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National Inequality

Obama's 2012 SOTU promises: mostly same unrealized dreams of 2008

  • SOTU
  • January 25, 2012
In the end, the State of the Union address delivered last night by President Obama came down to the word "promise", which he used five...
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Meet the Press 2011 final "roundtable" is circle of codgers and cynicism

The last Meet the Press show of 2011 involved a "roundtable" discussion of challenges facing the USA and its political leaders in 2012...
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In election 2012 the only real choice is between brands of inequality

The only real choice a voter has in the USA at this time is the option of picking his favorite brand (or boldness) of conservative, anti-rational,...
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Richest corporations get tax refunds while poverty increases in USA

A new study of tax payments made by 280 of the biggest corporations in the USA, shows that large numbers of these companies, even while generating...
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The Confederation mindset of Republicans says taxes and poor people are bad

To listen to the dogma of the current Republican Party, ruled by the anti-tax Tea Party, it sounds as if they think the United States is still...
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Orlando Florida declares feeding the homeless a crime, arrests advocates

Orlando, Florida recently passed a law limiting the number of times charitable groups will be allowed to feed the homeless in popular city parks...
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He's having a beer but what is she doing here?

  • Female Stereotype
  • May 17, 2011
It has always been a known ritual for a man to go to his local bar and down a few beers after a hard days work. However, have you ever witnessed a...
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Myths and Patience

One of the enduring economic myths is that if you just make things easier on the poor, downtrodden, wealthy Americans, actual poor Americans will...
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Sharing feelings with the billionaire next door

  • America's rich
  • February 25, 2011
We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot-box, the legislatures,...
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Justified Inequality

Among the proofs of the truthfulness of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was his radically modern perspective on matters unheard...
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