#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Taibbi Joins Rich Eisen's Podcast http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/taibbi-joins-rich-eisens-podcast-20130501 Checking off a long-desired Bucket List entry, I joined up with the legendary Rich Eisen of the NFL Network on his podcast on NFL.com yesterday. Rich, who logged an awesome 27 hours on-air over three days last week covering the NFL draft, had me on to talk not only about my “NFL Draft Decoded III” piece from last week, but also about the coverage of the draft and the tension between Twitter and the TV networks in the reporting, a new issue that has ramifications beyond sports (and was felt among other places in the marathon bombing coverage)…. RELATED: http://richeisen.nfl.com/2013/04/30/rich-eisen-podcast-charles-davis-and-matt-taibbi/http://www.twitpic.com/cnolgx
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty If the 'Economic Crisis' was CREATED by the Rich and their Politicians why should we have to Pay the Bill…http://www.twitpic.com/cnhkwo
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Scrooge lives! http://www.jimhightower.com/node/8016#.UX3_aaL7JaY Ebenezer Scrooge, the Dickens character, perfectly personified the nasty rich. For example, when asked to make a charitable donation for people trapped in poverty, Scrooge curled his lip in contempt and snarled: “Are there no prisons?” Blessedly, our American society has progressed well-past such heartless disdain. Unless, of course, you happen to be poor in Ohio. Or Georgia. Or in the nationwide utopia envisioned by Newt Gingrich. Ohio's Civil Liberties Union recently issued a report documenting the Scroogian return of debtor's prisons, finding that municipal courts there are jailing poor people unable to pay court fines. Last summer, a suburban Cl…http://www.twitpic.com/cmriub
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Recession and Austerity Good for the Rich http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10133 “We've seen little concern on the part of policymakers about the radical increase in poverty and inequality in this country, and they're bound and determined to make middle-class and poor people pay for the costs of this recession that they had nothing to do with.” -Economist James Henryhttp://www.twitpic.com/cmpwmm
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Purple to Blue https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/purpletoblue?refcode=CPB0313rem Forget John Boehner and Paul Ryan — Republicans don't need Congress to push their radical right-wing agenda. They're doing it right now, state by state: Ending women's right to choose Busting unions Deregulating industries and pillaging the environment Giving away huge tax breaks to big corporations and the super rich Republican state legislatures are laboratories of right-wing extremism — and we need to stop their radical agendas before they go any farther. That's why DFA is launching the Purple to Blue Project, a new multi-year effort dedicated to winning state House and Senate chambers across the country — starting right now in Virginia. Help us raise ,000 by March 31st to kick this program off right by chipping in or more today. https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/purpletoblue?refcode=CPB0313rem Even as Democrats picked up wins nationally last year, conservatives continued to cement control of state legislatures — and they're using states like Virginia to build momentum for radical, extreme agendas. We're seeing the damage they can do. Virginia's newly-enacted restrictions on abortion have spawned a national assault on women's right to make decisions about her own life: just this weekend, North Dakota's Republican-controlled legislature passed a “personhood” amendment, effectively banning all abortions in the state. Whether it's stripping away labor rights in Wisconsin, restricting voting rights in Pennsylvania, or attacking a woman's right to choose in Virginia, conservatives are growing bolder and reaching further than ever before. It's time to get back to basics. DFA is targeting five swing districts in Virginia to send a powerful message to Republicans: If you continue to wage war on our core values, progressives will defeat you at the ballot box. This isn't a process that will happen overnight, but we have to start now. We're endorsing our first round of candidates — now we need to raise ,000 to begin recruiting staff to join them in the field. Even a gift of or more will help get us to that goal — donate today. https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/purpletoblue?refcode=CPB0313rem Thanks for all you do, – Howard Governor Howard Dean, M.D. Founder, Democracy for Americahttp://www.twitpic.com/cf0rfq
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty US Uncut on Facebook: “It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr. New Study Using IRS Tax Data Shows Rich Are Staying Richer, Poor Poorer http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2013/03/21/new-study-using-irs-tax-data-shows-rich-are-staying-richer-poor-poorer/ A groundbreaking new study concludes that the rich became permanently richer and the poor permanently poorer from 1987 to 2009. Related: http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2013/03/06/as-stock-market-recovered-rich-took-bigger-share-of-nations-income-and-paid-lower-tax-rate/http://www.twitpic.com/cee7vd
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Reprise – Turns Out It Is Not The Republicans After All http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/13/792824/-Turns-Out-It-Is-Not-The-Republicans-After-All For the eight years of the Bush Reign Of Terror when America passed an obscene tax break for the Rich, invaded a country to capture Osama bin Laden…and didn't, and then abandoned THAT war and invaded another country with no real evidence that it was threat, (even though they tortured a bunch of people to get them to say that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and Iraq and had to manufacture piles of “evidence” and make Colin Powell lie to the UN) corrupted the United States Department of Justice to shield themselves from investigations, and politicized scientific information to prevent any progress on Cl…http://www.twitpic.com/ccrmrq
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty US Uncut Three out of four young Americans believe the economy is rigged to favor the rich and want the government to reduce the gap between rich and poor. http://publicreligion.org/research/2012/04/millennial-values-survey-2012/http://www.twitpic.com/c98dsx
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty FISCAL SHOWDOWN – ROUND 2 http://www.aflcio.org/Get-Involved/Protect-Our-Future Congressional Republicans are manufacturing a crisis to force decisions that hurt working families while helping the rich and corporations. They would rather cut education and vital services for middle-class and low-income people than close loopholes for Wall Street, drug companies and the wealthiest 2% of Americans. Once again, Republicans are holding America and our economy hostage. Their plan does nothing to create jobs. It doesn’t invest in America’s infrastructure and education, raise wages reduce inequality or increases economic security for working people. It protects the wealthiest Americans from paying their fair share and will se…http://www.twitpic.com/c4y0wf
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty 'Occupy the Bible' Author Speaks in Kent Tuesday http://brecksville.patch.com/articles/occupy-the-bible-author-speaks-in-kent-tuesday-17708823#photo-13345941 The Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite will talk about her book, student debt, banking abuses and other “structures of economic and political exploitation” at 7 p.m. The Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite believes Jesus Christ would not have approved of the economic structures in place today throughout much of Western society. That's the message the author of the new book Occupy the Bible; What Jesus Really Said (and Did) About Money and Power, will convey during a public lecture tonight at 7 p.m. at the Kent United Church of Christ. “There’s nothing that Jesus says that favors the rich,” she said. “People who tell you that Jesus w…http://www.twitpic.com/c3i7hu