Archive for June, 2010

Today in Who's Looking Out for You? Some choice excerpts from House Minority Leader John Boehner (R - OH) in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: On the BP Gulf Gusher: "Obama overreacted." On Social Security: "Ensuring there's enough money to pay for...

The Other 98% Pledge for a Better Democracy Overturn Citizens United: Amend the Constitution to protect America from unlimited corporate spending on our elections by overturning the Supreme Court's decision giving corporations the same First...

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June 24, 2010 | In: Resources


On August 28, 1963 Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most important sermon to America, the "I Have a Dream" speech during the historic civil rights March on Washington. This year, Glenn Beck will attempt to stand in King's shoes. WTF?!!...

You weighed in with your ideas and voted for your favorites. Now ratify the final pledge to counter corporate corruption at Stand for Democracy

18 of phone and cable’s 276 revolving door lobbyists are former members of Congress. 72% of the lobbyists hired by big phone and cable have held previous gov’t jobs. It's no wonder that the phone and cable lobby is desperate to take regulatory...

Choose the five most important ideas that will make up our Stand for Democracy pledge: http://j.mp/Stand4Democ

Folks across America, who stood up and fought for real change in the last election, have been hit by wave after wave of corporate scandals, disasters, and frightening examples of how our government has been captured by corporate interests. It would be...

Obviously not Rep Barton: Every voter needs to ask themselves: who is looking out for us, the People, and who is looking out for them, the massive, offshore, global corporations who may or may not have anything but the best interests of their...