2015: Please Save Our Schools!!!
2014 was the year of "School Reform," the ridiculous excuse for states and cities across the country to privatize the Public School system and the implementation of more high-stakes tests through...
View Article2015 Please Save Our Schools!!! Part: 2
In part one of my essay on schools, I shared a high school experience in which I had been given a chance by my teacher to supplement my class grade with my final exam scores. After spending the...
View ArticleWhite House Threatens Veto On Keystone XL
The White House Tuesday announced that President Obama would likely Veto a bill fast-tracking the Keystone XL project if it makes it to the president's desk."This legislation is not all too different...
View ArticleDon't Let The Religious Right Co-Opt Terrorist Attacks
We in the Western world are deeply aggrieved and horrified by the terrorist attack that killed 12 at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. A sickening display of jihadist hate,...
View ArticleSay: Thank You, Mitch McConnell!
Republicans never cease to amaze me when it comes to their statements on the economy. They seem to provide an endless trove of laughable comments from which to quote from, and this week was no...
View ArticleFinancial Transaction Tax: Making A Come Back?
When incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo ran for reelection in fall 2014, he faced a surprising amount of push-back on the left and the right. In the fight for the Democratic party's nomination, a strong...
View ArticleLet Us Remember...
Back on this day, the 18th of January in 2003, millions of Americans and people across the world protested the invasion of Iraq by American and coalition forces. For the next few months protests would...
View ArticleSen. Tom Cotton: "We need to bomb poeple over there so that poeple are safe...
This morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Newly minted Senator Tom Cotton R. Arkansas, blamed President Obama for ISIS and the mess in Iraq. Even worse, he goes on to say in response to Howard Dean's...
View ArticleWhat Syriza Has To Teach American Progressives
By definition Syriza means Coalition Of The Left. Today's American left might do to take a lesson from the sudden emergence and successes of Syriza within the Greek Left. Today's American left, after...
View ArticleDo You Take Dietary Supplements? Well, Enjoy The Powdered Rice!
Today on the Headline of the New York Times Website, the New York Attorney Generals Office sent cease and desist letters to four major retailers, accusing them of selling fraudulent Dietary...
View ArticleSupply Side Vs. Keynesianism
Anytime you turn on Fox news or NBC Business, you might here some Supply-Sider telling you how government is standing in the way of Businesses. You'll likely here examples of how Scott Walker or Rick...
View ArticleISIS And The Press
Newspapers and media outlets the world over have been known to play down potentially important news when it suits them. When there is an Oil Spill in Louisiana, or a Government Defense contractor...
View ArticleMy Feelings on Hillary
I have often been critical of Hillary Clinton. My concerns, the more I think about it, stem more from Bill Clinton's actions than with Hillary's. Especially with regard to welfare reform, NAFTA, and...
View ArticleThe Strangling Government Strategy
If it isn't clear by now, then someone's been avoiding the news at all costs. The Republican strategy for the last few decades now, has been to slowly but surely strangle government until a tipping...
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Why Nuclear Annihilation Is Becoming More Likely
It is now three minutes to midnight, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which is warning that the end of humanity may be nigh. The group behind the famed "Doomsday Clock" announced at a...
View ArticleRepublican's Latest Budget Proposal Is A Threat To The Economy
House Republicans unveiled their latest Budget Proposal yesterday and what a surprise! It privatizes everything left to be privatized and cuts everything left to be cut, and naturally on top of it all,...
View ArticleThe "Serious" People On The Right Still Just Don't Get It
Ever since the Great Recession and the subsequent financial collapse; those on the Right have made one unfounded claim after another about the cause of the recession and the sluggish recovery since. In...
View ArticleWhat Does The Future Of Capitalism Hold for Us?
The future of Capitalism is no sure thing. Most Americans believe the Capitalist system is the most freedom inducing economic order ever created, and many still have faith that the Capitalist system is...
View ArticleThe Case For Forgiving Private Consumer Debt
America has a debt problem. I'm not talking about Government debt, which can be handled by simply raising revenues, nor am I talking about Business Debt which is another issue altogether. What I mean...
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Georgia Governor Nathan Deal Is Leading On Criminal Justice Reform
No, I haven't made a mistake, Georgia's Republican Governor, Nathan Deal, is making strides in his attempts at Criminal Justice reform. It seems at least this Republican can show a little empathy...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: Why 2016 matters...
Another Day, another Hillary bashfest. As Clinton ramps up for her announcement that she's running for president, this time through a social media video expected to be released at noon today, everyone...
View ArticleToday's Dysfunction? Or Yesterday's Boring Washington?
As the 2016 presidential candidates begin revving up for primary battles that will first be waged in Iowa and followed closely by New Hampshire, the nineteen or twenty candidates in the Republican...
View ArticleMartin O'Malley: Yes To Fight For $15, No To TPP
Martin O'Malley, a possible challenger to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speaking at Harvard University on Thursday night, called for a raise in the minimum wage to $15 an hour....
View ArticleChris Mathews and President Obama to America: Trade is GOOD!
"Trade is good" says Chris Mathews this morning on Morning Joe. This follows his interview Tuesday with President Obama who, after being asked by Mathews why some democrats like Elizabeth Warren were...
View ArticleAnother Reason To Say "No" To TPP
Bolivia, a nation nestled high in the Andes, has a history steeped in struggle, populated by a peoples whose greatest accomplishment can be said to be their very survival. Cochabamba, one of the...
