Let the world know that you disagree with the Supreme Court decision giving unfettered voice to corporations through the use of their money to influence elections. Their decision threatens the very bedrock of our democracy, "We the People". The bailout pales by comparison to this wrongheaded, very destructive, overpowering decision.
Answer the Supreme court with the only voice that should count!
There are a number of ideas out there: public Financing, Amendment, Impeachment, Making Corporate Board's sign on in agreement before trying to purchase a given campaign/election. Let's get on with the full debate, because all progressive causes are wiped out with this one decision. We can not rest for a minute on this one.
(an excellent analysis!... - promoted by poligirl)
The Kubler-Ross model, first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book "On Death and Dying", describes, in five discrete stages, a process by which people allegedly deal with grief and tragedy, especially when diagnosed with a terminal illness or catastrophic loss.
1) Denial:
"I feel fine."; "This can't be happening, not to me."
2) Anger:
"Why me? It's not fair!"; "How can this happen to me?"; "Who is to blame?"
3) Bargaining:
"Just let me live to see my children graduate."; "I'll do anything for a few more years."; "I will give my life savings if..."
4) Depression:
"I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"; ... What's the point?"; "Why go on?"
5) Acceptance:
"It's going to be okay."; "I can't fight it, I may as well prepare for it."
(will he ever be held accountable? - promoted by poligirl)
I know I am a little late to this story, but I was really busy yesterday. We all remember the U.S. Attorney firings, and the firestorm it justifyably created. Of course, nobody ever had to answer for it under the previous administration because it seems nobody in that administration ever paid for anything.
While it was a hot topic in the Democratic primary, the Iraq War seemed to fall off the table in the final months of the Presidential campaign. In retrospect, this huge blunder by the outgoing Bush Administration has been a bottomless pit for American taxpayer dollars. It has been a huge strain on our National Guard and military, and has taken longer than it took the Allies to defeat the Axis powers after America entered WWII. To add insult to injury, it has not done one thing to bring the murderer of thousands of Americans, Osama bin Laden to justice.
We have wandered in darkness too long,
Following idolators of the Golden Calf,
Rushing headlong into the chasm,
Washing our hearts away in the forgetful waters of Styx,
Seeking to possess the rest of the world in our watery clutches,
Where being dragged down,
We all would drown.
Too long have we hurled everything of value into the depths.
Stealing the offering from others,
Long before throwing away our own.
And the greedy mouths of the damned have devoured it all,
Ever hungry for more.
(a snarky delight for your morning... :D - promoted by poligirl)
Criminal masterminds come from the strangest places. Look at Harvey "Two Face" Dent. Or Lex Luthor. Or Cat Woman.
Well, you have a new name to add to that list: grannyhelen.
Sure, I may look mild-mannered. I'm a 40 year-old, stay-at-home mom of two young kids whose alias is a tribute to my own great-grandmother. I write about nonviolence and politics in between changing diapers and baking cookies. You'd see me on my walk with my two-year-old and never think to yourself: this is the woman who is rending the fabric of our Democracy.
(a couple days old but when read in tandem with the post above - it's downright frightening... - promoted by poligirl)
Army News - Sep 30, 2008 Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 by Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
The 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys.
Now they're training for the same mission - with a twist - at home.
Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.
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There are major problems we have with our house. One is the screwy plumbing in our Montana homestead and the other is the foundation. And it's just like the American people's house. Our banking system is busted. There was a shadowy bunch of pipes kept hidden from us and now they are all clogged and the sewage is coming back into the house. We can fix that without spending a lot of our money.
But the real underlying problem is the foundation of the house. It's pillars are in danger of collapse. The great beams that hold up our prairie house have been weakened. This is what needs shoring up.
But instead of a real bridge to the 21st century that Clinton and Gore promised, we the sheeple only got a bridge loan. Instead of cold hard cash in terms of higher wages, we were told to take out a second mortgage. Instead of investing in the house we already owned, we were encouraged to build a second one with borrowed money. The supply side flim flam started with Reagan, but with the passage of NAFTA the flim flam started accelerating the decline of the middle class. When the Republicans took over in 1994, we got 12 years of more deregulation of banks but no affordable health care. So once again, with no wage increase we had no money for our rising health insurance bills. And then the Ayn Rand cultist, Alan Greenspan gave us low interest rates to make it oh so easy to borrow to buy the things we needed to keep our economy artificially pumping. Oh and oil was low which encouraged us to build sprawl.
