Saturday, September 24, 2011
Underground Politics: PEACEFUL FEMALE PROTESTORS PENNED IN THE STREET AND MACED!- #OccupyWallStreet
Underground Politics: PEACEFUL FEMALE PROTESTORS PENNED IN THE STREET AND MACED!- #OccupyWallStreet
Must see! I doubt if the Main Stream Media will cover this.
Testimony in opposition to HB136: Statewide Voucher Program
Testimony in opposition to HB136: Statewide Voucher Program
Last night I had the opportunity to directly participate in the legislative process when I provided testimony in front of the House Education Committee. I was privileged to listen to numerous amazing individuals from all over Ohio speak about the adverse effects of this legislation on their schools and community. Sadly, too many Republicans on the committee ignored cold, hard facts and passed the bill, 12-10, moving it to a floor vote. In the end, two Republican committee members went against their party, Representatives Anielski and Baker. Read More Here
Last night I had the opportunity to directly participate in the legislative process when I provided testimony in front of the House Education Committee. I was privileged to listen to numerous amazing individuals from all over Ohio speak about the adverse effects of this legislation on their schools and community. Sadly, too many Republicans on the committee ignored cold, hard facts and passed the bill, 12-10, moving it to a floor vote. In the end, two Republican committee members went against their party, Representatives Anielski and Baker. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
What Does Rupert Murdoch Want With America's Schools? | Education | AlterNet
What Does Rupert Murdoch Want With America's Schools? | Education | AlterNet
Murdoch has made it very clear that he views America's public schools as a potential gold mine.
The following article first appeared in Mother Jones. For more great content from Mother Jones, sign up for their free email updates here.
Rupert Murdoch's reputation precedes him—but one thing he's not well known for is his education reform advocacy. But that could soon change. Next month, Murdoch will make an unusual public appearance in San Francisco, delivering the keynote address at an education summit hosted by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has lately been crisscrossing the country promoting his own version of education reform. Read More Here
Murdoch has made it very clear that he views America's public schools as a potential gold mine.
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Rupert Murdoch's reputation precedes him—but one thing he's not well known for is his education reform advocacy. But that could soon change. Next month, Murdoch will make an unusual public appearance in San Francisco, delivering the keynote address at an education summit hosted by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has lately been crisscrossing the country promoting his own version of education reform. Read More Here
After Gutting Public School Budget, Ohio Republicans Try To Give Private Schools More Than $100 Million
h/t Judi Powell
Kasich's knife claims a key scalp: editorial | cleveland.com
Kasich's knife claims a key scalp: editorial | cleveland.com
The question was never whether, but when, Gov. John Kasich's budget would decapitate the Statehouse defender of Ohio's utility customers -- 4.5 million households.
That's why Wednesday's resignation by Ohio Consumers' Counsel Janine Migden-Ostrander wasn't a surprise. Read More Here
The question was never whether, but when, Gov. John Kasich's budget would decapitate the Statehouse defender of Ohio's utility customers -- 4.5 million households.
That's why Wednesday's resignation by Ohio Consumers' Counsel Janine Migden-Ostrander wasn't a surprise. Read More Here
Does God want fracking in Ohio? « Midwest Energy News
Does God want fracking in Ohio? « Midwest Energy News
Here in Minnesota, we’ve heard the argument that coal was placed in the earth by God for us to use. In Ohio, Gov. John Kasich, at his energy summit this week, is the latest to proclaim the divine providence of fossil fuel resources.
In an address at the summit at Ohio State University, Gov. Kasich enthusiastically describes the economic potential of the Marcellus and Utica shale formations, exploration of which Chesapeake Energy estimates could create more than 200,000 jobs over four years: Read More Here
In an address at the summit at Ohio State University, Gov. Kasich enthusiastically describes the economic potential of the Marcellus and Utica shale formations, exploration of which Chesapeake Energy estimates could create more than 200,000 jobs over four years: Read More Here
The Hidden Hands in Redistricting: Corporations and Other Powerful Interests
by Olga Pierce, Jeff Larson and Lois Beckett ProPublica, Sep. 23, 2011, 10:03 a.m.
