"Words that make actions speak louder."
Some say that “government can’t create jobs.” Others respond “unemployed people can’t create votes.” Meanwhile, conservatives, whose policies put so many people out of work, now say unemployed people are lazy and should not be collecting unemployment benefits. Washington, DC is the center of a strange Information Deficit Disorder. The restaurants in DC are humming, […]
The change agenda at America’s Future NOW!
The US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue has concluded. It is remarkable for two countries to engage in a dialog such as this, and efforts like this to constructively manage differences can both help keep conflict from arising and help both countries achieve economic success. Bravo! But China has its interests and we have ours, and […]
If you have a yellow “Support Our Troops” sticker on your car – or even if you don’t – you should know the name of the Senators who just traded in our troops, their families, and our military readiness for the easy cash offered by auto dealers. There’s no rational policy reason for this exclusion: […]
Today I was able to conduct a short webcam interview with Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. The occasion is this week’s Us-China Strategic and Economic Dialog taking place in Beijing. This dialog is a series of meetings between top-level officials of both governments on a number of issues. Secretaries Geithner […]
Are you still unemployed? Obviously it is because you are lazy. At least, many members of Congress think so, anyway. And besides, cutting the deficit — caused by tax cuts for the rich and massive military spending increases — is much more important than paychecks for Americans. The solution to the deficit — caused by […]
The Senate is starting debate this week on a $60 billion supplemental spending bill that includes additional money for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as money for disaster relief. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303486.html?wprss=rss_politics New Jersey teacher demonstration http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/newj-m24.shtml http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20100523_Christie_veto_stirs_anger_in_Trenton.html#axzz0orde1JHG States Make Huge Education Cuts Across the U.S. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/20/eveningnews/main6504057.shtml http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/05/the-public-school-bailout/57048/ http://www.aasa.org/PressReleases.aspx?id=13246 http://harkin.senate.gov/press/release.cfm?i=325010 Defense spending cuts http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/20/gates.defense.spending/ […]
America has this long tradition of twisted, odd, widely beloved and yet darkly dangerous right-wing cultural impresarios that pop up out of our landscape like cultural tornadoes, leaving huge swaths of derangement and destruction in their wake. Aimee Semple McPherson. Father Coughlin. Joe McCarthy. Once in a while, when the cultural cross-currents intersect just so, […]
This week, the U.S. Senate passed a financial reform bill that was far stronger that what had been proposed by the Obama administration and passed by the House. Now it’s time to hold President Obama’s feet to the fire to ensure the strongest possible bill. Not long after the financial crisis, it was clear that […]
The change agenda at America’s Future NOW! Alexander Zaitchik will be featured on a panel entitled “Tea Parties, Beck, Bachman and Blarney” REGISTER NOWfor AFN 2010 America has this long tradition of twisted, odd, widely beloved and yet darkly dangerous right-wing cultural impresarios that pop up out of our landscape like cultural tornadoes, leaving huge […]