http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/getFeed.kickAction?quantity=25 New blogs from thinkingblue on OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:16:14 GMT Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:16:14 GMT webmaster@thomhartmann.com (thradio) webmaster@thomhartmann.com (thradio) KickApps Feed Builder 2010-03-23T19:16:14Z 23 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=93519&sortType=recent 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_WE-DID-IT-Be-A-Part-Of-American-History/BLOG/2232064/93519.html WE DID IT! Be A Part of American History [image] I am so glad that I have lived long enough to see health care become a right not a privilege. I spent my whole life experiencing the misery, people suffer living in a nation that does not believe it is responsible for its citizens' health care. Too many of us have suffered and died just because we were either born into or through no fault of our own, found ourselves in a low income status. I saw it happen in my own family; My mother who was age 56 when she died of cancer due to not having enough money to take advantage of our superb medical system. She was a nonentity and this happens to young and old. What a disgrace! Now at long last we have opened the door (albeit just a crack) to make health care in our country a right. Thank you President Barack Obama, you have done what no president before you could or even cared to do. I am sending a contribution of $25 to this cause and will wear the health care tee shirt that comes with that small offering, proudly. thinkingblue PS: Below are the numerous youtube videos I have done over the past year regarding this reform. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The New American Way - Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry March 20, 2010 Thom Hartmann Weighs In On Teabaggers' Scorn and Disrespect For Man With Parkinson's Diseasehttp://www.thethinkingblue.com/newame...---I stumbled upon the Thom Hartmann Show on Free Speech TV a few months back. Since I had heard of Mr. Hartmann on Air America but really never tuned in I allowed this channel to remain for awhile so I could see what Thom had to say. Ive been hooked ever since. Not in the sense that the followers of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are HOOKED by: Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry; Im captivated by Thom Hartmanns ideas and beliefs because of my desire for knowledge. This man has so much knowledge you have to wonder how he can retain it all. He takes phone calls then supports the callers questions or statements with his voluminous experience and perception. Many times he will get a question or suggestion and you can almost see the wheels go to work inside his head, admitting he may not know too much on the subject but will look into it.Hes also not afraid to admit hes wrong unlike the hate mongers on the right. The Becks and Limbaughs (et al) are so sure they know it ALL, they would never back down or act human with a simple I have no knowledge of that, or maybe a I will research that Not these right-wing-nuts, Its always I KNOW and YOU DONT! jingle all the way.If the right-winded jerks on the right just played their audience (for their listening and viewing pleasure) and that was all there was to it (Like an evening spent laughing at a comedian in some night club, then you go home) there would be no problem. But their devotees get so riled by the constant baneful and deadly rhetoric that spews from their TVs or radios that their newly found hatefulness spills out onto the streets and they group together and slap a label on themselves like TEABAGGER (thinking somehow they are aligning with the Boston Tea Party patriots). Now armed with this talk radio/ TV hatred theyre out for blood and anyone on the left is their target, whether it be a Parkinson diseased man or a small boy who just lost his mother to a disease because she had no health insurance. The rest is TEABAG history!  thinkingblue aka thethinkingblue---15 Executives Who Get Paid Millions To Deny You Health Care CoverageThe business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as clients, and then resist as long as possible when it comes to paying out claims.Thats actually not an indictment or a criticism.Its just the way our system works, and its screwed up.Whatever you feel about Obamacare (HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM), you probably think our current system needs reform in some sense.MEET THEM HERE: http://www.businessinsider.com/here-a... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Limbaugh pulled something out of his BUTT...AGAIN! Now he's moving to Costa RicaMarch 10, 2010 Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reforms most vociferous opponents, warning that [h]uman beings will die earlier than normal under the freedom killing and life threatening ...   Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reforms most vociferous opponents, warning that [h]uman beings will die earlier than normal under the freedom killing and life threatening plan, and calling for it to be aborted. Yesterday, Limbaugh put his money where his mouth is, saying that if health care passes and all his fears are realized, hell leave the country: CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what would happen to the doctors, do they have to participate in the federal program, or could they opt out of it? [...] LIMBAUGH: My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once theyve opted, they cant see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what will become the exchanges. They have to have a clientele of private patients that will pay them a retainer and itll be a very small practice. I dont know if thats been outlawed in the Senate bill. I dont know. Ill just tell you this, if this passes and its five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. Ill go to Costa Rica. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Fight Against Death From A Voice Of ReasonOctober 08, 2009 October 7 Keith Olbermann Comment about Health Care Reform. It's the fight against death.Keith Olbermann's special comment of October 7 got personal. He experienced firsthand and personally the broken system we call Health Care. The difficulties he went through with his ailing Father were unexpected to Keith even though he was well aware of others' (especially those without insurance) suffering under this system. But he had money, isn't that enough in Capitalistic America to protect you from becoming a victim of the Health and Insurance Industrys gluttony?Yes indeed, as Olbermann earnestly commented, money had saved his father from needless suffering and loss of dignity. This made Keith even more compassionate to the plight of those who have no leverage. His money did afford some of the best attention by medical personnel thus making him even more aware of, how those with no health insurance must endure the lack of self-respect to which a society without responsiveness will put them through.Having empathy and concern for others can be a misfortune because there is so little one can do to help the forgotten ones. That's the way the Insurance Industry would like those who can't afford their high premiums to become... FORGOTTEN.It's only people with a platform such as Mr. Olbermann, who can bring to light the outrageous greed in this country where bottom-line is more revered than humaneness. I guess if they could just get rid of those who can't line their pockets, they would do so but since we are a nation of laws all they can do is lie, mislead and spend exuberant amounts of money lobbying their status quo.Thank all that is good, for Keith Olbermann, he is the guiding light to benevolent thinking of which we all, Conservatives and Liberals alike, can follow, if you happen to possess a heart. He truly is A VOICE OF REASON. thinkingblueThe video will give you some of the highlights of Keith Obermann's hour long commentary on Health Care Reform.You can view the whole segment here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33213245/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rep. Alan Grayson D-Fla, A Voice Of ReasonOctober 3, 2009 Florida Representative Alan Grayson speaks for all of us who believe the Republicans are only responsive to Corporate Interests. They have shown time and again that "We The People" do not matter. Our only function is to keep the corporate world lucrative. The Health Care Reform debacle has exposed their greed to everyone except those who follow their creed, those who have been indoctrinated to blindly accept anything they have to offer as genuine and in their best interests; no questions are allowed. I swear the Republican Party and Religion are one and the same. thinkingblue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MORE VIDEOS HERE WE DID IT! Be A Part of American History [image] I am so glad that I have lived long enough to see health care become a right not a privilege. I spent my whole life experiencing the misery, people suffer living in a nation that does not believe it is responsible for its citizens' health care. Too many of us have suffered and died just because we were either born into or through no fault of our own, found ourselves in a low income status. I saw it happen in my own family; My mother who was age 56 when she died of cancer due to not having enough money to take advantage of our superb medical system. She was a nonentity and this happens to young and old. What a disgrace! Now at long last we have opened the door (albeit just a crack) to make health care in our country a right. Thank you President Barack Obama, you have done what no president before you could or even cared to do. I am sending a contribution of $25 to this cause and will wear the health care tee shirt that comes with that small offering, proudly. thinkingblue PS: Below are the numerous youtube videos I have done over the past year regarding this reform. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The New American Way - Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry March 20, 2010 Thom Hartmann Weighs In On Teabaggers' Scorn and Disrespect For Man With Parkinson's Diseasehttp://www.thethinkingblue.com/newame...---I stumbled upon the Thom Hartmann Show on Free Speech TV a few months back. Since I had heard of Mr. Hartmann on Air America but really never tuned in I allowed this channel to remain for awhile so I could see what Thom had to say. Ive been hooked ever since. Not in the sense that the followers of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are HOOKED by: Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry; Im captivated by Thom Hartmanns ideas and beliefs because of my desire for knowledge. This man has so much knowledge you have to wonder how he can retain it all. He takes phone calls then supports the callers questions or statements with his voluminous experience and perception. Many times he will get a question or suggestion and you can almost see the wheels go to work inside his head, admitting he may not know too much on the subject but will look into it.Hes also not afraid to admit hes wrong unlike the hate mongers on the right. The Becks and Limbaughs (et al) are so sure they know it ALL, they would never back down or act human with a simple I have no knowledge of that, or maybe a I will research that Not these right-wing-nuts, Its always I KNOW and YOU DONT! jingle all the way.If the right-winded jerks on the right just played their audience (for their listening and viewing pleasure) and that was all there was to it (Like an evening spent laughing at a comedian in some night club, then you go home) there would be no problem. But their devotees get so riled by the constant baneful and deadly rhetoric that spews from their TVs or radios that their newly found hatefulness spills out onto the streets and they group together and slap a label on themselves like TEABAGGER (thinking somehow they are aligning with the Boston Tea Party patriots). Now armed with this talk radio/ TV hatred theyre out for blood and anyone on the left is their target, whether it be a Parkinson diseased man or a small boy who just lost his mother to a disease because she had no health insurance. The rest is TEABAG history!  thinkingblue aka thethinkingblue---15 Executives Who Get Paid Millions To Deny You Health Care CoverageThe business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as clients, and then resist as long as possible when it comes to paying out claims.Thats actually not an indictment or a criticism.Its just the way our system works, and its screwed up.Whatever you feel about Obamacare (HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM), you probably think our current system needs reform in some sense.MEET THEM HERE: http://www.businessinsider.com/here-a... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Limbaugh pulled something out of his BUTT...AGAIN! Now he's moving to Costa RicaMarch 10, 2010 Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reforms most vociferous opponents, warning that [h]uman beings will die earlier than normal under the freedom killing and life threatening ...   Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reforms most vociferous opponents, warning that [h]uman beings will die earlier than normal under the freedom killing and life threatening plan, and calling for it to be aborted. Yesterday, Limbaugh put his money where his mouth is, saying that if health care passes and all his fears are realized, hell leave the country: CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what would happen to the doctors, do they have to participate in the federal program, or could they opt out of it? [...] LIMBAUGH: My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once theyve opted, they cant see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what will become the exchanges. They have to have a clientele of private patients that will pay them a retainer and itll be a very small practice. I dont know if thats been outlawed in the Senate bill. I dont know. Ill just tell you this, if this passes and its five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. Ill go to Costa Rica. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Fight Against Death From A Voice Of ReasonOctober 08, 2009 October 7 Keith Olbermann Comment about Health Care Reform. It's the fight against death.Keith Olbermann's special comment of October 7 got personal. He experienced firsthand and personally the broken system we call Health Care. The difficulties he went through with his ailing Father were unexpected to Keith even though he was well aware of others' (especially those without insurance) suffering under this system. But he had money, isn't that enough in Capitalistic America to protect you from becoming a victim of the Health and Insurance Industrys gluttony?Yes indeed, as Olbermann earnestly commented, money had saved his father from needless suffering and loss of dignity. This made Keith even more compassionate to the plight of those who have no leverage. His money did afford some of the best attention by medical personnel thus making him even more aware of, how those with no health insurance must endure the lack of self-respect to which a society without responsiveness will put them through.Having empathy and concern for others can be a misfortune because there is so little one can do to help the forgotten ones. That's the way the Insurance Industry would like those who can't afford their high premiums to become... FORGOTTEN.It's only people with a platform such as Mr. Olbermann, who can bring to light the outrageous greed in this country where bottom-line is more revered than humaneness. I guess if they could just get rid of those who can't line their pockets, they would do so but since we are a nation of laws all they can do is lie, mislead and spend exuberant amounts of money lobbying their status quo.Thank all that is good, for Keith Olbermann, he is the guiding light to benevolent thinking of which we all, Conservatives and Liberals alike, can follow, if you happen to possess a heart. He truly is A VOICE OF REASON. thinkingblueThe video will give you some of the highlights of Keith Obermann's hour long commentary on Health Care Reform.You can view the whole segment here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33213245/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rep. Alan Grayson D-Fla, A Voice Of ReasonOctober 3, 2009 Florida Representative Alan Grayson speaks for all of us who believe the Republicans are only responsive to Corporate Interests. They have shown time and again that "We The People" do not matter. Our only function is to keep the corporate world lucrative. The Health Care Reform debacle has exposed their greed to everyone except those who follow their creed, those who have been indoctrinated to blindly accept anything they have to offer as genuine and in their best interests; no questions are allowed. I swear the Republican Party and Religion are one and the same. thinkingblue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MORE VIDEOS HERE Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:16:14 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_WE-DID-IT-Be-A-Part-Of-American-History/BLOG/2232064/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-23T19:16:14Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY WE DID IT! Be A Part of American History [image] I am so glad that I have lived long enough to see health care become a right not a privilege. I spent my whole life experiencing the misery, people suffer living in a nation that does not believe it is responsible for its citizens' health care. Too many of us have suffered and died just because we were either born into or through no fault of our own, found ourselves in a low income status. I saw it happen in my own family; My mother who was age 56 when she died of cancer due to not having enough money to take advantage of our superb medical system. She was a nonentity and this happens to young and old. What a disgrace! Now at long last we have opened the door (albeit just a crack) to make health care in our country a right. Thank you President Barack Obama, you have done what no president before you could or even cared to do. I am sending a contribution of $25 to this cause and will wear the health care tee shirt that comes with that small offering, proudly. thinkingblue PS: Below are the numerous youtube videos I have done over the past year regarding this reform. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The New American Way - Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry March 20, 2010 Thom Hartmann Weighs In On Teabaggers' Scorn and Disrespect For Man With Parkinson's Diseasehttp://www.thethinkingblue.com/newame...---I stumbled upon the Thom Hartmann Show on Free Speech TV a few months back. Since I had heard of Mr. Hartmann on Air America but really never tuned in I allowed this channel to remain for awhile so I could see what Thom had to say. Ive been hooked ever since. Not in the sense that the followers of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are HOOKED by: Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry; Im captivated by Thom Hartmanns ideas and beliefs because of my desire for knowledge. This man has so much knowledge you have to wonder how he can retain it all. He takes phone calls then supports the callers questions or statements with his voluminous experience and perception. Many times he will get a question or suggestion and you can almost see the wheels go to work inside his head, admitting he may not know too much on the subject but will look into it.Hes also not afraid to admit hes wrong unlike the hate mongers on the right. The Becks and Limbaughs (et al) are so sure they know it ALL, they would never back down or act human with a simple I have no knowledge of that, or maybe a I will research that Not these right-wing-nuts, Its always I KNOW and YOU DONT! jingle all the way.If the right-winded jerks on the right just played their audience (for their listening and viewing pleasure) and that was all there was to it (Like an evening spent laughing at a comedian in some night club, then you go home) there would be no problem. But their devotees get so riled by the constant baneful and deadly rhetoric that spews from their TVs or radios that their newly found hatefulness spills out onto the streets and they group together and slap a label on themselves like TEABAGGER (thinking somehow they are aligning with the Boston Tea Party patriots). Now armed with this talk radio/ TV hatred theyre out for blood and anyone on the left is their target, whether it be a Parkinson diseased man or a small boy who just lost his mother to a disease because she had no health insurance. The rest is TEABAG history!  thinkingblue aka thethinkingblue---15 Executives Who Get Paid Millions To Deny You Health Care CoverageThe business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as clients, and then resist as long as possible when it comes to paying out claims.Thats actually not an indictment or a criticism.Its just the way our system works, and its screwed up.Whatever you feel about Obamacare (HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM), you probably think our current system needs reform in some sense.MEET THEM HERE: http://www.businessinsider.com/here-a... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Limbaugh pulled something out of his BUTT...AGAIN! Now he's moving to Costa RicaMarch 10, 2010 Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reforms most vociferous opponents, warning that [h]uman beings will die earlier than normal under the freedom killing and life threatening ...   Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reforms most vociferous opponents, warning that [h]uman beings will die earlier than normal under the freedom killing and life threatening plan, and calling for it to be aborted. Yesterday, Limbaugh put his money where his mouth is, saying that if health care passes and all his fears are realized, hell leave the country: CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what would happen to the doctors, do they have to participate in the federal program, or could they opt out of it? [...] LIMBAUGH: My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once theyve opted, they cant see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what will become the exchanges. They have to have a clientele of private patients that will pay them a retainer and itll be a very small practice. I dont know if thats been outlawed in the Senate bill. I dont know. Ill just tell you this, if this passes and its five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. Ill go to Costa Rica. