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American Dream or Greek Tragedy?
Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:12 PM EDT
There is little doubt that Greece's economic crisis is largely of its own making. Apart from unsustainable social benefits and poor productivity the Greek economy was killed by the same disease that is crippling the US economy: greed at the top.
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Six Truths Present GOP Leaders Can't Seem to Fathom
Thu Oct 6, 2011 10:03 PM EDT
- There is no Free Market.
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So tell me, how is MUGABE not HITLER?
Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:05 PM EDT
While we sent jets scrambling to help unseat Gadaffi, a far worse dictator has been freely torturing and killing black and white Zimbabweans, destroying a once promising African country in the process. His apologists are no better than Holocaust deniers.
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Congress Must Clarify the "Natural Born Citizen" Clause
Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:25 AM EDT
The US Constitution is perfectly clear: "No person except a natural born Citizen [........] shall be eligible to the Office of President”.
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How the Right Likes to Diddle the Left
Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:01 PM EST
By now we are by familiar with Rovian tactics: Distort the opposition’s assets into liabilities. Thus comprehensive health-care becomes “death panels”, community organizers become “subversives”.
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Of Course the Rich Should Be Paying Higher Taxes
Seeded on Mon Mar 7, 2011 4:17 PM EST (Yahoo!)
The notion that progressive tax rates are necessarily bad for the economy is in itself a bad assumption that has been successfully marketed to the larger segment of the population that is picking up the tab for it in the end.
The U.S. Needs a Separation of Business and State
Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:01 PM EST
Let’s accept that capitalism has proved itself as the most effective economic system for a modern democracy. Even countries that until recently favored more centralized approaches have privatized large chunks of their public sectors, generally for reasons of efficiency.
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How Many Pieces of Silver for America's Future?
Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:30 PM EST
We hear a lot about the national deficit these days, and how our country's future is being mortgaged.
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Super Bowl Ads Target Harry Highschool
Mon Feb 7, 2011 6:18 PM EST
Is it me or were many of the much hyped Super Bowl ads sophomoric? I'm not a stick-in-the-mud when it comes to humor, sex or modern life. But what's up with the NFL? Does it really think only over-sexed younger males watch the game? You would think so judging by the ads it airs.
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The Ugly "Un-American" Epithet
Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:10 AM EDT
Calling fellow Americans or their politics “un-American” seems to have become fashionable of late.
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Too Many Of Us Living Too High Off The Hog
Sun Mar 7, 2010 11:00 AM EST
The stories are all too familiar now: school budgets being cut, teachers laid off, health-care premiums rising exponentially, social services eliminated. Thousands of families have lost their incomes, their savings, their homes or all three.
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So You Think Health-Care Reform Will Be Expensive?
Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:41 PM EST
Try no reform. We have seen the first salvo’s of the insurance industry: 30% and 40% rate-hikes from California to Maine. For what reasons, apart from executive bonuses? Because thousands of people are now dropping their insurance coverage every month.
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Congress Represents the American People. Really?
Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:52 PM EST
I'm not a student of congressional history but to my untrained eye it would seem that 2009 must have been one of the most contentious and least productive congressional years on record.
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Failed Terrorist Ties Up Media Nation
Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:23 PM EST
A young man who grew up under privileged circumstances, searching for his identity while rebelling against his upbringing, ends up brain-washed by fanatics into thinking that he can strike a blow for their twisted version of a faith that once stood out for its contributions to hu …
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Agencies Screw Up, Travelers Face the Consequences
Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:35 PM EST
Airport security screening is just the final line of defense in air travel safety.
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The un-American Health-Care Debate
Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:21 PM EDT
There are clearly two America's. The first is the one we love on the 4th of July, the same one we like to project to the world; an America inhabited by civil people who love freedom and care for their neighbors.
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An Insecure American's Soccer Rant ?
Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:20 AM EDT
Sports have long provided the neutral ground upon which long lasting rivalries could be decided without bloodshed.
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The Anti-Intellectuals of the Far-Right
Sat May 30, 2009 11:02 AM EDT
It is no coincidence that the loudest voices of the populist far-right are also the least educated. Both Limbaugh and Beck were college drop-outs. Even Cheney has a checkered record when it comes to education.
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The Coming Break-Up of the GOP Will Rock Democrats Too
Sun May 17, 2009 12:44 PM EDT
The Grand Old Party is done for. It is being torn apart by mile-wide internal divides along ideological and confessional lines that can no longer be bridged.
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Insurance Companies Want to Kill Universal Health-Care
Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:38 PM EDT
As a businessman I fully understand the profit motive; it is what drives our economy and much of our national wealth. I also don't argue with insurance companies in general for earning money on my policies.
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Will Obama Make Us Finally Go Metric?
Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:43 PM EST
During the '08 election campaign we have been focused on the many ways the US has been politically at odds with the world, including friendly nations, and by electing a young energetic new leader the nation has clearly spoken in favor of the changes he promised and not just for …
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American Car Buyers Are Equally Responsible
Fri Dec 5, 2008 10:02 PM EST
While members of Congress are beating up on Detroit's hapless auto execs, in their inimitable and self-righteous style, they should have a look in their own garages and driveways.
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Overworked, Vacation-Starved America Ranks #1 in Depression, Mental Health Problems
Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:43 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
"U.S. workers' lives are beginning to look a lot like they did 100 years ago when 14-hour days were the norm". Not a promising analogy, given the fact we will need to become still more productive to stay competitive in the years to come.
To the Angry Conspirators Against Obama
Sun Nov 2, 2008 8:34 AM EST
You did your best to derail the campaign that was long in coming, the campaign that would finally signal the end of racial arrogance in America and final equality for African Americans, and thereby for all minorities.
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How the Rich Cheat on their Taxes. Surprised?
Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:15 PM EDT (Yahoo!)
......... because of their higher noncompliance rates, those with true incomes of $200,000 or more received 25% of all income, but accounted for 40% of net under-reported income and 42% of under-reported tax in 2001, the new analysis finds (Forbes).
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American Dream or Greek Tragedy?
There is little doubt that Greece's economic crisis is largely of its own making. Apart from unsustainable social benefits and poor productivity the Greek economy was killed by the same disease that is crippling the US economy: greed at the top.
What Conservative Support of Hank Williams, Jr. Says About Conservative Values
Yep. There it is in all its glory-- the predictable and stale comparison of Barack Obama to Hitler. We've seen the posters, we've heard the unending bull@!$%#, and-- frankly-- it isn't at all surprising that an ignorant moron like Hank Williams, Jr.
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