PBS has an excellent series called "The Ascent of Money" that provides a fascinating discussion of the origins of money, and how it has been used by elites to affect the course of history. The French Revolution, the Battle at Waterloo and the US Civ ...
Posted Thursday, July 16th 2009 at 5:55PM
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First it was the case of the "terrorists" plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago. Now we have "terrorists" caught supposedly red handed by the feds plotting to blow up synagogues in NYC.
In each case the men are a collection of bumblers ...
Posted Sunday, May 24th 2009 at 10:42AM
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I’ve always wondered about this. It seems as if the time before the 1970s seemed like “golden years,” economically. But a lot has changed since then. We’re working harder and longer, for less. Many people are living paycheck to paycheck, not bec ...
Posted Friday, April 17th 2009 at 7:37PM
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I wanted to share this letter I recently received from a group I support. Don’t know if any of you have heard but Sen. James Webb of VA is stepping up to the plate on much needed prison reform. Now, I’m all for “if you do the crime you must do the ...
Posted Thursday, April 9th 2009 at 3:03PM
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In the darkness that is this economy, there’s a beacon shining forth, and it could not be better news that it’s coming from the motherland, Africa.
Africa Rules ROI
http://allafrica.com/stories/200902200088.html
“Africa, usually the poorest pe ...
Posted Tuesday, April 7th 2009 at 3:09PM
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Republicans tend to support the wealthy and corporate interests. And since there are far fewer of them than the vast majority of the rest of us, in order for them to win they need to get people to vote against their own interests. So its in their i ...
Posted Thursday, April 2nd 2009 at 5:51PM
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And apparently, neither does Steele.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19588.html
The latest:
“Michael Steele is firing back at his critics inside the Republican Party, who privately complain that he's failed to properly organize the ...
Posted Wednesday, March 4th 2009 at 3:25PM
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These three guys exemplify all that is comically wrong with the GOP. In each case, they have Obama in their sights and in each case they fail miserably; looking right foolish in the process. Relying either on petty sniping, irrelevancies or outrigh ...
Posted Thursday, February 26th 2009 at 6:01PM
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The Faces of Foreclosure
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-foreclosure-vignettes-19-feb19,0,2840260.story?obref=outbrain
I’m glad the Tribune did this story, to put faces onto this tragedy. Often times we lose sight of the fac ...
Posted Thursday, February 19th 2009 at 2:15PM
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The New York Post has a history of being outrageous in its expression of right wing extremism. We’ve come to expect that. But yesterday they outdid themselves with this cartoon. It’s been cited for its obvious racism, but its offensive on so many ...
Posted Thursday, February 19th 2009 at 9:10AM
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And they will continue to clown until WE put an end to it.
I just hope that, a year from now, we’re not sitting here thinking, why didn’t I do/demand more while staring at 2 million more job losses, 3 million more home foreclosures, and who knows ...
Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2009 at 11:54AM
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The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (www.naca.com) is a non-profit, community advocacy and homeownership organization. NACA’s primary goal is to build strong, healthy neighborhoods in urban and rural areas nationwide through affordable ...
Posted Thursday, January 29th 2009 at 4:21PM
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First let me just say I have no beef with the Clintons. I've admired them greatly. When the primary campaign first started, I was a Hillary supporter.
However, as the campaign went on, based on what I heard and considering where we are as a nati ...
Posted Sunday, August 24th 2008 at 12:18PM
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