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Fight Against Death From A Voice Of ReasonOctober 08, 2009 October 7 Keith Olbermann Comment about Health Care Reform. It's the fight against death.Keith Olbermann's special comment of October 7 got personal. He experienced firsthand and personally the broken system we call Health Care. The difficulties he went through with his ailing Father were unexpected to Keith even though he was well aware of others' (especially those without insurance) suffering under this system. But he had money, isn't that enough in Capitalistic America to protect you from becoming a victim of the Health and Insurance Industrys gluttony?Yes indeed, as Olbermann earnestly commented, money had saved his father from needless suffering and loss of dignity. This made Keith even more compassionate to the plight of those who have no leverage. His money did afford some of the best attention by medical personnel thus making him even more aware of, how those with no health insurance must endure the lack of self-respect to which a society without responsiveness will put them through.Having empathy and concern for others can be a misfortune because there is so little one can do to help the forgotten ones. That's the way the Insurance Industry would like those who can't afford their high premiums to become... FORGOTTEN.It's only people with a platform such as Mr. Olbermann, who can bring to light the outrageous greed in this country where bottom-line is more revered than humaneness. I guess if they could just get rid of those who can't line their pockets, they would do so but since we are a nation of laws all they can do is lie, mislead and spend exuberant amounts of money lobbying their status quo.Thank all that is good, for Keith Olbermann, he is the guiding light to benevolent thinking of which we all, Conservatives and Liberals alike, can follow, if you happen to possess a heart. He truly is A VOICE OF REASON. thinkingblueThe video will give you some of the highlights of Keith Obermann's hour long commentary on Health Care Reform.You can view the whole segment here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33213245/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rep. Alan Grayson D-Fla, A Voice Of ReasonOctober 3, 2009 Florida Representative Alan Grayson speaks for all of us who believe the Republicans are only responsive to Corporate Interests. They have shown time and again that "We The People" do not matter. Our only function is to keep the corporate world lucrative. The Health Care Reform debacle has exposed their greed to everyone except those who follow their creed, those who have been indoctrinated to blindly accept anything they have to offer as genuine and in their best interests; no questions are allowed. I swear the Republican Party and Religion are one and the same. thinkingblue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MORE VIDEOS HERE care, health, obama, politics, reform nonadult false WE DID IT! Be A Part Of American History text blog care,health,obama,politics,reform 124 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_E.jpg false 0 0 2232064 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_The-New-American-Way-Blind-Ignorance-and-Hate-Filled-Bigotry/BLOG/2195071/93519.html Thom Hartmann Weighs In On Teabaggers' Scorn and Disrespect For Man With Parkinson's Disease I stumbled upon the Thom Hartmann Show on Free Speech TV a few months back. Since I had heard of Mr. Hartmann on Air America but really never tuned in… I allowed this channel to remain for awhile so I could see what Thom had to say. I’ve been hooked ever since. Not in the sense that the followers of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are HOOKED by: Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry; I’m captivated by Thom Hartmann’s ideas and beliefs because of my desire for knowledge. This man has so much knowledge you have to wonder how he can retain it all. He takes phone calls then supports the callers’ questions or statements with his voluminous experience and perception. Many times he will get a question or suggestion and you can almost see the wheels go to work inside his head, admitting he may not know too much on the subject but will look into it. He’s also not afraid to admit he’s wrong unlike the hate mongers on the right. The Becks and Limbaughs (et al) are so sure they know it ALL, they would never back down or act human with a simple “I have no knowledge of that”, or maybe a “I will research that” Not these right-wing-nuts, It’s always “I KNOW and YOU DON’T!” jingle all the way. If the right-winded jerks on the right just played their audience (for their listening and viewing pleasure) and that was all there was to it… (Like an evening spent laughing at a comedian in some night club, then you go home) there would be no problem. But their devotees get so riled by the constant baneful and deadly rhetoric that spews from their TVs or radios that their newly found hatefulness spills out onto the streets and they group together and slap a label on themselves like… TEABAGGER (thinking somehow they are aligning with the Boston Tea Party patriots). Now armed with this talk radio/ TV hatred they’re out for blood and anyone on the left is their target, whether it be a Parkinson diseased man or a small boy who just lost his mother to a disease because she had no health insurance. The rest is TEABAG history! thinkingblue aka thethinkingblue   Raucous, ugly buildup to House health care voteBy ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer Alan Fram, Associated Press Writer Sat Mar 20, 9:20 pm ETWASHINGTON – House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.Most of the day's important work leading up to Sunday's historic vote on health care was being done behind closed doors. Democratic leaders cajoled, bargained and did what they could to nail down the votes they will need to finally push Obama's health care overhaul bill through the House.But much else about the day was noisy, emotional and right out in the open. After more than a year debating the capstone of Obama's domestic agenda and just hours to go before the showdown vote, there was little holding back.The tone was set outside the Capitol. Clogging the sidewalks and streets of Capitol Hill were at least hundreds — no official estimate was yet available — of loud, furious protesters, many of them tea party opponents of the health care overhaul.Rallies outside the Capitol are typically orderly, with speeches and well-behaved crowds. Saturday's was different, with anger-fueled demonstrators surrounding members of Congress who walked by, yelling at them."Kill the bill," the largely middle-aged crowd shouted, surging toward lawmakers who crossed the street between their office buildings and the Capitol. MORE HEREAssociated Press writers Charles Babington and Christine Simmons contributed to this report. --------------- 15 Executives Who Get Paid Millions To Deny You Health Care CoverageThe business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as clients, and then resist as long as possible when it comes to paying out claims. That’s actually not an indictment or a criticism. It’s just the way our system works, and its screwed up. Whatever you feel about Obamacare (HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM), you probably think our current system needs reform in some sense. MEET THEM HERE   RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear' Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV New Robes For SCOTUS Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image] MOVE TO AMEND Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue [image] Thom Hartmann Weighs In On Teabaggers' Scorn and Disrespect For Man With Parkinson's Disease I stumbled upon the Thom Hartmann Show on Free Speech TV a few months back. Since I had heard of Mr. Hartmann on Air America but really never tuned in… I allowed this channel to remain for awhile so I could see what Thom had to say. I’ve been hooked ever since. Not in the sense that the followers of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are HOOKED by: Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry; I’m captivated by Thom Hartmann’s ideas and beliefs because of my desire for knowledge. This man has so much knowledge you have to wonder how he can retain it all. He takes phone calls then supports the callers’ questions or statements with his voluminous experience and perception. Many times he will get a question or suggestion and you can almost see the wheels go to work inside his head, admitting he may not know too much on the subject but will look into it. He’s also not afraid to admit he’s wrong unlike the hate mongers on the right. The Becks and Limbaughs (et al) are so sure they know it ALL, they would never back down or act human with a simple “I have no knowledge of that”, or maybe a “I will research that” Not these right-wing-nuts, It’s always “I KNOW and YOU DON’T!” jingle all the way. If the right-winded jerks on the right just played their audience (for their listening and viewing pleasure) and that was all there was to it… (Like an evening spent laughing at a comedian in some night club, then you go home) there would be no problem. But their devotees get so riled by the constant baneful and deadly rhetoric that spews from their TVs or radios that their newly found hatefulness spills out onto the streets and they group together and slap a label on themselves like… TEABAGGER (thinking somehow they are aligning with the Boston Tea Party patriots). Now armed with this talk radio/ TV hatred they’re out for blood and anyone on the left is their target, whether it be a Parkinson diseased man or a small boy who just lost his mother to a disease because she had no health insurance. The rest is TEABAG history! thinkingblue aka thethinkingblue   Raucous, ugly buildup to House health care voteBy ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer Alan Fram, Associated Press Writer Sat Mar 20, 9:20 pm ETWASHINGTON – House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.Most of the day's important work leading up to Sunday's historic vote on health care was being done behind closed doors. Democratic leaders cajoled, bargained and did what they could to nail down the votes they will need to finally push Obama's health care overhaul bill through the House.But much else about the day was noisy, emotional and right out in the open. After more than a year debating the capstone of Obama's domestic agenda and just hours to go before the showdown vote, there was little holding back.The tone was set outside the Capitol. Clogging the sidewalks and streets of Capitol Hill were at least hundreds — no official estimate was yet available — of loud, furious protesters, many of them tea party opponents of the health care overhaul.Rallies outside the Capitol are typically orderly, with speeches and well-behaved crowds. Saturday's was different, with anger-fueled demonstrators surrounding members of Congress who walked by, yelling at them."Kill the bill," the largely middle-aged crowd shouted, surging toward lawmakers who crossed the street between their office buildings and the Capitol. MORE HEREAssociated Press writers Charles Babington and Christine Simmons contributed to this report. --------------- 15 Executives Who Get Paid Millions To Deny You Health Care CoverageThe business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as clients, and then resist as long as possible when it comes to paying out claims. That’s actually not an indictment or a criticism. It’s just the way our system works, and its screwed up. Whatever you feel about Obamacare (HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM), you probably think our current system needs reform in some sense. MEET THEM HERE   RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear' Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV New Robes For SCOTUS Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image] MOVE TO AMEND Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue [image] Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:44:58 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_The-New-American-Way-Blind-Ignorance-and-Hate-Filled-Bigotry/BLOG/2195071/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-21T11:44:58Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Thom Hartmann Weighs In On Teabaggers' Scorn and Disrespect For Man With Parkinson's Disease I stumbled upon the Thom Hartmann Show on Free Speech TV a few months back. Since I had heard of Mr. Hartmann on Air America but really never tuned in… I allowed this channel to remain for awhile so I could see what Thom had to say. I’ve been hooked ever since. Not in the sense that the followers of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are HOOKED by: Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry; I’m captivated by Thom Hartmann’s ideas and beliefs because of my desire for knowledge. This man has so much knowledge you have to wonder how he can retain it all. He takes phone calls then supports the callers’ questions or statements with his voluminous experience and perception. Many times he will get a question or suggestion and you can almost see the wheels go to work inside his head, admitting he may not know too much on the subject but will look into it. He’s also not afraid to admit he’s wrong unlike the hate mongers on the right. The Becks and Limbaughs (et al) are so sure they know it ALL, they would never back down or act human with a simple “I have no knowledge of that”, or maybe a “I will research that” Not these right-wing-nuts, It’s always “I KNOW and YOU DON’T!” jingle all the way. If the right-winded jerks on the right just played their audience (for their listening and viewing pleasure) and that was all there was to it… (Like an evening spent laughing at a comedian in some night club, then you go home) there would be no problem. But their devotees get so riled by the constant baneful and deadly rhetoric that spews from their TVs or radios that their newly found hatefulness spills out onto the streets and they group together and slap a label on themselves like… TEABAGGER (thinking somehow they are aligning with the Boston Tea Party patriots). Now armed with this talk radio/ TV hatred they’re out for blood and anyone on the left is their target, whether it be a Parkinson diseased man or a small boy who just lost his mother to a disease because she had no health insurance. The rest is TEABAG history! thinkingblue aka thethinkingblue   Raucous, ugly buildup to House health care voteBy ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer Alan Fram, Associated Press Writer Sat Mar 20, 9:20 pm ETWASHINGTON – House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.Most of the day's important work leading up to Sunday's historic vote on health care was being done behind closed doors. Democratic leaders cajoled, bargained and did what they could to nail down the votes they will need to finally push Obama's health care overhaul bill through the House.But much else about the day was noisy, emotional and right out in the open. After more than a year debating the capstone of Obama's domestic agenda and just hours to go before the showdown vote, there was little holding back.The tone was set outside the Capitol. Clogging the sidewalks and streets of Capitol Hill were at least hundreds — no official estimate was yet available — of loud, furious protesters, many of them tea party opponents of the health care overhaul.Rallies outside the Capitol are typically orderly, with speeches and well-behaved crowds. Saturday's was different, with anger-fueled demonstrators surrounding members of Congress who walked by, yelling at them."Kill the bill," the largely middle-aged crowd shouted, surging toward lawmakers who crossed the street between their office buildings and the Capitol. MORE HEREAssociated Press writers Charles Babington and Christine Simmons contributed to this report. --------------- 15 Executives Who Get Paid Millions To Deny You Health Care CoverageThe business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as clients, and then resist as long as possible when it comes to paying out claims. That’s actually not an indictment or a criticism. It’s just the way our system works, and its screwed up. Whatever you feel about Obamacare (HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM), you probably think our current system needs reform in some sense. MEET THEM HERE   RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear' Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV New Robes For SCOTUS Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image] MOVE TO AMEND Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue [image] bigotry, care, health, news, politics, reform, teabaggers nonadult false The New American Way - Blind Ignorance and Hate Filled Bigotry text blog bigotry,care,health,news,politics,reform,teabaggers 108 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 0 0 2195071 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Texas-School-Board-to-Drop-Truth-From-Text-Books/BLOG/2158443/93519.html   THE POWER OF THE BRAIN TO REASON! "Inherit The Wind."   U.S. history textbooks could soon be flavored heavily with Texas conservatism The nation’s public school curriculum may be in for a Texas-sized overhaul, if the Lone Star state’s influential recommendations for changes to social studies, economics and history textbooks are fully ratified later this spring. Last Friday, in a 10-to-5 vote split right down party lines, the Texas State Board of Education approved some controversial right-leaning alterations to what most students in the state—and by extension, in much of the rest of the country—will be studying as received historical and social-scientific wisdom. After a public comment period, the board will vote on final recommendations in May.Don McElroy, who leads the board’s powerful seven-member social conservative bloc, explained that the measure is a way of "adding balance" in the classroom, since "academia is skewed too far to the left." And the board's critics have labeled the move an attempt by political "extremists" to "promote their ideology."The revised standards have far-reaching implications because Texas is a huge market leader in the school-textbook industry. The enormous print run for Texas textbooks leaves most districts in other states adopting the same course materials, so that the Texas School Board effectively spells out requirements for 80 percent of the nation’s textbook market. That means, for instance, that schools in left-leaning states like Oregon and Vermont could soon be teaching from textbooks that are short on references to Ted Kennedy but long on references to conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.Here are some of the other signal shifts that the Texas Board endorsed last Friday: CLICK HERE --- Texas School Board to Drop Truth From Text Books Don McElroy, who leads the board’s powerful seven-member social conservative bloc, explained that the measure is a way of "adding balance" in the classroom, since "academia is skewed too far to the left." And the board's critics have labeled the move an attempt by political "extremists" to "promote their ideology." The above statement is so bizarre and chilling; it belongs in RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Since when did truth become a left leaning object? These charlatans, who call themselves a Board of Education, embody anything but EDUCATION! A dictionary defines EDUCATION as: the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Is teaching misinformation, and omitting important historical events (and people) in order to achieve the indoctrination of our children to a one-sided political and religious perspective, a way to a more mature society? I think not but hey, Vladimir Putin is doing the same thing, with the ordering of a series of new "patriotic" textbooks of Russian history. (Read Below) Critics are accusing President Vladimir Putin's government of a Soviet-style rewriting of Russian history with a series of new "patriotic" textbooks to be unveiled in the new school year. New laws passed this summer have given the government sweeping powers over which textbooks will be used in schools. Teachers and other critics have voiced concerns that this will allow the government to force the use of a single, approved book in each subject - essentially a return to Soviet practice. Mr Putin has complained that the negative view of the Soviet past in current history textbooks is down to the fact that the authors received foreign grants to write them. Now, the Kremlin claims it wants to change that situation and a recommissioning of Russia's history textbooks is under way. A handbook for teachers, on the basis of which a future textbook for students could be written, is called The Modern History of Russia, 1945-2006. Only one of the authors is a professional historian. The book calls Joseph Stalin a "contradictory" figure, and states that while some people consider him evil, others recognise him as a "hero" for his role in the Great Patriotic War (the Second World War) and his territorial expansion. Jumping jehosaphat! It looks as though the Texas school board is emulating The Soviet Union! Those Commies! thinkingblue PS: Also read: How a group of radical Texas conservatives is rewriting YOUR kids’ textbooks   Right Wing Nuts Rewriting Textbooks For Schools!   THE POWER OF THE BRAIN TO REASON! "Inherit The Wind."   