As Americans’ incomes shrink and credit gets harder to come by, several industries have stepped in to make it harder for people to get from paycheck to paycheck. These businesses claim they’re filling a void left by mainstream lenders. But if you fall into the clutches of any of these outfits, you can find […]
Archives for January 2012
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 […]
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 […]
My Snotty Nose Fellow Lefties Must Get On Board – Else Risk Irrelevance
That Andrew Sullivan can understand what a pragmatic progressive is doing as opposed to wide eyed snotty nose kids who instead of staying in the game spend their time complaining is sad. Get up and be the fill for the vacuum that lies within every politician as that vacuum will be filled. I disagree with […]
Design, View, & Buy T-Shirts In Less Than Half Hour For Business, Vanity, Or Pleasure
I found a little gem recently over the Internet and I simply decided to take the plunge and try it. I went to www.ooshirts.com (Tel: 510-944-4679) and tested it out. The design page was extremely simple as shown below. I fired the page up and in less than 15 minutes I had my design and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Citizens United The Musical: 1 Percent Fanatics Celebrate Anniversary with Song
by Eric Byler January 21 is the second anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, "Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission," and advocates on both sides of the corporate-personhood issue are making their voices heard. Pro-democracy organizations like Move to Amend are protesting the decision with rallies at 100 Federal Court Houses, including the […]
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
http://wcscwebs.com/Blogs/EgbertoWillies/Podcasts/Podcast (Politics Done Right Show on BlogTalkRadio 2012-01-14).mp3] 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 […]