America needs strong leaders. America needs leaders that are willing to stand up for an ideology that shamelessly looks out for the middle class and the poor. America needs strong leaders that do not allow the striving for true moral values to be framed as a weakness . America needs strong leaders that will not […]
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Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Teacher Pension But Guess Who Double Dip From Government
The President has been promoting a grand bargain for some time now. He has been touting a balanced approach to solving our fiscal problems, our budget deficit and our national debt. Republicans on the other hand have been insistent in balancing the budget on the back of the middle class even as they want to […]
Supreme Court Case Could End Corporate March To Reinstatement of Slavery
The title is striking but very accurate. It describes the march that America is on with corporations encroaching on our individual liberties. They do this even as they use propaganda to mislead Americans into believing that government is the infringer and that government regulation is impeding corporations to execute effectively to promote a good economy. […]
Obama Does It Again – Speech Humanizes Palestinians To The Cheers Of Israelis (VIDEO)
President Obama gave a very good speech in Israel today. Within the speech he provided both words of support, words of adulation, words of criticism, but mostly words of encouragement. All issues in the Middle East effectively have a religious component. It is for this reason early in his speech he illustrated the commonality of […]
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Dead: Hero Of The Poor And Middle Class In Words & Deeds
UPDATE: I did a CNN iReport as soon as I heard about President Chavez’s death because I knew the demonization was going to start. The CNN iReport I did is here. I am compelled to add to the story. I received hate emails from Venezuelans in England and here in the United States as well […]
Republican Party: From Stupid Party To Election Stealing Party? America Won’t Have It (VIDEO)
The snippets of video from MSNBC below are telling. The Republicans know they are in trouble. The vast majority of the countries do not like much of what the Republicans in control stand for. Even cultural Republicans have all but given up. The only thing keeping them together with a modicum of homogeneity is their […]
Boehner: Obama Wants To Annihilate The Republican Party (VIDEO)
On Tuesday Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner said President Obama’s Administration wants to annihilate the Republican Party. Specifically the speaker said: We are expecting over the next twenty two months to be the focus of this administration as they attempt to annihilate the Republican Party. And let me just tell you, I do […]
Middle Class Americans Broke Because Of Government Policy Dictated By Plutocracy
If one watches CNBC or most financial channels, the impression is given that the free market as the best allocator of resources if left unfettered is the solution to all that ails the country’s economy. This god, the free market, will ensure that productivity and efficiency are rewarded. Additionally ones wage is somehow proportional to […]
The Triumph of Bad Ideas
On January 6th Paul Krugman wrote a piece (The Big Fail) every Right Wing politician and every myth based economist should read. It was expected that at this year’s American Economic Association meeting, that they would be discussing about the success of the slump ending. Instead, they are still talking about the ongoing slump. This […]
Time For Wealthy & CEOs To Thank The Middle Class For 30+ Years Of Sacrifice
The election is over and by a 3% margin Americans have decided to reelect President Obama. I will be the first to say that I believe President Obama governed like a centrist Republican in his first term. I think he did that to ensure a second term.  After-all the President’s stimulus was heavy on […]