Their names suggest selfless dedication to democracy. Fair Districts Mass. Protect Your Vote. The Center for a Better New Jersey. And their stated goals are unarguable: In the partisan fight to redraw congressional districts, states should stick to the principle of one person, one vote.
But a ProPublica investigation has found that these groups and others are being quietly bankrolled by corporations, unions and other special interests. Their main interest in the once-a-decade political fight over redistricting is not to help voters in the communities they claim to represent but mainly to improve the prospects of their political allies or to harm their enemies.
Friday, September 23, 2011
We MUST get HB 194 repeal on the ballot — or we're screwed! | OhioDaily
We MUST get HB 194 repeal on the ballot — or we're screwed! | OhioDaily
It's not like I haven't known this all along. That's why I carry a half dozen petitions (different counties) with me everywhere I go. That is why I will post any information about signing opportunities anyone alerts me to.
But I just got home from a small gathering of the Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus that really drove home how important this is. As attorney and elections specialist Dora Rose went down the list of things HB 194 would do, there were things even I didn't know about — things virtually guaranteed to disenfranchise thousands of people not fortunate enough to be born rich, white and Republican. Read More Here.
But I just got home from a small gathering of the Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus that really drove home how important this is. As attorney and elections specialist Dora Rose went down the list of things HB 194 would do, there were things even I didn't know about — things virtually guaranteed to disenfranchise thousands of people not fortunate enough to be born rich, white and Republican. Read More Here.
h/t Adrienne
Help stop the TRAIN Act : Writes Like She Talks
Help stop the TRAIN Act : Writes Like She Talks
There’s an awful lot of news grabbing attention this week but in that bustle, please do not ignore or lose sight of the TRAIN Act which needs to be defeated in the U.S. House tomorrow. The threat to us is so strong that even the Obama administration has threatened to veto it if it makes it through Congress. Read More Here
For another source of information on the Train Act Press Here
h/t Adrienne
Ohio Becomes First State To Sell Off A Prison, Giving It To Prison Director’s Former Private Employer
Whiskey and the morning after: The "Anti-Christ" is already here
Whiskey and the morning after: The "Anti-Christ" is already here: I did not mean to start writing blogs about religion. For me, as I have said before, my childhood was spent in an ultra-religious and ultra-... Read More Here
Daily Kos: Ohio public workers face health care cuts and safety concerns if Senate Bill 5 is not repealed
Daily Kos: Ohio public workers face health care cuts and safety concerns if Senate Bill 5 is not repealed
by Laura Clawson forDaily Kos Labor
With the vote to repeal Ohio's Senate Bill 5, which eliminates most collective bargaining rights for public employees, coming up in November—it's on the ballot as Issue 2, and a "no" vote is a vote for repeal—Ohio is taking a look at how things would look if the law went into effect. The Dayton Daily News itemizes some of what would happen to state workers. The basic way the law works is this: Read More Here
by Laura Clawson forDaily Kos Labor
With the vote to repeal Ohio's Senate Bill 5, which eliminates most collective bargaining rights for public employees, coming up in November—it's on the ballot as Issue 2, and a "no" vote is a vote for repeal—Ohio is taking a look at how things would look if the law went into effect. The Dayton Daily News itemizes some of what would happen to state workers. The basic way the law works is this: Read More Here
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Clinton: ‘There Is Not A Single Solitary Example’ Of A Country That Has Succeeded With A Tea Party Philosophy
Scott Walker's Top Anti-Worker Aide Target of FBI Raid; Corruption in Walker's Administration? | | AlterNet
Scott Walker's Top Anti-Worker Aide Target of FBI Raid; Corruption in Walker's Administration? | | AlterNet
The Nation/by John Nichols
A secret probe into political wrongdoing has swept up the point person on the Wisconsin governor's anti-union efforts; will it reach the governor himself?
