MEDIA ROOTS- It’s not very comforting to know that Wall Street lobbyists have been paying off members of the very committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion worth of deficit measures. Can’t count much on “shared sacrifice” from the banks with bribery like this taking place on the hill. Abby *** TRUTHOUT– Wall Street has given $41 million in campaign contributions … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- After seeing this pro Obama ‘gangsta’ meme circulating on facebook this morning, we felt the need to provide a quick rebuttal to the alleged accomplishments it touts. Here’s what I promised again and again to do that I didn’t do:I didn’t close Guantanamo Bay. Sure, it was a cornerstone of my campaign, but still. Terrorists gonna terrorize.I didn’t … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- There are some things that are justifiably kept secret within the state bureaucracy, like personal data and information about residents. However, the expansion of secrecy in every avenue of California’s government has made it increasingly difficult to gauge its efficiency and affect change at the legislative level. Surprisingly, lawmakers’ schedules are withheld from public record, widening the divide … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- This segment from the Daily Show breaks down how class warfare is perpetrated by the rich to phase out the middle class in this country. Stewart explains that the government could raise $700 billion by either taking half of everything earned by the bottom 50% or by raising the marginal tax rate on the top two percent. The … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- What happened to all that talk about transparency, Mr. President? Oh right, it was all just empty rhetoric. One of the first things Obama did once he elected was promise an “unprecedented level of transparency” in government. He was even given a transparency award which was ironically delivered to him in a private Oval Office ceremony off the … Read More
