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Will You Be the New American Exceptionalism?

In 2011, African-Americans, American Values, Bureaucracy, Centrism, Christianity, Civil Protests, Constitution, Corporatocracy, Dead Billionaires Club, Democrats, Elections, Faiths, Fascism, Federal Government, GOP, Ideologies, Jack Abramoff, Justice, Koch Brothers, Liberals, Neo Conservatives, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Organizations, Patriotism, Politics, Race, Racism, Religious Right, Republicans, Richard Mellon Scaife, Roman Catholicism, Special Interests, Tea Party, The Congress, Unions on November 23, 2011 at 9:45 am

Will you be the New American Exceptionalism?

Education is not just a cornerstone of Democracy: It is our foundation, our bedrock. It is crumbling beneath our feet because the 1% who hold power know that education means real democracy,  and with it expansions of economic and social power to a wider population. It threatens their age-old dominance and the massively inequitable distribution of wealth which they enjoy by stacking the deck.

The 21st century challenges us to find a new day and a new direction. Will we be able to make our children the next building blocks of that American dream, or will we succumb to the same fear, greed, and false piety that has consumed the great societal aspirations of mankind for millenia?

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2011 Presidential Report Card: Obama Makes the Grade with Headwinds

In 2011, Al Qaeda, American Values, Barack Obama, Campaign 2012, Centrism, Democrats, Elections, Federal Government, GOP, Ideologies, Jobs, Joe Biden, John Boehner, LGBT, Politics, Republicans, Special Interests, Tea Party, The Congress, The House, The Senate, The White House, Years on November 2, 2011 at 12:06 pm

2011 Presidential Report Card: Obama Makes the Grade

President Obama’s poll numbers don’t look good right now. The economy is still reeling. The Congress is even more obstreperous than it has been, getting virtually none of the People’s business done. The Beltway insider media’s take is an old one: If the economy does not improve, the incumbent president is doomed.

Yet the President is in-step with the majority of the American people both on policy and public sentiment. He is offering up solutions to jobs and the economy that are mainstream and endorsed by all but the most extreme of economists.

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Losing Oreo America: One Nation, Divisible

In 2011, American Values, Barack Obama, Bureaucracy, Campaign 2012, Centrism, Civil Protests, CNN, Corporate-controlled Media, Corporatocracy, Democrats, Elections, Fascism, Federal Government, GOP, Ideologies, Joe Wilson, John Boehner, John McCain, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Liberals, Media, Mitch McConnell, Neo Conservatives, New Mexico, Partisan News, Patriotism, Politics, Racism, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Perry, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Special Interests, States, Tea Party, Television News, Texas, The Congress, The House, The Senate, Totalitarianism, Unions, Voter Registration, Voting, Wisconsin, Years on September 17, 2011 at 12:59 pm

Mr. Obama’s plea on behalf of the American people for jobs and his presidency remains stuck in a political no-man’s land. This is not because the majority of the country opposes his proposals. We remain in a WWI-worthy stalemate because the Tea Party has no problem with the concept of one nation, divisible.

The problem is not the politicians. The problem is not the system that has worked for hundreds of years. The problem is Y.O.U.

You don’t understand the big picture of what is happening. You keep waiting for someone else to do something. The only ones doing something are the motivated. The extremists. We have polarization because common-sense Americans keep calling themselves “independents,” griping to pollsters, and waiting for something to change.

You are the change.  

You don’t know how? Here is a 101 of what is dividing our country in two that puts it all into perspective for you. Read it. Know it. Share it. Stop the polarization. Act to save the Union.

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Why Republicans May Be Barack’s Best Buddies at the Stimulus Luau

In Barack Obama, Republicans, Democrats, GOP, George W. Bush, 2009, Legislation, Economic Stimulus Package, Centrism on February 4, 2009 at 10:39 am

The Stimulus Luau

Right now, House and Senate Republicans are doing Barack Obama a huge favor. The Congress is setting up the places for the Stimulus Luau, and as much as it pains me as a Democrat to say it, our folks are doing their best to make pork the main course.

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