U.S. history textbooks could soon be flavored heavily with Texas conservatism The nation’s public school curriculum may be in for a Texas-sized overhaul, if the Lone Star state’s influential recommendations for changes to social studies, economics and history textbooks are fully ratified later this spring. Last Friday, in a 10-to-5 vote split right down party lines, the Texas State Board of Education approved some controversial right-leaning alterations to what most students in the state—and by extension, in much of the rest of the country—will be studying as received historical and social-scientific wisdom. After a public comment period, the board will vote on final recommendations in May.Don McElroy, who leads the board’s powerful seven-member social conservative bloc, explained that the measure is a way of "adding balance" in the classroom, since "academia is skewed too far to the left." And the board's critics have labeled the move an attempt by political "extremists" to "promote their ideology."The revised standards have far-reaching implications because Texas is a huge market leader in the school-textbook industry. The enormous print run for Texas textbooks leaves most districts in other states adopting the same course materials, so that the Texas School Board effectively spells out requirements for 80 percent of the nation’s textbook market. That means, for instance, that schools in left-leaning states like Oregon and Vermont could soon be teaching from textbooks that are short on references to Ted Kennedy but long on references to conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.Here are some of the other signal shifts that the Texas Board endorsed last Friday: CLICK HERE --- Texas School Board to Drop Truth From Text Books Don McElroy, who leads the board’s powerful seven-member social conservative bloc, explained that the measure is a way of "adding balance" in the classroom, since "academia is skewed too far to the left." And the board's critics have labeled the move an attempt by political "extremists" to "promote their ideology." The above statement is so bizarre and chilling; it belongs in RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Since when did truth become a left leaning object? These charlatans, who call themselves a Board of Education, embody anything but EDUCATION! A dictionary defines EDUCATION as: the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Is teaching misinformation, and omitting important historical events (and people) in order to achieve the indoctrination of our children to a one-sided political and religious perspective, a way to a more mature society? I think not but hey, Vladimir Putin is doing the same thing, with the ordering of a series of new "patriotic" textbooks of Russian history. (Read Below) Critics are accusing President Vladimir Putin's government of a Soviet-style rewriting of Russian history with a series of new "patriotic" textbooks to be unveiled in the new school year. New laws passed this summer have given the government sweeping powers over which textbooks will be used in schools. Teachers and other critics have voiced concerns that this will allow the government to force the use of a single, approved book in each subject - essentially a return to Soviet practice. Mr Putin has complained that the negative view of the Soviet past in current history textbooks is down to the fact that the authors received foreign grants to write them. Now, the Kremlin claims it wants to change that situation and a recommissioning of Russia's history textbooks is under way. A handbook for teachers, on the basis of which a future textbook for students could be written, is called The Modern History of Russia, 1945-2006. Only one of the authors is a professional historian. The book calls Joseph Stalin a "contradictory" figure, and states that while some people consider him evil, others recognise him as a "hero" for his role in the Great Patriotic War (the Second World War) and his territorial expansion. Jumping jehosaphat! It looks as though the Texas school board is emulating The Soviet Union! Those Commies! thinkingblue PS: Also read: How a group of radical Texas conservatives is rewriting YOUR kids’ textbooks   Right Wing Nuts Rewriting Textbooks For Schools! Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:34:07 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Texas-School-Board-to-Drop-Truth-From-Text-Books/BLOG/2158443/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-16T16:34:07Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY   THE POWER OF THE BRAIN TO REASON! "Inherit The Wind."   U.S. history textbooks could soon be flavored heavily with Texas conservatism The nation’s public school curriculum may be in for a Texas-sized overhaul, if the Lone Star state’s influential recommendations for changes to social studies, economics and history textbooks are fully ratified later this spring. Last Friday, in a 10-to-5 vote split right down party lines, the Texas State Board of Education approved some controversial right-leaning alterations to what most students in the state—and by extension, in much of the rest of the country—will be studying as received historical and social-scientific wisdom. After a public comment period, the board will vote on final recommendations in May.Don McElroy, who leads the board’s powerful seven-member social conservative bloc, explained that the measure is a way of "adding balance" in the classroom, since "academia is skewed too far to the left." And the board's critics have labeled the move an attempt by political "extremists" to "promote their ideology."The revised standards have far-reaching implications because Texas is a huge market leader in the school-textbook industry. The enormous print run for Texas textbooks leaves most districts in other states adopting the same course materials, so that the Texas School Board effectively spells out requirements for 80 percent of the nation’s textbook market. That means, for instance, that schools in left-leaning states like Oregon and Vermont could soon be teaching from textbooks that are short on references to Ted Kennedy but long on references to conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.Here are some of the other signal shifts that the Texas Board endorsed last Friday: CLICK HERE --- Texas School Board to Drop Truth From Text Books Don McElroy, who leads the board’s powerful seven-member social conservative bloc, explained that the measure is a way of "adding balance" in the classroom, since "academia is skewed too far to the left." And the board's critics have labeled the move an attempt by political "extremists" to "promote their ideology." The above statement is so bizarre and chilling; it belongs in RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Since when did truth become a left leaning object? These charlatans, who call themselves a Board of Education, embody anything but EDUCATION! A dictionary defines EDUCATION as: the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Is teaching misinformation, and omitting important historical events (and people) in order to achieve the indoctrination of our children to a one-sided political and religious perspective, a way to a more mature society? I think not but hey, Vladimir Putin is doing the same thing, with the ordering of a series of new "patriotic" textbooks of Russian history. (Read Below) Critics are accusing President Vladimir Putin's government of a Soviet-style rewriting of Russian history with a series of new "patriotic" textbooks to be unveiled in the new school year. New laws passed this summer have given the government sweeping powers over which textbooks will be used in schools. Teachers and other critics have voiced concerns that this will allow the government to force the use of a single, approved book in each subject - essentially a return to Soviet practice. Mr Putin has complained that the negative view of the Soviet past in current history textbooks is down to the fact that the authors received foreign grants to write them. Now, the Kremlin claims it wants to change that situation and a recommissioning of Russia's history textbooks is under way. A handbook for teachers, on the basis of which a future textbook for students could be written, is called The Modern History of Russia, 1945-2006. Only one of the authors is a professional historian. The book calls Joseph Stalin a "contradictory" figure, and states that while some people consider him evil, others recognise him as a "hero" for his role in the Great Patriotic War (the Second World War) and his territorial expansion. Jumping jehosaphat! It looks as though the Texas school board is emulating The Soviet Union! Those Commies! thinkingblue PS: Also read: How a group of radical Texas conservatives is rewriting YOUR kids’ textbooks   Right Wing Nuts Rewriting Textbooks For Schools! education, politics, religion, school board, texas nonadult false Texas School Board to Drop Truth From Text Books text blog education,politics,religion,school board,texas 356 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_A.jpg false 1 0 2158443 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_USA-Doctors-Over-Testing-Over-Treating/BLOG/2094602/93519.html [image] HERE WE GO AGAIN! Another study proving doctors are over testing and over prescribing. NO SHIT! These studies pop up now and then but nothing happens to change the nefarious doctoring methods here in the good ole US of A. Maybe for a short period but then it’s business as usual.  I remember a time when pediatricians’ handed out prescriptions for antibiotics to every child with a case of the sniffles. As a young mother I was led to believe that if I didn’t give my child this “miracle” drug they would surely die. My kids had this potion pumping through their veins at least 2 or 3 times a year. Then, sometime later, it was found that this over treating was causing the antibiotics not to be so ANTI anymore and bacterials were turning into HULKS, so it stopped!  Nice, after I raised my kids on the stuff! I’m so cynical now, that I BELIEVE ‘NUTTIN HONEY’! BTW, to you teabaggers bellowing "HANDS OFF MY HEALTHCARE!". What healthcare? Oh, you mean the one that uses your body as a guinea pig to increase “THEIR” wealth? thinkingblue   Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner,CHICAGO – Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.Is it doctors practicing defensive medicine? Or are patients so accustomed to a culture of medical technology that they insist on extensive tests and treatments?A combination of both is at work, but now new evidence and guidelines are recommending a step back and more thorough doctor-patient conversations about risks and benefits.As a medical journal editorial said this week about Obama's recent checkup, Americans including the commander in chief need to realize that "more care is not necessarily better care."Obama's exam included prostate cancer screening and a virtual colonoscopy. The PSA test for prostate cancer is not routinely recommended for any age and colon screening is not routinely recommended for patients younger than 50. Obama is 48. MORE HERE___ On the Net: The National Institutes of Health: http://bit.ly/a8c7P0 The American Cancer Society: http://bit.ly/9w0fli Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making: http://www.informedmedicaldecisions.org   [image] HERE WE GO AGAIN! Another study proving doctors are over testing and over prescribing. NO SHIT! These studies pop up now and then but nothing happens to change the nefarious doctoring methods here in the good ole US of A. Maybe for a short period but then it’s business as usual.  I remember a time when pediatricians’ handed out prescriptions for antibiotics to every child with a case of the sniffles. As a young mother I was led to believe that if I didn’t give my child this “miracle” drug they would surely die. My kids had this potion pumping through their veins at least 2 or 3 times a year. Then, sometime later, it was found that this over treating was causing the antibiotics not to be so ANTI anymore and bacterials were turning into HULKS, so it stopped!  Nice, after I raised my kids on the stuff! I’m so cynical now, that I BELIEVE ‘NUTTIN HONEY’! BTW, to you teabaggers bellowing "HANDS OFF MY HEALTHCARE!". What healthcare? Oh, you mean the one that uses your body as a guinea pig to increase “THEIR” wealth? thinkingblue   Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner,CHICAGO – Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.Is it doctors practicing defensive medicine? Or are patients so accustomed to a culture of medical technology that they insist on extensive tests and treatments?A combination of both is at work, but now new evidence and guidelines are recommending a step back and more thorough doctor-patient conversations about risks and benefits.As a medical journal editorial said this week about Obama's recent checkup, Americans including the commander in chief need to realize that "more care is not necessarily better care."Obama's exam included prostate cancer screening and a virtual colonoscopy. The PSA test for prostate cancer is not routinely recommended for any age and colon screening is not routinely recommended for patients younger than 50. Obama is 48. MORE HERE___ On the Net: The National Institutes of Health: http://bit.ly/a8c7P0 The American Cancer Society: http://bit.ly/9w0fli Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making: http://www.informedmedicaldecisions.org   Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:27:34 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_USA-Doctors-Over-Testing-Over-Treating/BLOG/2094602/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-12T15:27:34Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY [image] HERE WE GO AGAIN! Another study proving doctors are over testing and over prescribing. NO SHIT! These studies pop up now and then but nothing happens to change the nefarious doctoring methods here in the good ole US of A. Maybe for a short period but then it’s business as usual.  I remember a time when pediatricians’ handed out prescriptions for antibiotics to every child with a case of the sniffles. As a young mother I was led to believe that if I didn’t give my child this “miracle” drug they would surely die. My kids had this potion pumping through their veins at least 2 or 3 times a year. Then, sometime later, it was found that this over treating was causing the antibiotics not to be so ANTI anymore and bacterials were turning into HULKS, so it stopped!  Nice, after I raised my kids on the stuff! I’m so cynical now, that I BELIEVE ‘NUTTIN HONEY’! BTW, to you teabaggers bellowing "HANDS OFF MY HEALTHCARE!". What healthcare? Oh, you mean the one that uses your body as a guinea pig to increase “THEIR” wealth? thinkingblue   Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner,CHICAGO – Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.Is it doctors practicing defensive medicine? Or are patients so accustomed to a culture of medical technology that they insist on extensive tests and treatments?A combination of both is at work, but now new evidence and guidelines are recommending a step back and more thorough doctor-patient conversations about risks and benefits.As a medical journal editorial said this week about Obama's recent checkup, Americans including the commander in chief need to realize that "more care is not necessarily better care."Obama's exam included prostate cancer screening and a virtual colonoscopy. The PSA test for prostate cancer is not routinely recommended for any age and colon screening is not routinely recommended for patients younger than 50. Obama is 48. MORE HERE___ On the Net: The National Institutes of Health: http://bit.ly/a8c7P0 The American Cancer Society: http://bit.ly/9w0fli Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making: http://www.informedmedicaldecisions.org   doctors, drugs, government, pharma, politics, teabaggers nonadult false USA - Doctors Over Testing Over Treating text blog doctors,drugs,government,pharma,politics,teabaggers 114 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_B.jpg false 0 0 2094602 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Limbaugh-pulled-something-out-of-his-BUTTAGAIN/BLOG/2084587/93519.html Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health carereform’s most vociferous opponents, warning that “human beings will die earlier than normal” under the “freedom killing” and “life threatening” plan, and calling for it to be “aborted.” Yesterday, Limbaugh put his money where his mouth is, saying that if health care passes and all his fears are realized, he’ll leave the country:   CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what would happen to the doctors, do they have to participate in the federal program, or could they opt out of it? LIMBAUGH: My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once they’ve opted, they can’t see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what willbecome the exchanges. They have to have a clientele of private patients that will pay them a retainer and it’ll be a very small practice. I don’t know if that’sbeen outlawed in the Senate bill. I don’t know. I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. I’ll go to Costa Rica. Listen here:. Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health carereform’s most vociferous opponents, warning that “human beings will die earlier than normal” under the “freedom killing” and “life threatening” plan, and calling for it to be “aborted.” Yesterday, Limbaugh put his money where his mouth is, saying that if health care passes and all his fears are realized, he’ll leave the country:   CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what would happen to the doctors, do they have to participate in the federal program, or could they opt out of it? LIMBAUGH: My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once they’ve opted, they can’t see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what willbecome the exchanges. They have to have a clientele of private patients that will pay them a retainer and it’ll be a very small practice. I don’t know if that’sbeen outlawed in the Senate bill. I don’t know. I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. I’ll go to Costa Rica. Listen here:. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:16:42 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Limbaugh-pulled-something-out-of-his-BUTTAGAIN/BLOG/2084587/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-11T23:16:42Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health carereform’s most vociferous opponents, warning that “human beings will die earlier than normal” under the “freedom killing” and “life threatening” plan, and calling for it to be “aborted.” Yesterday, Limbaugh put his money where his mouth is, saying that if health care passes and all his fears are realized, he’ll leave the country:   CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what would happen to the doctors, do they have to participate in the federal program, or could they opt out of it? LIMBAUGH: My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once they’ve opted, they can’t see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what willbecome the exchanges. They have to have a clientele of private patients that will pay them a retainer and it’ll be a very small practice. I don’t know if that’sbeen outlawed in the Senate bill. I don’t know. I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. I’ll go to Costa Rica. Listen here:. gop, healthcare, limbaugh, nuts, politics, right-wing, rush nonadult false Limbaugh pulled something out of his BUTT...AGAIN! text blog gop,healthcare,limbaugh,nuts,politics,right-wing,rush 105 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 0 0 2084587 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_If-Only-We-Could-Laugh-At-Ourselves-More/BLOG/1936366/93519.html If Only We Could Laugh At Ourselves More If people could laugh at themselves more they wouldn't have the inclination to hate. We’re all in this together but for some reason this thought seems dead in many minds. We all want the same things, don’t we? To love and be loved,  be respected as a feeling human being, not to be judged harshly by our differences in culture, economic status, belief system, race, gender, education, body size, sexual oriantation or our age. But for some reason this empathetic human characteristic of ‘we’re all in this together’ gets put on the back-burner for a whole slew of us. Is it because it’s just remarkably too easy to hate those deemed different?  And besides, it kind of gives one a scapegoat for the ‘why we don't feel so good about ourselves’. If a group of people with opposing opinions sat in a room and watched some funny, both sides of the spectrum, humor and could laugh freely. I believe they would emerge from that room with less hostility and hate. (Yeah Right! [image]) Needless to say, John Wagner’s creation, Maxine, makes me laugh myself silly. Here’s hoping the Grand Ole Gal, can also give you a haha or two. Have a nice day... (someplace else), thinkingblue[image] PS: Hey, what’s not to laugh at… We’re all pretty damn funny so why not just experience The Theater Of The Absurd and laugh at ourselves; maybe it will help us advance as a species. [image]     RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear' Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV New Robes For SCOTUS Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image] MOVE TO AMEND Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue If Only We Could Laugh At Ourselves More If people could laugh at themselves more they wouldn't have the inclination to hate. We’re all in this together but for some reason this thought seems dead in many minds. We all want the same things, don’t we? To love and be loved,  be respected as a feeling human being, not to be judged harshly by our differences in culture, economic status, belief system, race, gender, education, body size, sexual oriantation or our age. But for some reason this empathetic human characteristic of ‘we’re all in this together’ gets put on the back-burner for a whole slew of us. Is it because it’s just remarkably too easy to hate those deemed different?  And besides, it kind of gives one a scapegoat for the ‘why we don't feel so good about ourselves’. If a group of people with opposing opinions sat in a room and watched some funny, both sides of the spectrum, humor and could laugh freely. I believe they would emerge from that room with less hostility and hate. (Yeah Right! [image]) Needless to say, John Wagner’s creation, Maxine, makes me laugh myself silly. Here’s hoping the Grand Ole Gal, can also give you a haha or two. Have a nice day... (someplace else), thinkingblue[image] PS: Hey, what’s not to laugh at… We’re all pretty damn funny so why not just experience The Theater Of The Absurd and laugh at ourselves; maybe it will help us advance as a species. [image]     RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear' Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV New Robes For SCOTUS Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image] MOVE TO AMEND Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:40:20 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_If-Only-We-Could-Laugh-At-Ourselves-More/BLOG/1936366/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-07T13:40:20Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY If Only We Could Laugh At Ourselves More If people could laugh at themselves more they wouldn't have the inclination to hate. We’re all in this together but for some reason this thought seems dead in many minds. We all want the same things, don’t we? To love and be loved,  be respected as a feeling human being, not to be judged harshly by our differences in culture, economic status, belief system, race, gender, education, body size, sexual oriantation or our age. But for some reason this empathetic human characteristic of ‘we’re all in this together’ gets put on the back-burner for a whole slew of us. Is it because it’s just remarkably too easy to hate those deemed different?  