The Other Strategic Use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Screw the Koch Brothers & Goldman
Last week, the Obama Administration released 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve [1]. The stated reason? Relieve high oil prices. The practical way of getting there? … Continue reading →
Made In America: Gates’ NATO Slam Is About Selling Death & Destruction, Our Top Export
Last week departing Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates blasted the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance members for their shorting of military spending in the Libyan campaign. He chastised … Continue reading →
To Grow Green, Put Profit in Peace
America is the leading merchant of death and destruction in the world. The billions in bombs and weapons of varying levels of destruction are our number one export. They have … Continue reading →
The Born Lack of Identity: Will Wall Street Wave Off Warren for Our Economy’s 2nd Epic Fail?
Who is Brooksley E. Born? Ask almost anyone and you’ll invariably get a shrug. Elizabeth Warren may be a bit better known, but if the Republicans have their way, she … Continue reading →
Have a Little Oil and Global Commoditization with that $7.00 Big Mac Meal?
Would you like an overpriced barrel of oil or bushel of wheat with your Big Mac? The price of everything that you eat, wear, use or just enjoy has been … Continue reading →
Voice of the Clueless Generation. American: The Bill Hicks Story (Movie Review)
Dustin Hoffman doesn’t play him in the movie. I’m not sure who could play comedian Bill Hicks and get all of his complexity. The eighties’ Lenny Bruce, he lived the … Continue reading →
Sorry Republicans: TARP Worked.
If you turned on a TV, or picked up a newspaper, or logged in to the Internet in 2008, it was everywhere: The Bailout. It was evil. It was immoral. … Continue reading →
Things Get Worse With Koch: Tea Party Pumps Up $4 Gas
UPDATED 5/25/11: Ancient tribes blamed angry deities for their troubles. Drought? The goddess of rain is angry. Four dollar gasoline? There is always that push to blame the Arab oil … Continue reading →
Dissecting Right Wing Political Extremism
OPINION – Democrats stink at branding and messaging. They still live in the wonkish intellectual nirvana that somehow if we explain the societal benefits of policy to the American people, … Continue reading →
Bin Laden Made Big Oil Rich; GOP Means to Keep Them That Way
It is always on the days that the news flow is so obsessed with one big story that both parties in the House of Representatives are out to try and … Continue reading →









