You know, I just realized that I wandered off years ago and haven't revisited in years.  So, today I got a hair and decided to look things over again ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Alexander is incoming chair of Yale University’s African American Studies Department.  This was the poem she wrote and read after President Obama Spoke at his Inauguration Ceremonies

“Praise Song for the Day.”  by Elizabeth Alexander

Each day we go about our business,
walking past each other, catching each other’s
eyes or not, about ( Read more... )

Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish ( Read more... )

Congressman Kucinich's Impeachment Resolution, the Parallel to Nixon, and Why Even Nixon's Defenders Finally Abandoned Him ( Read more... )

U.S. faces Bankruptcy -- (probably sooner than you think).

This is a 60 minutes video that I missed earlier this year.

I think the "Great Depression" of the 30s won't even
hold a candle to what is going to happen to us, our kids and
our grandkids.

Sign the petition if you don't mind, and share
the information link with as many people as ( Read more... )

I love Beltane! May Day and flowers are definitely a welcome change from the cold, rainy days ( Read more... )

From: TomDispatch
October 7, 2004
"The reason oil prices have been hovering around $50 ( in 2004! ) a barrel now, is that most of these Iraqi exports disappeared just as oil consumption began to skyrocket around the world."

The Iraqis themselves, situated on one of the globe's great oil reservoirs, are at present forced to import gasoline and other ( Read more... )

Not surprising that the IRS wants to cover its abusive ass......

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Greetings from TRAC. A special new report shows that the audit rate for corporations with $250 million or more in assets has dropped to its lowest point in the ( Read more... )

If a woman is doing the same kind of work as a man, why the hell can't she paid the same money the man is paid? We shouldn't have to keep reminding people that women who do the same kind of work as a man, deserve to be paid accordingly. How many more generations until equal pay for equal work is an accepted norm?

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For the first time in Yemen ( Read more... )