Yesterday I wrote the blog post titled “Al Gore Questions Capitalism – Decimation of Working Middle Class Missed.” The basic tenet of the article is that the current implementation of capitalism was leaving the middle class behind. I woke up this morning and found the most prescient post on one of my Facebook friend’s wall. […]
Al Gore Questions Capitalism – Decimation of Working Middle Class Missed
Every business school teaches that free market capitalism results in the most efficient allocation of resources. Americans have bought this tenet lock, stock, & barrel. They have accepted this so much so that they have failed to see the commonality of American and Chinese business, one in a supposedly Democratic Republic and the other in […]
Republican Bill A Contempt for Women’s Rights–Women & Men Will Remember
All around the country state legislatures dominated by Republicans have continued to pass laws that restrict women’s rights to their own bodies or rights that ensures them equal access to parity with their male counterparts. The New York Times reports this new attack on women rights to their own bodies as follows. Yet after the […]
Texas Governor Rick Perry Now Begging For Government Handouts (VIDEO)
Rhetoric not matching reality is a severe problem in many areas in Texas. On April 17tth, 2013 a fertilizer plant exploded in the town of West, Texas. Hours after the devastating explosion, Texas Governor Rick Perry was begging for federal assistance. It is common knowledge that Perry is anti-government regulation. The plant that exploded was […]
Republican Congressman Tweets ‘Illegal Aliens Have Just Invaded My DC Office’
ThinkProgress reports: One week after House Republicans passed an amendment that effectively deports DREAMers, undocumented high school students held a peaceful protest in Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) office. In their caps and gowns, the undocumented members of United We Dream occupied his office during regular hours to advocate for immigration reform. … King regularly introduces […]
A Middle Class Win – Supreme Court Says Human Genes Cannot Be Patented
The Supreme Court has ruled as it should. What makes this decision even more salient is that the decision was unanimous. Human genes cannot be patented. The background to the case is chilling. On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation filed a lawsuit against Myriad Genetics and the University of Utah […]
Unemployment Falls But New Jobs Pay Low Wages–World Wage Normalization?
While it is great to see the unemployment rate starting to fall, that the new jobs being created are low wages is a sinister outcome caused by 30 years of bad policy. The American Plutocracy has sacrificed the working middle class. They’ve done it by exporting labor to slave labor countries. They’ve supported policies that […]
NSA Surveillance Story Already Covered In 2006–Media Hype Again
It turns out that the NSA story was already told in 2006. The only difference now is that it is done under warrants authorized by the FISA court. That is an improvement as it not just the Executive Branch in sole control, checks and balance. NSA has massive database of Americans’ phone calls Updated 5/11/2006 […]
He Was For NSA Surveillance Before He Wasn’t (VIDEO)
Back in 2006 during the Bush administration, when the same type of surveillance was under the apparent cyclical scrutiny, Sean Hannity became the biggest supporter of the policy. In fact on his show he excoriated those who opposed it many times. The Mediamatters mash up below is a classic that shows the hypocrisy. While this […]
Right Wing Republican: War In GOP If Immigration Reform Passes (AUDIO)
Pat Buchanan and Laura Ingraham are at it again on the radio on immigration reform. In a previous broadcast he said that Republicans are working with the Gang of 8 because they were terrified of the 71% to 27% Latino shellacking Republicans took versus President Obama. He said they were in a political panic and […]
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