"Every Person has a fundamental right to survive; the air they breath, the food they eat, the water they drink, and the place they sleep. Education and Healthcare are privileges, but without them equality and thus democracy are not possible." - MER 2010
Remember the core necessity of our speedy evolution was the constant conflict of war, culling the weak and multiplying the cunning, until today all people have the genes of the great warriors in their blood. Today, every individual can tr… Continue
Added by Michael Russell on January 30, 2010 at 2:30am —
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In the upcoming weeks, you will repeatedly hear the words “illegal immigrants” and phrases like “they’re breaking the law” from some members of Congress to justify why we have tolerated a sub-society of second-class people working for substandard wages, living in substandard housing, and when injured on the job, refused medical care. We have allowed undocumented workers to be exploited for many years because their "shadow" communities have given us inexpensive goods and services. These jobs come… Continue
Added by Tracy Emblem on December 31, 2009 at 9:00am —
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The Afghanistan "war" began on October 7, 2001, when our military launched "Operation Enduring Freedom." We were told the military operation was necessary to "neutralize" and "destroy" Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. We have since acknowledged that the terrorism organization is constantly on the move connected by an intricate international web and cell phone links that do not reside permanently in any one country.
Soon after President Obama entered office, he sent 17,000 troops into Afghanistan b… Continue
Added by Tracy Emblem on December 30, 2009 at 9:23pm —
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The Senate passed its health care bill last week, and as you may have noticed, the final version looks quite different from the original legislation introduced last summer.
What's happened in the meantime is a case study in what's wrong with Congress -- and a map of the work that lies ahead of us as we enter into a new year.
Take a look at one popular bogeyman of the day, Joe Lieberman. The people of hi… Continue
Added by Michael Russell on December 30, 2009 at 1:04pm —
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The Republicans in the 50th Congressional District are starting to feel comfortable about having a win in the bag in 2010. CQ Politics just released an assessment that Bilbray's GOP seat in North County's 50th is secure. Clearly the author is unaware of the
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Every day, Democracy Now! delivers the hard-hitting, in-depth reporting that you've come to expect. From the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the coup in Honduras, Democracy Now! has been your go-to destination for information on critical issues that are ignored by the corporate media.
If you've already m… Continue
Added by Michael Russell on December 24, 2009 at 1:18am —
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In a swift and decisive move this week, three employee rights organizations joined the "Emblem to Win" Campaign and gave their official endorsement to Democratic Congressional Candidate, Tracy Emblem, in a contested primary.
California may soon experience a deja vu all over again of sorts. The 2010 election cycle may take us back to more than just bellbottoms, platform shoes, and disco. Jerry Brown, former governor of California (1975-1983), has established a 2010 Exploratory Committee for a run for governor.
For those living underneath a rock for the last 40 years, it is worth un
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Dear President Obama,
Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you. With just one speech tomorrow night you will turn a multitude of young pe… Continue
Added by Michael Russell on November 30, 2009 at 7:38am —
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The Nature of most corporate advertising is deceptive. Because what motivates companies to spend money to advertise is the potential for return on investment, and that profit-motive precludes them from revealing anything negative about their product.
That advertising is biased is not news, but the manipulation of information has become an art-form that destroys the public trust, and misinforms us about everything we consume. The illusions have become like fo… Continue
Added by Michael Russell on November 21, 2009 at 8:00pm —
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Now that the Healthdare (sic) debate is over, the next focus of the Obama Administration will be Education Reform.
To effect positive change, and repair the Bush Administration's unfunded mandates, The Obama Plan calls for key reforms in nine areas such as reforming of No Child Left Behind, investing in early childhood education; recruiting, preparing, retaining, and rewarding teachers; supporting strong school leaders, making science and math education a national priority, helping our m… Continue
Added by Michael Russell on November 9, 2009 at 2:08pm —
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1) The inevitable system. The fault is in the very nature of mass communication. Men are sinners. The Media is an uncontrollable system, we could do better, but the system will not let us. Every business is corrupt, media is a business, therefore don't listen. Give Up. Don't even try to make sense of it, it is impossible. The solution is to turn it off.
I saw "Capitalism: A Love Story" the night it came out, and support the film and it's maker. So, this is a biased review, but an honest one. I thought it was a bit weak, need more teeth, and a sharper wit, with some economic theory and philosophy to make the deeper points. But Moore is no genius, nor the well educated elitist as his critics claim, he is a chubby kid from a blue-collar background, with… Continue
Added by Michael Russell on October 13, 2009 at 9:32pm —
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I recently have come across this concept of Corporate Communism not only in the health care industry but that of corporations as a whole. I feel at this defining moment in history we get back to a concept that has long been forgotten. LOCAL. For my habits I try ever in my life to buy local, bank local, and do business with local people. Because they are what matter. People are what matter, a concept that Corporate America knows nothing about. I refuse to shop at Wal Mart, I refuse to support Big… Continue
Video courtesy of Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight Project
This posting was written by Patrick Hurley and Lori Kern-Greenberg.
We are still waiting for the official audio tape from the LMSV School Board. When we receive it we will be posting that tape along with a discussion about it's contents.
The Recall of La Mesa-Spring Valley (LMSV) School Board member, Rick Winet, is already in motion, and for good reason. The t… Continue
A Joint Investigative Report by East County Magazine and Liberty One Radio
By Miriam Raftery
September 11, 2009 (San Diego) – “Long-range acoustic devices [LRADs] for crowd control can be extremely dangerous. These are used in Iraq to control insurgents. They can cause serious and lasting harm to humans…We want to know WHY our Sheriff Dept has this weapon,” Sal Magallanez of San Diego-based Liberty One Radio said in an e-mail sent… Continue
Source: CNBC/NYT
Its superfast, supersecret oil trading software was called the Hammer.
And if the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is right, the name fit well with an intricate scheme that allowed commodity traders in Chicago working for Optiver, a little-known company based in Amsterdam, to put their orders first in line and subtly manipulate the price of oil to the company’s advantage.
Oil Barrels
Transcripts and taped conversations of actions that took place in 2007, included in the… Continue
Added by Sal Magallanez on September 4, 2009 at 2:12pm —
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