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took a phone call that he thought was from billionaire campaign donor David Koch, he described the secret meeting of his cabinet at which he outlined the “budget repair bill” that stripped collective bargaining protections from public employees and teachers, replaced civil servants with political cronies and made it possible to sell off public utilities in no-bid deals with out-of-state corporations. Read More Here
The Nation/by John Nichols
A secret probe into political wrongdoing has swept up the point person on the Wisconsin governor's anti-union efforts; will it reach the governor himself?
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took a phone call that he thought was from billionaire campaign donor David Koch, he described the secret meeting of his cabinet at which he outlined the “budget repair bill” that stripped collective bargaining protections from public employees and teachers, replaced civil servants with political cronies and made it possible to sell off public utilities in no-bid deals with out-of-state corporations. Read More Here
Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution To Troy Davis
Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution To Troy Davis: The Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution to Troy Davis. Davis was convicted of murder and sentenced to die almost two decades ago. Since then, seven of the witnesses against him have recanted their testimony, and some have even implicated Sylvester “Redd” Coles, a witness who testified that Davis was the shooter./ Read More Here
Ohio’s charter schools owe state over $2 million in unpaid audit fees
Ohio’s charter schools owe state over $2 million in unpaid audit fees
According to documents obtained from the Auditor of State’s office, Ohio’s charter schools currently owe a total of $2,044,392 in unpaid auditor fees. Over $1.7 million of these fees are at least 120 days late.
A quick review of some of the top offenders reveals some not-so-surprising results to anyone familiar with Ohio’s disastrous charter school system. Read More Here
According to documents obtained from the Auditor of State’s office, Ohio’s charter schools currently owe a total of $2,044,392 in unpaid auditor fees. Over $1.7 million of these fees are at least 120 days late.
A quick review of some of the top offenders reveals some not-so-surprising results to anyone familiar with Ohio’s disastrous charter school system. Read More Here
State Paper Rips Ohio Senate Candidate For Failing To File Disclosure Forms More Than 120 Days Past Due
State Paper Rips Ohio Senate Candidate For Failing To File Disclosure Forms More Than 120 Days Past Due: Last month, ThinkProgress reported that Ohio Treasurer and GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel went 90 days past the due date for his financial disclosure forms. Now, more than 120 days overdue, “tested and trusted” Mandel is still failing this basic transparency test. And Ohio papers are taking note. This weekend, the Akron Beacon Journal editorial [...]/ Read More Here
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Forbes: Koch Brothers Now Worth $50 Billion
Ohio Democratic Women's Caucus luncheon in Cleveland last Saturday | OhioDaily
Ohio Democratic Women's Caucus luncheon in Cleveland last Saturday | OhioDaily
Before too many more days pass, I wanted to say a few words about the Ohio Democratic Women's Caucus luncheon held last Saturday at the English Oak Room in Tower City. It was the first time this luncheon has been held outside Columbus that I can recall. I sat at a table with a woman from south of Dayton, and ran into several from the Cincinnati area, including congressional candidate Connie Pillich. Thanks to all of them for making the trip! Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Exclusive Timeline: Bush Administration Advanced Solyndra Loan Guarantee for Two Years, Media Blow the Story
by Stephen Lacey and Richard Caperton
It’s often claimed that the Solyndra loan guarantee was “rushed through” by the Obama Administration for political reasons. In fact, the Solyndra loan guarantee was a multi-year process that the Bush Administration launched in 2007. You’d never know from the media coverage that: The Bush team tried to conditionally [...]/ Read More Here
The Book of Cletis: A Goldwater Perspective by Eric Marshall
The Book of Cletis: A Goldwater Perspective by Eric Marshall: "Federal Disaster Relief, "Limited Government," And The Economy" The New England region of the United States was recently struck by Hurrica... Read More Here
Governor Kasich now wants to rush slots at the horse tracks, and award no-bid contract to company represented by his closest former staffers /Plunderbund
by Modern Squire
To say John Kasich has a muddled history on the issue of Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs—i.e.- video slot machines) at horseracing tracks.
