By Mark | January 23, 2011
It’s been exactly a year since our Supreme Court, in a controversial 5-4 decision, ruled that corporate spending on political campaigns needed to be protected as though it were the free speech of an American citizen. The decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case has, among other things, made it unconstitutional to […]
Posted in Politics | Also tagged 12 Months After: The Effects of Citizens United on Elections and the Integrity of the Legislative Process, buying elections, campaign funding, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Corporate Crime, corporate media, corporate money, Free Speech, get the money out of Washington, money as free speech, money in politics, Prince William, Public Citizen, Supreme Court |
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 Crime, 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 |
I wouldn’t call myself a fan of Fidel Castro, but it’s hard to disagree with him on the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and what it illustrates. Here’s what he had to say in a statement released yesterday: This disaster “shows how little governments can do against those who control the capital, […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Environment, Politics | Also tagged BP, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Florida, globalization, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Mothers' Day, oil, oil spills, Rush Limbaugh |
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 Crime, corporate money, corporate personhood, 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 |
By Mark | August 30, 2009
I don’t know how much longer this will remain on YouTube, as HBO tends to yank things down pretty quickly, but I wanted to pass this along. It’s brilliant, sobering stuff. [Parts 2 and 3 can be found here.] Here’s some of what Moyers had to say on the subject of healthcare reform (transcript courtesy […]
Posted in Health, Media, Politics | Also tagged Bill Maher, Bill Moyers, corruption, Glen Greenwald, HBO, healthcare reform, money as free speech, money in politics, real journalists, third party, Wall Street run healthcare |
