by Dave Johnson | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog
In last week’s State of the Union speech President Obama talked about jobs. It was a great speech. It was SO satisfying to see him scold the Supreme Court for enabling monopoly corporatocracy to replace democracy, scold the Repubicans for obstructing every single...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 29, 2010 | Blog, Economy
It's not personal, it's business. The Supreme Court recently ruled 5-4 that George Bush will be President corporations can spend unlimited amounts to support or oppose candidates. Corporations! Since there are no restrictions on the citizenship of the owners of...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 25, 2010 | Blog
Prediction: In the upcoming State of the Union speech President Obama is going to talk about jobs. (Just a hunch, let’s see if I’m right.) We’re in a jam where the economy is still shedding jobs, never mind creating enough jobs to start hiring people again. The...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 22, 2010 | Blog
Mostly I'm posting this because of the cool picture. I mean, just look at this thing: Tesla Motors lands $465M loan with feds to build Palo Alto plant Tesla Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday signed a landmark $465 million loan agreement that will...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 22, 2010 | Blog
The Supreme Court yesterday allowed corporate executives to tap into their company's resources and use that money to directly influence elections instead of for the profitable operation of the company. This use of company funds isn't considered bribery because the...