In 8 years in office, Bill Clinton, in addition to creating 22 million jobs, left office having lifted 5 million people out of poverty. When George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (who have somehow avoided prosecution for war crimes) left office there were about 12 million unemployed and only 3 million jobs had been created [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Courts and the Law'
The Bush-Cheney Pro-Poverty Programs
July 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Courts and the Law, Culture, Economics, Human Rights, Politics
Tags: Bush and Cheney·financial scams·Neocon scams·personal bankrupticies·poverty·sub-prime mortgages·the unemployed and jobs
Impeach Justice Thomas.
July 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Courts and the Law, Lobbying, Politics
Quote from a Right Wing blog on the Internet concerning the activities of Supreme Court Justice Thomas’ wife in creating a new Right-Wing group and the reaction of Democrats. “Real predictable, these libtards. Put Clarence Thomas/Tea Parties/White Woman together and they’ll be foaming at the mouth in no time flat.” The Right Wing moron in [...]
Tags: archconservatives·Citizens United·corporate funding of political campaigns·Heritage Foundation and Virginia Thomas·Impeach Clarence Thomas·impeachment of supreme court·Justice Clarence Thomas·Liberty Central·neocon supreme court·Neocons·Supreme court decisions·Virginia Thomas
Net Neutrality–Free Speech on the Internet
July 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Courts and the Law, Economics, Media, Politics, Science & Technology
Someone asked recently, “What can I do?” when it comes to issues of political and economic power being used as a wedge or leverage against the average American. Sometimes there is very little anyone can do. For instance, the Supreme Court recently made several rulings setting back established law 60 or 70 years. It has [...]
Tags: communications over the Internet·FCC·freedom of speech·net neutrality·Telecom lobbying·the Internet
The Roberts’ Supreme Court and the End of Democracy
June 6th, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Courts and the Law, Labor, Lobbying, Politics
With all the other problems facing this country, one that we should not have to face in 2010 is the validity and honesty of our Supreme Court. Over the long history of the country, through the earliest days when transportation and communication were long and tedious, when modern appliances and inventions made life less complex, [...]
Tags: corporate influence on the Supreme Court·the Bush Supreme Court·the Citizens United decision·the Supreme Court·wrong Supreme Court decisions
A Radical Proposal: Peace and Justice
May 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Courts and the Law, International affairs, Politics, wars and militarism
This is about war and peace. Yes, the most important thing today is more jobs. That is the very first item that should be on the White House agenda every morning and every afternoon and every evening. That is number one. And there are good and relatively simple ways to create jobs and really jump-start [...]
Tags: Bush and Cheney as War Criminals·end Iraq War·lied into war·Saddam Hussein·the Iraq War·unjust wars·war crimes·war criminals
Halliburton, Again.
May 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Courts and the Law
When the smoke cleared at the site of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a name appeared in the various stories of the even. It is a name long familiar to those in the oil industry for more than 80 years and also familiar to some in the general public. But not [...]
Tags: Bunnatine Greenhouse·Dick Cheney·government contracts·gulf oil spill·Halliburton·Halliburton fraud·offshore drilling·oil spills
Selling Out to Corporations: Gale Norton and Bush’s Department of Interior
March 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · Courts and the Law, Culture, Politics
The health care reform debate brought out the wild and wooly in our society. Not simply the rather profane nut cases, but the craziness that we allowed to creep into government under the cover of ideology. The truly discontented members of the middle class in our society must learn what actually happened to their country [...]
Tags: Bush administration·Gale Norton·Interior Department·James Watt·national parks·privatization·public corruption·public oil and gas leases·Stephen Griles
Torts, Filibusters, Health Care Reform and Disastrous Supreme Court Decisions
March 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Courts and the Law, Health Care, Politics
We are now well into this session of Congress. The Senate has already begun a pace of filibusters that will exceed that of the last session, which was already double the highest number ever. It is very clear. The Neoconservatives are committed not to the constituents who elected them but to large industrial corporations, or [...]
Tags: health care debate·health care lobby·health care reform·Neoconservative·Republican health care plan·Right Wing·Supreme Court
The Dangerous State of Our Legal System
February 8th, 2010 · Comments Off · Courts and the Law, Politics
When Barack Obama became our 44th President, we thought that things would begin to change. And they have. But not much. Yet some people might still say that these things take time and we will gradually get back to normal. That may not happen. And if it does not happen, you are not safe. Not [...]
Tags: Bush judicial appoiontments·Fascist·illegal interference in elections·judicial interference·Neoconservative judges·rigging the judicial system·Scalia
The Supreme Court Disgracefully Wrong on Freedom of Speech
February 6th, 2010 · Comments Off · Courts and the Law, Politics
Many people, on both sides of the political spectrum understand the implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling that says that corporations may basically act as if they are individuals when it comes to political “speech.” They refer to the transfer of a dollar or a billion dollars, which they regard, stupidly…yes, stupidly…as the same [...]
Tags: Alito·Bush supreme court·Campaign finance reform·corporate campaign contributions·freedom of speech·money as free speech·Roberts Supreme Court·Scalia·Supreme Court
We Need Unions Today More Than Ever.
February 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Courts and the Law, Culture, Economics, jobs, Politics
Under the Bush Administration, unions found themselves once again under siege. The last 29 years have been a battle against corporate lobbyists, Right-Wing radio commentators, and congressmen-turned-lobbyists. Many in the public, including many Democrats have forgotten the debt we all owe to the literally dead and wounded union warriors in the long struggle for the [...]
Tags: anti-union activists·Bush Labor Department·corporate lobbyists·Elaine Chao·unions
The Don Seigelman Travesty: How Neocons Corrupted the Justice System
January 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Courts and the Law, Politics
I think anyone would agree that if a former Governor of a state, one who is running for a return to office and is ahead in the voting is falsely indicted by the local U.S. Attorney for the opposite political party, it is a very significant issue. If a governor can be indicted on false [...]
Tags: Alabama political corruption·Courts·justice department·Karl Rove·Lunatic fringe·political corruption·Right Wing·Seigalman case·Seigelman·U.S. attorneys scandal
The Supreme Court: The Unthinkable May Have Happened.
January 24th, 2010 · Comments Off · Courts and the Law, General, Politics
For decades, if not for a century or more, we in the United States have been proud to believe that our Supreme Court has made decisions, for the most part, without the influence of partisan politics, public pressure, or historical tradition. No political party, no group of protestors or no matter the number of years [...]
Tags: campaign contributions·corporate campaign contributions·Neoconservative·Right Wing·Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Says: Corporations, Yes–Americans, No.
January 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Courts and the Law, Culture, Politics
Yesterday, January 21, 2009 may have been a watershed moment in the short timeline of American history. Many say it was. If they are right, and you are among the vast middle class, no matter how benevolent your employer or how prudent your personal economics, your future is in jeopardy. The Supreme Court yesterday voted [...]
Tags: corporate campaign contributions·Supreme Court·Supreme court decisions