Rick Warren vs The IRS

Rick Warren vs The IRS - 15 January 2009
Just how powerful is Rick Warren? Ask the IRS. When they tried to collect back taxes from the pastor, Warren used his mega-clout to campaign against them–and won. With the help of Congress, that is, which stepped in to preempt a court ruling on the Cold War law [...]

George W Bush Statistical Numbers Never to Forget

Fellow blogger Devilstower with the Daily Kos, writes a thoughtful and investigative article presenting alarming statistics from the George W Bush Administration.  This is an informative read for all Americans. Sun Jan 25, 2009

Bush’s departure from the news cycle has been so abrupt that you get the impression that were you to mention his name [...]

John Thain A Wall Street Thug

Who is John Thain?  A Wall Street Thug, a greedy American, an arrogant thief, a corrupt corporate criminal!  John Thain was the CEO of Merrill Lynch until he was FINALLY FIRED on January 22, 2009.  Merrill Lynch was bought (with tax payer money) by Bank of America in September 2008 for a whopping $50,000,000,000!  The [...]

John Cornyn Supports Intelligence Agents Violating US Law

John Cornyn led an effort on January 21, 2009, to hold up the confirmation of Eric Holder as the next U.S. Attorney General of the United States.  Cornyn’s explanation is whether U.S. Intelligence Agents could be prosecuted for administering torture and harsh interrogations of terror suspects. 

GAO Finds Bailout Firms Hiding Money Offshore

Carol D. Leonnig, writer for the Washington Post, writes on January 17, 2009, that Wall Street firms bailed out by U.S. Taxpayers are setting up offshore accounts to help them avoid paying taxes. Outrageous!  Americans must speak out and top the continued pillaging of Americans by these right-wing corporations and CEOs.

John Cornyn going after Hillary Clinton

So what else is new with the same ole tired politics of division and fear mongering by Texas Republican John Cornyn and his Republican cronies.  The Clintons have been the target of these white extremists for decades and although America spoke loud and clear, Cornyn wants to continue to stir up trouble in the midst [...]

Death of the Moderate Republican

Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, publisher and founder of Daily Kos, the largest progressive blog in the United States, writes an intuitive article presenting former Representative, Tom Davis, on the Death of the Moderate Republican. Davis writes:

Americans Should Support Single-Payer Healthcare Bill HR 676

Congressman John Conyers will reintroduce HR 676, his single-payer healthcare bill in the 111th Congress. Please ask your representative to cosponsor the bill and actively work with Rep. Conyers to gain additional cosponsors.  In order to ensure HR 676 is part of the healthcare discussion in Congress, we need 150 cosponsors by the end of [...]

UnitedHealth Group Defrauded 100 Million Americans

UnitedHealth Group ripped off over 110 million Americans and they did it for 10 years!

An investigation begun by New York’s Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo said the company Ingenix, a research firm owned by UnitedHealth Group deliberately shorted reimbursements on out-of-network health insurance claims for Americans to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars!  Ingenix [...]

David Vitter Submits a Slew of Bills in Senate

Senator David Vitter, R-La., filed a barrage of legislation on the first day of the 111th Congress, 34 bills and resolutions.  Catering to the Religious Right, Vitter’s bills include topics such as abortion, public prayer, stem cell research, home schooling, drugs, the death penalty, illegal immigration and protecting the American Flag.  With America’s economy in [...]

Will Eric Holder be More Honest than Mukasey

John Cusack writes an nice article in the Huffington Post regarding Obama’s appointment of Eric Holder as Attorney General.

Two Questions Congress Should ask Eric Holder

Two questions we should demand Congress ask of Eric Holder before confirming him. The same two questions Mukasey refused to answer.

Medicaid Recipients Face New Harsh Bush Rules

Medicaid recipients will be faced with new financial challenges come January 25, 2009 because of last minute changes by George W Bush and his administration.  Bush’s revised rules allow states to force people on Medicaid to pay more for health care services.  This is another Bush action that debunks his ‘compassionate conservatism’ philosophy.