Must Read Posts
With Keystone, Big Oil gets the profits, foreign countries get the oil, and Americans get all the risks
If we’re going to risk building a pipeline through America, it better benefit Americans. With Keystone, Big Oil gets the profits, foreign countries get the oil, and Americans get all the risks. A pipeline built through America to sell foreign oil to foreign countries risks disaster for American farmers and ranchers — just so Big [...]
Highlights From President Obama’s State Of The Union Speech–Excellent Visual
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An Independent Voter Defects– Says ”I Am A Democrat” After President’s Speech
My friend and CNN iReporter Melissa Fazli of Yorba Linda, CA searched her heart and values and made the switch officially from an Independent to a Democrat. She has lived in the trenches of the mortgage crisis. She has lived the irresponsible behavior of the banking and realty businesses first hand. Melissa understands that it [...]
Republican Primary News
Romney Rule vs. Buffett Rule–Entitlement versus Work Ethic
President Obama called for passage of the "Buffett Rule" in his State of the Union address last night. On the same day, millionaire Mitt Romney released two years’ worth of tax records, confirming that he pays a lower tax rate than millions of working families — and confirming the need for the "Buffett Rule." Do [...]
What Romney’s Tax Returns Mean
After refusing for years to release his tax returns, Mitt Romney finally disclosed two years’ worth today — confirming that he pays a lower tax rate than millions of middle class families and has used offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. Yet under his own tax plan, he’d cut his own taxes and ask regular [...]
Mitt Romney is cleaning up with the 1%, but regular voters are on to him.
We already know that in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt Romney did worse with voters the closer they got to the average American’s income. In South Carolina, a state whose median income ranks 46th in the U.S. and where jobs are the top concern, look for that repeat performance — here’s how to talk about [...]
Harris County TX Politics
District 127 State Representative Candidate Cody Pogue Featured In The Tribune in Kingwood, TX
Kingwood Area Democrats own Cody Pogue was featured in an article in The Tribune. He is running to unseat Dan Huberty, District 127 State Representative. State Rep. Dan Huberty gains primary, Democrat opponents Copyright 2007 Ourtribune.com – January 23, 2012 – Bruce Olson & Amanda Scott – Political rookies to challenge last year’s legislative “Rookie [...]
Join us for the Youth of the Union!
In 2008, young voters turned out like never before, tipping the scales in favor of progressive politics. Join us on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the University of Houston Main Campus, University Center from 10am until 5pm, as we aim to do it again in 2012. The Youth of the Union is a free, all [...]
Join Us for a Fundraising Reception Honoring Diane Trautman–Harris County Education Board At Large #3
Please Join Us for a Fundraising Reception Honoring Friday, January 13, 2012 6:00-7:30 pm At the home of Karen and Bruce Menke 2907 Little Bear Kingwood, TX 77339 Host Committee: "Professor" Dana L. Guefen Karen & Bruce Menke Tom & Treena Rowan Anne Whitlock & Michael Skelly "Principal" Tan Badar Gary Binderim Jonathan Day Leif [...]
MINTZ FOR EDUCATION – FUNDRAISER KICK-OFF FOR SILVIA MINTZ
MINTZ FOR EDUCATION Harris County Board of Education – Position 4, Precinct 3 PRESS RELEASE January 9, 2012 Houston, Texas For Immediate Release Contact: Fidencio Leija-Chavez Jr. Office: (713) 880-3700 Education Matters, Get Involved "Education is the key to earning the American Dream." FUNDRAISER KICK-OFF FOR SILVIA MINTZ "I am entering this race because [...]
For Immediate Release – Kingwood Area Democrats to Host Candidate Brunch
Kingwood Area Dems to Host Candidate Brunch Contact: Stace Medellin 832-868-9931 Medellin@dcmediatx.com The 2012 campaign season is upon us and what better way to kick it off than with a brunch and candidate meet and greet? The Kingwood Area Democrats will be hosting a fundraising brunch and 2012 Democratic candidate meet and greet on February [...]
Occupy Movement
Occupy Kingwood – A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement (2012-01-21)
Occupy Kingwood VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Our weekly Occupy Kingwood informational rallies are now 5 weeks strong and continuing. Every week we get a new set of neighbors that hear about us and join in. I continue to be amazed at the mostly positive response we continue to get in our area. We even [...]
