~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSVP for Student Debt Jubilee & Why Higher Education Ought to Be Free Join us for the conference call interview and recording for our newest podcast. Thursday, December 22 – 5:30 PAC/8:30 EST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This year, unpaid college student loans will exceed $1 trillion for the first time. For the first time ever, student…

I have spent a number of years complaining about the interactions between Democrats and Republicans, but after the recent events involving the Keystone XL and civil liberties cave-ins, I’ve decided it’s time to stop complaining and embrace the madness. But I also feel like there’s an ugly edge to all this…that hasn’t really been fully…

Governor Gregoire and the legislature propose raising the regressive sales tax to overcome the budget shortfall that was caused by decades of tax cuts for the rich, reckless deregulation, and disastrous wars. Why don’t they instead eliminate some of the billions of dollars in tax breaks that benefit the 1%?  See Demand Tax Fairness in…

Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 “My views are progressive”

I have an image in my mind of a fat butt. One cheek is Microsoft. The other cheek is Boeing. The legislators line up to kiss them. It’s a rather crude image, but maybe it can be made cute and funny. I wish David Horsey took requests! Any artists out there? There are plenty of…

From Ellen Brown’s Web Of Debt website: Do State-owned Banks Violate State Constitutional Provisions? No.

The Government is Good website has announced that their book Government is Good: An Unapologetic Defense of a Vital Institution is now available in paperback form and as an ebook. Why a book defending government? Because for decades, right-wing forces in this country have engaged in a relentless and irresponsible campaign of vicious government bashing….

WHEREAS H.J.RES.90 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11/18/2011 by Rep Theodore E. Deutch [ D – FL-19], and WHEREAS H.J.RES.90 is titled “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude forprofit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States,…

(From: Gini Paulsen <gini_paulsen@yahoo.com>) The Bradley Manning Legal Team is gearing up for the start of Court Proceedings beginning probably at the end of this October. What did  Bradley Manning reveal by leaking information? 1.   There is an official policy to ignore torture in Iraq. 2.   US officials were told to cover up evidence of child abuse…

The Olympian reported in July: I-1053: Filers say initiative violates state constitution, endangers education The League of Education Voters and several House Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday [July, 25, 2011] in King County to challenge the voter-approved two-thirds legislative vote requirement for tax increases. They say the limit in Initiative 1053 violates the state constitution…