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    Truth is Evaporating

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    Corporatocracy, Joe Bageant and why President Obama cannot fix anything until things get more broken.  Here is some white trash talk:

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    First Things First

    Fixing the campaign finance system is one of the very few ways we can fix our government. And yet most of us spend far too much time and effort complaining about and/or trying to fix what is caused by not fixing the campaign finance system.  How to Get Our Democracy Back

    Fix Congress First

    Fix Campaign Finance, Support FENA.



    Sirota Chomsky Interview

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    David Sirota interviews Noam Chomsky regarding Obama budget, Tea Party movement and SCOTUS decision

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    A Senatorial Sinner and a Patsy President

    Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

    Obama is in a no-win situation from which he will not recover politically unless he acts boldly and changes course immediately. The President must get [...]



    i can't decide whether i'd prefer alan grayson as our next AG

    or as Obama’s second term VP:

    Rep. Broun, I believed you just got served:

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    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 be round-filed along [...]



    we’ve come far, but the work is not yet done

    16 April 1963

    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:

    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas… But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your [...]



    Pay to Play

    Blagojevich

    That’s how it works in America.  Want a Senate seat?  What are you going to give me in return.  He is just playing the game the way it’s played.  Right?

    In the transcripts, on 3 November Mr Blagojevich said the seat was a “[expletive] valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing”.

    The day after the presidential election, according to the affidavit, Mr Blagojevich [...]

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