Occupy the Courts: Dozen Arrested on Supreme Court Grounds – International Business Times
Demonstrators on Friday were arrested on the U.S. Supreme Court steps during an "Occupy the Courts" rally to protest its 2010 Citizens United decision. A Supreme Court representative said court police arrested 12 demonstrators on the court grounds as of 3:30 p.m., including one protester arrested inside the building. "We #occupythecourts because decisions like [...]
Coffee Party USA Members A Substantive Part Of Occupy Congress
Coffee Party USA member and founder of Beyourgovernment.org Jonathan Greenberg along with Coffee Party member Jeanne van den Hurk were a big part of the Occupy Congress event. Congress had The People’s welcome. The post below includes interviews by Salon.com with both of them. Jeanne van den Hurk is running for the US Congress in [...]
Michael Moore on Tavis Smiley Discussing MLK, The Poor, & Capitalism
Michael Moore on Tavis Smiley on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 16th, 2012 Friends, Hope you’ve had a good holiday! We’re a better world today, thanks to Martin Luther King, Jr. But, as I’m sure he would say, there is much work left to do. I’m guessing he would have been overjoyed to [...]
Occupy Kingwood–A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement (2012-01-14)
Our Occupy Kingwood informational rallies are now 4 weekly events strong and continuing. Our two resident professors presented prescient information on our economy, politics, and other issues to our Kingwood neighbors as they expressed interest in our reasons for being out there. Other informational occupiers engaged many in cars at the stop light who showed [...]
General Blog
Billionaire Bill Gates Calls For Increasing Taxes On The Rich: ‘That’s Just Justice’ | ThinkProgress
Last night in his State of the Union address, President Obama once again urged Congress to pass the Buffett rule, noting that 25 percent of American millionaires pay less in taxes that millions of families in the middle-class. Republicans were quick to dismiss his request as “the politics of envy and division.” However, multi-billionaire [...]
Kingwood Area Democrats Donation Drive To Benefit Injured Veterans at VA–Kingwood Observer 2012-01-25
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Ask our friend Ed Schultz to expose the Koch brothers’ psycho talk.
Brave New Foundation latest video exposes billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch for their distorted philanthropy at cash-strapped American colleges and universities. Through their family foundations and nonprofits, the Koch brothers are requiring Koch-friendly professors drill Ayn Rand’s ideology into students in exchange for the Kochs’ ideological "strings attached" donations. Watch our latest video, [...]
Washington Gay Marriage: Legislature Has Enough Votes To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
It is about time that we rid ourselves of the codification of prejudice and hate. Those on the Right that fear the different inasmuch as their behavior against others is what should be feared will continue to be alienated from civilized society and that is good. Those of us on the left better be careful [...]
Egberto’s Published Articles
Dialog With The Willfully Ignorant–We Must Do It To Save The Country
On November 23rd I wrote the article Mitt Romey: Middle-class path to indentured servitude. It was a factual article based on the New York times article After a Romney Deal, Profits and Then Layoffs and tied to today’s reality. I got an email from one of my gym buddies the week after about a response [...]
Kingwood Observer Article (2011-11-23) Mitt Romney: Middle-class Path To Indentured Servitude
PDF of Article My Book: As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom Book’s Webpage: http://amzn.to/dt72c7 – Twitter: http://twitter.com/egbertowillies
Kingwood Observer Article (2011-11-02) Teachers: The Bastion and Backbone of a Striving America
PDF of Article My Book: As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom Book’s Webpage: http://amzn.to/dt72c7 – Twitter: http://twitter.com/egbertowillies
Kingwood Observer Article (2011-10-19) We have to Demand The American Dream
PDF of Article I wrote this article to detail the amazing experience I had in Washington DC as well as to implore my fellow Americans to get active lest we lose this democracy to a well organized Plutocracy that has been very effective in misleading a plurality of Americans. There is a lot happening [...]
Kingwood Observer Article (2011-09-28) American Jobs Act Is Just A Start
PDF of Article I have already gotten a lot of response from this article. Some folks have called me a socialist, some a fascist (though they are mutually exclusive) and every name in between. The reality is that we, Americans must learn to feel better about ourselves and vote and act accordingly. We have been [...]
