Re: Ohio's Amendment to Prohibit Health Care Mandates, Liberty, Socialism,...
An open letter Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Florida Congresswoman, DNC Chair, and Vice Chair of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.
View Article99 Quotes to Occupy Your Mind
Part 1 of 12: On The People We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. -Abraham...
View ArticleOccupy is a Terrible Name for a Movement
Before too many people get all up in arms over the title, let me just say that I stand in solidarity with the Occupy demonstrators, and cannot even begin to express my gratitude for what they have...
View ArticleLetting the 1% Make Our Arguments For Us
Frankly speaking, the 1% can make our argument for us better than anyone else. So here's what I'm doing. I'm taking CitiGroup's 2005 Plutonomy Report and posting excerpts from it on the doors of my...
View ArticleHope is a tattered flag and a dream of time.
An Excerpt from The People, Yes by Carl Sandburg. 1936.And who is the people?The people is Everyman, everybody. Everybody is you and me and all others. What everybody says is what we all say. And what...
View ArticleWhy We Occupy
At the last general assembly I attended in Los Angeles’ Solidarity Park, on the night the occupiers first expected to get evicted, the focus topic of the evening was “Why We Occupy.” I will tell you...
View ArticleOccupy the GOP
It is not called the Grand Old Party without good reason. Formed in 1854 as a response to the proposed expansion of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska, by 1860, they controlled Congress, and had...
View ArticleWhen the Revolution Comes
A message for the 1% by Michael McStokesIt is a most disconcerting feeling to those on their way to their place of employment to be faced with parks, streets, even church yards filled with the...
View ArticleI Confess: I'm A Conservative
I’ve made it a point the last few years of talking to a lot of self-described Libertarians, and the increasingly rare breed known as moderate Republicans in order to understand their thoughts on the...
View ArticleThe People's Primer: On Government
The following is one of the opening sections of The People's Primer, a project being put together by the Concerned Citizens Coalition, The Movement to Restore Sanity, and the Save America Movement. The...
View ArticleStop the Redistribution of Wealth!
Let's not pretend that wealth has ever been distributed evenly, or that the rich and powerful have never sought to exploit the poor and powerless. The reality is that wealth gets redistributed all the...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong With Occupy
I didn't go to the May Day protests. I did my best to keep up with the coverage though, and aside from the few instances of mayhem that made everyone look bad, and the police brutality that made mostly...
View ArticleEven if Obama Wins, America May Still Lose
Kos just posted an article titled Obama is Winning, Period, and I tend to agree with this assessment, but I have to follow it up with a big fat so what?To paraphrase something Harvey Weinstein said a...
View ArticleMitt Romney is About the 100%?!
Mitt Romney has made plenty of gaffes and controversial comments, and there is certainly no lack of criticism from within his own party, or without. But in trying to put out the fire that he started...
View ArticleI Don’t Know Who Won the Debate Last Night, but I Can Tell You Who Lost
I didn’t watch the debate last night. And I've done my best to avoid watching any coverage of it either, at least before writing this. All I know right now is the Huffington Post says reporters and...
View ArticleThree Questions I Doubt Anyone Will Ask At the Debate Tonight
Since tonight's debate is a town hall debate, I started thinking about the questions I would ask the candidates if I had the opportunity. I came up with 3 questions that I think are very important....
View ArticleYou Keep Using that Phrase 'The Right to Bear Arms.' I Do Not Think It Means...
Every time a high profile incidence of gun violence makes national headlines, there is a renewed call to revisit our gun control laws. And just as predictably, there are those who raise their voices in...
View ArticleAssault Weapons, Bullying, Flat Taxes, and Rational Conversation
As part of his series on gun control in America, Piers Morgan has invited a number of political adversaries on his show to discuss the issue. The most famous interview so far has probably been with...
View ArticleWe Deserve a Vote
The President repeated this phrase numerous times at the end of his State of the Union address, and to great effect: taking a shot at the abuse of the filibuster while speaking of gun control...
View ArticleA New Level of Ridiculousness for Republican Obstructionism
Dear Senate Republicans,Congratulations on finally coming to your senses and confirming Robert E. Bacharach for a seat on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.While this story probably won’t get much...
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