Published on Thursday, February 4, 2010 by Huffington Post Obama Administration Knew Foreclosure Program Wasn’t Working Right, Did Nothing by Shahien Nasiripour Even as the Obama administration’s signature foreclosure-prevention program has foundered, Treasury Department officials have known that a key driver in keeping people in their homes in the long run is reducing mortgage principal, [...]
Archive for February 2010
Bring Back Van Jones! Blindsiding Clean Energy With Dirty Coal
February 4, 2010Published on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Bring Back Van Jones! Blindsiding Clean Energy With Dirty Coal by Jeff Biggers I miss Van Jones. A lot of us miss President Obama’s former green jobs visionary. That includes coal miners, and residents on Coal River Mountain. If President Obama’s brilliant green jobs administrator hadn’t been [...]
Don’t Call It a ‘Defense’
February 2, 2010Published on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Don’t Call It a ‘Defense’ Budget by Norman Solomon This isn’t “defense.” The new budget from the White House will push U.S. military spending well above $2 billion a day. Foreclosing the future of our country should not be confused with defending it. “Unless miraculous growth, or [...]
What I Have Learned Doing Civil Disobedience for Single Payer
February 2, 2010Published on Monday, February 1, 2010 by CommonDreams.org What I Have Learned Doing Civil Disobedience for Single Payer by Carol Paris “People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to leave.” –Howard Zinn Well, that quote pretty well [...]
‘Peace Prize’ President Submits Largest War Budget Ever
February 2, 2010Published on Monday, February 1, 2010 by Reuters ‘Peace Prize’ President Submits Largest War Budget Ever Obama Seeks Record $708 Billion in Defense Budget WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday asked Congress to approve a record $708 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2011, including a 3.4 percent increase in the Pentagon’s base [...]
Kennedy vs Blankenship Climate Debate
February 1, 2010Kennedy vs Blankenship Climate Debate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hupEtKRV0GM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzWG8qnJUnI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDToQtLKq7s&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mractUFCsY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFHPdwCTCNk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJlG8NPPjCM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFE7XXDWgo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5czZb2bd5E&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut2PqBiNf2o&feature=related
