By Ted Becker
Below is a 20 minute video by Dr. Carl Safina, an ocean wildlife scientist and the founder of the Blue Ocean Institute. He discusses the real situation in the Gulf…The oil may be out of sight now and out of the “mess media’s” attention, but the fundamental political economic causes and the lingering human and aquatic life consequences remain. (more…)
By Ted Becker
Victory in Afghanistan!
Lady Gaga Wins Hearts and Minds of the Taliban
New Harvard Study Proves That Swimming in the Gulf of Mexico
Is Superior to Chemo-Therapy
Massive Layoffs in Silicon Valley as
Indian VideoPhoneE-Tablet Goes On Sale for $1.95:
Drone Strikes Kill 23 at Canadian Border:
Trying to Escape Their Third Redeployment to Nepal
New Strain of “BP Oysters” Deemed to be the Best Sliders
Seaside Heights, N.J. Declares Bankruptcy as
“The Jersey Shore” Sets Record for Longest Running Reality Show
President Bush III Say “Economic Fundamentals Sound” as he Signs $10 Trillion Bailout of The Fed
By Ted Becker
The following videos should scare the Hell out of you about what’s REALLY happening in the Gulf of Mexico thanks to BP and its collusion with the United States government, and yes, that includes The U.S. Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency. (more…)
By Ted Becker
Mark Twain
What red-blooded, patriotic American does not love Mark Twain, without a doubt one of the greatest writers and minds to have been produced in and by the English speaking New World? Don’t we all have our personal favorites? Huckleberry Finn? Tom Sawyer? The Jumping Frog? The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court?
Just about every literate American has read SOMETHING by Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain. He’s an essential part of America’s national culture and character.
But there’s a lot about his thinking and writing that very few Americans know about, much less have read. You see: Mark Twain despised The American Empire. In fact, he was a founder and vice president of The American Anti-Imperialist League. (more…)
By Archon Fung
Last Saturday, some 4,000 Americans participated in a national conversation about this country’s growing deficit problem. In ten years, according to some estimates, our national debt is projected to grow to 90 percent of our Gross Domestic Product. Participants in Saturday’s “Our Budget, Our Economy” event — which took place in more than 19 cities across the county — deliberated with one another to articulate the values and policies that should guide efforts to reduce the coming burden on our economy and our children.
AmericaSpeaks, the group that organized the event, will present these findings to President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
It was distressing that many left intellectuals leveled withering scorn at this event because they viewed it as a vast right-wing conspiracy to manufacture public consent to slash public programs. In the Huffington Post, for example, my one-time co-author Dean Baker wrote that the meeting’s organization — its agenda and materials — “virtually guarantees that most of the participants will opt for big cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The results of this song-and-dance will the be presented to President Obama’s… commission which will use it as further ammunition… to gut these programs.” Progressive commentator Roger Eskow explained, also in Huffington Post, that “AmericaSpeaks is part of a well-coordinated media campaign” aimed at “slashing government programs” that will benefit “anybody who makes a lot of money and doesn’t want to pay taxes.” (more…)
Planning for Survival by Ismail Rifaat
