By: Chaz Valenza @ OpEdnews.com Shared from Alternet.org Editor's note: Today is the fifth day demonstrators have staged an "occupation" of Wall St. and other parts of lower Manhattan in protest of America's staggering economic inequality and the influence of big finance on our politics. As of Tuesday night,…
By: Jim Messina Campaign Manager Obama for America This morning, the President proposed the "Buffett Rule," which would require those earning more than $1 million a year to pay the same share of their income in taxes as middle-class families do. This proposal makes sure millionaires and billionaires share…
By: Jim Hoover Matt Taibbi in Griftopia does an effective job of tracing the myriad of ways average Americans have been screwed by a wide network of what he calls grifters, or swindlers, in a confidence game that was blessed by government officials in all branches and at most…
By Jim Hoover Two clowns, Rep. Eric Cantor and Senator John Kyl, performers for their real ringmasters, the rich, walked out of bicameral bipartisan debt ceiling talks. Ironically, the elephant in the meeting room still remained. Not the Republicans, but the obvious fact that these meetings, for the Republicans,…
By: Janice Thurill Collapse is the story of how modern society could probably take a drastic turn for the worse. And it's narrated by Michael Ruppert. Most people call Michael Ruppert a conspiracy theorist because they don't like his ideas, because they don't fit into their picture-perfect world, and…
By: Penelope a.k.a. Hippie Liberal Momma I have to admit, I am surprised with all the so called “radical ideas" that I address - my vaccine posts attract the most opposition. Is it really that strange to think it's a bad idea for me to listen to the government…
By: Jim Hoover According to Jim Mulva (above), the CEO of ConocoPhillips, 74% of Americans are un-American. No kidding. A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey found that 74% of Americans favor eliminating tax credits for the oil and gas industries as a way to reduce the federal budget…
Ms. Henry I am a writer who does not write as much as I should. I have some talent, but I do not have the passion that is truly necessary to be a writer because most of my passion is being used to find full-time employment. It’s hard being…
By: Jim Hoover Many progressives thought we were getting the antithesis of the incurious, swaggering, insensitive, mediocre, frat-boy Bush. Most of us were fooled. Indeed, Barack Obama is different in many respects, but the outcome of his performance is so Bush-like that I have to pinch myself into the…
