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News To Make You Furious- Wendell Potter and health care

Posted on April 27, 2012 by tomdwyer

This month’s Furious is all about one book.  One book that can make you mad enough to last for years.  Have you ever heard the phrase “Government takeover of health care”? It comes to you from a gentleman named Wendell … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- Another Visit With ALEC… and a Travon Martin update!

Posted on March 30, 2012 by tomdwyer

In August, 2011, we introduced you to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the fine group of corporations working to lift the dirty burden of Democracy from our shoulders.  The Travon Martin case shined a spotlight on the ALEC-backed “Stand … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- Depleted Uranium: Our billion year gift to the world.

Posted on March 9, 2012 by tomdwyer

In the 1970s, the Soviet military developed armor plating for their tanks that regular ammunition couldn’t penetrate. The Pentagon began looking for metals to make denser armor-piercing projectiles, and finally settled on depleted uranium (DU).  DU is a byproduct of nuclear … Continue reading →

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Depleted Uranium- Our billion year gift to the world.

Posted on February 21, 2012 by tomdwyer

In the 1970s, the Soviet military developed armor plating for their tanks that regular ammunition couldn’t penetrate. The Pentagon began looking for metals to make denser armor-piercing projectiles, and finally settled on depleted uranium (DU).  DU is a byproduct of … Continue reading →

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Our Gift

Posted on February 16, 2012 by tomdwyer

I’m Tom Dwyer, We pulled troops from Iraq, but left a gift that will keep giving for billions of years.  Yes, billions. Doctors in Fallujah blame depleted uranium used in devastating attacks in two thousand four for a catastrophic rise … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- A home for your outrage, if not your family

Posted on February 3, 2012 by tomdwyer

It seems like only yesterday that house values were plummeting, banks were being bailed out from their mortgage losses, and the American People were getting the white picket shaft from our government.  What’s been happening since then?  If the fact … Continue reading →

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Biggest Stories of 2011- What made this year’s news in Your Car Matters

Posted on January 6, 2012 by tomdwyer

You want plumbing advice from your plumber, but do you want plumbing advice month after month?  You want to hear your accountant’s every thought at tax time, but year ‘round?  You’re bombarded with email from every company you deal with, … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- Two “60 Minutes” Interviews YOU MUST SEE!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by tomdwyer

The decay in our democracy comes in two flavors: legal and illegal.  This month, CBS’s “60 Minutes” interviewed two of the men who have been at the center of the rot for decades,  whose actions define both the legal and … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious One man, one vote… more or less

Posted on October 31, 2011 by tomdwyer

Elections are the foundation of democracy.  Even when we have to hold our noses to do it, we cast our votes with confidence that they will be accurately tallied and faithfully reported.  What happens if that confidence is misplaced?  Stalin … Continue reading →

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Occupy Portland- Report from the front lines of the Class War

Posted on October 25, 2011 by tomdwyer

Warren Buffett famously said “There IS a class war, and MY class is winning”.  The Occupy movement put that Class War into the streets, drawing clear battle lines between the top 1% and the rest of us.  This month, “Your … Continue reading →

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