Egberto Mentioned In Media
Kingwood Area Democrats to host fundraiser, collect donations for veterans–The Tribune 2012-01-23
KADS to host fundraiser, collect donations for veterans Monday, January 23, 2012 – Trilla Cook Democrats, independents and disenchanted Republicans, from around the Kingwood-Atascocita-Humble area are invited to attend and support Democratic efforts in Northeast Harris County. The Kingwood Area Democrats (KAD) will host a fundraising brunch and 2012 Democratic candidate meet and greet [...]
Kingwood Area Democrats To Host Candidate Brunch–Kingwood Observer Article 2012-01-25
My Book: As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom Hardcopy: http://amzn.to/dt72c7 Kindle: http://amzn.to/lUFQCV Twitter: http://twitter.com/egbertowillies
Kingwood Area Democrats Video Interviews Featured In Story On CNN.com
Last night the Kingwood Area Democrats had a State Of The Union Party to listen to our President and his intentions going forward. I asked Phillip McNutt what he expected of the speech before hand. His thoughts pretty much mimicked what most of us there expected. Following the speech I asked many of those attending [...]
Overheard on CNN.com: SOPA stokes some readers’ ire, plus tech talk from CES – This Just In
Editor’s note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community. Share your thoughts about the technology world on CNN iReport’s Tech Talk assignment. "I used to surf the web freely, then I took SOPA to the knee." –Kaew [...]
What does Huntsman’s departure mean? Who’s next? – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
Overheard on CNN.com: What does Huntsman’s departure mean? Who’s next? Editor’s note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community. Jon Huntsman announced Monday he is withdrawing from the GOP presidential race and backing Mitt Romney. Some say [...]
Netroots 2011
Watch Women Campaign Forum(WCF) At Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation meant a lot to the Women’s Campaign Forum this year because of you. You joined hundreds of other attendees in pledging to support pro-choice women leaders in government. You cheered our endorsed-candidates at our breakfast. You celebrated your own political ambitions at our recruitment training. You shared your frustration with misogyny in the [...]
2010 Virginia Candidate For Congress Krystal Ball Telling Her Story of Sexism At Netroots Nation
Kystal Ball came to Netroots Nation to tell her story about the extreme sexism she endured during her run for Congress in Virginia. She said she endure a lot of misogyny but she wanted to speak specifically on what occurred when a Republican blogger dug up some old college pictures and posted it. While her [...]
Tarryl Clark Tells Her Story About Challenging Michelle Bachman in 2010 & Encouraging Women To Run
Tarryl Clark came to Netroots Nation to tell her story about women running for political office. She ran against Michelle Bachmann. During her campaign against Bachmann she raised a credible $5 million dollars from the grass roots. Unfortunately Michelle Bachmann spent $11 million dollars and went negative from day one of the campaign. It would [...]
My Netroots Nation Experience
I had a wonderful time at Netroots Nation 2011. It was very informative. Every Liberal and/or Progressive activist should make this a yearly conference to be attended. The breakout sessions were invaluable. Learning how to improve on engaging communities both online and offline, learning in how to get news coverage, learning how to engage minority [...]
DailyKos Interviewing Dan Pfeiffer Live Blogging (president’s Press Secretary)
President Press Secretary Dan Pfeiffer is being interviewed by DailyKos now. He gave a short speech referencing a Huffington Post article stating he will be in the Lions Den. He got laughter. When asked about a jobs bill he said there are many jobs to create bills. In describing DADT DailyKos confronted Dan Pfeiffer on [...]
Egberto On TV
KTRK Report On The Firework Attack On My Home
KTRK ABC13 picked up the story of the firework attack on my home from my local newspaper the Kingwood Observer. KTRK never called me for the story. Activist’s home targeted in fireworks stunt KINGWOOD, TX (KTRK) — A political activist in Kingwood wants answers after he says someone shot fireworks at his home. It was [...]
KHOU Report on The Firework Attack On My Home
I am always concerned with the media spinning a story in a direction for dramatic effect as opposed to the reality of the event. It is for this reason that when I was approached by KHOU that I did not want to be interviewed on camera because of concerns of how the story would be [...]
My Interview with Teresa Allen at Occupy Houston
The video I did of Teresa J. Allen at OccupyHouston made it into the CNN TV loop this afternoon. They chose the perfect sound byte out of the interview. She laid out the plight of the middle class perfectly. She also used and touted a morality that every one arguing against taxes should heed.
