LIBERTAS - In the Name of Liberty

Elizabeth Warren runs for Senate (D) Mass.

2012-01-30T07:55:00.000-08:00

"Don't make us believe again, it hurts too much." - John Stewart, The Daily ShowThe Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook "The problem with that is ... WE WILL HAVE NO FUTURE!" - Elizabeth Warren

BillMoyers.com

2012-01-18T17:09:00.000-08:00

Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson on Winner Take All Politics from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. There is no American Economy outside of American Government, all the inequality in our economic system is planned and put into law by the rich. We must protect our politics from the money that corrupts it. Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Classby

Bill Moyers Vs. Steven Colbert

2012-01-12T17:51:00.001-08:00

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Bill Moyers www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogVideo Archive In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; but in practice, there always is a difference. - Yogi Berra You might also like this Bill Moyers Journal: Jon Stewart from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.

Save American Democracy

2012-01-06T10:46:00.000-08:00

The Saving American Democracy Amendment states that: Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people. Corporations are subject to regulation by the people. Corporations may not make campaign contributions or any election expenditures. Congress and states have the power to regulate campaign finances.

From Truthout: Occupy Elections

2012-01-05T21:46:00.000-08:00

Occupy Rigged Elections: A Call for the Second American Revolution in 2012 Tuesday 27 December 2011 by: Victoria Collier and Ronnie Cummins, Truthout | Op-Ed A protester with the Occupy movement is led away by law enforcement after interrupting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at a campaign event for former Massachusetts Governor

10 Films that Occupy my mind.

2011-12-23T17:31:00.000-08:00

The Yes Men Change the World War by Other Means - a prescient video about the IMF from 1993 Zeitgeist: Moving Forward The Corporation Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics Capitalism IS the Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity Inside Job Capitalism: A Love Story Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy Rise Like Lions: O.W.S. and the Seeds of Revolution

Why Al Franken refused to sign the 2012 Defense Authorization Act

2011-12-16T15:03:00.000-08:00

With this defense authorization act, Congress will, for the first time in 60 years, authorize the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without charge or trial, according to its advocates. This would be the first time that Congress has deviated from President Nixon's Non-Detention Act. And what we are talking about here is that Americans could be subjected to life imprisonment without ever

The Case for Indefinite Detention

2011-12-14T11:05:00.000-08:00

Can't wait to find out who they imprison first.

Anonymous - Message to the American People

2011-12-07T13:46:00.000-08:00

The 2011 U.S. Defense Authorization Bill is Treason. Prepare for November 5th, 2012.

California is !

2011-12-07T11:54:00.001-08:00

John Oliver reports upon the California Initiative Process on the Daily Show.

Bloomberg Reports $7.7-Trillion in no-interest 'Emergeny' Loans

2011-12-02T01:58:00.000-08:00

John Stewart, of the Daily Show on Comedy Central, crushes a kitten when he learns the truth. In 2008, the Federal Reserve offered failed banks $7.7-Trillion in no-interest (0.01%) loans. The banks took the money (including many over-seas banking organizations) and then loaned it back to the U.S. Federal Government at interest (3-7%), and paid their CEO's bonuses out of the money they make on the

Move To Amend:

2011-11-25T03:22:00.000-08:00

On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to

"When the World Outlawed War"

2011-11-23T04:25:00.000-08:00

New David Swanson Book "When the World Outlawed War" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7kpzT8Sr5E&feature=share via @youtube 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact Traditionally Slaves have been valued at about $40,000 in today's (2010) dollars, because people were rare and valuable, but the population explosion of the twentieth century had driven down the value of people to an average of about $90 worldwide. We

Hunter Rawlings - FORA.tv

2010-03-29T18:48:00.000-07:00

A nation that requires no direct service by it's citizens can not claim to be free.

The Moment

2010-03-22T22:50:00.000-07:00

Friend -- After last night's historic health care vote in Congress, I wrote some thoughts about this long-awaited accomplishment -- and the lessons it offers for our efforts to change Congress. This piece is published on the Huffington Post, and I've pasted it below. Please forward this email to your friends and colleagues and share it on Twitter, so we can show our fellow Americans that this

All Federal Government Documents Must be PUBLIC.

2010-03-22T22:22:00.000-07:00

"A bill that was introduced in the US House of Representatives last week would require all Executive Branch agencies to publish public information on the Internet in a timely fashion and in user-friendly formats. The [1]Public Online Information Act would also establish an advisory committee to help craft Internet publication policies for the entire US government, including Congress and the

Why haggle with our political rights?

