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Action Needed: FCC Consolidation Proposal
Dear Prometheus allies, Friday’s FCC vote to expand community radio was a great holiday gift, but now the FCC is trying to leave something much worse in our stockings: more media consolidation. The FCC wants to gut the 30-year-old “cross-ownership” … Continue reading
Posted in Media Reform
Tagged FCC, media consolidatio
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Use My Savings To Pay For What??
Think about this. The so called incredible debt that Republicans are so deathly scared of was run up by – Republican Policies. Remember that Reagan tripled the debt with his form of Keynesian economics – pumping money into the private sector … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare
Tagged deficit, medicare, Obama, social security, susan rice
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Other December Days
Christmas gets all the publicity for December. As it should I guess. While waiting and anticipating the day of fun and presents, though, we miss some other interesting days. Do you know what these other December days are better known as? … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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Black Friday Antidote – Fighting Hunger
Once again we are at the time of year when we hear about the extravagances of living in the material world. People fighting over TVs, shoppers descending on stores in the middle of the night to fight over some gee-gaw … Continue reading
Posted in Children
Tagged dream catchers, hunger, kids against hunger
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What Iowans Should Know About Walmart, Medicaid and Branstad
One issue that was almost totally ignored in the recent Iowa legislative was Gov. Branstad’s vow to not accept expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Personally I thought that it should be a central issue, but trying to bring the … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare
Tagged alan grayson, Branstad, food stamps, medicaid, walmart
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Hostess Dies; Workers Take The Bullet
Once again we have a story of corporate greed, executives grabbing the bucks before they leave and corporate vultures picking the bones. But what always seems to get lost in these stories is the hard working men and women who gave … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged Branstad, Hostess, Marco Rubio, medicaid, Reince Prebus, Walmart walk off
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Sunday Funday – Black Friday
Well it is a non-holiday holiday and one of the most popular every year. There are other Fridays named ‘Black Friday’ but each year this is the most well-known. So knock yourself out or someone else if you need to. You … Continue reading
Comment On The Economy
More speculating over a holiday week. Once again we are in the middle of a Republican created financial crisis. Once again they have created this crisis so that they can justify lower taxes on the richest of Americans. And while they … Continue reading
Who Will Take On Branstad In 2014?
Well my mind is idle over the holiday, so like many I dream about the future. And since I have a political bend, much of my speculation is about the next election. The next general election is 2014 and for us … Continue reading
Posted in Chet Culver, Steve King, Tom Harkin
Tagged 2014 Midterm Election, Branstad, Christie Vilsack, Jack Hatch, Senator Tom Harkin
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Couple of Great Ideas
1) Don’t know if you may have heard of this, but members of the Occupy Wall Street have come up with a great idea: buy debt on the debt market for pennies on the dollar and then forgive that debt. The … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare, Labor, Occupy Wall St.
Tagged ACA, Branstad, medicaid, obamacare
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