Kasich was highly critical of Governor Ted Strickland’s initial decision to permit VLTs as a way to avoid freezing planned income tax cuts and still balance the budget. Read More Here
Texas GOP Rep On Cuts To Family Planning: ‘Of Course This Is A War On Birth Control’
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
John Kasich is responsible for some retirement fund fiscal woes | Lancaster Eagle Gazette | lancastereaglegazette.com
John Kasich is responsible for some retirement fund fiscal woes | Lancaster Eagle Gazette | lancastereaglegazette.com
To the Editor:
Gov. John Kasich recently stated that Ohio retirement funds were unstable and needed overhauled. Can you believe this statement is coming out of the mouth of the man who is personally responsible for a significant portion of these fund's fiscal woes? Read More Here
To the Editor:
Gov. John Kasich recently stated that Ohio retirement funds were unstable and needed overhauled. Can you believe this statement is coming out of the mouth of the man who is personally responsible for a significant portion of these fund's fiscal woes? Read More Here
10 Signs God Is Furious With the Right | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
10 Signs God Is Furious With the Right | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
by Paul Rosenberg
Why is it that whenever disaster strikes, right-wing religious nuts seem to have all the fun? Some might say it's just because they're sadists, but they always seem to find the silver lining. 9/11? God's calling on America to repent! (No, not for it's foreign policy, you dummy!) Hurricane Katrina? It was that darned homosexual parade the organizers forgot to tell anyone about! Read More Here
by Paul Rosenberg
Why is it that whenever disaster strikes, right-wing religious nuts seem to have all the fun? Some might say it's just because they're sadists, but they always seem to find the silver lining. 9/11? God's calling on America to repent! (No, not for it's foreign policy, you dummy!) Hurricane Katrina? It was that darned homosexual parade the organizers forgot to tell anyone about! Read More Here
Kasich on public employees: “we are at war with these people”
Kasich on public employees: “we are at war with these people”
About a week ago I was forwarded an email written by Dr. Mike Shreffler, the Superintendent of Southeast Local Schools. In the letter Dr. Shreffler recounts a invitation-only event he attended with Governor Kasich and the many false and often downright nasty statements made by the Governor regarding public employees in Ohio. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Are Western Conservation Efforts Causing Famine In Africa? | World | AlterNet
Are Western Conservation Efforts Causing Famine In Africa? | World | AlterNet
by Rebecca Adamson
As Americans anxiously watch stock market fluctuations, mothers and fathers a continent away are making choices about which of their children to save. In East Africa, worry about one’s retirement investments is a fairy tale woe compared to the daily struggle for life that many face. Read More Here
What You Need to Know About the Horn of Africa Famine | Mother Jones
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Eastern Africa's worst drought in 60 years has combined with political violence in Somalia to produce what the United Nations is calling the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world. But if you haven't heard of the millions across Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti who are malnourished, starving, and displaced, it's because practically no one is talking about it. How did the famine start in the first place? Why is it so severe this time? And why are the international media largely ignoring this disaster? Let Mother Jones bring you up to speed on what's happening in the Horn of Africa. Read More Here
What a Disaster: GOP Cuts Clean Vehicle Jobs Program to Pay for Extreme Weather Relief
What a Disaster: GOP Cuts Clean Vehicle Jobs Program to Pay for Extreme Weather Relief:
Cutting funding for advanced vehicles that would produce less carbon dioxide pollution to pay for extreme weather disaster relief is like cutting funds for Smokey the Bear’s fire prevention campaign to pay for forest fire damage. by Daniel J. Weiss This week the House of Representatives plans to vote on a continuing resolution for fiscal [...]/ Read More Here
Monday, September 19, 2011
While Lobbying For Huge Tax Giveaways, Corporations Hoard Record Amounts Of Cash Instead Of Hiring
Recent Blackout Highlights Nation's Rickety Power Grid
by Ariel Wittenberg ProPublica, Sep. 16, 2011, 1:38 p.m.
Experts say the cascading blackout [1] that put millions of Westerners in the dark last week was no surprise: Major power outages have more than doubled in the last decade.
