America’s Empire And Endless Wars Are Destroying The World, And Ruining Our Great Country | For more than 50 years, Washington has subscribed to the absurd notion that America can police the world with military action. All we’ve managed to do is bankrupt our country.
Sep 8th
AlterNet September 6, 2010 Andrew Bacevich speaks with a fairly unique mix of experience, authority, passion and wisdom in questioning our nation’s priorities: specifically our willingness to place so much of our national identity, wealth, attention, moral practice, and finally the life and blood of many thousands of our citizens and millions of those of [...]
Exploring the similarities between 1982 and today
Sep 7th
As Democrats grapple with the stagnant economy and President Barack Obama's crumbling approval ratings, expect to hear this comparison a lot: Barack Obama in 2010 = Ronald Reagan in 1982. On the surface, the comparison is compelling. Reagan and Obama succeeded unpopular incumbents and rode a wave of goodwill into office. During their first two years, both presidents faced brutal recessions, and their approval ratings took big hits. Reagan's Republican Party ended up losing 26 House seats in the 1982 midterm elections (increasing the Democrats' majority). Yet only two years later, after the economy had regained its footing, Reagan won ... >>More
John Cornyn: On hearings about automatic citizenship provision in U.S. Constitution.
Sep 7th
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half Flip | Sen. John Cornyn quoted saying hearings needed on citizenship provision; did he later crawfish?
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn "'crawfishing'" says a headline on an Aug. 30 web post by Tyler's KETK-TV. It's not describing the Texas senator's vacation plans. Instead, the headline suggests Cornyn backing off on favoring hearings on the constitutional provision entitling anyone born in the United States to citizenship. We wondered. The station's report says Cornyn was at a port of entry in Hidalgo, Texas Aug. 27 when he backed off "his earlier support for Congress reviewing birthright citizenship." The report quotes Cornyn saying that taking another look at the Constitution's 14th Amendment ...
>> MoreThe Banned Books From School
Sep 6th
The Banned Books From School. By Rassilons Shorts - This is from the AARP Bulletin. The list of books banned by American schools and libraries includes many of the classic. Here’s our list, prepared to coincide with the American Library Association’s annual Banned Book Week, Sept 25-Oct 2.This is not all the books that are [...]
Republican Party of Texas: Jim Dunnam "has not lived in the district he represents for years now."
Sep 6th
The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Republican Party says Democratic House leader, Jim Dunnam, has not lived in his district for years
When the chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus goes home, does he stay in the Waco-area district he represents? That’s turf covered -- actually, re-plowed -- by the Republican Party of Texas in an Aug. 30 e-mail blast saying state Rep. Jim Dunnam "has not lived in the district he represents for years now." The party chairman, Steve Munisteri, had earlier levelled the same charge in a Waco press conference. We wondered what was what, and where. Some background: Article 3 of the Texas Constitution says House members must ...
>> MorePolitiFact’s Fall TV Preview
Sep 6th
Labor Day weekend marks the kickoff of the fall TV season -- not sitcoms and reality shows, but campaign ads. To help make sense of the impending avalanche of ads, we present the Message Machine Fall TV Preview, part of a PolitiFact-NPR partnership to factcheck the 2010 campaign. PolitiFact has a unique perch to watch the TV ads. Our six state partners (in Texas, Florida, Ohio, Georgia, Rhode Island and Wisconsin) are fact-checking claims in their states, and our national staff is checking commercials in many others. We"ve seen candidates from both sides rely heavily on party playbooks and, in ... >>More
Announcing PolitiFact Wisconsin
Sep 5th
The Truth-O-Meter has arrived in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today is launching PolitiFact Wisconsin, our sixth state site. Like our other partner sites in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Rhode Island, and Ohio, PolitiFact Wisconsin is integrated with our national site and uses the Truth-O-Meter to rate the accuracy of statements by candidates, elected officials and political parties. The St. Petersburg Times launched PolitiFact three years ago. Since then, we've rated more than 1,500 claims on our Truth-O-Meter and tracked more than 500 of President Barack Obama's campaign promises. The Wisconsin team is headed by Greg Borowski, the senior editor for ... >>More
Inside Top Secret America
Sep 4th
washingtonpost.com A major investigation reveals the extent of America’s vast and heavily privatized military-corporate-intelligence establishment. August 28, 2010 In July, the Washington Post published the Top Secret America project — a sweeping portrait of America’s heavily privatized military-corporate-intelligence establishment. Lead reporter Dana Priest calls it the “vast and hidden apparatus of the war on terror.” [...]
Social Security Cutters, Watch Out
Sep 4th
BY PROGRESSIVE BREAKFAST AUGUST 12, 2010 Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement sec Major Social Security Poll To Be Released Today Pollster Stan Greenberg, Campaign For America’s Future and [...]
Mitch McConnell, John Boehner And The Republicans’ Blood Oath Against America
Sep 4th
Opednews.com According to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and House minority leader John Boehner: 1. Americans don’t want affordable health care for all citizens and they don’t want to close the Medicare prescription drug Part D doughnut hole that requires seniors on fixed incomes to pay the full cost of the pharmaceutical industry’s obscenely high [...]
