The following is an open letter written in response to the speeches given by the Republican minority party leaders in Congress, Rep. John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell, on Friday, Feb. 27, at CPAC 2009 held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Both speeches were broadcast on CSPAN and the video archive can [...]
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Bhoener and McConnell, give up, you’re fighting a lost cause
Posted in Civic Life, Letters to Officials, tagged Conservative Union, CPAC 2009, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Republican Party on 27 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Republicans will lose on November 4
Posted in Civic Life, Iraq War, Osama Bin Laden, War on Terror, tagged Bail out, Election 2008, National Debt, Republican Party, Voting Information on 1 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is my prediction for Tuesday’s election — the Republican Party will lose control of the White House and lose more seats in Congress. Why? Because they abused their power at the expense of the common good and Americans are furious about the outcomes: 1) Failure to protect the United States from the terroristic acts [...]
Just say no to giving away $700 billion to Corporate America
Posted in Civic Life, Letters to Officials, tagged $700 Billion Bailout, Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, Norm Coleman, U.S. Financial Crisis on 28 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After hearing the news that U.S. Congress has reached a tentative agreement on a $700 billion bailout of the subprime industry and they will probably vote on it Monday morning, I felt compelled to send this email to Representative Keith Ellison (D-MNCD5), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and (in futility since he always votes with his [...]
The economy is collapsing–oh my!
Posted in Civic Life, tagged Capitalism, communist, Corporate America, Economic Collapse, Universal Healthcare on 18 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
What are we to think when the U.S. Government, the strong arm behind countless privatization schemes around the world, decides to “bail out” one of its largest private lenders, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, then proceeds to make gigantic public loans to even more corporations? In the realm of the laissez-faire capitalism promoted regularly by the neo-con [...]
Carbon Neutrality: The Danger of a Singular Eco-Benchmark
Posted in Civic Life, Critical Futurology, tagged Carbon Neutrality, Chevy, Critical Futurology, Environmental Threat Index, sustainability, Westinghouse on 8 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
In a previous post, I put forward a theory that the U.S. stopped — or simply forgot — to continue evolving the vision for its future and the vacuum left by this negligence is slowly being filled with theocratic thinking and values (I really would love some comments on that post). Since writing that post, [...]
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