Here is the
first ever ‘Rantings’ News Blast. In full disclosure the hope is to have the
News Blast be a triweekly thing. The Mid-Weeker consisting of Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday news, The End of the Weeker consisting of Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday and of course, the Weekender consisting of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
All will come out on the last day of their trio of days. I hope you enjoy!
- As World Population Reaches 7 Billion, What Will Save Us From Ourselves? | | AlterNet
“In fact, it's somewhere between unlikely and
impossible that children born into the contemporary slums of Islamabad
or Haiti , or even Baltimore or East Los Angeles ,
will grow up to change the world or solve our problems.”
Read the rest here
- The Economic Future Looks Dark as the Faux Economic Recovery is Primarily Low-Paying Jobs | | AlterNet
“In fact, median household income, adjusted for
inflation, has fallen faster since the recession ended than during the
recession itself.”
Read the
rest here
- Why David Brooks Is Totally Wrong About Income Inequality and the 99% | | AlterNet
“After I read the article, in which Brooks claims
that the focus on “blue state” inequality between the super-elite and the rest
has crowded out discussion of “red state” inequality between people who have
and haven’t graduated from college, my heart sank a little more.”
Read the rest here
“The biggest question among activists now occupying Wall
Street and dozens of other cities is how to strike back against the nation’s
almost unprecedented concentration of income, wealth, and political power in
the top 1 percent.”
Read the rest here
- Populist Presidents - Salena Zito - Townhall
Conservative
“Americans have long embraced populist movements emphasizing
the disconnect between elites and Main
Street
Read the rest here
- Election Night 2011: A Mixed Bag for Conservatives -
Guy Benson
Read the whole analysis here
- Official: Total Unemployed at 16.2 Percent - Mike Shedlock
- Townhall Finance
“Early last year, 75 percent were receiving
checks. The figure is now 48 percent -- a shift that points to a growing crisis
of long-term unemployment. Nearly one-third of America
Read the rest here
- Too Big to Jail - Kathy Fettke - Townhall Finance
“During Obama’s election
campaign, he won hearts when he declared, ""We cannot only have a
plan for Wall Street. We must also help Main Street
Unfortunately three years later, Main
Street Americans are still paying a heavy price for Wall Street's insatiable
greed. Millions are still out of work, facing foreclosure, and/or have lost
their hard-earned savings and retirement funds.”
Read
the rest here
- GLEE's Gay Garden
Goes Too Far - Kevin McCullough - Townhall Conservative
Homophobic radio host Kevin McCullough
writes in a recent article that homosexuality is a choice and neglects to
mention societal bigotry and bullying when lamenting the causes of suicide
among gay males.
Read about it here
- Obama Tightens Screw on
Weeks after the infamous BP oil spill in
late-April 2010, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency that managed
leasing and regulation, was split
up into three parts. Addressing the reorganization, Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar, said: “We will be able to strengthen oversight of the
companies that develop our nation’s energy resources.”
Read the rest here
- House Has Passed
22 Bipartisan Jobs Bills, & Counting | Speaker of the House John
Boehner | speaker.gov
“On ABC's This Week, Speaker Boehner highlighted
the 22 bipartisan House-passed jobs bills that would remove government barriers
to job growth (by stopping unnecessary regulations, preventing tax hikes on
small businesses, and more) but remain stalled in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Instead of more of the same failed 'stimulus' spending, these bills - all part
of the Republican Plan for America's Job Creators - free job creators
from government obstacles that prevent them from hiring new workers.”
Read the rest here
- US Drones Killing
Children in
“A week ago I joined a group of elders
and dozens of other young men who had travelled from Waziristan, in northern Pakistan , to Islamabad
Among the group was Tariq Aziz, a quiet
16-year-old, who had come after he received a phone call from a lawyer in Islamabad
Read the rest here
- GOP Loses to Unions in
After battling hard in Wisconsin ,
after electing a republican governor, John Kasich in 2010 and even after
gaining the confused flip flopped support of Mitt Romney, the GOP still lost to
Unions in Ohio
Read the rest here
The GOP is touting it as a victory
against Obama in the swing state, despite their loss against unions in the
state.
Read about it here
- Transgender Awareness Week
Read about it here
- Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party: Bedfellows? | openDemocracy
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