Tag Archives: Corporate Crime

Anti-science Republicans and their vision for the future of America

By Mark | November 11, 2010

A few days ago, I was jumping around the web, reading the news, when a comment that someone had left after an article caught my attention. A woman had asked what the Republican endgame was. She wanted to know where, if we stopped resisting and allowed them to lead us, the Republicans would take us. […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment, Politics | Also tagged American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, anti-science, BP, carbon dioxide, CO2, corporate, corporate takeover of politics, global climate change, Global Warming, global warming denial, greenhouse gas, gulf coast, Henry Waxman, House Energy and Commerce Committee, incandescent light bulbs, Joe Barton, John Boehner, John Shimkus, LED light bulbs, military spending, National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, Noah, oil spill, Pledge to America, research funding, Science, the flood, those anti-science Republicans, Tony Hayward, traditional values | 11 Comments

“Make them filibuster”

By Mark | January 25, 2010

I love Democrats with balls. They’re a rare breed, but they do exist. And, occasionally, if you’re real lucky, you can spot one on television. This weekend, I caught a glimpse of one on ABC News. It was Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. And, he wasn’t mincing words. His advice to Democrats in Congress? Put up […]

Posted in Observations, Politics, Sustainability | Also tagged asshole Republicans, cloture, corporate money, corporate personhood, corporate takeover of politics, Democrats with balls, Diane Sawyer, doing what's right, Ed Rendell, filibuster, healthcare reform, Joe Lieberman, Medicare, Obama, pathetic Republicans, Pennsylvania, personhood, the public option | 9 Comments

Now, this would make a great Monsanto ad

By Mark | September 28, 2009

Detroit Metro Times columnist Michael Jackman lost his great-grandfather 100 years ago. He marked the occasion by creating this wonderful piece of video: To my knowledge, no one at Monsanto has yet reached out to the Jackman family to offer their condolences. Then again, I wouldn’t expect too much in the way of sympathy from […]

Posted in Health, History, Other | Also tagged 100 years ago today, 1909, acid fumes, Agent Orange, Death of a Jackman, Detroit Metro Times, dying on the job, Harbor Springs, Kansas, ladders, lungs, Michael Jackman, Monsanto, R.I.P., Robert Jackman, United ZInc & Chemical Company | 4 Comments

The unrepentant sons-of-bitches who are fighting banking reform

By Mark | September 14, 2009

It’s been one year since the investment bank Lehman Brothers went belly up, putting into motion a chain of events that would culminate in some $600 billion in American taxpayer money being given away to corporations like AIG, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. To commemorate the day, and breath new life into his stalled […]