May 21, 2012

Gridlock in Congress? Blame the Republicans- CNN.com

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That gridlock in Congress is mostly caused by Republicans is not new to most fair thinking Americans. What is sad is that the reason Republicans got away with this for so long is that the supposedly Liberal mainstream media allowed their unpatriotic obstructive behavior to be interpreted by their listeners and viewers as just a differing in opinions. Reality is that the Republicans have caused damage to this country (yes with the help of Blue Dog Democrats) that will take decades to recover from. One can only hope that Americans will not make the mistake and let frustration from emerging from this GOP created economic decline cause their election, and this the demise of improving economic policies .This time instead of just driving us into the ditch, they will drive us over a cliff. Gridlock in Congress? Blame the GOP By Julian Zelizer, CNN Contributor updated 8:55 AM EDT, Mon May 21, 2012 Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He … [Read more...]

Cory Booker Is Wrong. Both Private Equity Firms And Wall Street Are Parasites In Our Economy

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Cory Booker Is Wrong. Both Private Equity Firms And Wall Street Are a Parasites On Economy Ask yourself a simple question. What does Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, do for a living?  What does he produce? Under his leadership the company lost north of 2 Billion dollars. For that failure he kept his job and pay. What did Mitt Romney produce for our society while he was at Bain Capital? The answer is simple. Irrespective of whether the underlying company he bought and sold was profitable or not, he used it as a conduit to transfer money (extract capital) out of those companies directly into the hands of his investors and himself. We have been taught to revere the Mitt Romeys and Jamie Dimons of the world as if these titans of finance have real value above and beyond most productive middle class Americans. We have been taught that somehow we are dependent on what they do to survive as a society. It is important that as a society we do not buy into all that we thought we knew. We must buy into … [Read more...]

Lone Star C0llege Kingwood’s Dr. John J Theis Named “Innovator Of The Year”

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Dr. John Theis was named Innovator of the Year by Lone Star College Kingwood. He created a Public Achievement youth engagement initiative focused on the most basic concepts of citizenship, democracy and public work under the Center for Civic Engagement at LSC-K. His initiative was effected at both Splendora High School and Quest High School. Students participated in various civic activities that included Art in Schools, Animal Awareness, Bullying, TAKs Testing, Immigration Issues, School Spirit Store, Teen Center, Cancer Awareness, Clean up our Park, & Animal Awareness. Dr. Theis model citizenship supersedes what he does both at Lone Star College and in the several High Schools where he engages students to be civic minded. He spends virtually all of his Saturday mornings between 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM at Occupy Kingwood at the intersection of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston Blvd. If you want a fact based discussion on what ails our economy and body politic come visit Occupy Kingwood for some fun and … [Read more...]

Occupy Kingwood – Sustainable Occupy 22 Weeks Strong (2012-05-19)

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Occupy Kingwood VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Our sustainable informational Occupy Kingwood completed its 22nd consecutive Occupy. We no longer do much planning. It has become an organic event. Everyone simply knows that every Saturday between 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM we meet at the corner of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston Blvd with civil, educational, and information signs and an attitude to civilly engage our community. The most satisfying part of this event is that every week we … [Read more...]

Politics Done Right w/Egberto Willies–Black/Latino/Gay Divide–Jeremiah Wright–Job Creators–12Noon Central 1PM Eastern

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Politics Done Right with Egberto Willies 12:00 Noon Central/1:00 PM Eastern Call In, talk and/or Listen: (646) 929-2495 Listen And Chat Here at your computer or smartphone This was another politically eventful week. It is evident that this is going to be a very long election cycle and it will be very dirty. This week we learned that a Right Wing Super PAC  was considering reintroducing “Reverend Jeremiah Wright” attack on President Obama. While Mitt Romney took several hours to address it, he eventually repudiated the potential attack. Earlier this week I posted the blog “The American Middle Class Will Revolt Against Austerity” where I stated: The middle class provided the intellect, the goods, the services, the know-how, and the purchasing power that made the wealthy rich. It is time to recover in a peaceful manner what was stolen through bad policy. I was pleasantly surprised to see Nick … [Read more...]