And besides, it kind of gives one a scapegoat for the ‘why we don't feel so good about ourselves’. If a group of people with opposing opinions sat in a room and watched some funny, both sides of the spectrum, humor and could laugh freely. I believe they would emerge from that room with less hostility and hate. (Yeah Right! [image]) Needless to say, John Wagner’s creation, Maxine, makes me laugh myself silly. Here’s hoping the Grand Ole Gal, can also give you a haha or two. Have a nice day... (someplace else), thinkingblue[image] PS: Hey, what’s not to laugh at… We’re all pretty damn funny so why not just experience The Theater Of The Absurd and laugh at ourselves; maybe it will help us advance as a species. [image]     RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear' Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV New Robes For SCOTUS Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image] MOVE TO AMEND Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue comedy, gop, humor, maxine, politics nonadult false If Only We Could Laugh At Ourselves More text blog comedy,gop,humor,maxine,politics 83 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_B.jpg false 0 0 1936366 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_A-PICTURE-THAT-SAYS-A-TRILLION-WORDS/BLOG/1929279/93519.html   NEW SUPREME COURT ROBES [image] NEW ROBES FOR THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES. THIS SAYS IT ALL! thinkingblue The Corporate Takeover of U.S. DemocracyBy Noam Chomsky February 3, 2010 Jan. 21, 2010, will go down as a dark day in the history of U.S. democracy, and its decline.On that day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government may not ban corporations from political spending on elections--a decision that profoundly affects government policy, both domestic and international.The decision heralds even further corporate takeover of the U.S. political system.To the editors of The New York Times, the ruling "strikes at the heart of democracy" by having "paved the way for corporations to use their vast treasuries to overwhelm elections and intimidate elected officials into doing their bidding."The court was split, 5-4, with the four reactionary judges (misleadingly called "conservative") joined by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. selected a case that could easily have been settled on narrow grounds and maneuvered the court into using it to push through a far-reaching decision that overturns a century of precedents restricting corporate contributions to federal campaigns.Now corporate managers can in effect buy elections directly, bypassing more complex indirect means. It is well-known that corporate contributions, sometimes packaged in complex ways, can tip the balance in elections, hence driving policy. The court has just handed much more power to the small sector of the population that dominates the economy.Political economist Thomas Ferguson's "investment theory of politics" is a very successful predictor of government policy over a long period. The theory interprets elections as occasions on which segments of private sector power coalesce to invest to control the state.The Jan. 21 decision only reinforces the means to undermine functioning democracy.The background is enlightening. In his dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged that "we have long since held that corporations are covered by the First Amendment"--the constitutional guarantee of free speech, which would include support for political candidates.In the early 20th century, legal theorists and courts implemented the court's 1886 decision that corporations--these "collectivist legal entities"--have the same rights as persons of flesh and blood.This attack on classical liberalism was sharply condemned by the vanishing breed of conservatives. Christopher G. Tiedeman described the principle as "a menace to the liberty of the individual, and to the stability of the American states as popular governments."Morton Horwitz writes in his standard legal history that the concept of corporate personhood evolved alongside the shift of power from shareholders to managers, and finally to the doctrine that "the powers of the board of directors "are identical with the powers of the corporation." In later years, corporate rights were expanded far beyond those of persons, notably by the mislabeled "free trade agreements." Under these agreements, for example, if General Motors establishes a plant in Mexico, it can demand to be treated just like a Mexican business ("national treatment")--quite unlike a Mexican of flesh and blood who might seek "national treatment" in New York, or even minimal human rights.A century ago, Woodrow Wilson, then an academic, described an America in which "comparatively small groups of men," corporate managers, "wield a power and control over the wealth and the business operations of the country," becoming "rivals of the government itself."In reality, these "small groups" increasingly have become government's masters. The Roberts court gives them even greater scope.The Jan. 21 decision came three days after another victory for wealth and power: the election of Republican candidate Scott Brown to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the "liberal lion" of Massachusetts. Brown's election was depicted as a "populist upsurge" against the liberal elitists who run the government.The voting data reveal a rather different story.High turnouts in the wealthy suburbs, and low ones in largely Democratic urban areas, helped elect Brown. "Fifty-five percent of Republican voters said they were `very interested' in the election," The Wall St. Journal/NBC poll reported, "compared with 38 percent of Democrats."So the results were indeed an uprising against President Obama's policies: For the wealthy, he was not doing enough to enrich them further, while for the poorer sectors, he was doing too much to achieve that end.The popular anger is quite understandable, given that the banks are thriving, thanks to bailouts, while unemployment has risen to 10 percent.In manufacturing, one in six is out of work--unemployment at the level of the Great Depression. With the increasing financialization of the economy and the hollowing out of productive industry, prospects are bleak for recovering the kinds of jobs that were lost.Brown presented himself as the 41st vote against healthcare--that is, the vote that could undermine majority rule in the U.S. Senate.It is true that Obama's healthcare program was a factor in the Massachusetts election. The headlines are correct when they report that the public is turning against the program.The poll figures explain why: The bill does not go far enough. The Wall St. Journal/NBC poll found that a majority of voters disapprove of the handling of healthcare both by the Republicans and by Obama.These figures align with recent nationwide polls. The public option was favored by 56 percent of those polled, and the Medicare buy-in at age 55 by 64 percent; both programs were abandoned.Eighty-five percent believe that the government should have the right to negotiate drug prices, as in other countries; Obama guaranteed Big Pharma that he would not pursue that option.Large majorities favor cost-cutting, which makes good sense: U.S. per capita costs for healthcare are about twice those of other industrial countries, and health outcomes are at the low end.But cost-cutting cannot be seriously undertaken when largesse is showered on the drug companies, and healthcare is in the hands of virtually unregulated private insurers--a costly system peculiar to the U.S.The Jan. 21 decision raises significant new barriers to overcoming the serious crisis of healthcare, or to addressing such critical issues as the looming environmental and energy crises. The gap between public opinion and public policy looms larger. And the damage to American democracy can hardly be overestimated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of dozens of books on U.S. foreign policy. He writes a monthly column for The New York Times News Service/Syndicate. MOVE TO AMEND   NEW SUPREME COURT ROBES [image] NEW ROBES FOR THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES. THIS SAYS IT ALL! thinkingblue The Corporate Takeover of U.S. DemocracyBy Noam Chomsky February 3, 2010 Jan. 21, 2010, will go down as a dark day in the history of U.S. democracy, and its decline.On that day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government may not ban corporations from political spending on elections--a decision that profoundly affects government policy, both domestic and international.The decision heralds even further corporate takeover of the U.S. political system.To the editors of The New York Times, the ruling "strikes at the heart of democracy" by having "paved the way for corporations to use their vast treasuries to overwhelm elections and intimidate elected officials into doing their bidding."The court was split, 5-4, with the four reactionary judges (misleadingly called "conservative") joined by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. selected a case that could easily have been settled on narrow grounds and maneuvered the court into using it to push through a far-reaching decision that overturns a century of precedents restricting corporate contributions to federal campaigns.Now corporate managers can in effect buy elections directly, bypassing more complex indirect means. It is well-known that corporate contributions, sometimes packaged in complex ways, can tip the balance in elections, hence driving policy. The court has just handed much more power to the small sector of the population that dominates the economy.Political economist Thomas Ferguson's "investment theory of politics" is a very successful predictor of government policy over a long period. The theory interprets elections as occasions on which segments of private sector power coalesce to invest to control the state.The Jan. 21 decision only reinforces the means to undermine functioning democracy.The background is enlightening. In his dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged that "we have long since held that corporations are covered by the First Amendment"--the constitutional guarantee of free speech, which would include support for political candidates.In the early 20th century, legal theorists and courts implemented the court's 1886 decision that corporations--these "collectivist legal entities"--have the same rights as persons of flesh and blood.This attack on classical liberalism was sharply condemned by the vanishing breed of conservatives. Christopher G. Tiedeman described the principle as "a menace to the liberty of the individual, and to the stability of the American states as popular governments."Morton Horwitz writes in his standard legal history that the concept of corporate personhood evolved alongside the shift of power from shareholders to managers, and finally to the doctrine that "the powers of the board of directors "are identical with the powers of the corporation." In later years, corporate rights were expanded far beyond those of persons, notably by the mislabeled "free trade agreements." Under these agreements, for example, if General Motors establishes a plant in Mexico, it can demand to be treated just like a Mexican business ("national treatment")--quite unlike a Mexican of flesh and blood who might seek "national treatment" in New York, or even minimal human rights.A century ago, Woodrow Wilson, then an academic, described an America in which "comparatively small groups of men," corporate managers, "wield a power and control over the wealth and the business operations of the country," becoming "rivals of the government itself."In reality, these "small groups" increasingly have become government's masters. The Roberts court gives them even greater scope.The Jan. 21 decision came three days after another victory for wealth and power: the election of Republican candidate Scott Brown to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the "liberal lion" of Massachusetts. Brown's election was depicted as a "populist upsurge" against the liberal elitists who run the government.The voting data reveal a rather different story.High turnouts in the wealthy suburbs, and low ones in largely Democratic urban areas, helped elect Brown. "Fifty-five percent of Republican voters said they were `very interested' in the election," The Wall St. Journal/NBC poll reported, "compared with 38 percent of Democrats."So the results were indeed an uprising against President Obama's policies: For the wealthy, he was not doing enough to enrich them further, while for the poorer sectors, he was doing too much to achieve that end.The popular anger is quite understandable, given that the banks are thriving, thanks to bailouts, while unemployment has risen to 10 percent.In manufacturing, one in six is out of work--unemployment at the level of the Great Depression. With the increasing financialization of the economy and the hollowing out of productive industry, prospects are bleak for recovering the kinds of jobs that were lost.Brown presented himself as the 41st vote against healthcare--that is, the vote that could undermine majority rule in the U.S. Senate.It is true that Obama's healthcare program was a factor in the Massachusetts election. The headlines are correct when they report that the public is turning against the program.The poll figures explain why: The bill does not go far enough. The Wall St. Journal/NBC poll found that a majority of voters disapprove of the handling of healthcare both by the Republicans and by Obama.These figures align with recent nationwide polls. The public option was favored by 56 percent of those polled, and the Medicare buy-in at age 55 by 64 percent; both programs were abandoned.Eighty-five percent believe that the government should have the right to negotiate drug prices, as in other countries; Obama guaranteed Big Pharma that he would not pursue that option.Large majorities favor cost-cutting, which makes good sense: U.S. per capita costs for healthcare are about twice those of other industrial countries, and health outcomes are at the low end.But cost-cutting cannot be seriously undertaken when largesse is showered on the drug companies, and healthcare is in the hands of virtually unregulated private insurers--a costly system peculiar to the U.S.The Jan. 21 decision raises significant new barriers to overcoming the serious crisis of healthcare, or to addressing such critical issues as the looming environmental and energy crises. The gap between public opinion and public policy looms larger. And the damage to American democracy can hardly be overestimated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of dozens of books on U.S. foreign policy. He writes a monthly column for The New York Times News Service/Syndicate. MOVE TO AMEND Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:01:35 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_A-PICTURE-THAT-SAYS-A-TRILLION-WORDS/BLOG/1929279/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-03T16:01:35Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY   NEW SUPREME COURT ROBES [image] NEW ROBES FOR THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES. THIS SAYS IT ALL! thinkingblue The Corporate Takeover of U.S. DemocracyBy Noam Chomsky February 3, 2010 Jan. 21, 2010, will go down as a dark day in the history of U.S. democracy, and its decline.On that day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government may not ban corporations from political spending on elections--a decision that profoundly affects government policy, both domestic and international.The decision heralds even further corporate takeover of the U.S. political system.To the editors of The New York Times, the ruling "strikes at the heart of democracy" by having "paved the way for corporations to use their vast treasuries to overwhelm elections and intimidate elected officials into doing their bidding."The court was split, 5-4, with the four reactionary judges (misleadingly called "conservative") joined by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. selected a case that could easily have been settled on narrow grounds and maneuvered the court into using it to push through a far-reaching decision that overturns a century of precedents restricting corporate contributions to federal campaigns.Now corporate managers can in effect buy elections directly, bypassing more complex indirect means. It is well-known that corporate contributions, sometimes packaged in complex ways, can tip the balance in elections, hence driving policy. The court has just handed much more power to the small sector of the population that dominates the economy.Political economist Thomas Ferguson's "investment theory of politics" is a very successful predictor of government policy over a long period. The theory interprets elections as occasions on which segments of private sector power coalesce to invest to control the state.The Jan. 21 decision only reinforces the means to undermine functioning democracy.The background is enlightening. In his dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged that "we have long since held that corporations are covered by the First Amendment"--the constitutional guarantee of free speech, which would include support for political candidates.In the early 20th century, legal theorists and courts implemented the court's 1886 decision that corporations--these "collectivist legal entities"--have the same rights as persons of flesh and blood.This attack on classical liberalism was sharply condemned by the vanishing breed of conservatives. Christopher G. Tiedeman described the principle as "a menace to the liberty of the individual, and to the stability of the American states as popular governments."Morton Horwitz writes in his standard legal history that the concept of corporate personhood evolved alongside the shift of power from shareholders to managers, and finally to the doctrine that "the powers of the board of directors "are identical with the powers of the corporation." In later years, corporate rights were expanded far beyond those of persons, notably by the mislabeled "free trade agreements." Under these agreements, for example, if General Motors establishes a plant in Mexico, it can demand to be treated just like a Mexican business ("national treatment")--quite unlike a Mexican of flesh and blood who might seek "national treatment" in New York, or even minimal human rights.A century ago, Woodrow Wilson, then an academic, described an America in which "comparatively small groups of men," corporate managers, "wield a power and control over the wealth and the business operations of the country," becoming "rivals of the government itself."In reality, these "small groups" increasingly have become government's masters. The Roberts court gives them even greater scope.The Jan. 21 decision came three days after another victory for wealth and power: the election of Republican candidate Scott Brown to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the "liberal lion" of Massachusetts. Brown's election was depicted as a "populist upsurge" against the liberal elitists who run the government.The voting data reveal a rather different story.High turnouts in the wealthy suburbs, and low ones in largely Democratic urban areas, helped elect Brown. "Fifty-five percent of Republican voters said they were `very interested' in the election," The Wall St. Journal/NBC poll reported, "compared with 38 percent of Democrats."So the results were indeed an uprising against President Obama's policies: For the wealthy, he was not doing enough to enrich them further, while for the poorer sectors, he was doing too much to achieve that end.The popular anger is quite understandable, given that the banks are thriving, thanks to bailouts, while unemployment has risen to 10 percent.In manufacturing, one in six is out of work--unemployment at the level of the Great Depression. With the increasing financialization of the economy and the hollowing out of productive industry, prospects are bleak for recovering the kinds of jobs that were lost.Brown presented himself as the 41st vote against healthcare--that is, the vote that could undermine majority rule in the U.S. Senate.It is true that Obama's healthcare program was a factor in the Massachusetts election. The headlines are correct when they report that the public is turning against the program.The poll figures explain why: The bill does not go far enough. The Wall St. Journal/NBC poll found that a majority of voters disapprove of the handling of healthcare both by the Republicans and by Obama.These figures align with recent nationwide polls. The public option was favored by 56 percent of those polled, and the Medicare buy-in at age 55 by 64 percent; both programs were abandoned.Eighty-five percent believe that the government should have the right to negotiate drug prices, as in other countries; Obama guaranteed Big Pharma that he would not pursue that option.Large majorities favor cost-cutting, which makes good sense: U.S. per capita costs for healthcare are about twice those of other industrial countries, and health outcomes are at the low end.But cost-cutting cannot be seriously undertaken when largesse is showered on the drug companies, and healthcare is in the hands of virtually unregulated private insurers--a costly system peculiar to the U.S.The Jan. 21 decision raises significant new barriers to overcoming the serious crisis of healthcare, or to addressing such critical issues as the looming environmental and energy crises. The gap between public opinion and public policy looms larger. And the damage to American democracy can hardly be overestimated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of dozens of books on U.S. foreign policy. He writes a monthly column for The New York Times News Service/Syndicate. MOVE TO AMEND politics, robes, scotus, supreme court nonadult false A PICTURE THAT SAYS A TRILLION WORDS! text blog politics,robes,scotus,supreme court 131 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 0 0 1929279 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Global-Warming-News-China-Eyeing-Melting-Arctic/BLOG/1929194/93519.html GLOBAL WARMING AND CORPORATE GREED Is the Movie "Avatar" Becoming A Reality?      This article 'China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic' is UNBELIEVABLE! Is the Movie "Avatar" Becoming A Reality? Will the Corporate "Personhood" (Thanks to the Roberts Supreme Court decision Jan 21, 2010) have to seek the riches of far away Planets and Moons once they've depleted the Earth's resources? THE BEGINNING OF THE END for the human species is underway and already the Omnivorous are setting sails on 'WHO GETS WHAT', as our planet melts .... The mindset of the Corporatemeisters can only think or see in $$$$ signs. There seems to be little concern for the survival of our species. It’s only how much profit can be made with this new found "perk" that Global Warming has stimulated to the point of... "THE WALLS (of Ice) CAME TUMBLING DOWN". What can "WE" do? Is it only watch and do as we’re told? "THEY" WANT US TO BELIEVE THIS! Global Warming is not a hoax. Its real, its lethal and the world corporations are nourishing it. The Psychopathic Corporate Macrocosm may learn this someday but don’t count on it. After all a Corporation is amoral and really doesn’t care about the living of this planet. It’s only profits that count even if it destroys those who make "said profits" possible.  http://movetoamend.org thinkingblue What you are about to witness (in the video below) is the melting of several Glaciers due to Global Warming... The Republican Conservative Party has convinced many that Global Warming is a hoax. Tell that to the Greedmeisters who are eyeballing the prospects of greater wealth due to Global Warming and tell that to the victims swept out to sea as a Glacier Melts in front of their eyes and then carries them to their deaths. tb GLOBAL WARMING AND CORPORATE GREED Is the Movie "Avatar" Becoming A Reality?      