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    Lessig on Obama and the Bankrupt Congress

    Correction:  Democrats HAD a super majority.

    It is all about money.

    “Connect the Dots”

    CITIZEN FUNDED ELECTIONS

    Change-congress.org

    If you are in Washington State,

    Washclean.org

    “We won’t get our democracy back until they stop selling it.”

    Update:

    Here is Governor Dean spot on about the Brown win and how Congress must change its tactics.

    Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, [...]



    So What Happens Now?

    Go on over and read Joe Bageant’s latest rant.  It will sound a lot like David Michael Green’s latest rant.  Here is the part of Joe’s rant that is the hardest to swallow even knowing first hand that it is true:

    If you have watched any old mob movies, you know that any racket needs a front. In America the front is called democracy. Like the [...]



    Chomsky - Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours

    Here is approximately 60 minutes of Noam Chomsky who just turned 80 years old speaking last month at Riverside Church in Harlem to approximately 2000 people.

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    New Nationalism Speech – Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson

    Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia

    Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us.  Regulations did not just magically appear one day.  They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past.  Reagan [...]



    Chomsky on Geithner (and some Colbert Comedy)

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3

    Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video)

    The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls out his pitchfork and gets the audience on his side. [...]



    time to name names and put the blame where it belongs

    On Hank Paulson’s bald head.

    When AIG started to become unwound last fall, who better to know just how much Goldman Sach’s own rape & pillage squad was going to depend on its AIG bad bet insurance than the former CEO, Paulson himself – and who else but the Treasury Secretary would be better positioned to make sure that at least his alma mater – if [...]



    Why Isn’t Simon Johnson the Treasury Secretary?

    This is the most succinct explanation I have come across of where we are at and of what to do with regard to the financial crisis affecting our country.  I hope Obama and Congress are listening.  From Bill Moyers Journal (you can watch the video here):

    February 13, 2009

    BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal.

    The battle is joined as they say — and here’s the [...]



    Sign the Public Letter to President Obama

    GAZA, GAZA STRIP – NOVEMBER 25:

    Dear Mr. President,

    Last year, you were swept into office on the hopeful promise of redemptive change.  You inspired the nation by repeating the phrase, “together, we will change the world.”  For many Americans, your words were not merely the final lines of a campaign speech, but a call to action for a new historical moment.

    Nowhere is [...]

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