Dear Folks,
One of the persons on this group Email I call Power Politics is Gus Wilhelmy. Gus along with one other person in our group, Bernie Curran, were the co-creators of SAFER Foundation. I had the privilege of working for these two guys in the 1970s in which, as one of their managers, I for the first time truly enjoyed management because our "product" was not a well-manufactured thing but a human being, an ex-offender, who needs some help in adjusting to social life. SAFER is now a force in many cities. Gus lays out here the POWER OF TRUE FACTS. Have you ever tried to read an evangelical or neo-conservative on any issue? I challenge anyone to find any facts or logic in these writings. Today, Doonesbury, the political cartoon, has a guy seeking from an organization (like FACTCHECK in real life) that -- in this story, "produces any fact that you want." The guy wants proof that Obama's stimulus plan produced no jobs. The Fact fellow says, "that could be tricky sir. the Government Budget Office reported the stimulus created up to 3.3 million new jobs." So in effect, he is saying he can't help the guy. The latter answers, "But it's only for Fox News." The answer: "Oh, you should have said so sir. I'll get it right off to you." See the strip here.
10 February 2012
02 February 2012
A Collage of Facts and Images of the 1% and 99
Dear Folks,
We need to continue paying attention to the facts and images of our two national groups, mainly the l %. Elizabeth Warren on the Daily Show: 30% of our largest companies pay more to lobbyists than federal taxes. Even the old very conservative Senator Grassley complained that so many lobbyists appeared at congressional offices to fight off company's like Romney's Baines being required to pay over 30% taxes than l5%, that the bill, he also supported, failed. Warren added that whatever benefit one seeks financially, lobbyists will get such for you in Washington.
John Stewart, said in a whisper: "the poor have no lobbyists." Elizabeth also noted: China invests 9% of GDP on infrastructures, we, 2%. During this week's Republican primary, we learned that Romney earns - without working, only drawing on his investments - $57,000 per day, better than the Middle Class earns. Rachael Maddow also showed the following diagram: First she pictured all presidents from JFK on and including Obama, she then noted that their combined wealth multiplied by two equals Romney's. Further, the superpacks are now so loading up Romney's coffers that in Florida and for several months he had thousands of adds, some amount like 2500 to Gingrich's roughly 500. This is political madness.
We need to continue paying attention to the facts and images of our two national groups, mainly the l %. Elizabeth Warren on the Daily Show: 30% of our largest companies pay more to lobbyists than federal taxes. Even the old very conservative Senator Grassley complained that so many lobbyists appeared at congressional offices to fight off company's like Romney's Baines being required to pay over 30% taxes than l5%, that the bill, he also supported, failed. Warren added that whatever benefit one seeks financially, lobbyists will get such for you in Washington.
John Stewart, said in a whisper: "the poor have no lobbyists." Elizabeth also noted: China invests 9% of GDP on infrastructures, we, 2%. During this week's Republican primary, we learned that Romney earns - without working, only drawing on his investments - $57,000 per day, better than the Middle Class earns. Rachael Maddow also showed the following diagram: First she pictured all presidents from JFK on and including Obama, she then noted that their combined wealth multiplied by two equals Romney's. Further, the superpacks are now so loading up Romney's coffers that in Florida and for several months he had thousands of adds, some amount like 2500 to Gingrich's roughly 500. This is political madness.
01 February 2012
A case brought by Chris Hedges against the Obama administration
Dear Folks,
See Nation of Change website. Interesting developments in Occupy including a case brought by Chris Hedges against the Obama administration. Hedges spent roughly l5 years as a war correspondence, and then wrote two books, one on the addiction of war and the other, on the lethal ideas of evangelicals. He grew up in such a family. See the rest in article. This movement is growing. It must continue to grow if our country is to be saved from big money.
Sincerely, John G
See Nation of Change website. Interesting developments in Occupy including a case brought by Chris Hedges against the Obama administration. Hedges spent roughly l5 years as a war correspondence, and then wrote two books, one on the addiction of war and the other, on the lethal ideas of evangelicals. He grew up in such a family. See the rest in article. This movement is growing. It must continue to grow if our country is to be saved from big money.
Sincerely, John G
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