This article 'China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic' is UNBELIEVABLE! Is the Movie "Avatar" Becoming A Reality? Will the Corporate "Personhood" (Thanks to the Roberts Supreme Court decision Jan 21, 2010) have to seek the riches of far away Planets and Moons once they've depleted the Earth's resources? THE BEGINNING OF THE END for the human species is underway and already the Omnivorous are setting sails on 'WHO GETS WHAT', as our planet melts .... The mindset of the Corporatemeisters can only think or see in $$$$ signs. There seems to be little concern for the survival of our species. It’s only how much profit can be made with this new found "perk" that Global Warming has stimulated to the point of... "THE WALLS (of Ice) CAME TUMBLING DOWN". What can "WE" do? Is it only watch and do as we’re told? "THEY" WANT US TO BELIEVE THIS! Global Warming is not a hoax. Its real, its lethal and the world corporations are nourishing it. The Psychopathic Corporate Macrocosm may learn this someday but don’t count on it. After all a Corporation is amoral and really doesn’t care about the living of this planet. It’s only profits that count even if it destroys those who make "said profits" possible.  http://movetoamend.org thinkingblue What you are about to witness (in the video below) is the melting of several Glaciers due to Global Warming... The Republican Conservative Party has convinced many that Global Warming is a hoax. Tell that to the Greedmeisters who are eyeballing the prospects of greater wealth due to Global Warming and tell that to the victims swept out to sea as a Glacier Melts in front of their eyes and then carries them to their deaths. tb Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:33:37 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Global-Warming-News-China-Eyeing-Melting-Arctic/BLOG/1929194/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-03-03T14:33:37Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY GLOBAL WARMING AND CORPORATE GREED Is the Movie "Avatar" Becoming A Reality?      This article 'China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic' is UNBELIEVABLE! Is the Movie "Avatar" Becoming A Reality? Will the Corporate "Personhood" (Thanks to the Roberts Supreme Court decision Jan 21, 2010) have to seek the riches of far away Planets and Moons once they've depleted the Earth's resources? THE BEGINNING OF THE END for the human species is underway and already the Omnivorous are setting sails on 'WHO GETS WHAT', as our planet melts .... The mindset of the Corporatemeisters can only think or see in $$$$ signs. There seems to be little concern for the survival of our species. It’s only how much profit can be made with this new found "perk" that Global Warming has stimulated to the point of... "THE WALLS (of Ice) CAME TUMBLING DOWN". What can "WE" do? Is it only watch and do as we’re told? "THEY" WANT US TO BELIEVE THIS! Global Warming is not a hoax. Its real, its lethal and the world corporations are nourishing it. The Psychopathic Corporate Macrocosm may learn this someday but don’t count on it. After all a Corporation is amoral and really doesn’t care about the living of this planet. It’s only profits that count even if it destroys those who make "said profits" possible.  http://movetoamend.org thinkingblue What you are about to witness (in the video below) is the melting of several Glaciers due to Global Warming... The Republican Conservative Party has convinced many that Global Warming is a hoax. Tell that to the Greedmeisters who are eyeballing the prospects of greater wealth due to Global Warming and tell that to the victims swept out to sea as a Glacier Melts in front of their eyes and then carries them to their deaths. tb corporate personhood, global warming, politics, roberts court, scotus nonadult false Global Warming News - China Eyeing Melting Arctic text blog corporate personhood,global warming,politics,roberts court,scotus 84 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 0 0 1929194 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_JFK-Maligned-on-The-History-Channel-WHY/BLOG/1919059/93519.html Please sign petition. http://stopkennedysmears.com/ History Channel was one of my favorites but no longer. Presenting this fictional garbage as history, they have now become just another right-wing propagandist like "Fox UCALLTHATNEWS?"... it can't get any worse than that! The History Channel has now become "The UCALLTHATHISTORY? Channel". What will they attack next? School text books? Oops, the right-wing-nuts are already doing that! “Texas to revise history textbooks: liberals out, Limbaugh and Gingrich in” http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/21/texas-history-gingrich/ If we, who worship honesty and truth just sit around and allow this to take place, the evolutionary process of the human mind will go the way of the DODO BIRD! thinkingblue (The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history, and was directly attributable to human activity.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Byqs5CFdO0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed> Make the GOP and The History Channel Accountable Sign Here To Join the Coffee Party on facebook Click Here Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue Please sign petition. http://stopkennedysmears.com/ History Channel was one of my favorites but no longer. Presenting this fictional garbage as history, they have now become just another right-wing propagandist like "Fox UCALLTHATNEWS?"... it can't get any worse than that! The History Channel has now become "The UCALLTHATHISTORY? Channel". What will they attack next? School text books? Oops, the right-wing-nuts are already doing that! “Texas to revise history textbooks: liberals out, Limbaugh and Gingrich in” http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/21/texas-history-gingrich/ If we, who worship honesty and truth just sit around and allow this to take place, the evolutionary process of the human mind will go the way of the DODO BIRD! thinkingblue (The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history, and was directly attributable to human activity.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Byqs5CFdO0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed> Make the GOP and The History Channel Accountable Sign Here To Join the Coffee Party on facebook Click Here Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:52:50 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_JFK-Maligned-on-The-History-Channel-WHY/BLOG/1919059/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-02-26T15:52:50Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Please sign petition. http://stopkennedysmears.com/ History Channel was one of my favorites but no longer. Presenting this fictional garbage as history, they have now become just another right-wing propagandist like "Fox UCALLTHATNEWS?"... it can't get any worse than that! The History Channel has now become "The UCALLTHATHISTORY? Channel". What will they attack next? School text books? Oops, the right-wing-nuts are already doing that! “Texas to revise history textbooks: liberals out, Limbaugh and Gingrich in” http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/21/texas-history-gingrich/ If we, who worship honesty and truth just sit around and allow this to take place, the evolutionary process of the human mind will go the way of the DODO BIRD! thinkingblue (The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history, and was directly attributable to human activity.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Byqs5CFdO0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed> Make the GOP and The History Channel Accountable Sign Here To Join the Coffee Party on facebook Click Here Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue gop, history, jfk, politics, progressives nonadult false JFK Maligned on The History Channel. WHY? text blog gop,history,jfk,politics,progressives 106 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_E.jpg false 0 0 1919059 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_THE-NEW-POOR-who-will-be-counted/BLOG/1886635/93519.html Click Here To Read The Article “The New Poor” by Peter S. GoodmanMonday, February 22, 2010 Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits. (MORE HERE) There’s so much sadness in the air today, caused by an economic philosophy, coined Reaganomics. {The economic policies of Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. President, which called for widespread tax cuts (for the rich), decreased social spending (for the poor), increased military spending (for the wars) and the deregulation of domestic markets (for the meltdowns).} It took almost 30 years for this convoluted mindset to take us to the place we are today... 30 years of bubbles and bursts where the few got filthy rich and the many, fell into a class baptized "The New Poor". 30 years is not a long time in the scheme of things but for the New Poor it's a lifetime. All the King's Experts and his men...  knew this was happening but they did nothing because the wealthy were making billions... So the sadness in the air will continue for years to come and the ranks of the New Poor will grow, and like Humpty-Dumpty they’ll never be able to climb back up on that middle-class wall again! thinkingblue.blogspot.com How the wealthiest American make money off the poor-1 of 2 How the wealthiest American make money off the poor-2 of 2 Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue Click Here To Read The Article “The New Poor” by Peter S. GoodmanMonday, February 22, 2010 Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits. (MORE HERE) There’s so much sadness in the air today, caused by an economic philosophy, coined Reaganomics. {The economic policies of Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. President, which called for widespread tax cuts (for the rich), decreased social spending (for the poor), increased military spending (for the wars) and the deregulation of domestic markets (for the meltdowns).} It took almost 30 years for this convoluted mindset to take us to the place we are today... 30 years of bubbles and bursts where the few got filthy rich and the many, fell into a class baptized "The New Poor". 30 years is not a long time in the scheme of things but for the New Poor it's a lifetime. All the King's Experts and his men...  knew this was happening but they did nothing because the wealthy were making billions... So the sadness in the air will continue for years to come and the ranks of the New Poor will grow, and like Humpty-Dumpty they’ll never be able to climb back up on that middle-class wall again! thinkingblue.blogspot.com How the wealthiest American make money off the poor-1 of 2 How the wealthiest American make money off the poor-2 of 2 Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:22:52 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_THE-NEW-POOR-who-will-be-counted/BLOG/1886635/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-02-23T18:22:52Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Click Here To Read The Article “The New Poor” by Peter S. GoodmanMonday, February 22, 2010 Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits. (MORE HERE) There’s so much sadness in the air today, caused by an economic philosophy, coined Reaganomics. {The economic policies of Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. President, which called for widespread tax cuts (for the rich), decreased social spending (for the poor), increased military spending (for the wars) and the deregulation of domestic markets (for the meltdowns).} It took almost 30 years for this convoluted mindset to take us to the place we are today... 30 years of bubbles and bursts where the few got filthy rich and the many, fell into a class baptized "The New Poor". 30 years is not a long time in the scheme of things but for the New Poor it's a lifetime. All the King's Experts and his men...  knew this was happening but they did nothing because the wealthy were making billions... So the sadness in the air will continue for years to come and the ranks of the New Poor will grow, and like Humpty-Dumpty they’ll never be able to climb back up on that middle-class wall again! thinkingblue.blogspot.com How the wealthiest American make money off the poor-1 of 2 How the wealthiest American make money off the poor-2 of 2 Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! [image]"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE." thinkingblue economics, gop, politics, poor, poverty, reagan nonadult false THE NEW POOR who will be counted? text blog economics,gop,politics,poor,poverty,reagan 99 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_B.jpg false 0 0 1886635 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Scientists-One-Step-Closer-To-WHY/BLOG/1877442/93519.html Please read the science article below. When I see anything new about the happenings in the great beyond, my brain cells do a quantum leap into a state of awe. We humans know so little of life’s "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT ALFIE?” question. That's because our species spent umpteen years figuring out how to survive using only our brains. We weren’t equipped like other hunters in this kingdom called Earth; NO claws, NO sharp teeth, little hair or fur. NO keen eyesight to spot movement afar, hearing so-so, sense of smell fair, all we had was the ability to think which enabled us to develop tools. In just a small amount of time we’ve learned more than we knew for 1000’s upon 1000’s of years and modern knowledge is accelerating faster than the speed of light. Maybe in the future as we open more doors to knowledge, we as a living entity, will develop insights to help us receptive beings, end suffering, achieve nirvana (state of being free from suffering), and escape what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. YA THINK? thinkingblue.blogspot.com~~~~~~~~~~~ Origin of key cosmic explosions unraveled ----   Please read the science article below. When I see anything new about the happenings in the great beyond, my brain cells do a quantum leap into a state of awe. We humans know so little of life’s "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT ALFIE?” question. That's because our species spent umpteen years figuring out how to survive using only our brains. We weren’t equipped like other hunters in this kingdom called Earth; NO claws, NO sharp teeth, little hair or fur. NO keen eyesight to spot movement afar, hearing so-so, sense of smell fair, all we had was the ability to think which enabled us to develop tools. In just a small amount of time we’ve learned more than we knew for 1000’s upon 1000’s of years and modern knowledge is accelerating faster than the speed of light. Maybe in the future as we open more doors to knowledge, we as a living entity, will develop insights to help us receptive beings, end suffering, achieve nirvana (state of being free from suffering), and escape what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. YA THINK? thinkingblue.blogspot.com~~~~~~~~~~~ Origin of key cosmic explosions unraveled ----   Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:44:03 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Scientists-One-Step-Closer-To-WHY/BLOG/1877442/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-02-19T15:44:03Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Please read the science article below. When I see anything new about the happenings in the great beyond, my brain cells do a quantum leap into a state of awe. We humans know so little of life’s "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT ALFIE?” question. That's because our species spent umpteen years figuring out how to survive using only our brains. We weren’t equipped like other hunters in this kingdom called Earth; NO claws, NO sharp teeth, little hair or fur. NO keen eyesight to spot movement afar, hearing so-so, sense of smell fair, all we had was the ability to think which enabled us to develop tools. In just a small amount of time we’ve learned more than we knew for 1000’s upon 1000’s of years and modern knowledge is accelerating faster than the speed of light. Maybe in the future as we open more doors to knowledge, we as a living entity, will develop insights to help us receptive beings, end suffering, achieve nirvana (state of being free from suffering), and escape what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. YA THINK? thinkingblue.blogspot.com~~~~~~~~~~~ Origin of key cosmic explosions unraveled ----   education, political, politics, science, space nonadult false Scientists One Step Closer To WHY text blog education,political,politics,science,space 134 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 0 0 1877442 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Could-the-USA-be-UNITED-once-again/BLOG/1877437/93519.html Read this article: Left and right united in opposition to controversial SCOTUS decision "It seems you'd be hard-pressed to get Republicans and Democrats inside and outside of Washington to agree on anything these days, if one party publicly stated its intention to add a "puppies are adorable" (as adorable as Tinfoil Hat Bob) declaration to its platformthat other party would immediately launch a series of anti-puppy advertisements." YIKES! Excerpt came from this site: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1137 For the past 30 or 40 years, politics in this country has been one long lollapalooza of a fracas; causing a split right down the middle of the Main Street voters. If polls reflected every American’s opinion, the results would be different, more like a 70% lean to the left and 30% leaning towards the Corporate Right (but that's beside the point). It's the people who vote who count because they are the ones who elect the leaders who are either for "WE THE PEOPLE" or, are for "The United Corporations of America". But now since SCOTUS ruled that Corporations are people and because of that, can manipulate elections with their billions of $$ in profits made off the backs of the "WE" and can buy our politicians (like so many pieces of candy, in a candy store) people are starting to realize who is getting SCREWED and believe me... IT AIN’T BIG DADDY! thinkingblue.blogspot.com Corporate Personhood - The Floodgates were Opened Today FIGHT BACK! Move to Amend! We, the People of the U.S. of A., reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to: http://www.movetoamend.org/  Are Supreme Court Vacancies on the Way? Fri Feb 5, 2:31AM PT - ABC News - President Obama's lawyers are preparing for two possible Supreme Court vacancies - See video here: http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/17990753 [image] Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! Read this article: Left and right united in opposition to controversial SCOTUS decision "It seems you'd be hard-pressed to get Republicans and Democrats inside and outside of Washington to agree on anything these days, if one party publicly stated its intention to add a "puppies are adorable" (as adorable as Tinfoil Hat Bob) declaration to its platformthat other party would immediately launch a series of anti-puppy advertisements." YIKES! Excerpt came from this site: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1137 For the past 30 or 40 years, politics in this country has been one long lollapalooza of a fracas; causing a split right down the middle of the Main Street voters. If polls reflected every American’s opinion, the results would be different, more like a 70% lean to the left and 30% leaning towards the Corporate Right (but that's beside the point). It's the people who vote who count because they are the ones who elect the leaders who are either for "WE THE PEOPLE" or, are for "The United Corporations of America". But now since SCOTUS ruled that Corporations are people and because of that, can manipulate elections with their billions of $$ in profits made off the backs of the "WE" and can buy our politicians (like so many pieces of candy, in a candy store) people are starting to realize who is getting SCREWED and believe me... IT AIN’T BIG DADDY! thinkingblue.blogspot.com Corporate Personhood - The Floodgates were Opened Today FIGHT BACK! Move to Amend! We, the People of the U.S. of A., reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to: http://www.movetoamend.org/  Are Supreme Court Vacancies on the Way? Fri Feb 5, 2:31AM PT - ABC News - President Obama's lawyers are preparing for two possible Supreme Court vacancies - See video here: http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/17990753 [image] Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:41:07 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Could-the-USA-be-UNITED-once-again/BLOG/1877437/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-02-19T15:41:07Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Read this article: Left and right united in opposition to controversial SCOTUS decision "It seems you'd be hard-pressed to get Republicans and Democrats inside and outside of Washington to agree on anything these days, if one party publicly stated its intention to add a "puppies are adorable" (as adorable as Tinfoil Hat Bob) declaration to its platformthat other party would immediately launch a series of anti-puppy advertisements." YIKES! Excerpt came from this site: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1137 For the past 30 or 40 years, politics in this country has been one long lollapalooza of a fracas; causing a split right down the middle of the Main Street voters. If polls reflected every American’s opinion, the results would be different, more like a 70% lean to the left and 30% leaning towards the Corporate Right (but that's beside the point). It's the people who vote who count because they are the ones who elect the leaders who are either for "WE THE PEOPLE" or, are for "The United Corporations of America". But now since SCOTUS ruled that Corporations are people and because of that, can manipulate elections with their billions of $$ in profits made off the backs of the "WE" and can buy our politicians (like so many pieces of candy, in a candy store) people are starting to realize who is getting SCREWED and believe me... IT AIN’T BIG DADDY! thinkingblue.blogspot.com Corporate Personhood - The Floodgates were Opened Today FIGHT BACK! Move to Amend! We, the People of the U.S. of A., reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to: http://www.movetoamend.org/  Are Supreme Court Vacancies on the Way? Fri Feb 5, 2:31AM PT - ABC News - President Obama's lawyers are preparing for two possible Supreme Court vacancies - See video here: http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/17990753 [image] Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE... We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue [image]Wearing a tinfoil hat because... CLICK HERE Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THETHEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! america, political, politics, scotus, states, united