by Terrance Heath | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog
Of the two top items in my newsreader, I'm not sure which I like best. First, there's President Obama's open-mic incident after his big speech. Apparently, Obama had what he thought was a private conversation with campaign donors, but it turned out the microphone was...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Today, a new poll was released by Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America's Future gauging public reaction to the Republican budget expected to pass the House today. What follows is an analysis of that poll from Democracy Corps pollster Stan Greenberg and CAF...
by Bill Scher | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog
I think this quote wins The International House of Pancakes Award for Most Creative Waffle: “I don’t necessarily think that just by voting for the budget, you’re signing on” to his proposals, said Missouri Representative Jo Ann Emerson... Of course, silly. Why would...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform, Minimum Wage
Remember all those mini-movies that summarized a broad topic in two minutes? Whether the subject was the Civil War, the magical things that happen when you multiply by ten, or the complete history of Western Civilization, these little films covered it all in one...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
We can service each other till the cows come home but if we don't start making more things here and selling them there more and more jobs will be lost, more and more communities devastated and our standard of living will continue to drop. Everyone is focused on the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
The Republican budget is SO loony it's even scaring the right-wing nuts! How often does THAT happen? The Republicans are voting on their budget plan this week. The plan eliminates Medicare and guts Medicaid, guts the rest of the government (except the things their oil...