Egberto On HLN On The CNN Tea Party Republican Debate
Yesterday after enduring the Republican debate for almost two hours I had a lot of material to blog. But I had to first do my CNN iReport submission. You know, all of us on the more Progressive side need to get as much air time, newspaper space, radio time, blog time, and everything in between [...]
Egberto on CNN on Anthony Weiner Internet Scandal
While I believe Congressman Anthony Weiner’s constituency ultimately have the right to decide if the congressman should represent them or not, in these times given that fairness and forgiveness are not in vogue Anthony Weiner should do what is best for not only his constituency but the country. While it is true that there are [...]
Podcasts (Politics Done Right)
WPFW Interview of David Cobb of Move To Amend & Egberto Willies of Coffee Party USA on Occupy The Courts
Today I was interviewed on Washington DC Radio Station WPFW 89.3 FM along with David Cobb of Move to Amend about the Occupy The Courts movement concerning the Coffee Party USA involvement. It was a short but informative interview where David summarized the problem in a manner only David Cobb can. I included a few [...]
Join Egberto Willies On “Politics Done Right” At 1:00PM EST On Sat Jan 14th. Let’s Talk Running For Office and Occupy The Courts
Egberto Willies is a Self-employed software Developer/Engineer & Political Activist who lives in Kingwood, TX and is the author of the book, As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom and founder of the Coffee Party 2.0 program Americans for Racial Equality & Economic Justice Join me on Politics Done [...]
Join Me On “Politics Done Right” At 1:00 PM Eastern On Saturday Jan 7th, To Discuss Occupy The Courts And Move To Amend
Please join Nancy Price and Steve Justino members of the Move To Amend movement and organizers of Occupy The Courts to discuss the event and where we go from here. Please call into the show at (646) 929-2495 or listen to the show at LISTEN HERE, Check out Annabel excellent blog post below. Coffee Party [...]
Interview of David Cobb and Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap of Move To Amend
Coffee Party’s discussion with David Cobb and Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap about the strategy and methods of Move to Amend Coalition, their upcoming action, Occupy the Courts and what it would mean to join the coalition. Many Coffee Party members joined the call with their concerns about our collaboration. We also discussed Citizens United in detail. My [...]
Join Egberto Willies for “POLITICS DONE RIGHT” Sat. December 17th, 1 pm ET, 12 pm CT
Today, Satuday Dec. 17th from 12 PM Central – 1 PM Eastern Where Do We Go From Here CLICK HERE to listen live or to the archived podcast/webcast. Dial (646) 929-2495 to join the conversation. by Egberto Willies Topics My Dear Coffee Party and other listeners, This is the last show of 2011. We [...]
Food And Cooking
Fritura – A Panamanian Treat That Is Easy To Make
The thing I miss most about Panamá is the food. Luckily living in the Houston suburbs, arguably the most diverse city in the country, affords me my native foods less than 25 miles away. In this video I prepare 4 staples that are common in a meal we call fritura; fried just about everything. The [...]
Disfruta de comida panameña en Chicago #panama #p2
My dear sister sent me this link she received on my home town cooking and I simply had to share. Ahora tengo hambre asi que voy a cocinar el arroz con pollo para un video siguiente. ORIGINAL
A Nutritious & Filling Meal Under 500 Calories (Sautéed Cabbage, Pineapples, & Sardines)
Sauteed Cabbage ½ Head Cabbage ½ Bell Medium Bell Pepper ½ Cup Purple Onions ½ Cup Celery 5 Cloves Garlic 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil Black Pepper To Taste Season Salt To Taste Ginger Powder To Taste Cut up all vegetables. Add tablespoon of Olive Oil to hot sauté pan. Add onions, [...]
Fried Mashed Potatoes – A cooking experiment that turned out tasty
I was home alone for a few days and after scouring the refrigerator for some easy grub came across some left over mashed potatoes. Everything fried tastes good so I decided to create My Fried Mashed Potatoes. Here it goes. Measurements are not exact so just throw things in. I had about 3/4 cup of [...]
Making Panamanian Ojaldas
Panamanian Ojaldas (fried bread) is a staple in Panamá that is eaten right through the day. You can always find somebody walking the streets with a greasy bag with ojaldas. Mango trees are easy to find with the mangos falling off the trees. Ojalda Recipe: 2 Cups Flour ¾ Cups Water 1 Teaspoon Salt [...]
