Monday, April 11, 2011

People Power Not Corporate Power

People Power Not Corporate Power

Right-Wing Bullies Hold Nation Hostage

Right-Wing Bullies Hold Nation Hostage

'Sarah Palin Is an Idiot'

'Sarah Palin Is an Idiot'

More Than 10,000 Call for Van Hollen Bipartisan Investigation of Waukesha Vote - One Wisconsin Now

More Than 10,000 Call for Van Hollen Bipartisan Investigation of Waukesha Vote - One Wisconsin Now

Posted on Facebook by: One Wisconsin NowInvestigate Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus For Election Fraud
nice work, y'all...
More Than 10,000 Call for Van Hollen Bipartisan Investigation of Waukesha Vote - One Wisconsin Now
www.onewisconsinnow.org
Madison -- More than 10,000 concerned Wisconsin citizens are calling for a bipartisan investigation by Attorney General JB Van Hollen into the actions of Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus related to the changing vote totals in the State Supreme Court race between David Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenberg.

Cognitive Dissidence: Is Scott Walker About To Have A Very Bad Monday?

Cognitive Dissidence: Is Scott Walker About To Have A Very Bad Monday?

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http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-scott-walker-about-to-have-very-bad.html
"But no matter what, this is already shaping up to be another very interesting week."
Cognitive Dissidence: Is Scott Walker About To Have A Very Bad Monday?
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Chris Hedges' Columns: Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_the_united_states_is_destroying_her_education_system_20110410/

A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, dumb and blind. It prizes test scores above critical thinking and literacy. It celebrates rote vocational training and the singular, amoral skill of making money. It churns out stunted human products, lacking the capacity and vocabulary to challenge the assumptions and structures of the corporate state. It funnels them into a caste system of drones and systems managers. It transforms a democratic state into a feudal system of corporate masters and serfs.

VIDEO: Maine Mural Projection Artists Discuss 'Photo-Bombing' (EXCLUSIVE)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/maine-labor-mural-brokefix-photo-bombing_n_847091.html?fbwall
(Day two views 39,714)

WASHINGTON -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has admitted regret over ordering his Department of Labor to remove a mural depicting the state's labor history from its lobby in the middle of the legislative session. Since he made his announcement, protesters have threatened to form a human chain and the federal government has stepped in.

Inadvertently, the move also made the mural larger than life -- literally. Late at night on April 2, a group of three artists calling themselves "BrokeFix" visited Maine's capitol building in Augusta. Running a projector out of their car, they projected a large image of the mural onto the capitol's edifice for FULL ARTICLE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/maine-labor-mural-brokefix-photo-bombing_n_847091.html?fbwall

The Koch Brothers: Dark Lords of Derivatives - By Yasha Levine - The eXiled

The Koch Brothers: Dark Lords of Derivatives - By Yasha Levine - The eXiled
"People don’t seem that interested in talking about Wall Street’s unpunished and ongoing rape of America anymore these days. And that’s too bad. Because Koch Industries has a lot more in common with Wall Street than most people realize."

"Here’s a hint to how deeply the Kochs are involved in the same shady financial machinations we usually associate with Wall Street scammers: an investigation just released by the Center for the Public Interest reveals that the Kochs were major players in the fight against financial regulation in 2009 and 2010, bankrolling an army of lobbyists who swarmed Congress and shredded the fin-reg bill."

Liberal Resource: Alternet Survey | AlterNet

Alternet Survey | AlterNet
I am posting this not necessarily to complete as a survery but to view as a liberal who's who resource.

Progressive Media Suffer Losses In the Fight Against the Right-Wing Media Machine | | AlterNet

Progressive Media Suffer Losses In the Fight Against the Right-Wing Media Machine | | AlterNet

SOURCE: direct email from AlterNet

"There have been rays of hope for progressives recently, notably in the Wisconsin uprising against Governor Walker's union-busting jihad and in Glenn Beck's impending departure from Fox News, after strong critical campaigns by Color Of Change, the Jewish Fund for Justice and others, focusing on Beck's racism and obsession with Nazism.

But let's face it: progressives are perpetually put on the defensive by the right-wing media, and so are Obama and the Democrats, for that matter. The relentless conservative propaganda machine dominates the public discourse more than ever. The alarming result is that, according to a number of polls, the constant repetition of conservative disinformation results in many Americans increasingly denying reality."

ThinkProgress » ThinkFast: April 11, 2011

ThinkProgress » ThinkFast: April 11, 2011

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In the AM roundup: CEO pay at major corporations increased 12% in 2010 http://thkpr.gs/eDktDt

"After dipping during the recession, CEO salaries at major corporations are growing again at record rates. The median CEO pay in 2010 rose to $9.6 million, a 12 percent increase over 2009, as American businesses turned profits at the fastest rates in 60 years. The nation’s unemployment rate, meanwhile, is at 8.8 percent." Additional Info Here: ThinkProgress » ThinkFast: April 11, 2011

Is Political Conservatism a Mild Form of Insanity? | Psychology Today

Is Political Conservatism a Mild Form of Insanity? | Psychology Today

Posted on Facebook by: Coffee Party Progressives
An old, but excellent analysis. Add to this their denial of climate change, etc. "Here are the facts. “several psychological variables predicted political conservatism.” "Death anxiety, system instability, dogmatism/intolerance of ambiguity, closed-mindedness, low tolerance of uncertainty, high needs for order, structure, and closure, low integrative complexity, fear of threat and loss, and low self-esteem."

Death Fear (among other unsavory attributes) Predicts Republicanism By William Todd Schultz, PhD...

“...several psychological variables predicted political conservatism.” Which variables exactly? In order of predictive power: Death anxiety, system instability, dogmatism/intolerance of ambiguity, closed-mindedness, low tolerance of uncertainty, high needs for order, structure, and closure, low integrative complexity, fear of threat and loss, and low self-esteem. The researchers conclude, a little chillingly, that “the core ideology of conservatism stresses resistance to change and a justification of inequality.” Full Article Here | Psychology Today