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    Socialism is no more an evil word than Christianity. Socialism no more prescribed Joseph Stalin and his secret police and shuttered churches than Christianity prescribed the Spanish Inquisition. Christianity and socialism alike, in fact, prescribe a society dedicated to the proposition that all men, women, and children are created equal and shall not starve.

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    The Real Bankruptcy — Congress

    Money buys results in Congress. Return on investment is estimated at 22,000% on money given to Congress. Money is the Model. – Lessig

    Our Representative Baird voted for the Bankruptcy Bill in 2005.

    Change Congress. Support the Fair Elections Now Act.

    This is the real problem behind all the other [...]



    Another Wrong Not Righted

    Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, defending his pardon of former President Richard Nixon at a press conference. Image by Getty Images via Daylife

    Well it is official.  America tortured people.  And the people that committed these crimes and the people that devised these crimes are not going to be prosecuted or otherwise investigated.  Rahm Emanuel said so yesterday on [...]



    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 [...]



    We’re Stupid and We’re Fools

    Cenk Uygur over at Huffpo sent me this story link this morning. 

    If you want to understand what is really going on re: the banking/wall street fiasco, read this article.  Here is an excerpt:

    The latest bailout came as AIG admitted to having just posted the largest quarterly loss in American corporate history — some $61.7 billion. In the final three months [...]



    whatever happened to a.i.g. freezing executive bonuses

    and clawing back those they’d already paid out? From October 22, 2008:

    NY AG says targeting exec pay at AIG, elsewhere

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – Troubled insurer American International Group Inc will freeze payments to a former CEO and officers of the unit that was the main source of its financial problems, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.

    “This is to [...]



    merit pay ain’t the way

    There is no question that Barack Obama will be a better president for the state of education in this country than George “is our children learning” Bush could ever hope to be, and almost anything would be better than Bush’s odious, expensive, top-heavy and radically stupid No Child Left Behind.

    That being said, merit pay is just another Republican red herring and should [...]



    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 [...]

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