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Poll: Americans Distrust Government. Opinion: The case for a third party candidate - Douglas E. Schoen. Reagan--No Loopholes For Millionaires. Poverty skyrockets while more cuts loom — Budget and Policy Center. Official poverty estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau show catastrophic growth in poverty in Washington state. The worsening poverty statistics were released just as Governor Gregoire called upon the legislature to slash $2 billion in funding for health care, child care, and education investments during a 30-day special session to begin on November 28th.

Some key numbers for Washington state Nearly 890,000 people in our state now live below the federal poverty line. For a family of four, that means surviving on less than $23,000 a year.Between 2009 and 2010, 84,000 more Washingtonians slipped into poverty.Over 33,000 more children are living in poverty, a jump from 16 percent to 18 percent between 2009 and 2010.During the same period, median household income in Washington state declined by nearly $2,000 to $55,631 from $57,416 (after adjusting for inflation).

Poverty hurts our whole state Deep Poverty on the Rise Public economic structures more important than ever. Hemp for Victory (full version) Book Review: “The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell” by Jamie Court - Denver Books. Robert Reich - 7 Lies. Gary Johnson 2012: The People's President. The Most Powerful #OccupyWallStreet Clip You Will See This Month. Here Are The Four Charts That Explain What The Protesters Are Angry About... Last week, we published a chart-essay that illustrates the extreme inequality that has developed in the US economy over the past 30 years.

The charts explain what the Wall Street protesters are angry about. They also explain why the protesters' message is resonating with the country at large. Here are the four key points: 1. 2. 3. 4. Three charts illustrate this: The top earners are capturing a higher share of the national income than they have anytime since the 1920s: CEO pay and corporate profits have skyrocketed in the past 20 years, "production worker" pay has risen 4%.

After adjusting for inflation, average earnings haven't increased in 50 years. It's worth noting that the US has been in a similar situation before: At the end of the "Roaring '20s," just before the start of the Great Depression. It took the country 15-20 years to pull out of that slump and fix the imbalances. SEE ALSO: CHARTS: Here's What The Protesters Are So Angry About... Double Take 'Toons: Wall-To-Wall Criticism? Alan Grayson on Occupy Wall Street. To Eric Holder: Stop Lying About The PATRIOT Act. To Eric Holder: Stop Lying About The PATRIOT Act Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall have been blowing the whistle: Law enforcement is using a secret interpretation of the PATRIOT Act to spy on people who aren't connected with terrorism. The FBI operates under a cloak of secrecy, so we only know about this because these two courageous senators are defying the intelligence agencies and speaking out.

Here's the New York Times: Mr. Wyden and Udall deserve our support. PETITION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER: Stop misleading the public. Just fill out the form at right to sign the petition and send an email to Holder. Here's Wired's article on what the FBI might be up to. My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters | Politics News. #OccupytheInternet: Net Neutrality Is Under Attack -- Email Your Senators. ROTHSCHILDS TO BRING AMERICA TO ITS KNEES !!.flv. OWS's Beef: Wall Street Isn't Winning It's Cheating | Matt Taibbi.

Undercision 2012 - Gary Johnson - Indecision - Video Clip. Constitutional Progressives. Occupy Wall Street. Brutally violent arrest at Occupy Wall Street. An INTENSE moment of TRUTH with MAINSTREAM Media. FDR 1936 I welcome their hatred. Jimmy Carter: Crisis of Confidence. President Eisenhower - Farewell Warning. What If We Paid Off The Debt? The Secret Government Report : Planet Money. Planet Money has obtained a secret government report outlining what once looked like a potential crisis: The possibility that the U.S. government might pay off its entire debt. It sounds ridiculous today. But not so long ago, the prospect of a debt-free U.S. was seen as a real possibility with the potential to upset the global financial system. We recently obtained the report through a Freedom of Information Act Request. You can read the whole thing here. (It's a PDF.) The report is called "Life After Debt". This was seen in many ways as good thing. "It was a huge issue ... for not just the U.S. economy, but the global economy," says Diane Lim Rogers, an economist in the Clinton administration.

The U.S. borrows money by selling bonds. But the U.S. has been issuing bonds for so long, and the bonds are seen as so safe, that much of the world has come to depend on them. Banks buy hundreds of billions of dollars' worth, because they're a safe place to park money. In Less than a Minute Alan Grayson Explains Occupy Wall Street to the 1% While on Real Time with Bill Maher former congressman, and future 2012 House candidate, Alan Grayson explained to the panel the 1% what Occupy Wall Street is all about.

Here is the video: The latest edition of Real Time featured one of Bill Maher’s patented balance things out with three Republicans and a Democrat panels, but the Democrat was Alan Grayson. While P.J. fellow panelist P.J. O’Rourke broke out his bathing and hippie jokes, former Rep. O’Rourke claimed that the Occupy Wall Street people flunked econ, and Grayson said, “No, listen Bill, I have no trouble understanding what they are talking about.” Alan Grayson demonstrated why all the media complaint’s about the unclear message behind Occupy Wall Street is nonsense. The right has been trying to play on the fears of some who support Occupy Wall Street by claiming that the left is hijacking the movement, but the support and media sophistication of people like Alan Grayson and Bernie Sanders can only help these protests grow.

'Deadly Monopolies'? Patenting The Human Body. In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that living, human-made microorganisms could be patented by their developers. The ruling opened the gateway for cells, tissues, genetically modified plants and animals, and genes to be patented. In the past 30 years, more than 40,000 patents have been granted on genes alone, says medical ethicist Harriet Washington. In her new book, Deadly Monopolies, Washington details how our tissues and genes are increasingly being patented by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Those firms, she argues, are focused more on their profits than on the medical needs of patients. Restrictive patents on genes prevent competition that can keep the medical cost of treatment down, says Washington. "[The patient] was told that he had to come to [the physician's] lab for tests ... in the name of vigilance to treat his cancer and keep him healthy," says Washington. The Relationship Between Universities And Pharmaceutical Companies "Edward R.

Hide caption. The Best Answer to ‘Let Him Die!’ Billion dollar bank, eight dollar job. « nathanbrooks. I am really … really annoyed. That isn’t the word, but if my grandparents (or yours, or you … ) were reading, I would not want to use the choice words that come to mind. Let me set it up for you, for the past 2 years I am been trying … desperately, to bring a house that I own current, work out something with the bank so I could keep it, or get a short sale done. Don’t forget … I do this everyday! So, back and forth, back and forth … my bank for this property, which shall remain nameless, began the negotiation with all of my paperwork which we had to email/fax 2-3 times before they “found it.”

Right. Then, supposedly they asked for something which my realtor didn’t provide (BS!) They closed the file right, and now, today, after literally three weeks of sending back in all of the information the way “they want it”, they request another 4 page document to fill out. Whatever. What is the rant for. Want to read more about this kind of stuff… interesting article from not too long ago: Like this: Franklin D. Roosevelt - American Heritage Center, Inc. On January 11, 1944, in the midst of World War II, President Roosevelt spoke forcefully and eloquently about the greater meaning and higher purpose of American security in a post-war America. The principles and ideas conveyed by FDR's words matter as much now as they did over sixty years ago, and the Franklin D.

Roosevelt American Heritage Center is proud to reprint a selection of FDR's vision for the security and economic liberty of the American people in war and peace. “The Economic Bill of Rights” Excerpt from President Roosevelt's January 11, 1944 message to the Congress of the United States on the State of the Union It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. As our nation has grown in size and stature, however—as our industrial economy expanded—these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.