A Letter to a Congressman… Posted on July 27, 2011 by twocentavos| Leave a comment My sister, Toni, sent this letter to her Congressman, Michael Burgess, recently. What she describes is not much different from what millions of Americans are going through as the debate over the debt ceiling–which is really about cutting social […]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!  The Christian conservative who recently undressed Pastor Rick Warren for his "zero taxes" tweet.  The responsible Republican who christened Ayn Rand "the L. Ron Hubbard of conservatism" and chastised Speaker John Boehner for playing to the fantasies of the anti-government zealots.  His name is Michael Stafford and we’ve got […]

Kingwood Area Democrats and many other Progressive Kingwood residents participated in the “Don’t Destroy The American Dream” rally organized by http://moveon.org. We had an excellent showing given the short notice and the time of day and the heat of the day. It shows that Kingwood is moving in the right direction. That the Tea Party […]

It is a known fact that Republican policies ensure firstly as low a tax on corporations and the wealthy at all cost. If some of the spoils happen to fall to the bottom 98% of the citizens (the middle class and the poor) they are OK with that. If not, they simply don’t care as […]

The following was a short informative document put together by Bruce Menke of Kingwood Texas. Many fight about the sanctity of marriage and the reasons it must be protected as if marriage was the idol needing protection from the attacks of  a big bad government. Suffice it to say, I have learned much from Bruce’s […]

It is time to issue the Executive Order to exceed any previously established debt ceiling when necessary to meet existing legal obligations as they come due. To refuse not to pay these obligations is a violation of the laws of Congress by the Congress itself. It is a step toward national self destruction both economically […]

by Shane Brooks On Thursday I was interviewed on the Thom Hartmann Program concerning my involvement with the Coffee Party.  I had done two other interviews with him in early 2010 when I was a Tea Party activist and they asked me to keep in touch, so I’ve emailed them a couple times to let […]

It is always easier to support policies that give tax breaks to those that fund campaigns. Eventually a tipping point is reached. Will this be the tipping point for the Middle Class? It must be. Debt ceiling negotiators think they’ve hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public’s unwillingness to […]