Our Consumerism Might Keep Us in Iraq
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
Too Much Stuff: How Our Profligate Consumerism Might Keep Us in Iraq
Wherever we go, our "stuff" goes with us -- in such large quantities that removing it could prove more daunting than invading in the first place.
In a nutshell, the Pentagon's ...
Wherever we go, our "stuff" goes with us -- in such large quantities that removing it could prove more daunting than invading in the first place.
In a nutshell, the Pentagon's ...
The U.S. Banking System is Broken
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
Here is the ugly, unofficial truth that neither Wall Street nor the government will acknowledge: the pinnacle of the US financial system is broke -- with perhaps $2 trillion in rotten financial assets on the books. Nobody knows, exactly. The banke...
What can you do to protect yourself
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
as this calamity oozes into your personal life?
Q: Are we in the End Stage of the NeoCON Master Plan, to "starve the beast" by bankrupting our government so that it will be powerless, except for the military?
Q: Why did the Wall Street f...
Q: Are we in the End Stage of the NeoCON Master Plan, to "starve the beast" by bankrupting our government so that it will be powerless, except for the military?
Q: Why did the Wall Street f...
Facing Socialism in America
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Many Americans think Socialism is some totalitarian horror found in foreign countries, to be resisted at any cost. Socialism is not only alive and well in America, but our lives would be far less productive and enjoyable without it.
With GwB and...
With GwB and...
U.S. Proof that Religion Harms Society
posted about 1 year ago | 8 comments
"The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so."
Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicid...
Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicid...
Obama by the numbers
posted about 1 year ago | 6 comments
In the interest in transparency:
Over the course of his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama raised more than $500 million online. The Washington Post breaks it down:
In an exclusive interview with The Post, members of the vaunted Triple O...
Over the course of his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama raised more than $500 million online. The Washington Post breaks it down:
In an exclusive interview with The Post, members of the vaunted Triple O...
Censorship Inside the Propaganda Model
posted about 1 year ago, updated 3 minutes later | 5 comments
In Manufacturing Consent (1988; and updated in Herman,1996). Ed Herman and Noam Chomsky claim that because media is firmly imbedded in the market system, it reflects the class values and concerns of its owners and advertisers. According to Herman ...
Victory in Alaska
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
Nearly all the votes have been counted and Mark Begich holds a commanding 3,724-vote lead. There aren't enough uncounted ballots left to close this gap, so all the major news organizations have now projected defeat for incumbent Ted Stevens. It's ...
True American Patriotism: Give Change a Chance
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
Give Change a Chance
Don't give up before change has a chance to take hold!
Change takes time. It won't happen over night. You have to give change a chance.
Easier - Patriotism is a love of and loyalty to one's country. A patriot is som...
Don't give up before change has a chance to take hold!
Change takes time. It won't happen over night. You have to give change a chance.
Easier - Patriotism is a love of and loyalty to one's country. A patriot is som...
America for Americans: Not the lunatic Right
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
The right wing, knowing they are on a losing path, are increasingly resorting to violence against the left.
Fox media, right wing pundits and right wing lunatics continue in their anti-American tirades against the majority of true America.
The ...
Fox media, right wing pundits and right wing lunatics continue in their anti-American tirades against the majority of true America.
The ...