nonadult false Could the USA be "UNITED" once again? text blog america,political,politics,scotus,states,united 84 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_E.jpg false 0 0 1877437 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Mitch-McConnell-Enemy-Of-America/BLOG/1863998/93519.html The Iceman Cometh He's cool, calm, and out to get Obama. By: Howard Fineman The blizzard had paralyzed Washington. So it was an apt day for a chat (by phone) with Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who is working successfully—yet with surprisingly little personal notoriety—to bury the Barack Obama presidency in an unplowed cul-de-sac called the U.S. Senate. As the GOP leader there, McConnell strands Democrats in snowdrifts of parliamentary procedure and nasty talking points. "We are not just reflexively looking for areas where there will be no progress," he assured me. Having spent many years listening to McConnell, I can translate: he is reflexively looking for areas where there will be no progress. MORE HERE Mitch McConnell Enemy Of America I don't like Mitch McConnell. I’ve heard that as you age, your facial features start to express the mindset you've developed over the years, i.e., kind, less kind and downright ornery. I'm not sure if there’s any validity in this but when I look at Mitch McConnell’s face, I see a selfish one-track mind bent on getting its own way no matter who or what suffers. If he had been born around 150 yrs ago he would have owned slaves. Slaves he would have worked to death because he could do so. The only difference about today’s McConnell type selfishness is THERE ARE NO SLAVES. But if McConnell could bring down President Obama (even if it means bringing down the USA with him) he would enjoy the same satisfaction of being a master (BOSS) over other human beings (SLAVES). "Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide." John Quincy Adams With Mitch McConnell’s help it will happen sooner rather than later. thinkingblue   The Iceman Cometh He's cool, calm, and out to get Obama. By: Howard Fineman The blizzard had paralyzed Washington. So it was an apt day for a chat (by phone) with Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who is working successfully—yet with surprisingly little personal notoriety—to bury the Barack Obama presidency in an unplowed cul-de-sac called the U.S. Senate. As the GOP leader there, McConnell strands Democrats in snowdrifts of parliamentary procedure and nasty talking points. "We are not just reflexively looking for areas where there will be no progress," he assured me. Having spent many years listening to McConnell, I can translate: he is reflexively looking for areas where there will be no progress. MORE HERE Mitch McConnell Enemy Of America I don't like Mitch McConnell. I’ve heard that as you age, your facial features start to express the mindset you've developed over the years, i.e., kind, less kind and downright ornery. I'm not sure if there’s any validity in this but when I look at Mitch McConnell’s face, I see a selfish one-track mind bent on getting its own way no matter who or what suffers. If he had been born around 150 yrs ago he would have owned slaves. Slaves he would have worked to death because he could do so. The only difference about today’s McConnell type selfishness is THERE ARE NO SLAVES. But if McConnell could bring down President Obama (even if it means bringing down the USA with him) he would enjoy the same satisfaction of being a master (BOSS) over other human beings (SLAVES). "Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide." John Quincy Adams With Mitch McConnell’s help it will happen sooner rather than later. thinkingblue   Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:35:09 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Mitch-McConnell-Enemy-Of-America/BLOG/1863998/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-02-15T13:35:09Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY The Iceman Cometh He's cool, calm, and out to get Obama. By: Howard Fineman The blizzard had paralyzed Washington. So it was an apt day for a chat (by phone) with Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who is working successfully—yet with surprisingly little personal notoriety—to bury the Barack Obama presidency in an unplowed cul-de-sac called the U.S. Senate. As the GOP leader there, McConnell strands Democrats in snowdrifts of parliamentary procedure and nasty talking points. "We are not just reflexively looking for areas where there will be no progress," he assured me. Having spent many years listening to McConnell, I can translate: he is reflexively looking for areas where there will be no progress. MORE HERE Mitch McConnell Enemy Of America I don't like Mitch McConnell. I’ve heard that as you age, your facial features start to express the mindset you've developed over the years, i.e., kind, less kind and downright ornery. I'm not sure if there’s any validity in this but when I look at Mitch McConnell’s face, I see a selfish one-track mind bent on getting its own way no matter who or what suffers. If he had been born around 150 yrs ago he would have owned slaves. Slaves he would have worked to death because he could do so. The only difference about today’s McConnell type selfishness is THERE ARE NO SLAVES. But if McConnell could bring down President Obama (even if it means bringing down the USA with him) he would enjoy the same satisfaction of being a master (BOSS) over other human beings (SLAVES). "Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide." John Quincy Adams With Mitch McConnell’s help it will happen sooner rather than later. thinkingblue   barack, mcconnell, mitch, news, obama, politics nonadult false Mitch McConnell Enemy Of America text blog barack,mcconnell,mitch,news,obama,politics 93 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_A.jpg false 0 0 1863998 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Can-this-poodle-wearing-a-tinfoil-hat-get-more-fans-than-Glenn-Beck/BLOG/1851140/93519.html If you can't stand Glenn Beck and you belong to facebook, please become a fan of Dog With A Tin Foil Hat: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-this-poodle-wearing-a-tinfoil-hat-get-more-fans-than-Glenn-Beck/334162806080?ref=ts#!I did and commented this:Glenn Beck is a symptom of what ails our country, in other words he’s the pox (raised pus-filled blister) not the virus. There is too much intolerance toward others and this narrow-mindedness was promoted by conservative leaders starting with Nixon and erupting into full blown prejudice (an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.) by Ronald Reagan. I wish there was an afterlife so these two and their successors could see the damage they had done to our country. It seems that the only thing the Glenn Beck (and his ilk) supporters can do is name-call and slam anyone who THINKS. (Just like they did toward anyone who used REASON, back in their adolescent stage. Sadly they never grew beyond that phase)... Anyway, when Beck was touting his disgust towards the 9/11 victim’s families and claiming he hates them and the Katrina Victims... I was so beside myself, I had to make up a youtube page exposing the Ad nauseam, Mindlessness of this little man. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqR9stMBSk BTW: That's the cutest little dog I've ever seen! thinkingblue See dog here: LITTLE POODLE WITH A TIN FOIL HAT <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IUqR9stMBSk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed> If you can't stand Glenn Beck and you belong to facebook, please become a fan of Dog With A Tin Foil Hat: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-this-poodle-wearing-a-tinfoil-hat-get-more-fans-than-Glenn-Beck/334162806080?ref=ts#!I did and commented this:Glenn Beck is a symptom of what ails our country, in other words he’s the pox (raised pus-filled blister) not the virus. There is too much intolerance toward others and this narrow-mindedness was promoted by conservative leaders starting with Nixon and erupting into full blown prejudice (an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.) by Ronald Reagan. I wish there was an afterlife so these two and their successors could see the damage they had done to our country. It seems that the only thing the Glenn Beck (and his ilk) supporters can do is name-call and slam anyone who THINKS. (Just like they did toward anyone who used REASON, back in their adolescent stage. Sadly they never grew beyond that phase)... Anyway, when Beck was touting his disgust towards the 9/11 victim’s families and claiming he hates them and the Katrina Victims... I was so beside myself, I had to make up a youtube page exposing the Ad nauseam, Mindlessness of this little man. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqR9stMBSk BTW: That's the cutest little dog I've ever seen! thinkingblue See dog here: LITTLE POODLE WITH A TIN FOIL HAT <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IUqR9stMBSk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:40:43 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Can-this-poodle-wearing-a-tinfoil-hat-get-more-fans-than-Glenn-Beck/BLOG/1851140/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-02-12T14:40:43Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY If you can't stand Glenn Beck and you belong to facebook, please become a fan of Dog With A Tin Foil Hat: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-this-poodle-wearing-a-tinfoil-hat-get-more-fans-than-Glenn-Beck/334162806080?ref=ts#!I did and commented this:Glenn Beck is a symptom of what ails our country, in other words he’s the pox (raised pus-filled blister) not the virus. There is too much intolerance toward others and this narrow-mindedness was promoted by conservative leaders starting with Nixon and erupting into full blown prejudice (an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.) by Ronald Reagan. I wish there was an afterlife so these two and their successors could see the damage they had done to our country. It seems that the only thing the Glenn Beck (and his ilk) supporters can do is name-call and slam anyone who THINKS. (Just like they did toward anyone who used REASON, back in their adolescent stage. Sadly they never grew beyond that phase)... Anyway, when Beck was touting his disgust towards the 9/11 victim’s families and claiming he hates them and the Katrina Victims... I was so beside myself, I had to make up a youtube page exposing the Ad nauseam, Mindlessness of this little man. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqR9stMBSk BTW: That's the cutest little dog I've ever seen! thinkingblue See dog here: LITTLE POODLE WITH A TIN FOIL HAT <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IUqR9stMBSk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed> beck, dog, facebook, fox, glenn, political nonadult false Can this poodle wearing a tinfoil hat get more fans than Glenn Beck? text blog beck,dog,facebook,fox,glenn,political 118 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 0 0 1851140 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_The-Homeless-and-Snow/BLOG/1824515/93519.html As we watch this horrendous snowstorm hit the Eastern Coast, the worst in decades, feelings of empathy towards those caught up in such adverse conditions, overtake us. But, we forget about one segment of the population… THE HOMELESS! For these unfortunates an insufferable blizzard can mean life or death. I happened across this video (never shown in our mainstream corporate media) and was taken aback that I never gave a thought to those who try to survive living on the street. It’s hard enough during clement weather for these people to find the means of survival but in harsh conditions many of them either die are become very ill. Seeing the homeless should make us all chant “There but for the grace of god goes I” because in a greedy capitalistic society we are all vulnerable to such a fate. In a corporate culture people have no value other than the purchase power they possess. If ever you lose that means, you become useless and invisible to those who hold the reigns over your destiny. Perhaps as we watch the storms flurry around us whether we are in the middle of them or an outside spectator, maybe we can take a moment to reflect about how the homeless are faring. (And get angry that there is such a plight called homelessness, a true sign that something is wrong!) http://thinkingblue.blogspot.com <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EIuL442lFuI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed> As we watch this horrendous snowstorm hit the Eastern Coast, the worst in decades, feelings of empathy towards those caught up in such adverse conditions, overtake us. But, we forget about one segment of the population… THE HOMELESS! For these unfortunates an insufferable blizzard can mean life or death. I happened across this video (never shown in our mainstream corporate media) and was taken aback that I never gave a thought to those who try to survive living on the street. It’s hard enough during clement weather for these people to find the means of survival but in harsh conditions many of them either die are become very ill. Seeing the homeless should make us all chant “There but for the grace of god goes I” because in a greedy capitalistic society we are all vulnerable to such a fate. In a corporate culture people have no value other than the purchase power they possess. If ever you lose that means, you become useless and invisible to those who hold the reigns over your destiny. Perhaps as we watch the storms flurry around us whether we are in the middle of them or an outside spectator, maybe we can take a moment to reflect about how the homeless are faring. (And get angry that there is such a plight called homelessness, a true sign that something is wrong!) http://thinkingblue.blogspot.com <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EIuL442lFuI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:59:07 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_The-Homeless-and-Snow/BLOG/1824515/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-02-09T13:59:07Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY As we watch this horrendous snowstorm hit the Eastern Coast, the worst in decades, feelings of empathy towards those caught up in such adverse conditions, overtake us. But, we forget about one segment of the population… THE HOMELESS! For these unfortunates an insufferable blizzard can mean life or death. I happened across this video (never shown in our mainstream corporate media) and was taken aback that I never gave a thought to those who try to survive living on the street. It’s hard enough during clement weather for these people to find the means of survival but in harsh conditions many of them either die are become very ill. Seeing the homeless should make us all chant “There but for the grace of god goes I” because in a greedy capitalistic society we are all vulnerable to such a fate. In a corporate culture people have no value other than the purchase power they possess. If ever you lose that means, you become useless and invisible to those who hold the reigns over your destiny. Perhaps as we watch the storms flurry around us whether we are in the middle of them or an outside spectator, maybe we can take a moment to reflect about how the homeless are faring. (And get angry that there is such a plight called homelessness, a true sign that something is wrong!) http://thinkingblue.blogspot.com <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EIuL442lFuI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed> homeless, politics, snow nonadult false The Homeless and Snow text blog homeless,politics,snow 105 1 5.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 1 0 1824515 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_JON-STEWART-WEIGHS-IN-Obama/BLOG/1779759/93519.html http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/container/1003/572/?content=MGXSYL2YW6T1973F&widget_type_cid=svp http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/container/1003/572/?content=MGXSYL2YW6T1973F&widget_type_cid=svp Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:57:28 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_JON-STEWART-WEIGHS-IN-Obama/BLOG/1779759/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-30T13:57:28Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/container/1003/572/?content=MGXSYL2YW6T1973F&widget_type_cid=svp black, jon, matthews, obama, politics, stewart nonadult false JON STEWART WEIGHS IN "Obama text blog black,jon,matthews,obama,politics,stewart 131 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_B.jpg false 0 0 1779759 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_I-Forgot-Obama-Was-Black/BLOG/1777918/93519.html I Forgot Obama Was Black - Chris Matthews Why are we Prejudice? A Google search, finds racial prejudice as a social disease, rearing its ugly head in fear, intolerance & hatred, underlying cause, ignorance. (Possible Enlightenment) Long ago humans evolved in different parts of the world, once the giant leap was made from primitive brain to a critical thinking one. Some say animal to human brain. If that were the case and it happened in a moment's time... Some human/ape probably shouted “HEY, LOOK I AIN’T AN ANIMAL NO MORE!” Today, some of us won’t accept that we are part of the animal kingdom, BUT WE ARE! (Unless we evolve into veggies, good possibility for some.) Back to my point, since human evolution occured in different places on our Earth, climate was the main factor on their appearance. Cold climates begat light skin (sun far away - less pigment melanin). Hot climates, you know the rest. It’s a simplification of people’s differences, but since I started thinking this way, I see people’s outer diversity, in terms of places their heritage evolved. Really helps with the "Intolerance thing". Now, if I could only find a way to be tolerant towards... THOSE HUMANS WHO REFUSE TO THINK? thinkingblue ----- Matthews' remark exposes complexity of 'transcending race' AP – Hardball host 'forgets' Obama is black Mixed reaction to Obama's speech Reuters AP – by JESSE WASHINGTON, Thu Jan 28, 5:09 pm ET Five little words — "I forgot he was black" — have exposed a contradiction in the idea of a post-racial nation. The comment came from MSNBC host Chris Matthews after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Wednesday. "He is post-racial, by all appearances," the liberal host said on the air. "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he's gone a long way to become a leader of this country, and past so much history, in just a year or two. I mean, it's something we don't even think about." The staunch Obama supporter meant it as praise, but it caused a rapid furor, with many calling the quote a troubling sign that blackness is viewed — perhaps unconsciously — as a handicap that still needs to be overcome. Apparently, Matthews forgot to ask black people if they WANT to be de-raced. "As a black American I want people to remember who I am and where I come from without attaching assumptions about deficiency to it," said Dr. Imani Perry, a professor at Princeton's Center for African American Studies. Although she thought Matthews was well-intentioned, she found his statement troubling, because "it suggests that if he had remembered Obama's blackness, that awareness would be a barrier to seeing him as a competent or able leader." "The ideal is to be able to see and acknowledge everything that person is, including the history that he or she comes from, as well as his or her competencies and qualities, and respect all of those things," Perry said. That's a very different vision of "transcending race" — a consistent theme of Obama's political history — than one in which race has disappeared altogether. "It's important for us to remember that everyone has a race," Blair L.M. Kelley, an associate professor of history at North Carolina State University. "When you say we're going to transcend race, are white people called on to transcend their whiteness?" MORE HERE [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue I Forgot Obama Was Black - Chris Matthews Why are we Prejudice? A Google search, finds racial prejudice as a social disease, rearing its ugly head in fear, intolerance & hatred, underlying cause, ignorance. (Possible Enlightenment) Long ago humans evolved in different parts of the world, once the giant leap was made from primitive brain to a critical thinking one. Some say animal to human brain. If that were the case and it happened in a moment's time... Some human/ape probably shouted “HEY, LOOK I AIN’T AN ANIMAL NO MORE!” Today, some of us won’t accept that we are part of the animal kingdom, BUT WE ARE! (Unless we evolve into veggies, good possibility for some.) Back to my point, since human evolution occured in different places on our Earth, climate was the main factor on their appearance. Cold climates begat light skin (sun far away - less pigment melanin). Hot climates, you know the rest. It’s a simplification of people’s differences, but since I started thinking this way, I see people’s outer diversity, in terms of places their heritage evolved. Really helps with the "Intolerance thing". Now, if I could only find a way to be tolerant towards... THOSE HUMANS WHO REFUSE TO THINK? thinkingblue ----- Matthews' remark exposes complexity of 'transcending race' AP – Hardball host 'forgets' Obama is black Mixed reaction to Obama's speech Reuters AP – by JESSE WASHINGTON, Thu Jan 28, 5:09 pm ET Five little words — "I forgot he was black" — have exposed a contradiction in the idea of a post-racial nation. The comment came from MSNBC host Chris Matthews after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Wednesday. "He is post-racial, by all appearances," the liberal host said on the air. "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he's gone a long way to become a leader of this country, and past so much history, in just a year or two. I mean, it's something we don't even think about." The staunch Obama supporter meant it as praise, but it caused a rapid furor, with many calling the quote a troubling sign that blackness is viewed — perhaps unconsciously — as a handicap that still needs to be overcome. Apparently, Matthews forgot to ask black people if they WANT to be de-raced. "As a black American I want people to remember who I am and where I come from without attaching assumptions about deficiency to it," said Dr. Imani Perry, a professor at Princeton's Center for African American Studies. Although she thought Matthews was well-intentioned, she found his statement troubling, because "it suggests that if he had remembered Obama's blackness, that awareness would be a barrier to seeing him as a competent or able leader." "The ideal is to be able to see and acknowledge everything that person is, including the history that he or she comes from, as well as his or her competencies and qualities, and respect all of those things," Perry