2010-03-16T14:11:00.000-07:00

No Non-U.S.-Citizen may participate in U.S. Federal Politics via political speech or campaign contribution. This is not a debate about weather non-citizens (like corporations and foreigners) should have free speech. This is a debate about a particular kind of political speech. Just as it is illegal to defame or to endanger people with speech, so it must be illegal for non-citizens to engage in

ES&S buyout: The Diebold "Special Persons" List

2010-02-26T10:56:00.001-08:00

Subject: ES&S buyout: The Diebold "Special Persons" List In the ES&S acquisition contract for Diebold's Premier Election Systems, the following short list of employees are given special treatment. This list is interesting both for who is on the list and for who is NOT on the list. You can discuss this in our forums here:http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/8/80902.htmlWhile one might expect

FRONTLINE: The vindication of Brooksley Born

2010-02-14T23:00:00.000-08:00

Brooksley Born is another tragic American HeroWhy don't we learn from our mistakes? Obama put the tricksters in charge again? The Fundamental flaw in American Capitalism is not the gambling on nested derivatives, it is that our economy is based upon 'Debt-Money', created out of nothing but the promise of our future, which our Government must then pay interest upon forever. As long as the "

We need Publicly Funded Independent Media

2010-02-11T02:23:00.000-08:00

By David Swanson What it would have cost us to publicly fund independent media that would have prevented the invasion of Iraq wouldn't amount, in a year, to what we spend on a month of occupying that country. Diverting the cost of a month of war to a year of giving substance to our "freedom of the press" would mean that the last time someone asked you about the Teabaggers' genius in being

From the Desk of Al Franken, U.S. Senator D, MINN

2010-02-10T22:56:00.000-08:00

You might have seen in the news, on Twitter, or on Facebook recently that I'm opposing the NBC/Comcast merger in its current form. I wanted to write you today to explain why, and to ask for your help. I have some experience in this industry, and I flat-out don't trust Comcast and NBC to operate in the best interest of consumers in Minnesota and around the country when it comes to this merger.

Sign the petition, at Democrats.com

2010-02-09T13:57:00.000-08:00

Corporations don't die, they don't need to eat, breath, or fight for their rights, we human citizens give them their rights. There is no reason that corporate powers need political speech, the very thought is an abomination. Democracy is not for corporations, corporations are dictatorships, with unlimited life span and unlimited capital. NO POLITICAL SPEECH FOR BUSINESSES! Save our DEMOCRACY!

History Lesson on Senate Filibuster

2010-02-03T15:42:00.000-08:00

With such courageous leaders, no wonder America is the 'greatest' nation on earth. Without some basic healthcare for aliens, you risk public health because diseases don't discriminate. (easy fix, increase criminal penalties for hiring illegals, with no economic refugees, then everyone is a citizen.) Without funding for reproductive health, like abortions, you sacrifice poor women to the alter

Fix Congress First

2010-02-03T14:41:00.000-08:00

Fix Congre$$ First

From The Pen

2010-02-03T13:24:00.000-08:00

This is the third in our series of lambasts against the various multitude of gross errors in the ruling by the Supreme Court 5 (Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Scalia & Thomas) to turn corporations into super citizens. The first alert addressed their constructive treason in expressly empowering foreign corporations to speak in our elections, the second vivisected their haste and derelict

Murry Hill Corporation runs for US Congress

2010-02-02T16:46:00.000-08:00

Murray Hill Inc. For Congress

The Shadow Government

2010-01-26T13:41:00.000-08:00

There is a pair of secret organizations that decides who we can vote for in the United States of America. This is the story of one of these 'shadow governments' and how it works in the state of California. Beware, education is imminent, prepare to be illuminated.

In the name of all that is JUST in this world ... John Stewart is my hero.

2010-01-26T10:40:00.000-08:00

Listen Carefully! John Yoo admits that he was a stooge for the Bush Administration. Listen Carefully! John Yoo compares Bush to Nixon, and contrast both with F.D.R. and Lincoln. Listen Carefully! John Yoo explains why we have a U.S. President. How can we claim that we are truly different than the terrorists if we use terror on them?

Move to Amend the Constitution of the United States of America.

2010-01-26T09:48:00.000-08:00

Corporations are not people, they can not be citizens. Citizens have fought and died for their rights. Corporations can not die.It is time we take this country back from the fascist corptocracy.With the Supreme Court choosing sides with the corporations, we need to define corporations explicitly in the U.S. Constitution. Corporations are NOT Citizens, they do not vote, they do not get political

Young Will, 10 years old, legal genius.

2010-01-24T06:24:00.000-08:00

World Can't Wait Marriage is a religious issue, don't U.S. Citizens have freedom of religion? Why should the government be able to define who we can love?

The end of campaign finance limits in the USA

2010-01-22T04:33:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in a 5 to 4 decision that overturned previous rulings, that Corporations (most owned by foreigners) have the free speech rights of human citizens, but NO CAMPAIGN FINANCING LIMIT! No other event in the last decade has gone further to destroy American democracy than this Supreme Court Ruling. Some say there are two forms of American populism, one against

"Michael Moore's Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now"

2009-10-23T22:57:00.000-07:00

You've Seen the Movie -- Now It's Time to ACT! Thursday, October 22, 2009 Friends, It's the #1 question I'm constantly asked after people see my movie: "OK -- so NOW what can I DO?!" You want something to do? Well, you've come to the right place! 'Cause I got 15 things you and I can do right now to fight back and try to fix this very broken system. Here they are: FIVE THINGS WE DEMAND THE

How to Brainwash a Nation: by Yuri Bezmenov

2009-10-01T01:33:00.000-07:00

Ideological subversion and psychological warfare.It takes 15 years minimum to brainwash a nation, the time to raise one generation.This is some Crazy Russian Spook Stuff:Demoralization (GW Bush)Destabilization (GW Bush)Crisis (GW Bush)Normalization (Obama?)Next: Intellectuals will be "lined up against the wall and shot."