View ArticleA Very Simple Argument In Support Of Same-sex Marriage
Ever since the Supreme Court decided to take up the issue of same-sex marriage, a vast pool of arguments, both legal and moral, have been made to defend or attack the virtues of same-sex marriage.Many...
View ArticleHow To End The Police Violence: Updated
Police brutality has surfaced and resurfaced as an issue over the last year. Each new case of an officer brutally beating or killing another human being, regardless of their race or religion, brings...
View ArticleFox News: More Finger Wagging
CNN Reporter: Referring to Military Veterans who become Police Officers "A lot of these young people are coming back from Afghanistan, and without knowing anyone in the community, are ready to do...
View ArticleShaming Republicans: Even A Tragedy Can't Change This Congress
John Boehner is a real class act. Not because he's an arrogant, red-faced, badly-tanned, mouthpiece for America's top 1% but because only a complete idiot with pockets so deep that he hasn't even seen...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced To Death
On Friday, a Federal Jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death after 14 hours of deliberations. A relatively speedy decision for a complex case such as this. Still, with an overwhelming amount of...
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White Privilege Is Too Obvious To Ignore
This past year has been punctuated by incessant violence of many forms. From protests turned riot to biker gang brawls turned deadly shootout, the unique toxicity of the times are representative of...
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Bizarre Politico Article Tries To Insinuate A Scandal Involving Elizabeth Warren
In what I can only describe as a bizarre piece in Politico, the overrated news organization tries to insinuate a scandal of sorts by making a connection -tenuous at best- between Elizabeth Warren's...
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Bernie Sanders Enters The Race
As most of us here at DailyKos know by now, Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, has made his official announcement speech declaring his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for...
View ArticleThe Economics Of Being Poor
Being a Working-class citizen isn't an easy life in America. A country full with pride, we take for granted those that work for minimum-wage or maybe even just over minimum. We all see them every...
View ArticleEconomics Of The Poor Part 2: How A More Equitable World Is Possible
After mentioning life at the bottom in my previous diary, I thought I'd mention policy prescriptions that could and would help the lower classes. Some of which we might already have were Congress...
View ArticleSupreme Court Reverses Lower Courts Decision On Social Media Threats Case
The US Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday, in an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling in a case colored in shades of grey involving Free-Speech. The Case, Elonis VS....
View ArticleAttended A Public College? Don't Pay Your Federal Loans.
A College education is important, perhaps more important than ever before. If you want to work anywhere other than Walmart or McDonald's or someplace like that, a college education is essential. But...
View ArticleWhy Bernie Sanders Isn't A Radical Or A Socialist
Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, is running for the Democratic Nomination, as anyone who doesn't live under a rock knows by now. Lately, he's taken up more of the spotlight than Hillary Clinton. The media...
View ArticleTISA: The Free-Trade Bill Shrouded In Secrecy
If you are a Democrat, but against Free-Trade deals like the disastrous NAFTA, then you will want to pay attention to this. Wikileaks just released 17 documents related to a Classified Free-Trade Deal...
View ArticleTPP: Worse Than We Thought
Over the weekend I wrote about the draft released by Wikileaks on Wednesday concerning another, far larger Trade Deal known as the Trade in Services Agreement or, TISA, which would privatize Services...
View ArticleJeb Bushes Big Day: On Jeb, Republicans, and Political Nausea Among American...
Well, today was the day that Jeb Bush announced his candidacy, and predictably, his accompanying speech was heavy on rhetoric, light on policy, and chock-full of soundbites and one-liners. At one...
View ArticleDavid Brooks: 'Moderately' Conservative Idiot
David Brooks of the New York Times just can't help himself when it comes to making stuff up in order to make Democrats look bad. In his Op/Ed Piece today, titled "The Democratic Tea-Party", Brooks...
View ArticleFrom Gay Marriage To The ACA: Much More To Do, But Much To Celebrate.
Whether you like it or not the Affordable Care Act and Gay Marriage as a Constitutional Right are here to stay! Hard fought gains in the Civility of our civilization have been upheld by our nation's...
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Just When You Thought It Was All Over: More Obamacare Lawsuits On The Way
The ink isn't even dry on the newspapers covering the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday, upholding subsidies to the Affordable Care Act. Democrats and President Obama are still nursing hangovers...
View ArticleWhy I Support Bernie But Would Be Happy To Vote For Hillary In The General
Lately, I’ve been wondering whether we were entering 2016 or 2008. To know what I mean, just take a moment to look in on any Democratic Party forum, chat room, Facebook group or comment section in a...
View ArticleVoting: A Problem Beyond Talking Points.
America has a Democracy problem. The problem isn't Democracy, it isn't the Republicans' far-right turn nor the Democrats' rediscovery of Progressive Liberalism, the problem isn't just one of lackluster...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Is Dead. What Does This Mean For...
The news is spreading faster than Ebola did in Guinea; the political observers are shuddering with excitement. Jeez, you’d think someone had died! Well, yes in fact, Conservative Justice Antonin...
View ArticleWhy The Left Is Losing
It's been a very long time since I wrote a blog post. The reason I stopped, and the reason I likely won't do too much writing in the future is twofold. For one, I have become so disgusted by politics,...
View ArticleDemocrats Need To Make Reforms To Democracy A Centerpiece Of Their Platform
Ever since the Democrat’s electoral wipeout of 2010, Republicans have made it a point to do everything in their power to restrict American democracy. Through “Voter Fraud” initiatives churning out new...
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