said. That's a very different vision of "transcending race" — a consistent theme of Obama's political history — than one in which race has disappeared altogether. "It's important for us to remember that everyone has a race," Blair L.M. Kelley, an associate professor of history at North Carolina State University. "When you say we're going to transcend race, are white people called on to transcend their whiteness?" MORE HERE [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:53:53 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_I-Forgot-Obama-Was-Black/BLOG/1777918/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-29T13:53:53Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY I Forgot Obama Was Black - Chris Matthews Why are we Prejudice? A Google search, finds racial prejudice as a social disease, rearing its ugly head in fear, intolerance & hatred, underlying cause, ignorance. (Possible Enlightenment) Long ago humans evolved in different parts of the world, once the giant leap was made from primitive brain to a critical thinking one. Some say animal to human brain. If that were the case and it happened in a moment's time... Some human/ape probably shouted “HEY, LOOK I AIN’T AN ANIMAL NO MORE!” Today, some of us won’t accept that we are part of the animal kingdom, BUT WE ARE! (Unless we evolve into veggies, good possibility for some.) Back to my point, since human evolution occured in different places on our Earth, climate was the main factor on their appearance. Cold climates begat light skin (sun far away - less pigment melanin). Hot climates, you know the rest. It’s a simplification of people’s differences, but since I started thinking this way, I see people’s outer diversity, in terms of places their heritage evolved. Really helps with the "Intolerance thing". Now, if I could only find a way to be tolerant towards... THOSE HUMANS WHO REFUSE TO THINK? thinkingblue ----- Matthews' remark exposes complexity of 'transcending race' AP – Hardball host 'forgets' Obama is black Mixed reaction to Obama's speech Reuters AP – by JESSE WASHINGTON, Thu Jan 28, 5:09 pm ET Five little words — "I forgot he was black" — have exposed a contradiction in the idea of a post-racial nation. The comment came from MSNBC host Chris Matthews after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Wednesday. "He is post-racial, by all appearances," the liberal host said on the air. "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he's gone a long way to become a leader of this country, and past so much history, in just a year or two. I mean, it's something we don't even think about." The staunch Obama supporter meant it as praise, but it caused a rapid furor, with many calling the quote a troubling sign that blackness is viewed — perhaps unconsciously — as a handicap that still needs to be overcome. Apparently, Matthews forgot to ask black people if they WANT to be de-raced. "As a black American I want people to remember who I am and where I come from without attaching assumptions about deficiency to it," said Dr. Imani Perry, a professor at Princeton's Center for African American Studies. Although she thought Matthews was well-intentioned, she found his statement troubling, because "it suggests that if he had remembered Obama's blackness, that awareness would be a barrier to seeing him as a competent or able leader." "The ideal is to be able to see and acknowledge everything that person is, including the history that he or she comes from, as well as his or her competencies and qualities, and respect all of those things," Perry said. That's a very different vision of "transcending race" — a consistent theme of Obama's political history — than one in which race has disappeared altogether. "It's important for us to remember that everyone has a race," Blair L.M. Kelley, an associate professor of history at North Carolina State University. "When you say we're going to transcend race, are white people called on to transcend their whiteness?" MORE HERE [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue black, matthews, msnbc, obama, of, political, state, union nonadult false I Forgot Obama Was Black text blog black,matthews,msnbc,obama,of,political,state,union 108 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 1 0 1777918 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Corporation-To-Make-A-Run-For-Congress/BLOG/1776705/93519.html When I saw this, Murray Hill Inc. Becomes The First Corporate Person To Run For Congress. I thought... IT'S GOTTA BE A JOKE. Guess what? NO JOKE! (or is it :-?) Thom Hartmann Interviews Eric Hensal WHADDAYATHINK? I hope it's not a joke... I would certainly like to see how our laws will handle this one. Below is the first campaign ad from a corporation-personhood who is trying to become a congressional representative for the state of Maryland in the good old UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA. Thanks again Supremos... like WE THE PEOPLE didn't have enough against us! PS: I wonder how you would address a US Representative that is a corporation. The Honorable Dunkin' Donuts or maybe The Honorable Bed Bath & Beyond or ... Here’s a vision of future congressional sessions: "Will the Republican Congressmen Bed Bath & Beyond, Dunkin' Donuts, Domino's Pizza and Absolut Vodka please cast your votes on HR-F.U.C.K.T.H.E.P.E.O.P.L.E. as soon as possible. We need to go on to more important business!" thinkingblue When I saw this, Murray Hill Inc. Becomes The First Corporate Person To Run For Congress. I thought... IT'S GOTTA BE A JOKE. Guess what? NO JOKE! (or is it :-?) Thom Hartmann Interviews Eric Hensal WHADDAYATHINK? I hope it's not a joke... I would certainly like to see how our laws will handle this one. Below is the first campaign ad from a corporation-personhood who is trying to become a congressional representative for the state of Maryland in the good old UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA. Thanks again Supremos... like WE THE PEOPLE didn't have enough against us! PS: I wonder how you would address a US Representative that is a corporation. The Honorable Dunkin' Donuts or maybe The Honorable Bed Bath & Beyond or ... Here’s a vision of future congressional sessions: "Will the Republican Congressmen Bed Bath & Beyond, Dunkin' Donuts, Domino's Pizza and Absolut Vodka please cast your votes on HR-F.U.C.K.T.H.E.P.E.O.P.L.E. as soon as possible. We need to go on to more important business!" thinkingblue Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:48:28 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Corporation-To-Make-A-Run-For-Congress/BLOG/1776705/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-28T22:48:28Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY When I saw this, Murray Hill Inc. Becomes The First Corporate Person To Run For Congress. I thought... IT'S GOTTA BE A JOKE. Guess what? NO JOKE! (or is it :-?) Thom Hartmann Interviews Eric Hensal WHADDAYATHINK? I hope it's not a joke... I would certainly like to see how our laws will handle this one. Below is the first campaign ad from a corporation-personhood who is trying to become a congressional representative for the state of Maryland in the good old UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA. Thanks again Supremos... like WE THE PEOPLE didn't have enough against us! PS: I wonder how you would address a US Representative that is a corporation. The Honorable Dunkin' Donuts or maybe The Honorable Bed Bath & Beyond or ... Here’s a vision of future congressional sessions: "Will the Republican Congressmen Bed Bath & Beyond, Dunkin' Donuts, Domino's Pizza and Absolut Vodka please cast your votes on HR-F.U.C.K.T.H.E.P.E.O.P.L.E. as soon as possible. We need to go on to more important business!" thinkingblue corporation, court, government, politics, scotus, supreme nonadult false Corporation To Make A Run For Congress text blog corporation,court,government,politics,scotus,supreme 107 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 0 0 1776705 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Never-Give-A-Sucker-An-Even-Break/BLOG/1769810/93519.html Credit-Card Issuers Find Creative Ways to Skirt New Law We, the masses of this United Corporations of America, will never get a break from the Credit Card Industry... Even with the credit-card rules going into effect, February 22, 2010, this industry is busy (the greedy little dears) finding more (LEGAL) ways to fleece the hell out of us. It's never going to end there's just too much money to be made off us saps. So the next time you swipe your coveted plastic card through a retailer’s credit card machine, to buy some piece of crap imported from China, listen to that awful sucking sound... IT’S MUSIC TO THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY’S EARS! THE END thinkingblue ----- Credit-Card Issuers Find Creative Ways to Skirt New Law Between now and Feb. 22 when the new credit-card rules go into effect, you'll see a lot of excited media types talking about all of the good to come out of those regulations, but as a consumer you should worry about what's still on the menu. The card issuers have been cooking up all kinds of new things that their bottom line will find appetizing, he Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, known as the CARD Act, aims to help consumers deal with card issuers' more troubling policies, but by the time this reform is fully in place, the industry will have moved on to new ways to skin the customer, ways that have become evident over the last few months as the first provisions of the law came into play and financial-services businesses scrambled to squeeze through loopholes. "The provisions of the CARD act were excellent and they addressed key problems but because card issuers are in the business to make money, you had to think they would find other ways to make up for the revenue they were losing because of the law," said Bill Hardekopf of LowCards.com. "Now they are instituting a number of other practices -- perfectly legal even after the new law -- to make up for lost revenue, and consumers now have some new things to worry about." The new law was designed to defeat several bad practices. For example, starting in February, due dates for monthly payments must be the same each month. Any payment amount beyond the minimum must be applied to the highest-rate debt on the account. Rate hikes on existing balances on fixed-rate cards are prohibited under most conditions. Card issuers can't charge additional fees when consumers pay by mail, electronic transfer, online or phone unless the customer requests an expedited payment to avoid a late fee. Other practices, like "double-cycle billing" -- where the issuer adds finance charges for previous billing cycles to an account that was paid off because there was an average daily balance until the debt was paid -- are off the menu too. Out With the Bad, in With the Worse MORE HERE MOVE TO AMEND Credit-Card Issuers Find Creative Ways to Skirt New Law We, the masses of this United Corporations of America, will never get a break from the Credit Card Industry... Even with the credit-card rules going into effect, February 22, 2010, this industry is busy (the greedy little dears) finding more (LEGAL) ways to fleece the hell out of us. It's never going to end there's just too much money to be made off us saps. So the next time you swipe your coveted plastic card through a retailer’s credit card machine, to buy some piece of crap imported from China, listen to that awful sucking sound... IT’S MUSIC TO THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY’S EARS! THE END thinkingblue ----- Credit-Card Issuers Find Creative Ways to Skirt New Law Between now and Feb. 22 when the new credit-card rules go into effect, you'll see a lot of excited media types talking about all of the good to come out of those regulations, but as a consumer you should worry about what's still on the menu. The card issuers have been cooking up all kinds of new things that their bottom line will find appetizing, he Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, known as the CARD Act, aims to help consumers deal with card issuers' more troubling policies, but by the time this reform is fully in place, the industry will have moved on to new ways to skin the customer, ways that have become evident over the last few months as the first provisions of the law came into play and financial-services businesses scrambled to squeeze through loopholes. "The provisions of the CARD act were excellent and they addressed key problems but because card issuers are in the business to make money, you had to think they would find other ways to make up for the revenue they were losing because of the law," said Bill Hardekopf of LowCards.com. "Now they are instituting a number of other practices -- perfectly legal even after the new law -- to make up for lost revenue, and consumers now have some new things to worry about." The new law was designed to defeat several bad practices. For example, starting in February, due dates for monthly payments must be the same each month. Any payment amount beyond the minimum must be applied to the highest-rate debt on the account. Rate hikes on existing balances on fixed-rate cards are prohibited under most conditions. Card issuers can't charge additional fees when consumers pay by mail, electronic transfer, online or phone unless the customer requests an expedited payment to avoid a late fee. Other practices, like "double-cycle billing" -- where the issuer adds finance charges for previous billing cycles to an account that was paid off because there was an average daily balance until the debt was paid -- are off the menu too. Out With the Bad, in With the Worse MORE HERE MOVE TO AMEND Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:19:44 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Never-Give-A-Sucker-An-Even-Break/BLOG/1769810/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-25T16:19:44Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY Credit-Card Issuers Find Creative Ways to Skirt New Law We, the masses of this United Corporations of America, will never get a break from the Credit Card Industry... Even with the credit-card rules going into effect, February 22, 2010, this industry is busy (the greedy little dears) finding more (LEGAL) ways to fleece the hell out of us. It's never going to end there's just too much money to be made off us saps. So the next time you swipe your coveted plastic card through a retailer’s credit card machine, to buy some piece of crap imported from China, listen to that awful sucking sound... IT’S MUSIC TO THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY’S EARS! THE END thinkingblue ----- Credit-Card Issuers Find Creative Ways to Skirt New Law Between now and Feb. 22 when the new credit-card rules go into effect, you'll see a lot of excited media types talking about all of the good to come out of those regulations, but as a consumer you should worry about what's still on the menu. The card issuers have been cooking up all kinds of new things that their bottom line will find appetizing, he Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, known as the CARD Act, aims to help consumers deal with card issuers' more troubling policies, but by the time this reform is fully in place, the industry will have moved on to new ways to skin the customer, ways that have become evident over the last few months as the first provisions of the law came into play and financial-services businesses scrambled to squeeze through loopholes. "The provisions of the CARD act were excellent and they addressed key problems but because card issuers are in the business to make money, you had to think they would find other ways to make up for the revenue they were losing because of the law," said Bill Hardekopf of LowCards.com. "Now they are instituting a number of other practices -- perfectly legal even after the new law -- to make up for lost revenue, and consumers now have some new things to worry about." The new law was designed to defeat several bad practices. For example, starting in February, due dates for monthly payments must be the same each month. Any payment amount beyond the minimum must be applied to the highest-rate debt on the account. Rate hikes on existing balances on fixed-rate cards are prohibited under most conditions. Card issuers can't charge additional fees when consumers pay by mail, electronic transfer, online or phone unless the customer requests an expedited payment to avoid a late fee. Other practices, like "double-cycle billing" -- where the issuer adds finance charges for previous billing cycles to an account that was paid off because there was an average daily balance until the debt was paid -- are off the menu too. Out With the Bad, in With the Worse MORE HERE MOVE TO AMEND card, credit, industry, political, politics, reform, thinkingblue nonadult false Never Give A Sucker An Even Break text blog card,credit,industry,political,politics,reform,thinkingblue 116 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 1 1 1769810 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Please-Help-Save-Our-Democracy/BLOG/1768124/93519.html [image] Save Democracy - Sign Petition Silent Protest Of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission Dear thinkingblue, We were all appalled by the Supreme Court's sellout to Corporate America. Now it's time to fight back. Tens of thousands of you have signed on to fight against the legalization of bribery and the corporate takeover of our country. And I have some good news. House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers is our first ally. As you know, I've introduced six bills that will help save our democracy. One of them, the 'End Corporate Collusion Act' (HR 4433), applies antitrust law to break up corporate political committees. This bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee for action. And the chair of that committee, Mr. Conyers, has signed on to the bill as its first cosponsor! Conyers is the second longest serving Member of the House, elected in 1965. Can you call Chairman Conyers and thank him for helping us preserve democracy? His office phone number is 202-225-5126, or you can fill out his contact form at: http://conyers.house.gov index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OnlineContactForm Please tell him that you are grateful he has joined our cause to save our democracy, and thank him for signing on to HR 4433. The fight has just begun. Best, Alan Grayson Member of Congress P.S. Special thanks to those of you who went to ActBlue to contribute to our campaign. We are #2 at ActBlue this week. Here is my thank-you note to Representative Conyers: Dear Mr. Conyers, I am writing to thank you for joining, Florida Representative Alan Grayson in his quest to overturn the recent Supreme Court's sellout to Corporate America. The ramifications of this ruling will destroy our democracy. We should not be silent even if it seems hopeless. The GOP appears to be bent on destroying our country for reasons that aren’t quite clear and do not make sense. I know their interests are completely devoted to Big Business but they need “we the people” to keep commerce flourishing. So, Common Sense dictates that there’s “Something rotten in the state of Denmark”. Our lives are ruled by decisions others at the top make, Bad Decisions. They harm us in ways that are not always readily apparent and make the pursuit of happiness a joke. Please keep fighting for the “Little Guy” and thanks again for your support to help Save our Democracy by signing on to HR 4433. thinkingblue.blogspot.com PLEASE SEND HIM YOUR THANKS BY CLICKING HERE The United States of Corporate America: From democracy to plutocracy Supreme Court Sanctioned Murder Of Democracy! Keith Olbermann Special Comment pt.1 Supreme Court Sanctioned Murder Of Democracy! Keith Olbermann Special Comment pt.2 [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue [image] Save Democracy - Sign Petition Silent Protest Of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission Dear thinkingblue, We were all appalled by the Supreme Court's sellout to Corporate America. Now it's time to fight back. Tens of thousands of you have signed on to fight against the legalization of bribery and the corporate takeover of our country. And I have some good news. House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers is our first ally. As you know, I've introduced six bills that will help save our democracy. One of them, the 'End Corporate Collusion Act' (HR 4433), applies antitrust law to break up corporate political committees. This bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee for action. And the chair of that committee, Mr. Conyers, has signed on to the bill as its first cosponsor! Conyers is the second longest serving Member of the House, elected in 1965. Can you call Chairman Conyers and thank him for helping us preserve democracy? His office phone number is 202-225-5126, or you can fill out his contact form at: http://conyers.house.gov index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OnlineContactForm Please tell him that you are grateful he has joined our cause to save our democracy, and thank him for signing on to HR 4433. The fight has just begun. Best, Alan Grayson Member of Congress P.S. Special thanks to those of you who went to ActBlue to contribute to our campaign. We are #2 at ActBlue this week. Here is my thank-you note to Representative Conyers: Dear Mr. Conyers, I am writing to thank you for joining, Florida Representative Alan Grayson in his quest to overturn the recent Supreme Court's sellout to Corporate America. The ramifications of this ruling will destroy our democracy. We should not be silent even if it seems hopeless. The GOP appears to be bent on destroying our country for reasons that aren’t quite clear and do not make sense. I know their interests are completely devoted to Big Business but they need “we the people” to keep commerce flourishing. So, Common Sense dictates that there’s “Something rotten in the state of Denmark”. Our lives are ruled by decisions others at the top make, Bad Decisions. They harm us in ways that are not always readily apparent and make the pursuit of happiness a joke. Please keep fighting for the “Little Guy” and thanks again for your support to help Save our Democracy by signing on to HR 4433. thinkingblue.blogspot.com PLEASE SEND HIM YOUR THANKS BY CLICKING HERE The United States of Corporate America: From democracy to plutocracy Supreme Court Sanctioned Murder Of Democracy! Keith Olbermann Special Comment pt.1 Supreme Court Sanctioned Murder Of Democracy! Keith Olbermann Special Comment pt.2 [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:17:13 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Please-Help-Save-Our-Democracy/BLOG/1768124/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-24T15:17:13Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY [image] Save Democracy - Sign Petition Silent Protest Of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission Dear thinkingblue, We were all appalled by the Supreme Court's sellout to Corporate America. Now it's time to fight back. Tens of thousands of you have signed on to fight against the legalization of bribery and the corporate takeover of our country. And I have some good news. House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers is our first ally. As you know, I've introduced six bills that will help save our democracy. One of them, the 'End Corporate Collusion Act' (HR 4433), applies antitrust law to break up corporate political committees. This bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee for action. And the chair of that committee, Mr. Conyers, has signed on to the bill as its first cosponsor! Conyers is the second longest serving Member of the House, elected in 1965. Can you call Chairman Conyers and thank him for helping us preserve democracy? His office phone number is 202-225-5126, or you can fill out his contact form at: http://conyers.house.gov index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OnlineContactForm Please tell him that you are grateful he has joined our cause to save our democracy, and thank him for signing on to HR 4433. The fight has just begun. Best, Alan Grayson Member of Congress P.S. Special thanks to those of you who went to ActBlue to contribute to our campaign. We are #2 at ActBlue this week. Here is my thank-you note to Representative Conyers: Dear Mr. Conyers, I am writing to thank you for joining, Florida Representative Alan Grayson in his quest to overturn the recent Supreme Court's sellout to Corporate America. The ramifications of this ruling will destroy our democracy. We should not be silent even if it seems hopeless. The GOP appears to be bent on destroying our country for reasons that aren’t quite clear and do not make sense. I know their interests are completely devoted to Big Business but they need “we the people” to keep commerce flourishing. So, Common Sense dictates that there’s “Something rotten in the state of Denmark”. Our lives are ruled by decisions others at the top make, Bad Decisions. They harm us in ways that are not always readily apparent and make the pursuit of happiness a joke. Please keep fighting for the “Little Guy” and thanks again for your support to help Save our Democracy by signing on to HR 4433. thinkingblue.blogspot.com PLEASE SEND HIM YOUR THANKS BY CLICKING HERE The United States of Corporate America: From democracy to plutocracy Supreme Court Sanctioned Murder Of Democracy! Keith Olbermann Special Comment pt.1 Supreme Court Sanctioned Murder Of Democracy! Keith Olbermann Special Comment pt.2 [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue conyers, deocracy, grayson, politics, scotus nonadult false Please Help Save Our Democracy text blog conyers,deocracy,grayson,politics,scotus 92 1 5.