Category Archives: Politics

Popcorn- Fun With Charts And Graphs

“A picture is worth a thousand words”, so this month we’d like to show you two charts that are worth at least a thousand words each.  The first is a chart of bank consolidations from 1990 to 2009, and which … Continue reading

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

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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Post Office 2

I’m Tom Dwyer, You’ve heard that congressional Republi Cons are trying to tip over the Post Office by mandating seventy-five years of retirement and healthcare expenses be paid in advance. But why?  Who gains? If gutting the post office won’t … Continue reading

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De-Occupation

I’m Tom Dwyer, The Occupation meets strong resistance as cities feign safety and sanitation to trump constitutionally protected free speech rights. The occupation may be changing, but there hasn’t been any change to the real issues that put people in … Continue reading

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Occupy First Step

I’m Tom Dwyer, I support the Occupy movement! We need to remove the control of wealth from our governmental framework. We all see the problems, but the mechanisms to fix them are missing, and our representatives and election systems are … Continue reading

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Keith Tucker’s Special-To-Us Toon for November

Like what you see? Click here for a full archive of Keith Tucker’s weekly “What Now?!!!” Toons! or Click here to go to Keith’s website!

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Tom’s Tidbits- No change until THIS change…

DON’T FORGET! ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 8, 2011! Greetings! We’ve done quite a bit of material on the Occupy movement.  It’s a critical issue for our Democracy, and whether it eventually succeeds or fails I think people should know what the protesters … Continue reading

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

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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Book Spotlight- The Family- The Secret Fundamentalism At The Heart Of American Power

Just about a year out from the 2012 elections and unbelievably, Herman Cain is the front runner for the Republicans.   That will probably change as the reality of the election settles in, and everyone starts pushing their candidates for the … Continue reading

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Roller Coaster Ride Through Free Enterprise

Remember the old educational videos they used to show on the days your regular teacher was sick?  Here’s one of them, a 1955 presentation of the National Education Program Workshop.  Join your bubbly instructor Clifton L. Ganus, Jr. as he … Continue reading

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