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What I Saw at "AmericaSpeaks": A Mind Control Experiment Gone Horribly Right
After much hype and buildup, the AmericaSpeaks "national town meeting" on cutting the deficit was held on Saturday. I watched the proceedings via webcast for much of the morning, knowing that Digby was liveblogging it and David Dayen was on the scene here in Southern...
Will Gov. Manchin Heed Sen. Byrd's Climate Call?
10 years ago, Sen. Robert Byrd blocked a move to end the use of coal at the Capitol Hill Power Plant. Just this month, he voted in support of the EPA"s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. The evolution in his environmental views is another example of Sen. Byrd's...
"AmericaSpeaks"/Social Security Radio Interview: Saturday, June 25
I was on Hannah-Beth Jackson's radio show this Saturday discussing two topics: Social Security and the "AmericaSpeaks" events, and the financial reform bill. Here's Part I of the discussion, on Social Security. I'll get the financial reform piece up...
Dear Dylan Ratigan: Let's Rage Against the Machine ... but Tactically
I'm a big Dylan Ratigan fan, and I'm glad we have his voice on the airwaves. That's why it was unexpected to find myself presented as the voice of accommodation in contrast to his angrier tone, when The Huffington Post placed his post on the financial reform bill back...
Progressive Breakfast: America Speaks, Tells Pete Peterson To Shut Up
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. "America Speaks," Demands Tax Hike...
Progressive Breakfast - 6/28/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. "America Speaks," Demands Tax Hike...
In Deficit "Town Meetings," People Reject America Speaks Stacked Deck
On Saturday, the group known as America Speaks (funded by Wall Street mogul Peter G. Peterson and two other foundations) brought together several thousand people in meetings in 60 cities. They gave participants misleading background information about the Federal...
Bad News for Billionaires -- and a Chihuahua or Two
Progressives in the U.S. Senate have introduced a potent package of estate tax reforms that would, if enacted, start seriously trimming America's most super-sized hoards of private wealth. Back a hundred summers ago in 1910, former President Theodore Roosevelt —...
Reaching The Wrongest Conclusion About Unions!
A letter-writer in my local paper today reaches the wrongest possible conclusion: Public, private workers live in different worlds The current issue of Time magazine includes a cover story on the increasing numbers of nearly bankrupt states and municipalities across...
Myths & Facts About "Myth & Facts About AmericaSpeaks"
The organizers of AmericaSpeaks, tomorrow's "town hall meeting"/media event designed to focus attention on budget-cutting, have issued a document called "Myths & Facts About AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy." A number of excellent pieces have already been...
