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The bankers own Washington. The politicians wear knee pads.“Deregulation would help Rubin earn over $100 million in the following decade. ”“If you get Chuck Schumer on your side, you are okay,”“so much money from Wall Street over the years—more than $14 million”And that’s just small…
by Nelda Carrizales Skevington on Jan 06, 2010WHARTON, TX, Wednesday, January 6, 2010 – Debra Medina is a true contender in the Texas Gubernatorial election and KERA has realized the validity of her campaign. On January 5th, KERA extended an invitation to Debra Medina, asking that she join Senator…
Dear Friends:Your support has been tremendous, and I greatly appreciate it. Together we sent the message that we don’t want politicians like Chris Dodd in Washington. Today many of your voices were heard when Chris Dodd announced that he will not be running for re-election in Connecticut. Here is…
Bob Barker (yes, the famous game show host) gave 5 million dollars to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to buy a boat. The Society named the boat after him.Another of the Society’s boats was trying to stop Japanese whaling. The boat was hit by the Japenese and was sinking in the Antartic…
Posted by Melissa Norbeck I just don’t get it! You think things are going pretty well with a guy, and you think it may actually have the potential to turn into something, but no, he just stops calling. What makes a guy decide not to call or come around anymore? What turns men off? [...]
by The Beatless Sense MongersLYRICSWhat’s got you freakingIs it your freedomAll your inalienable rightsNot worth the fightsGive them all awayThink of the priceWe’ll payIt won’t be niceThink of the priceIt won’t be niceeBetter think twiceGovernment banksAnd automobileThe public-corporate…
Once more, I’ve slipped through the crack, Fargo, Minot, Havre, and Whitefish, all locked down under a deep freeze now, my train rolled through in temperatures termed temperate, in comparison, none the less, it seemed to snow all the way across. I learned something on this train, I learned I need…
Once more, I’ve slipped through the crack, Fargo, Minot, Havre, and Whitefish, all locked down under a deep freeze now, my train rolled through in temperatures termed temperate, in compression, none the less, it seemed to snow all the way across. I learned something on this train, I learned I need…
FOXNews.comThe head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves. C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb wrote to leaders in the House and Senate Dec. 30 urging them to open “all…
On January 7th, a mass fund-raising effort will take place to rally awareness and media attention around the John Dennis’ candidacy. The goal of this event is to raise as much money possible in a twenty-four hour period, shocking the nation with the plausibility of a legitimate challenge to…
Good Morning Sun, words that forever, for me, will have new meaning, memories of a bright spot along my way. Another bad trip on the train down from Chicago, sat next to a drunk, the man was fuming, God I hate that train, sure wish I knew a way to avoid it, to get back [...]
Ron and others discuss terrorism, the TSA, and related issues.
Alexandra Palombit asks, “Wait. The End? Is that Steal The Breeze’s new name? I was just on FameDomain.com and saw that? (Also, I like that im artist of the year!)We answered, “Go, girl, go! We’re going to need your award winning talents. Steal The Breeze, The End, and a few other bands will…
There is a growing debate over one of the nation’s largest solar projects. BrightSource Energy has been pushing to erect massive solar energy complex in the Mojave Desert.The 400,000 mirrors could become the first project on U.S. Bureau of Land Management property. Strange as it may sound,…
Texas Straight Talk - A weekly columnRep. Ron Paul (R) - TX 14This past week we celebrated the end of what most people agree was a decade best forgotten. New York Times columnist and leading Keynesian economist Paul Krugman called it the Big Zero in a recent column. He wrote that “there was [...]…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a special outreach program for garbage landfills. The program encourages trash dumps to create methane and liquid natural gas. EPA manager Tom Frankiewicz says, “Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Methane is also…
“the only intellectually respectable support for the death penalty system” in the USA has “pronounced its project a failure and walked away from it.” citing “intractable institutional and structural obstacles” The article continues:“What the institute was saying is that the capital…
Sometimes, you have to see the worst, before your shown the best! Rolling into Milwaukee, on the train out of Chicago, Lawrence, our car attendant, a retired Carpenter, MY BROTHER, points out his “Four Flat” set on the other side of the river, our first smoke break. Lawrence had taken time to…
Posted By John GialucoWell Happy New Year everyone! Good news! On the last week of 2009 the Camden Courier Post announced that the murder rate in Camden was down 40%. This is wonderful news.However on January 2, 2010, I received a phone call from Shorty at 5 am that someone broke into High Voltage…