Tag Archives: america

Health Notes- Does this country make my butt look big?

Posted on July 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

Most of us could probably stand to lose a little weight, but the truth is… well, most of us could probably stand to lose a little weight. Results from a recent study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 June and July, Health Notes, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged america, bmi, body mass index, health, Health Notes, obesity, overweight | Comments Off

Why We Needed A Science March In The First Place

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

Millions worldwide, and tens of thousands in Portland alone, took to the streets recently. Was it an anit-war protest, a tax resistance protest, a “throw the bums out” protest? No. Embarrassingly, these millions were in the streets to support science. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, News To Make You Furious, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged america, cancer, committee on science space and technology, consensus, doubt, dumbing down, education, fracking, furious, global warming, im not a scientist but, incompetence, intellectualism, lying, march for science, national science budget, News To Make You Furious, objective, reality, science denal, scientific prostitutes, smoking, texas, texas railroad commission, tobacco, us house of representatives | Comments Off

Endless war. Endless squandered opportunity.

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Greetings! America is currently at war with between 0 and 134 countries. Constitutionally-required Declarations Of War may be passé, but our war machine limps along vigorously under endless “authorizations for use of military force”. However, war can only be a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 August, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, Tom's Tidbits | Tagged america, aumf, authorization of use of military force, budget, Corporatocracy, declaration of war, endless war, military industrial complex, peace, pentagon, pentagon budget, war | Comments Off

News To Make You Furious- The Dumbing Down of America

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Where does the word “idiot” come from? It goes back to the inventors of democracy, the Greeks, who coined the term to describe people who didn’t (or couldn’t) participate in public life. Athenian “idiots” lived under laws and rules written … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 August, News To Make You Furious, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged america, citizen, citizenry, civics, conspiracy, dumbing down, economics, education, environment, global warming, idiot, ignorance, politics, sarah palin, school failure, schools, society | Comments Off

Fascism in Amerika

Posted on December 6, 2010 by tomdwyer

Hi, I’m Tom Dwyer When I used the word “Fascism” in one of my ads four years ago, people unaware of the real meaning of the word thought I was nuts. Fascism; a system of Government controlled by Business… That … Continue reading →