president and the corrupting power of giant multi-national corporations. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965?RS_show_page=0 Hat tip to “The Richmonder” on Blue Virginia for pointing the excellent article out. http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/844/required-reading-the-spill-the-scandal-and-the-president
What are all those “Tea Party” folks up in arms about again? http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2010-05-10-taxes_N.htm Yet more proof that we are about as far away from socialism as we’ve ever been, which is a sad thing, as socialism is literally caring for those around you. So I guess the search for what is really making all the [...]
One of the things I like best about the greater Washington area is how integrated we are… For years I have been comparing our local stomping grounds favorably to places like Chicago (a lovely city) where the blocks are clearly black or white and even those blocks are clearly one ethnic group or another. Perhaps [...]
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