Reverse Citizens United -- Restore Free and Fair Elections Los Angeles, CA – Rhode Island became the 5th state to call for a national amendments convention under Article V of the US Constitution to fix Citizens United in order to restore free and fair elections. State legislatures in Vermont, California, Illinois, and New Jersey have previously passed similar resolutions … [Read more...]
Political Rat-Race: The Maze To Extinction
"We just have to get the Republicans out of the House in 2014!" "We just have to keep a Democrat in the White House in 2016!" "Republicans are screwing up everything -- vote Democratic!" So goes the mantra, day in, day out, post after post on Facebook, letter after letter to the editor. These are truths and falsehoods -- and ultimately misdirection. It is true that … [Read more...]
How Did We Become The Divided States of America?
We all know the money that has been poured into fostering this merciless division. We all know the bigotry that has been employed. But do we really understand the depth of the primal instinct being accessed in our brains, through our television sets and radios? A million years ago, when you saw a face peering through the jungle, you had to determine, ‘Is that MY tribe - or a … [Read more...]
“Would You Like Some Guns With Your Guns, Sir?”
The national hysteria over potential, modest regulation of firearms brings to mind an eight-year old, who eats at McDonald's every day, three times a day, wailing in fear of not getting enough McDonald's. I'm not quite sure what more 'freedom' these people want? Tiny guns delivered with a smile in their Happy Meals? My neighbors are fond of shooting. And for the record, I'm … [Read more...]
The Evolution of Revolutions
We should all be feeling sorry for Mitt Romney right now. He should be a running joke around the water cooler: What's worse than Mitt Romney running for president? Mitt Romney trying to explain to his children why he would do this to them. Amidst the devastation borne on the wings of the previous Republican administration, for Mitt to pick up that flag, baring that bloody … [Read more...]
The REAL Big Brother: Church & State, Inc.
Thomas Jefferson wasn't just speaking philosophically when he wrote, "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own."lkl Jefferson had seen firsthand how the Church of England and the British monarchy colluded to maintain a corrupt power structure. The … [Read more...]
Death, Dishonor, Poverty, or Disability:
The Awful Choices in America's Health Care System There are millions of us. We cling to the windowsill by our fingernails, twenty stories above the busy street, our faces desperate for hope and salvation. In pain. And slipping... Today, because I desperately need health care I cannot afford, I am considering choosing a $1000 x-ray instead of a $120 x-ray. Here's how that works: … [Read more...]
