Shared by Tom Hastings @ Hasting on Nonviolence Back in 1977 The New York Times began taking polls of how Americans feel about Congress. Not until this week, with the clearly craven Congressional inability to stand up for the rights and aspirations of average Americans, has the disapproval rating…
By OcJim If you are even partially tuned in, you most likely know something about facts of mal-distribution of income: the rich are getting richer and the middle class and the poor, poorer. You probably also know the right vs. left debate: the rich deserve their wealth and the…
Next week the 99% are taking Congress back from the 1%. Hundreds of activists and jobless workers from around the country are coming to Washington to fight for JOBS, not cuts. There's going to be a massive occupation on the National Mall. We're going to swarm Congress with thousands…
www.ImVotingRepublican.com I'm Voting Republican is a satirical look at the likely outcome of another four years of Republican government. The not-so-subtle message behind the film is the importance of a united block of citizens willing to take the time and effort to vote Democrat in order to improve America's…
Click the pic to enlarge ---> Are you tired of all the empty rhetoric surrounding OWS and the Tea Party? Tired of people with loud mouths and no demonstrable intelligence barking off strings of facts, statistics, or opinions from philosophers and other social thinkers that either make no sense,…
One of the biggest misconceptions in American culture is that welfare recipients are living large at the taxpayer’s expense, receiving thousands of dollars per month while driving Cadillacs and other expensive cars. This myth is so not true and how do I know? Because for the past two months,…
Editor's note: Most of our engagements are with Suzi on Facebook - we love her solid/stern but well balanced, diplomatic style and appeal. She's a winner! We've been following RFO's news-feed on Facebook for the past six months and highly recommend connecting with them. - TJ Here's what they're…
By OcJim Have you ever seen such an egregiously ill-equipped crew of Republican candidates running for president? By category, they vary from the unseemly uninformed to obdurate liars to boorish scam artists. Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, and Herman Cain flash in your mind regarding uninformed. Bachmann also comes to…
Click the pic to enlarge -----> Join 'The Christian Left' facebook fan page As perhaps one of the only senators currently sitting in Congress as a self-proclaimed democratic socialist (which is entirely different from socialism), Sanders has surfaced as a figurehead for a continuingly growing population of dissatisfied protestors in…
An estimated one million protesters flood the streets of Cairo as Egyptian protests enter into their fourth day of another massive uprising. The Egyptian military has decided, for now, to promise government control to civilian control by July 1st, 2012 but civilians are demanding that the transaction happen no…