Go See A Movie: Michael Moore - Capitalism, a love story

2009-09-27T13:52:00.000-07:00

Capitalist Michael Moore Makes Money!

Healthcare Not Warfare!

2009-09-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

or, Create a Petition Change.org Why do we kill people who have done nothing against us? Because WAR is the Profit-Center for Empire!

When Heaters Harm Democracy, Is Free Speech Enough?

2009-09-07T17:41:00.000-07:00

Forget what you learned in civics about the Founding Fathers — we're the children of Barnum and Bailey, our founding con men. Their freak show was the forerunner of today's talk radio. - Bill MoyersHenry Giroux, describes the growing domination of hate radio as one of the crucial elements in a "culture of cruelty" increasingly marked by overt racism, hostility and disdain for others, coupled with

Front Groups = Corporate Astroturffing

2009-09-05T11:06:00.000-07:00

PR Watch lists the innumerable new front groups popping up to try and defeat government regulations that will end corporate profits.A front group is an organization that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or interest whose sponsorship is hidden or rarely mentioned. The front group is perhaps the most easily recognized use of the third party propaganda

9/11 - The Myth and the Reality, David Ray Griffin

2009-09-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

A 90 minute, free online summary of the Myth that 9/11 was a terrorist attack on the United States. Please watch this episode of the Commonwealth Club of California. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4069714733894389451#

The epilogue to The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible by Ken Schoolland

2009-08-14T05:58:00.000-07:00

(ANALYSIS) The Philosophy of Liberty Guiding PrinciplesMy philosophy is based on the principle of self-ownership. (problem-1: define the "self" in a consistent, non-paradoxical, and universally applicable concept)You own your life. (premise-1 "life can be owned", false premise, problem-2: define "property" and "ownership")To deny this is to imply that another person has a higher claim on your

Libertarian Values

2009-08-13T22:47:00.000-07:00

I very much like this simple video that describes Libertarian Values.Question: Are all men created equal?Question: If so do they have inalienable rights?Question: If they do, what are they, and which takes priority?Right to LifeRight to LibertyRight to Happiness (Property)Define Life, Liberty, Property ...Can Life be owned?

U.S. Treasury Dept. Attacks Barofsky for publishing their own numbers.

2009-08-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

In a report that came out this week, Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), defined the total commitment and support of the U.S. Government to deal with the BUSH DEPRESSION. With 50 programs, and all the money the Federal Reserve (a private, non-government entity) has given out in Loans (guaranteed by our our government), we are potentially on the

The greatest scheme

2009-07-29T04:01:00.000-07:00

Read this story about the GREAT TAX CON by Tom Heartmann, on TruthOut.org.I don't want to increase the top tax bracket for those making over $375,000.00/year too much. I think that the top tax income tax bracket should never be more than 50%.The rich never take personal income anyway. They control their wealth buying and selling stock, controlling companies and thus people. Their measure of

No End In Sight

2009-07-17T02:05:00.000-07:00

Why Can't We Just BE FRIENDS?A friend on FaceBook sent me a message that he's playing Australian Football in Kabul, Afghanistan. If that is possible, why can't we make it out of Iraq before I retire? See the movie "NO END IN SIGHT" (2007), see if we can learn from the mistakes of the past.Also, saw the 'Obama Deception' "documentary" had some interesting information, but the last half was a

The Rights of Man

2009-07-06T00:46:00.000-07:00

Thomas Paine - perhaps the most under appreciated of America's Founding Fathers, wrote The Rights of Man. It detailed a representative government with enumerated social programs to remedy the numbing poverty of commoners through progressive tax measures. Radically reduced in price to ensure unprecedented circulation, it was sensational in its impact and gave birth to reform societies."If, to

San Francisco 8 and CCR - a history lesson

2009-06-02T16:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a question: If you torture confessions out of people, and use those confessions as evidence, how do you ever know what the truth is? I can torture you into saying your mother murdered Abraham Lincoln, that doesn't make it so. Should I arrest and imprison your mom? What will she say about you, when I torture her?In less than one week, the San Francisco 8 - former Black Panthers and other

Barriers to Affordable Housing

2009-05-04T12:31:00.000-07:00

BY SHANNON MORIARTYPUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2009 @ 09:20PAn individual working full-time at minimum wage cannot afford the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment in any state in the U.S., according to a new study. Now more than ever, low-wage workers are facing significant barriers to making ends meet, and the lack of affordable housing just complicates matters. This explains why most low-income

Democratic Rebuttal

2009-05-01T14:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Citizen: I received your letter and understand your support for holding the Bush Administration accountable for the warrantless surveillance program of American citizens and the CIA's detention and interrogation programs. I strongly agree that the Bush Administration made grave mistakes while in office. The fact that President Bush went outside of the bounds of the Foreign Intelligence