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Kip Smith, Sponsor Of Georgia Bill Requiring Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients, Arrested For DUI

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:16 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Kip Smith, a Republican state congressman from Georgia and sponsor of a bill that would have submitted all welfare recipients to random drug testing, was arrested Friday night for driving under the influence of alcohol. Smith was pulled over after running a red light on his wa …

politics, gop, republicans, welfare, drug-testing, hypocrites

7 Ways to Really Take the Ax to Wall Street

Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 8:50 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

As we’ve learned the hard way, the core of our modern capitalist economy is finance, and finance is run entirely by a few large Wall Street firms.

business, sec, investigation, fraud, corruption, coverup, greed, financial-crisis, wall-street-crimes

The Start of Something New

Sun Jan 1, 2012 11:29 AM EST

Written by: David J. Hudson ©

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education, focus, success, goals, poetry, inspiration, motivation, resolution, prose

We Can Do Better

Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:49 PM EST

By David J.

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corruption, control, programming, brainwash, not-news, corporate-media, negativity, mislead

Now Is Our Time!

Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:09 AM EST

David J. Hudson, Our country was founded on an unfair system of division and control. Politics and Religion was designed and created to keep the people divided and controlled by a few.

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politics, corruption, co, economic-crisis, capitalism, greed, unfairness

Supporting Small Business

Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:49 PM EST

By David J.

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business, schools, corruption, small-business, economic-crisis, capitalism, greed, communities, unfairness

9 Wall Street Execs Who Cashed in on the Boom—and the Bust

Seeded on Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:45 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

After Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley announced hefty profits in the fall of 2009, the Obama administration's pay czar said that he'd cap pay at Citigroup, Bank of America, and five other bailed-out companies.

business, wall-street, corruption, goldman-sachs, bailout, economic-crisis, greed, big-banks

Why Bank Transfer Day (Today) Is Only the Beginning of Something Huge

Seeded on Sat Nov 5, 2011 8:59 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

On Oct. 9, Kristen Christian, a 27-year-old art gallery owner in Los Angeles, created a Facebook page urging her friends to move their money out of the big banks on Nov. 5. The suggestion hit a nerve. By Nov.

politics, corruption, bailout, greed, big-banks, occupy-wallstreet, bank-transfer-day

I Don't Understand

Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:15 PM EDT

I don’t understand Why we allow poverty to exist Why we allow suffering to take place In this world I really don’t I don’t understand How millions can be allowed to live without food and shelter While others live in mansions, dine at the finest restaurants, Wear …

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politics, community, one, protests, love, society, poetry, movement, prose, occupy-wallstreet

Which Bank Is the Worst for America? 5 Behemoths That Hold Our Political System Hostage

Seeded on Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:36 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The economic crash led to the loss of 9 million jobs and the biggest drop in American home-ownership since the Great Depression. Long-term unemployment, poverty and hunger have increased dramatically. People are angry.

jobs, politics, corruption, banks, fees, bailout, hostage, economic-crisis, greed, banking-system

Occupy Wall Street is a Movement Too Big to Fail

Seeded on Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:08 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

here is no danger that the protesters who have occupied squares, parks and plazas across the nation in defiance of the corporate state will be co-opted by the Democratic Party or groups like MoveOn.

congress, jobs, taxes, politics, corruption, tea-party, koch-brothers, debt-deal, occupy-wall-street, economic-fairness

The Price of Power: Congressional Leadership Positions for Sale to the Highest Bidder |

Seeded on Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:59 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Under the new rules for the 2008 election cycle, the DCCC [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] asked rank-and-file members to contribute $125,000 in dues and to raise an additional $75,000 for the party.

wall-street, politics, corruption, lobbyists, control, programming, brainwash, greed, corporate-media, mislead

'Occupy Atlanta' rallies at Capitol

Seeded on Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:06 PM EDT ()

Protesters who have been camped out in a downtown Atlanta park for more than a week left their posts for the state Capitol on Saturday.

politics, protests, occupy-wall-street, occupy-atlanta, jobs-owc

Videos to Encourage and Inspire

Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:53 PM EDT

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social, life, education, community, justice, love, compassion

Wizard of Oz

Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:25 AM EDT

By David J.

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politics, corruption, control, programming, brainwash, corporate-media, mislead

The 10 States With the Worst Economies In America

Seeded on Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:29 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

he global economic crash hurt almost everyone, but not equally so. Last week, we looked at 10 states that are doing better than most in this grueling economy.

jobs, politics, corruption, economic-crisis, capitalism, greed, unfairness

Don't Trust the Corporate Media

Seeded on Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:47 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

I'm writing you, in the heat of August, with surprising earthquakes and hurricanes on the East Coast, and on the chance that you are reading your e-mails and AlterNet, and not on vacation -- though a vacation is a very good idea about this time. We are in an agonizing, …

politics, corruption, control, programming, brainwash, corporate-media, mislead

Matt Taibbi on the Explosive Investigation Revealing the SEC's Cover-Up of Wall Street's Crimes |

Seeded on Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:35 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

In the following interview on Democracy Now! Amy Goodman interviews journalist Matt Taibbi about his recent investigation into the SEC's shady practices. AMY GOODMAN: Is the U.S.

sec, investigation, fraud, politics, corruption, coverup, greed, financial-crisis, wall-street-crimes

5 Reasons Capitalism Has Failed

Seeded on Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:25 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

We live in interesting times. The global economy is splintering. U.S. voters hate all politicians and there's political unrest throughout the world.

business, corruption, economic-crisis, capitalism, greed, unfairness

Rich Executives Spend Millions For Bodyguards To Guard Them From Populist Anger |

Seeded on Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:42 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The Primary, tall and flinty with a graying goatee, has decided he's in the mood for shopping, a development that's got David Perez all worked up. I'm sitting with Perez in a Chevy Silverado in downtown Santa Monica.

business, economy, jobs, taxes, anger, greed, populist-anger

Olympia Snowe On Debt Ceiling Debate: 'I've Never Seen A Worse Congress'

Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:49 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

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congress, jobs, taxes, politics, tea-party, koch-brothers, debt-deal

British Riots: Elites shocked at the poor rising up

Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:36 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

I’m huddled in the front room with some shell-shocked friends, watching my city burn.

jobs, politics, corruption, poor, rich, hope, greed, middle-class, financial-crisis, austerity-measures

Super Wealthy CEOs Help Crush the American Worker, Then Cry About Class Warfare |

Seeded on Mon Aug 1, 2011 8:47 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

ran into my friend Jeff Madrick a few weeks ago. Like a rabbit out of a hat, or so it seemed, he whipped from his coat a copy of his new book, Age of Greed. He gave the book to me and I'm grateful. It's a compelling and worthy read.

jobs, fraud, politics, ceo, corruption, bonuses, greed, class-warfare, american-worker

Why the Wealthiest Americans Are the Real 'Job-Killers'

Seeded on Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:07 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

That the wealthy are “job creators,” and therefore have interests that must be defended by the public at large, is a talking-point that, however facile, is so popular it slips effortlessly from the lips of conservatives every day. It can be deployed for any purp …

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Is Fox News destroying the GOP?

Seeded on Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:39 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Fox News is bad for America and I for one am glad to see Rupert Murdoch's media empire in its early stages of crumbling down.

business, corruption, murdoch, hacking, foxnews, newsoftheworld, media-empire

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