In a game of chicken, the more radical side usually wins. This was the case in our debt-ceiling fiasco that has ended and a crisis avoided. The radical right also known as the Tea Party loonies were prepared for Armageddon. Who can blame them? They hate paying for your kids going to school. They hate [...]
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Grad Students Get the Shaft
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.President Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
I promise you will laugh for eighteen minutes. This video is well worth watching in its entirety.
Foreshadowing the Military Industrial Complex
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense." – President Dwight D. Eisenhower who was a five-star General for the United States during World War II.
The Impact of the 2011 EPA Budget Cuts
As the GOP looks to cut the Federal budget, they are aiming to reduce a total of $60 billion off the 2010 slate. At the same time, the main goal of the cut seems to be geared towards decimating some of the initiatives of environmental regulation and the agency behind environmental progress. The proposal would end up slicing the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by 30 percent. This would by far be the largest cut of any agency and would total about $3 billion.
Rich vs. Poor
The current fight is between the Haves and Have-Nots. Unfortunately, too many Have-Nots are under the illusion that they are Haves.
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Sesame Street: Water Conservation
I would not be surprised if this video is one of the reasons why the GOP wants to get rid of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) this fiscal year. I can’t believe the liberal propaganda that Sesame Street was pushing on me as a kid. I guess that is why I am a liberal now. Good job Sesame Street!
Shared Sacrifice
In the lexicon of American democracy, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to do with less benefits and services at the expense of an elite few protected by Washington because they do not wish to sacrifice their pleasure of owning more. – David Ortez
The 2011 Federal Budget
I was greatly disspointed with the Obama Adminstration when they released their proposed 2011 Federal Budget. What ticked me off more than anything was the decision to reduce Pell Grants from the Education Budget.
Pell Grants are post-secondary educational Federal grant aimed at lower-income students. Pell Grants at one point of our American history were able to cover as much as 60% of the students tuition bill. At today’s standards, one is lucky to get at least 30% off their tuition. When one asks what is wrong with our unsatisfactory education system … well there’s your problem.
Outrageous!
Next time a Republican complains about the cost of the health care reform bill … please point them in the direction of this awesome political cartoon and then tell them to have a nice cup of STFU!