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FOX News is Funding the Ground Zero Mosque
August 24, 2010 By View Comments
Sarah Palin: Obama is Inexperienced and ‘In Over his Head’
August 5, 2010 By View Comments
Well Sarah, not everyone can be fortunate enough to have the valuable life experience of a failed VP candidate who quits on her state and leaves her job as Governor to travel around the country and pop off at the mouth. Pew, pew.
Will Wyclef Jean Do the Right Thing on Larry King Live Thursday Night?
August 4, 2010 By View Comments
CNN says that Wyclef Jean will appear on Larry King Live this Thursday and announce his intention to run for President of Haiti. Personally I’ve always been a fan of Wyclef, at least of his music, which is all I really know about him since I don’t know him personally. It seems as if no one knows much about his political stance other than what’s in his songs. One thing is for sure, if Wyclef is serious about running for President of Haiti he needs to take the time on Larry King to address his recent charity issues.
The Smoking Gun looks at the foundation’s funny money.
- The company has only given the IRS returns for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007, despite being incorporated 12 years ago.
- In 2006, the Foundation reported donations of $1 million (most of which came from People magazine).
- $31,200 of that money went in rent to a recording studio owned by a foundation board member.
- $100,000 was paid to Wyclef Jean for his performance at a benefit concert.
- $250,000 went to a for-profit Haitian company in which Jean and a foundation board member are said to “own a controlling interest”.
Wyclef adamantly denies any wrongdoing doing saying, “Have we made mistakes? Yes. Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefit? Absolutely not.”
“It is impossible for me to even comprehend the recent attacks on my character and the integrity of my foundation,” he said in an earlier statement. “The fact that these attacks come as we are mobilized to meet the greatest human tragedy in the history of Haiti only serves to perplex me even further.”
Now’s his chance to prove it. These figures are very specific on amounts and where they went to. They’re not vague accusations of some mysterious wrongdoing. The people of Haiti need hope right now and if Wyclef Jean is the one who’s going to give it to them he needs to specifically address these accusations one by one to clear himself and his organization of any wrongdoing.
White House Memo from 1969 Warns of Global Warming from Greenhouse Gasses
August 3, 2010 By View Comments
If only we could have known about what sort of damage corporate irresponsbility would do to the environment.
Fortunately, the average temp has only risen 2 degrees over the past 40 years, not the predicted 7 degrees in the memo. Luckily our icecaps are only partially completely melted rather than totally completely melted.
What’s even scarier is now we have to face the sad truth that all of these godless scientists who still insist that global warming is real are actually part of a cult created by the Nixon Administration.
As Opposition to Health Care Reform Continues to Decrease Seniors Still Alarmingly Misinformed
July 29, 2010 By View Comments
For more than a a hundred million years there have been two absolute certainties in life. Two constants that are integral in balancing out the randomness of the universe. Two universal truths that you can absolutely count on.
- Death
- Taxes (It’s a little known fact that even dinosaurs paid taxes. Recent archeological evidence uncovered has revealed that a little more than 65 million years ago a “conservative” dinosaur was elected dinosaur president and almost immediately cut taxes on the rich dinosaurs in a completely futile and ridiculous attempt to stimulate the dino-economy. Not only was it a miserable failure, it eventually resulted in massive agency cutbacks and the closing of the DMDA, the Dinosaur Meteorite Detection Agency (See #1).
- An astonishingly large number of hard-working, decent Americans will, given the choice, vote against their own best interest in favor of the interest of the corporations.
- There seems to be some correlation between a person’s age and how emphatically they will argue a point and make sweeping generalizations on a subject they are woefully misinformed on. (Hint on the age: People aren’t getting wiser with years.)
One hundred million years later two more certainties have been added to that list.
A large number of seniors “mistakenly believe the law includes provisions that cut some previously universal Medicare benefits” and 36% think that the law creates ‘death panels.’ Also, only 14 percent of seniors know that the law will increase the Medicare Part A trust fund by 12 years “and nearly half (45%) of seniors think the health reform law will weaken the financial condition of the fund. ”
One of the GOP’s favorite tactics besides fear-mongering is blatantly doling out misinformation to keep people in the dark. It’s just another form of fear-mongering considering most people are afraid of the unknown.
Considering senior citizens make up a large part of the Republican demographic that it would be in their best interest to inform their constituents. Of course that would mean setting aside the partisanship and actually caring enough about your core group of supporters enough to give them the facts and allow them to make the decision for themselves.
- Only 14% of seniors knew that the law does not cut Medicare payments to doctors; 45% answered incorrectly and 41% said they did not know.
- Only 24% of seniors knew that it is projected to extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund.
- Only 28% knew that the law improves the availability of long-term care at home for seniors with disabilities.
- Only 22% knew about improvements in chronic care.
- Only 33% knew about the new, free yearly wellness visit Medicare will now provide.
- Two out of three seniors either did not know (43%) or gave the wrong answer about the future growth of Medicare spending. Only 34% knew that it will continue to grow under the new law, just more slowly.
It’s pretty alarming to think that with the seemingly limitless amount of information we have at our fingertips, people seem to be misinformed now more than ever.
[Image courtesy of Natalie Dee]
President Obama Speaks Out Against the GOP’s Attempt at a Hostile Corporate Takeover of America
July 27, 2010 By View Comments
Regardless of whether or not you’ve been completely, 100% happy with what President Obama has done since he’s been in office, it’s usually speeches like this that keep bringing me back to his defense.
We, as citizens, and the politicians we elect that truly are looking out for our best intrests should be running these people and these politicans out on a rail.
The Republicans are supporting a bill that would allow unlimited corporate donations, both foreign and domestic, to politicians, without even having to disclose who it came from.
We’ve turned into a feudal system where the corporations are our lords and masters and openly slap us across the face and skim money off the top as we smile and ask for more.
Please watch this video and pass it around to as many people as you can.
