Lobbyists and Corporate Power
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010Yesterday, on January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court passed a landmark decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission that will drastically impact American politics, the upcoming 2010 midterm campaign season and the resulting U.S. legislation. It also dramatically erodes the idea that the U.S. Constitution was created for The People, individual […]
Great U.S. Social Services that benefit All the People - and Profiteering Private Health Insurance
Monday, August 17th, 2009The United States is currently the only first world, developed country that doesn’t have a health insurance policy for all its citizens. This actually goes against much of its existing policy and against the spirit of democracy. The United States does have other efficient social services that benefit all of its members. […]
U.S. Healthcare and the Swine Flu / H1N1
Monday, April 27th, 2009Epidemics inflict horrible, damaging and lasting effects on all aspects of society. In times like these, we need to think about the government’s role in society. Here’s the BBC link looking at the origins of the Swine flu http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8021947.stm
You’ll have to watch a commercial before, but the report is good.
In the interconnected world […]
Moving Beyond Partisan Stupidity and Name Calling
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009We need to move beyond the partisan labels of Conservative, Liberal, Republican and Democrat. We need to move past partisan stupidity so that we can start real discussion and move toward real solutions. Pardon the wording, but stupidity seems to be the correct word. We need to stop placing blame on the other political party […]
FDIC Bank Woes and the Possibility of Solutions
Sunday, November 30th, 2008While it is important to ’stabilize’ the economy as our policy leaders are creating yet another bailout plan, these bailout actions seem to prolong the impacts, rather than deal with the causes. (The more recent $800 billion dollar plan aimed toward somehow helping the regular consumer.) Last week it was also announced that more banks […]
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