Category Archives: Corporations

Latest Republican “Lipstick on a Pig” Legislation

Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Republicans have passed their latest piece of  Not-At-All-What-the-Title-Suggests-Legislation (You know, like all those “jobs bills” they’ve proposed), and it’s misleadingly titled the “Working Families Flexibility Act”. Eric Cantor, the second ranking Republican con-man in the House had a few words … Continue reading →

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Finally, a Phone App that Will Hit Vulture Capitalists Where it Hurts

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Buycott, a new phone app that can be used both to boycott and support companies, is available for IPhone now and coming soon to Android. [Hat-tip to blogenfreude at Stinque] Simply scan any product’s bar code and it will tell … Continue reading →

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“I’d Like to Buy the World” (says) KOCH

Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2013 by Annie Walker-Leonard

“Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course.-”Thomas Frank The political activities of the Koch brothers have been influencing policy for decades.  The grand puppet masters sit atop their corporate throne pulling the strings … Continue reading →

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Looks Like Law Enforcement is Covering-Up for Big Oil, Again

Posted on Sunday, April 7, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

As a strong supporter of law enforcement, I’m always frustrated to hear stories like this. Earlier this week several reporters were turned away from the Exxon oil spill in Arkansas by local law enforcement, who allegedly threatened the reporters with … Continue reading →

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A Glaring Omission In the Plan For Immigration Reform

Posted on Monday, April 1, 2013 by Cindy Rose

First, let’s get the jargon out of the way; immigrants who are living and working here illegally are referred to as “illegals”, undocumented workers”, “out of status”, and “undocumented migrants” to name a few. When immigration hearings began earlier this … Continue reading →

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Utah’s Epic Earth Day Fail

Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013 by Cindy Rose

What do you get when your state officials declare there is no such thing as climate change? You get “celebrations” of earth day that require kids to pay homage to Big Oil. Think Progress reports on Utah’s “state-sponsored Earth Day … Continue reading →

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The Corporate Stranglehold on Bloggers

Posted on Saturday, March 9, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Frequent visitors to this blog know that we had some major site issues for the past couple of weeks. Naturally, our visitor stats took a considerable hit. Yesterday, after 17 consecutive days of unbelievably unnecessary fighting with tech support people … Continue reading →

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Now Republicans Want to Make Voter Fraud Legal

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 by Cindy Rose

It seems the sequester hoopla has put conservative voters to sleep, hence the lack of outcry regarding the inane legislation their state reps continue to put out there. After endless whining about the country’s nearly non-existent voter fraud, one Republican … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Boycott Facebook

Posted on Friday, February 15, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Anyone who knows me, knows I hate Facebook. The company’s CEO is as crooked as they come. Mark Zuckerberg, the current CEO and the guy who fraudulently calls himself the “founder” of Facebook, was hired as a contractor to create … Continue reading →

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