Category Archives: Corporate Greed

“That Family Doesn’t Matter” – Life Next to A Hog Confinement

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Trish Nelson

“I didn’t even put in my garden this year.” You will need ear buds or headphones to listen to this video but it is incredible what you will hear. This woman describes stink so bad they can’t go outside, but … Continue reading →

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Moyers Still Around And Bringing The Heat

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Did anyone really think Bill Moyers would retire and go crawl in a hole quietly when he finally(?) retired from PBS? Surely you knew better. Moyers, writing with Michael Winship at Common Dreams, uses an op-ed written by a corporate … Continue reading →

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D-Day: The Warriors Are Mostly Gone – Are The Dreams?

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Every year on D-Day I think of my father-in-law. I have written of him before. He seldom spoke of his part in the war. I would never ask, either. You just knew that when he had something to say about … Continue reading →

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The Corporation

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Hidden Knowledge: Corporations; how they came into being, how they have changed, how they are run and how they are the key to the erosion of society, erosion to the rights and lifestyles of people.  

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Letter From NCEL Re: Fast Track Authority

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Even though the boat may have sailed in the US senate, there still may be time to help stop it in the House. The following press release and letter were sent by the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators including Iowa … Continue reading →

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Highway Robbery

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Trish Nelson

by Tracy Leone George W. Bush’s presidency is among the most destructive and corrupt of any American Presidency. Beginning with the stolen election, Dubya led the country into two, practically unilateral and illegal wars while pulling out of the multi-nation … Continue reading →

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Governing Under the Influence Symposium

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Trish Nelson

  symposium.dawnjonesiowa.com/ Free and open to the public Saturday May 23, Iowa City Public Library, Room A Sign In : 9:30 a.m. Program Starts : 10:00 a.m. Democracy is being silenced. We shout; but we are not being heard over … Continue reading →

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Old-Fashioned Democrats Emerging?

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Hillary Clinton came out strong for a path to citizenship and fixing the immigration mess on Cinco de Mayo. She has previously put out strong positions for women, on greatly lessening income inequality and money in politics. Bernie Sanders introduced … Continue reading →

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Trade Treachery

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Dave Bradley

As the Trans Pacific Partnership steams toward a senate vote, opposition has been coming from many quarters. This opposition needs to unite with a message that is coherent. However, that has been hard to do since no one except a … Continue reading →

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To Our Grandchild

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dave Bradley

We want to get our apology in now. We won’t be around a lot longer and it looks like the one thing we had hoped to give you when you reached adulthood was a world that was at least trying … Continue reading →

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