Bush was Warned about Hurricane Katrina

Maher and Moyers on Health Care, Obama and America

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Maher: “Do you think we are still a great nation?

Moyer: “We are a very crippled giant, suffering from self-inflicted wounds that if we do not treat and heal, will in fact bring us to our knees and ultimately, to our doom.”

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I am sad to say, but Obama is becoming a very disappointing leader. Washington is so corrupt and politics is so intertwined with corporate money that it is impossible for our government to work the way it should. It’s very disappointing. Politics in this country, is a sham.

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Here is a really great interview with Bill Maher and Bill Moyers about health care, the corporate co-op of the democratic party, Obama and the future of America.

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Money, Money, Money

Maher is right on. All of the major issues in this country can be linked to capitalism and greed. Health Care, jails, war–these things should not, under any circumstance, be run for-profit.

When I worked at a medical clinic, it made me uncomfortable to be talking about vaccines and health in terms of bottom line and profit. It just seemed morally wrong to me. There must be a way to give good health care without the worry of money. There is a good way–many other countries use this way! I am sad to say, but I don’t know if we will ever step out of our individualist, capitalist, greedy ways.

New Rule: Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit

By Bill Maher

How about this for a New Rule: Not everything in America has to make a profit. It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from market pressures. Some things we just didn’t do for money. The United States always defined capitalism, but it didn’t used to define us. But now it’s becoming all that we are.

Naomie Klein on Rachel Maddow

I love Naomi Klein. I saw her speak about her book, “The Shock Doctrine,” in New Orleans. Now here she is speaking about the bailouts:

Bill Maher interviews Elizabeth Warren

Milton Friedman’s economic theories, which have been ruling for the past forty years, are falling apart before our eyes. This model is one of extreme capitalism, upheld as scientific theory. However, the fact is money is not scientific, and the way that money affects people cannot be viewed as such. If we want to progress as a society and survive this turbulent time, we must let go of Friedman’s outdated model and establish one which takes into account the people.
Below is a great video clip from Real Time with Bill Maher. He interviews Elizabeth Warren about the bailouts and the future of our country.

Swine Flu?

I am watching Janet Napolitano on CNN news, and on the bottom of the screen it reads:

PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED

20 swine flu cases in the U.S.

You have got to be kidding me. “Public Health Emergency?!?!”

1260 people die a day from heart attacks!!

115 people die a day from car accidents!!

45 people are murdered every day!!

….and twenty cases of a curable flu is considered a public health emergency?!?

This is exactly why I don’t watch television anymore. Our government and media are RIDICULOUS.

Jenifer Fox: Our Education System Needs Transcendence, Not Fixing

“The secondary school environment in the United States and throughout the world is flawed because it is focused on achievement over relevant and meaningful learning. Having a 4.0 grade point average or perfect scores on standardized tests doesn’t define who a child is or who he is able to become. Children yearn to be more than a list of achievements and scores; they desire relevance. Unfortunately, our schools do not provide them with the things they truly need to discover success in their lives.”

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You Decide

Is the world really this crazy or has journalism really gotten this bad?

Headlines!

February 3rd, 2009

Poll: Majority Of Republicans Want Party To Be More Like Palin

Joe The Plumber Now Advising Republican Party

Phelps’ Sponsors Sticking With Him After Bong Photo

Worker At Salmonella-Infested Peanut Plant Talks: ‘I Saw A Rat Dry-Roasting In The Peanuts’

Random Porn Clip Interrupts Super Bowl Coverage, Shocks Viewers

Miley Cyrus’ slant-eye pose slammed by Asian group

And drumroll for winner headline of the day….

Healthy kidney removed through donor’s vagina

One Step Forward, One Step Back

America, I think you are pretty cool right about now.

California, you have disappointed me. You call yourself a progressive Blue State? You might as well go hang out in the Bible Belt for all I care.

::sigh::

Wise words from Bernie Sanders

No matter how much we progess, it seems ignorance will always struggle for power. Racism, homophobia, sexism, greed–symptoms of a society detached, a society blinded to the interconnectedness of life.