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 1 4 1768124 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Strategic-Defaults-Time-To-Just-Walk-Away/BLOG/1754710/93519.html   Strategic Defaults and the Foreclosure Crisis Nearly a year after the Obama administration unveiled its ambitious housing rescue program, foreclosure tallies continue to break records. Foreclosure filings were reported on more than 2.8 million properties in 2009, up 21 percent from the previous year and 120 percent from 2007, according to RealtyTrac. MORE HERE Very interesting, The Financial Experts agree that people should walk away from the burden of paying a mortgage on a house that’s not worth the dirt it was built upon. I'm glad to hear murmurings from the "EXPERTS" like... HEY GUYS, IT'S OK TO DEFAULT. IT’S OK TO GO BANKRUPT. IT’S OK TO ASK FOR HELP. For too long, social safety-nets were only respectable for Corporations. For the rest of us this need was touted as shameful. The GOP and BLUEDOGS, since Reagan, have been quite vocal in suggesting that not having enough income to make ends meet is, FAILURE. Of course, not enough income (or Capital) for a business was excused as something outside a corporation’s own doing, in other words NOT THEIR FAULT.  Welfare reform won approval and was passed by a Republican in Democrat’s clothing. The upshot from this little humdinger made it almost a crime to ask for help, unless of course, you were, YOU GUESSED IT, A CORPORATION. Since SCOTUS deemed corporations, people... they should be subject to the same SHAME as the rest of us "PEOPLE" who have succumbed to hard times. thinkingblue] PS: TALK ABOUT A HUMDINGER GET A LOAD OF THIS: SCOTUS Overturns Ban on Corporate Political Expenditures Now China et al can have a say in... WHO THE HELL WILL BE OUR LEADERS HERE IN THE GOOD OLE USA. HUH?   Strategic Defaults and the Foreclosure Crisis Nearly a year after the Obama administration unveiled its ambitious housing rescue program, foreclosure tallies continue to break records. Foreclosure filings were reported on more than 2.8 million properties in 2009, up 21 percent from the previous year and 120 percent from 2007, according to RealtyTrac. MORE HERE Very interesting, The Financial Experts agree that people should walk away from the burden of paying a mortgage on a house that’s not worth the dirt it was built upon. I'm glad to hear murmurings from the "EXPERTS" like... HEY GUYS, IT'S OK TO DEFAULT. IT’S OK TO GO BANKRUPT. IT’S OK TO ASK FOR HELP. For too long, social safety-nets were only respectable for Corporations. For the rest of us this need was touted as shameful. The GOP and BLUEDOGS, since Reagan, have been quite vocal in suggesting that not having enough income to make ends meet is, FAILURE. Of course, not enough income (or Capital) for a business was excused as something outside a corporation’s own doing, in other words NOT THEIR FAULT.  Welfare reform won approval and was passed by a Republican in Democrat’s clothing. The upshot from this little humdinger made it almost a crime to ask for help, unless of course, you were, YOU GUESSED IT, A CORPORATION. Since SCOTUS deemed corporations, people... they should be subject to the same SHAME as the rest of us "PEOPLE" who have succumbed to hard times. thinkingblue] PS: TALK ABOUT A HUMDINGER GET A LOAD OF THIS: SCOTUS Overturns Ban on Corporate Political Expenditures Now China et al can have a say in... WHO THE HELL WILL BE OUR LEADERS HERE IN THE GOOD OLE USA. HUH? Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:47:59 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Strategic-Defaults-Time-To-Just-Walk-Away/BLOG/1754710/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-21T16:47:59Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY   Strategic Defaults and the Foreclosure Crisis Nearly a year after the Obama administration unveiled its ambitious housing rescue program, foreclosure tallies continue to break records. Foreclosure filings were reported on more than 2.8 million properties in 2009, up 21 percent from the previous year and 120 percent from 2007, according to RealtyTrac. MORE HERE Very interesting, The Financial Experts agree that people should walk away from the burden of paying a mortgage on a house that’s not worth the dirt it was built upon. I'm glad to hear murmurings from the "EXPERTS" like... HEY GUYS, IT'S OK TO DEFAULT. IT’S OK TO GO BANKRUPT. IT’S OK TO ASK FOR HELP. For too long, social safety-nets were only respectable for Corporations. For the rest of us this need was touted as shameful. The GOP and BLUEDOGS, since Reagan, have been quite vocal in suggesting that not having enough income to make ends meet is, FAILURE. Of course, not enough income (or Capital) for a business was excused as something outside a corporation’s own doing, in other words NOT THEIR FAULT.  Welfare reform won approval and was passed by a Republican in Democrat’s clothing. The upshot from this little humdinger made it almost a crime to ask for help, unless of course, you were, YOU GUESSED IT, A CORPORATION. Since SCOTUS deemed corporations, people... they should be subject to the same SHAME as the rest of us "PEOPLE" who have succumbed to hard times. thinkingblue] PS: TALK ABOUT A HUMDINGER GET A LOAD OF THIS: SCOTUS Overturns Ban on Corporate Political Expenditures Now China et al can have a say in... WHO THE HELL WILL BE OUR LEADERS HERE IN THE GOOD OLE USA. HUH? default, government, politics, scotus nonadult false Strategic Defaults - Time To Just Walk Away. text blog default,government,politics,scotus 95 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 0 0 1754710 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_What-Earthquakes-Can-Dredge-Up/BLOG/1719683/93519.html What Earthquakes Can Dredge Up THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE OF JANUARY 12, 2010 Something horrific has happened to the people who live in Haiti. It's not just the suffering which is so horrendous no one could accurately report it, that I wish to mention. It's also about those who are so desensitized they can explain such agony away as some sort of "punishment from God" or sort of, kind of, befitting a low life group of beings. There are too many sociopaths breathing into our airwaves and everyone should take note of their extreme psychopathic cruelty and not under any circumstance, tolerate it. thinkingblue on YOUTUBE A BRIEF HISTORY OF HAITI THIS NEXT VIDEO IS UNBELIEVABLE. I cannot understand why anyone listens, views or gives money to A Hateful Screwball like Pat Robertson. thinkingblue   Bill O'Reilly takes it even further to the whacko right; claiming the Haitian people, lazy and need a Nanny to take care of them. This conservative bullshit appears to never get old to the worshippers of hate. Fox Noise Lovers, keep on watching and you will have mush for brains sooner or later. Oops, too late the DITTO DOUGH BRAINS are too far gone, and that my friends is sad! Watch Below: BELOW IS RAW FOOTAGE OF THE DEVASTATION AND SUFFERING THE PEOPLE OF HAITI ARE EXPERIENCING. THE VERY PEOPLE, O'REILLY AND ROBERTSON REFER TO AS UNIMPORTANT AND DESERVING THEIR FATE. I hate to wish adversity on anyone, but if there was justice on Earth the two of them and their ilk would encounter an equal apocalypse. . Thank Goodness, Keith Olbermann has stepped in with a VOICE OF REASON! I just gave $20 to the Haiti Relief Fund through this website: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=183 I found it on the Thom Hartmann site: http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-relief-how-you-can-help/ You can give as little as $5 to help the unfortunate people of Haiti. I hope all the... Banksters are digging deep into their bonuses to help. Haiti's people have suffered for so long and there is never a light at the end of the tunnel for them. It seems only disaster, devastation and greed visits this small island. It is beyond gloom and very sad. thinkingblue Haiti's Hardest Hit Areas If you can, Please Give As Much As You Are Able, to help lessen some of the suffering in Haiti. thinkingblue [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue What Earthquakes Can Dredge Up THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE OF JANUARY 12, 2010 Something horrific has happened to the people who live in Haiti. It's not just the suffering which is so horrendous no one could accurately report it, that I wish to mention. It's also about those who are so desensitized they can explain such agony away as some sort of "punishment from God" or sort of, kind of, befitting a low life group of beings. There are too many sociopaths breathing into our airwaves and everyone should take note of their extreme psychopathic cruelty and not under any circumstance, tolerate it. thinkingblue on YOUTUBE A BRIEF HISTORY OF HAITI THIS NEXT VIDEO IS UNBELIEVABLE. I cannot understand why anyone listens, views or gives money to A Hateful Screwball like Pat Robertson. thinkingblue   Bill O'Reilly takes it even further to the whacko right; claiming the Haitian people, lazy and need a Nanny to take care of them. This conservative bullshit appears to never get old to the worshippers of hate. Fox Noise Lovers, keep on watching and you will have mush for brains sooner or later. Oops, too late the DITTO DOUGH BRAINS are too far gone, and that my friends is sad! Watch Below: BELOW IS RAW FOOTAGE OF THE DEVASTATION AND SUFFERING THE PEOPLE OF HAITI ARE EXPERIENCING. THE VERY PEOPLE, O'REILLY AND ROBERTSON REFER TO AS UNIMPORTANT AND DESERVING THEIR FATE. I hate to wish adversity on anyone, but if there was justice on Earth the two of them and their ilk would encounter an equal apocalypse. . Thank Goodness, Keith Olbermann has stepped in with a VOICE OF REASON! I just gave $20 to the Haiti Relief Fund through this website: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=183 I found it on the Thom Hartmann site: http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-relief-how-you-can-help/ You can give as little as $5 to help the unfortunate people of Haiti. I hope all the... Banksters are digging deep into their bonuses to help. Haiti's people have suffered for so long and there is never a light at the end of the tunnel for them. It seems only disaster, devastation and greed visits this small island. It is beyond gloom and very sad. thinkingblue Haiti's Hardest Hit Areas If you can, Please Give As Much As You Are Able, to help lessen some of the suffering in Haiti. thinkingblue [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:00:10 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_What-Earthquakes-Can-Dredge-Up/BLOG/1719683/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-16T21:00:10Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY What Earthquakes Can Dredge Up THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE OF JANUARY 12, 2010 Something horrific has happened to the people who live in Haiti. It's not just the suffering which is so horrendous no one could accurately report it, that I wish to mention. It's also about those who are so desensitized they can explain such agony away as some sort of "punishment from God" or sort of, kind of, befitting a low life group of beings. There are too many sociopaths breathing into our airwaves and everyone should take note of their extreme psychopathic cruelty and not under any circumstance, tolerate it. thinkingblue on YOUTUBE A BRIEF HISTORY OF HAITI THIS NEXT VIDEO IS UNBELIEVABLE. I cannot understand why anyone listens, views or gives money to A Hateful Screwball like Pat Robertson. thinkingblue   Bill O'Reilly takes it even further to the whacko right; claiming the Haitian people, lazy and need a Nanny to take care of them. This conservative bullshit appears to never get old to the worshippers of hate. Fox Noise Lovers, keep on watching and you will have mush for brains sooner or later. Oops, too late the DITTO DOUGH BRAINS are too far gone, and that my friends is sad! Watch Below: BELOW IS RAW FOOTAGE OF THE DEVASTATION AND SUFFERING THE PEOPLE OF HAITI ARE EXPERIENCING. THE VERY PEOPLE, O'REILLY AND ROBERTSON REFER TO AS UNIMPORTANT AND DESERVING THEIR FATE. I hate to wish adversity on anyone, but if there was justice on Earth the two of them and their ilk would encounter an equal apocalypse. . Thank Goodness, Keith Olbermann has stepped in with a VOICE OF REASON! I just gave $20 to the Haiti Relief Fund through this website: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=183 I found it on the Thom Hartmann site: http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-relief-how-you-can-help/ You can give as little as $5 to help the unfortunate people of Haiti. I hope all the... Banksters are digging deep into their bonuses to help. Haiti's people have suffered for so long and there is never a light at the end of the tunnel for them. It seems only disaster, devastation and greed visits this small island. It is beyond gloom and very sad. thinkingblue Haiti's Hardest Hit Areas If you can, Please Give As Much As You Are Able, to help lessen some of the suffering in Haiti. thinkingblue [image] Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!! thinkingblue bigotry, earthquake, haiti, limbaugh, pat, politics, robertson, rush nonadult false What Earthquakes Can Dredge Up text blog bigotry,earthquake,haiti,limbaugh,pat,politics,robertson,rush 96 0 0.0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19278860&as=93519 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_A.jpg false 0 0 1719683 19278860 Member 0 http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Avatar-Racist-Claim-Conservatives/BLOG/1713184/93519.html "AVATAR" Does it matter that many conservatives are riled by what they call liberal environmental and anti-military messages? Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar' (AP)- Near the end of the hit film "Avatar," the villain snarls at the hero, "How does it feel to betray your own race?" Both men are white — although the hero is inhabiting a blue-skinned, 9-foot-tall, long-tailed alien.Strange as it may seem for a film that pits greedy, immoral humans against noble denizens of a faraway moon, "Avatar" is being criticized by a small but vocal group of people who allege it contains racist themes — the white hero once again saving the primitive natives.Since the film opened to widespread critical acclaim three weeks ago, hundreds of blog posts, newspaper articles, tweets and YouTube videos have said things such as the film is "a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people" and that it reinforces "the white Messiah fable."The film's writer and director, James Cameron, says the real theme is about respecting others' differences. MORE HERE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avatar Racist! Claim Conservatives! So what’s new? Whenever there’s anything that comes to light exposing the evils of greed and the exaltation of Nature, out come the Conservative Gormandizers to stamp it out. It's as though they can only view life as a mercenary deal and Nature a commodity. “Avatar” was one of those rare movies laying message that maybe there is a better way to live life. The theme, to me anyhow, was to feel all life as one, interconnected and only as strong as its weakest point.  If we could think all life adjoined it would make our Earth experience so superior. But unfortunately “Avatar” is fantasy. Our living planet is violent and the food chain quite harsh with most life forms enslaved by instincts. Humans could lift themselves from the instinct to kill (mainly for profit) but HOLY CONSERVATIVE, BATMAN, there’s no lucre in that. So a bitter road we travel. But once in awhile an entertainment piece comes out that lifts us from this burdensome quandary, momentarily. AND THE GREEDY BASTARDS STOMP TO PUT IT DOWN! http://thinkingblue.blogspot.com "AVATAR" Does it matter that many conservatives are riled by what they call liberal environmental and anti-military messages? Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar' (AP)- Near the end of the hit film "Avatar," the villain snarls at the hero, "How does it feel to betray your own race?" Both men are white — although the hero is inhabiting a blue-skinned, 9-foot-tall, long-tailed alien.Strange as it may seem for a film that pits greedy, immoral humans against noble denizens of a faraway moon, "Avatar" is being criticized by a small but vocal group of people who allege it contains racist themes — the white hero once again saving the primitive natives.Since the film opened to widespread critical acclaim three weeks ago, hundreds of blog posts, newspaper articles, tweets and YouTube videos have said things such as the film is "a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people" and that it reinforces "the white Messiah fable."The film's writer and director, James Cameron, says the real theme is about respecting others' differences. MORE HERE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avatar Racist! Claim Conservatives! So what’s new? Whenever there’s anything that comes to light exposing the evils of greed and the exaltation of Nature, out come the Conservative Gormandizers to stamp it out. It's as though they can only view life as a mercenary deal and Nature a commodity. “Avatar” was one of those rare movies laying message that maybe there is a better way to live life. The theme, to me anyhow, was to feel all life as one, interconnected and only as strong as its weakest point.  If we could think all life adjoined it would make our Earth experience so superior. But unfortunately “Avatar” is fantasy. Our living planet is violent and the food chain quite harsh with most life forms enslaved by instincts. Humans could lift themselves from the instinct to kill (mainly for profit) but HOLY CONSERVATIVE, BATMAN, there’s no lucre in that. So a bitter road we travel. But once in awhile an entertainment piece comes out that lifts us from this burdensome quandary, momentarily. AND THE GREEDY BASTARDS STOMP TO PUT IT DOWN! http://thinkingblue.blogspot.com Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:48:34 GMT http://community.thomhartmann.com/_Avatar-Racist-Claim-Conservatives/BLOG/1713184/93519.html thinkingblue 2010-01-12T14:48:34Z OFFICIAL THOM COMMUNITY "AVATAR" Does it matter that many conservatives are riled by what they call liberal environmental and anti-military messages? Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar' (AP)- Near the end of the hit film "Avatar," the villain snarls at the hero, "How does it feel to betray your own race?" Both men are white — although the hero is inhabiting a blue-skinned, 9-foot-tall, long-tailed alien.Strange as it may seem for a film that pits greedy, immoral humans against noble denizens of a faraway moon, "Avatar" is being criticized by a small but vocal group of people who allege it contains racist themes — the white hero once again saving the primitive natives.Since the film opened to widespread critical acclaim three weeks ago, hundreds of blog posts, newspaper articles, tweets and YouTube videos have said things such as the film is "a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people" and that it reinforces "the white Messiah fable."The film's writer and director, James Cameron, says the real theme is about respecting others' differences. MORE HERE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avatar Racist! Claim Conservatives! So what’s new? Whenever there’s anything that comes to light exposing the evils of greed and the exaltation of Nature, out come the Conservative Gormandizers to stamp it out. It's as though they can only view life as a mercenary deal and Nature a commodity. “Avatar” was one of those rare movies laying message that maybe there is a better way to live life. The theme, to me anyhow, was to feel all life as one, interconnected and only as strong as its weakest point.  If we could think all life adjoined it would make our Earth experience so superior. But unfortunately “Avatar” is fantasy. Our living planet is violent and the food chain quite harsh with most life forms enslaved by instincts. Humans could lift themselves from the instinct to kill (mainly for profit) but HOLY CONSERVATIVE, BATMAN, there’s no lucre in that. So a bitter road we travel. But once in awhile an entertainment piece comes out that lifts us from this burdensome quandary, momentarily. 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