"This is just evidence that we need a smarter, better, more secure system," said Massoud Amin, director of the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota, who has analyzed federal data on the reliability of the nation's electric grid.
Blackouts disrupt power to at least a third of U.S. homes each year, and studies show the number of outages is rising [2].
The Book of Cletis: Honor by Harold Trainer
The Book of Cletis: Honor by Harold Trainer
This Medal of Honor winner is an amazing young man from Kentucky who represents what is right about our military and the ability of our military to develop, over the years, the capability to defend our country. This young man, and others like him, gave us and our nation a blank check. They trust that this check will not be cashed until it is required. They trust that the American people, and their government, will not put them in harm's way because of mistakes or outright lies. Read More Here
This Medal of Honor winner is an amazing young man from Kentucky who represents what is right about our military and the ability of our military to develop, over the years, the capability to defend our country. This young man, and others like him, gave us and our nation a blank check. They trust that this check will not be cashed until it is required. They trust that the American people, and their government, will not put them in harm's way because of mistakes or outright lies. Read More Here
Andrew Breitbart Incites Violence Against Liberals, Says Military Will Back The Tea Party Up | Addicting Info
Andrew Breitbart Incites Violence Against Liberals, Says Military Will Back The Tea Party Up | Addicting Info
Tea Party favorite Andrew Breitbartz told a conservative audience in Massachusetts that conservatives outnumber liberals and have most of the guns. He also claimed that the military is ready to take action against liberals if violence ever erupted between liberals and conservatives. Read More Here
Tea Party favorite Andrew Breitbartz told a conservative audience in Massachusetts that conservatives outnumber liberals and have most of the guns. He also claimed that the military is ready to take action against liberals if violence ever erupted between liberals and conservatives. Read More Here
The call to occupy Wall Street resonates around the world | Micah White and Kalle Lasn | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Daily Kos: 80 Years of Planning: The Kochs + The Family + Birchers = Tea Party
Daily Kos: 80 Years of Planning: The Kochs + The Family + Birchers = Tea Party
Tired of feeling like you are in the dark, sensing the world is heading towards a precipice yet your powerless to stop it? Feeling like your superglued to an orb spinning out of control? Read More Here
Tired of feeling like you are in the dark, sensing the world is heading towards a precipice yet your powerless to stop it? Feeling like your superglued to an orb spinning out of control? Read More Here
EDITORIAL: Fight the fright stampede
EDITORIAL: Fight the fright stampede
(Source: Chattanooga Times/Free Press)
By Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.
Sept. 18--With the leading Republican aspirant for the presidency, Rick Perry, denouncing Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme," and the "gang of six" U.S. senators on the national debt commission considering harsh downsizing of Social Security and Medicare, Sen. Bernie Sanders' solid proposal for keeping Social Security in the black for another 75 years comes as a breath of fresh sanity against the GOP fright agenda. His proposal: eliminate the cap on income for Social Security payroll taxes. Read More Here
By Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Sept. 18--With the leading Republican aspirant for the presidency, Rick Perry, denouncing Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme," and the "gang of six" U.S. senators on the national debt commission considering harsh downsizing of Social Security and Medicare, Sen. Bernie Sanders' solid proposal for keeping Social Security in the black for another 75 years comes as a breath of fresh sanity against the GOP fright agenda. His proposal: eliminate the cap on income for Social Security payroll taxes. Read More Here
Science Lags As Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields
by Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz ProPublica, Sep. 16, 2011, 5:35 p.m.
On a summer evening in June 2005, Susan Wallace-Babb went out into a neighbor's field near her ranch in Western Colorado to close an irrigation ditch. She parked down the rutted double-track, stepped out of her truck into the low-slung sun, took a deep breath, and collapsed, unconscious.A natural gas well and a pair of fuel storage tanks sat less than a half-mile away. Later, after Wallace-Babb came to and sought answers, a sheriff's deputy told her that a tank full of gas condensate -- liquid hydrocarbons gathered from the production process -- had overflowed into another tank. The fumes must have drifted toward the field where she was working, he suggested.
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