A white man, called me out in the prose below for not holding other Democrats accountable. He has two black children and had a few things to say about racism.
General News
As I See It (What Is Wrong With Our Brand Of Capitalism: Patent Law)
As people go through the chapters of this book it will give them the knowledge that assuages any fear to engage those who purport to know the ills of Patent law.
How to Make America, Utopia: This is what the private sector must be
Utopia doesn’t mean pie in the sky. In our society it is just a system where the well-being of human beings come before corporations & business.
Joe Biden may not be a racist but he sure disregards POC’s sensibilities
Joe Biden believes that if he can out-Trump Trump that he can win those coveted working-class white voters. So he decided to use strategic dog whistles .
What happens when a woman accuses the President of rape in the Trump Era? Yawn.
How far has the country gone into a sort of degeneration in which these types of events no longer surprise us about our President?
A Few Takes
Beyond Meat’s new improved burger hits grocery store shelves – Vox
These are the types of innovations that we will need to make to change our cuisine going forward. With a growing world population that many believe is unsustainable without current meaty diets, our technology will be our saving grace. Many make fun of proposed policies like the Green New Deal. They complain that implemented it […]
Southern Baptist Churches kept on Sex offenders as employees and pastors
The Southern Baptist should stop trying to tell others how to live their lives as they work to clean up the mess withing their own gates.
Arkansas officer put on leave after video shows him pointing gun at black man
An Arkansas police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video showing him pointing a gun at a black man and pulling the man out of a car went viral.Officer Terry Daughtery, a 3-year veteran with the Helena-West Helena Police Department, was responding to a call of loitering at the Double Quick gas […]
People Making a difference
Keshia’s Story: Could save a KKK member from a mob but not her restaurant
Keshia is the activist who put her body between a mob and a KKK member who otherwise was going to get beaten to death. Sadly, she was unable to save her restaurant.
Ashley Mosley, staying in her community to make a difference
Our communities would do well having more people like Ashley Mosley. She stayed in community where many have left intentionally.
Sports
The most profound words I read on Tiger Woods’ win to date
Ashley Miller wrote the best sentiment I have seen so far on the win by Tiger Woods that I found most real and inspiring.
Dwyane Wade 3-pointer blocked & then he banks in game-winning 3-pointer (VIDEO)
Dwyane Wade showed that he still has it. This future hall of fame basketball player did what only most hoped they could.
Netroots Nation
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s compellingly middle-class centric speech at Netroots Nation 2014
Elizabeth Warren gave a compelling middle class centric speech at Netroots Nation 2014. She was treated like a rock star as she entered to give her speech. She kindly told folks to sit down so she could get to her message. Her message was not unlike the accumulation of all the subjects she speaks about. […]
Occupy Movement
Occupy Kingwood – A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement (2012-06-23)
Occupy Kingwood VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Occupy Kingwood is now 27 consecutive weeks long. It is getting hot. Our numbers today were the smallest in several months and it was likely attributed to the Houston heat. That said we recommitted to stay on track for 52 consecutive weeks hurricane, rain, snow, or heat. This […]
Coffee Party Posts
Coffee Party USA Board of Directors 2016 Meeting in Blue Ridge, Georgia
The Coffee Party USA board of directors coalesced around a strong voter education and turnout strategy that we will be releasing in the forthcoming weeks.
Move To Amend
Move to Amend’s Daniel Lee: Transcending political parties at the People’s Convention (VIDEO)
Many grassroots organizations have converged on Philadelphia, PA using the Democratic National Convention as the catalyst to organize for a better America.
Columnists
Trump’s credibility chasm makes Pinocchio a truth-teller
Indeed, credibility is as alien to Trump as job-shadowing a Guatemalan refugee. He has made lying an art form with little artistry.
European elections suggest US shouldn’t be complacent in 2020
The European Parliament elections in late May were calmer than expected. The U.S. must not be complacent as it could be the calm before the storm.
Radio Shows: Politics Done Right
This is what an economic collapse looks like in slow motion.
This is part two of yesterday’s discussion on our economic collapse. So how exactly is it collapsing and what’s the answer?
The economic collapse may be managed in a manner that furthers the deception.
The economic collapse did not begin with the 2008 meltdown that President Obama attenuated. It is in full vogue and has been for over 30 years. The marketing by the Plutocracy is just so damn good.
Guest Bloggers
Debate Watch: Judging the Democratic Candidates on the Climate Emergency
The next president must lead the rapid acceleration of the three legs of climate action: mitigation, adaptation, and restoration.
Which issues should we focus on?
We often don’t always know which issues to elevate at a given time, and when we do, we don’t always figure it out in the moment. Is there a way to solve this?
Local News
A murder-suicide just occurred on my street a few houses down in Kingwood, TX
A wife and husband are dead here at the very back of Kingwood, Texas on Longflower Lane. The official published reports is that it was a mercy killing/suicide.
Support continues to build for Judge William ‘Bill’ McLeod
Judge McLeod turned around his office in two months. McLeod and his staff accomplished more in 2 months than his predecessor did in two years.
Houston Progressives Must Go All in on Pearland ISD Elections
Pearland ISD Elections: Now is the time to canvass and win key races in an area right next door to us. This is a fight worth fighting, and spending time here is worth it.
‘Speak English’: Comments on the most powerful politician in Houston, Lina Hidalgo
Lina Hidalgo is the youngest Harris County Judge ever elected. She is a Latina and an immigrant from Colombia. Shame on Mark Tice.
Battleground Texas
Support continues to build for Judge William ‘Bill’ McLeod
Judge McLeod turned around his office in two months. McLeod and his staff accomplished more in 2 months than his predecessor did in two years.
Entertainment
Aretha Franklin, you will be missed but you left us this (VIDEO)
Aretha Franklin is dead but she lives on in the manner most of us knew her. And as such, she lives on and will live on forever.
Anthony Bourdain, Chef, Travel Host and Author, Is Dead at 61 – The New York Times
Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef extraordinaire committed suicide in Paris. He will be missed for both his cooking and his insight.
Egberto On TV
Egberto on CNN on Notre Dame Protest of President Obama’s Commencement Speech
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Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Debt Ceiling, Obama’s Inauguration, & Ellen DeGeneres
I was a guest on HuffPost Live to discuss several news topics on Huffington Post. These were Debt Ceiling, President Obama’s inauguration, and Ellen DeGeneres. The 14th amendment would allow President Obama to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling in the event of a standoff, but the White House says it won’t play that card. Let […]
Egberto Mentioned In Media
In hard times, Americans still thankful–CNN.com
(CNN) — This Thanksgiving holiday, Linda Moses is thankful just to be alive. The 54-year-old Texas woman was in a car crash in August with her son, his pregnant wife and a family friend. They were on their first family vacation together in the coastal area of Rockport when a texting driver veered into their […]
KHOU Report on The Firework Attack On My Home
KHOU reports on the fireworks 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 […]
Egberto’s Published Articles
Is Net Neutrality Really Necessary? You’re Damn Right!
by Egberto Willies and Keyan Bliss (Originally Published at Common Dreams) Three weeks after Christmas, the American judiciary gave telecommunications corporations a huge present. On January 14 a federal appeals court decided to weaken the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Internet Neutrality policy by striking down the rules it adopted in 2010 to regulate Internet service […]
Egberto Willies: Wendy Davis’ life story provides empathy necessary to be governor – Kingwood Observer
It seems like I chose just about the right time to write an article on Wendy Davis. She finds herself under attack not only by the entire Right Wing establishment, but from the traditional media as well. She happens to be the story to balance the myriad of bad acts by Republicans. There is a […]