Billionaire Bill Gates Calls For Increasing Taxes On The Rich: ‘That’s Just Justice’ | ThinkProgress
Last night in his State of the Union address, President Obama once again urged Congress to pass the Buffett rule, noting that 25 percent of American millionaires pay less in taxes that millions of families in the middle-class. Republicans were quick to dismiss his request as “the politics of envy and division.” However, multi-billionaire [...]
Birther Judge Order Obama To Appear In His Court. REALLY!
I find it amusing that most of those who are gullible to buy into the birther crap do not realize that they are being used as a cash engine to a few rather unscrupulous but smart business folks making money on this farce. They have written and sold books, created websites with stories to collect [...]
Heaven and Hell–You Better Vote Your Interest
While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator (that may be redundant) was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to heaven," says St.. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We [...]
TODAY: Stop Internet Censorship
Today hundreds of websites — including Wikipedia, reddit, BoingBoing, FreePress.net and SavetheInternet.com — have gone dark. They’re protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), bills in the House and Senate that could open the door to widespread Internet censorship.1 Thousands of supporters of the open Internet will soon rally [...]
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Egberto Willies is a Self-employed software Developer/Engineer & Political Activist who lives in Kingwood, TX and is the author of the book, As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom and founder of the Coffee Party 2.0 program Americans for Racial Equality & Economic Justice Join me on Politics Done [...]
Dissecting political success of Romney, Paul – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
Overheard on CNN.com: Dissecting political success of Romney, Paul Mitt Romney and other GOP candidates received passionate evaluations from CNN.com readers after New Hampshire. January 11th, 2012 02:44 PM ET Editor’s note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by [...]
The richest 1% loved him, but the closer voters got to the average American income, the worse Romney did.
Americans need leaders who understand the challenges they face and want to fight for them. Here’s the deal about Mitt Romney’s win in New Hampshire: the richest 1% loved him, but the closer voters got to the average American income, the worse he did — and he lost with voters making anything less. It’s no [...]
A winter camping trip for family bonding
Guest post written by Patsy Morrison One of my resolutions for this year is to make sure that our family spends more time together. Our oldest child is going to be going off to college soon and I want to make sure that she never looks back and realizes that we never spent enough time [...]
Mitt Romney Destroys Jobs. Do Not Buy The Hype
Paul Krugman in the New York times article Bain, Barack and Jobs lays it out well. While it is true that we were in a free fall when President Obama walked into office, those job losses were not because of any of his policies. That said, Obama’s job creation though anemic because of the intransigence [...]
Want To Stimulate The Economy? Raise The Minimum Wage by Marc Croes
Marc Croes, membership chairman of the Kingwood Area Democrats writes this well researched piece on what our economy needs to get on track. Marc’s researched observation would definitely have an impact on our economy. Sadly the politics makes it very unlikely. That said, if we really forced our politicians to govern, it would be a [...]
NPR Politics
- Official: Sudan To Sign Oil Deal With South 2012/01/28Sudan will immediately release loaded oil tankers it has detained in its port and wants to end a dispute over payments for oil with its neighbor South Sudan, a Sudanese official says. Landlocked South Sudan began halting oil production last week. […]
- British Police: 4 Arrests In Tabloid Bribery Case 2012/01/28One of those arrested on suspicion of corruption was a police officer. The investigation, which looks into police bribery by the News of the World tabloid, is running parallel to a police inquiry into phone hacking by the now-defunct paper. […]
- Kevin White, Boston Mayor In Turbulent '70s, Dies 2012/01/28The former mayor was credited with putting the city on a path to prosperity. White also saw the city through court-ordered busing to desegregate public schools, but he ended his four-term tenure in 1983 under a cloud of ethics suspicions. White died Friday in his home. He was 82. […]
- BP Emails Reveal Early Knowledge Disaster's Potential 2012/01/28The day the Deepwater Horizon sank in the Gulf of Mexico, officials warned in an internal email string that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer, crude oil could burst into the gulf at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a day — a higher rate than the government's final estimate. […]
- Emails Show How 'Fast and Furious' Ambush News Unfolded At Justice Dept. 2012/01/28For the first time, the Justice Department has made public a series of sensitive messages that passed to the highest levels of the agency within hours of an ambush that killed a U.S. border patrol agent in 2010, igniting a national scandal over a gun trafficking investigation gone wrong. […]
- FDA Detains OJ Imports After Finding Fungicide 2012/01/28The Food and Drug Administration has detained several shipments of imported orange juice after finding traces of carbendazim, an illegal fungicide. The government says the juice is safe to drink. But carbendazim is not U.S.-approved and any juice that contains small amounts must be detained. […]
- Magnitude 5.5 Quake Shakes Japan 2012/01/27A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued. […]
- GOP Candidates Wrangle Over Reagan's Legacy 2012/01/27As he campaigns for the Republican nomination, Newt Gingrich almost always works the name of Ronald Reagan into his speeches. In fact, Gingrich's name-dropping is so common that it's now being criticized by Mitt Romney and the superPAC that backs him. […]
- Beyond Black Beans And Rice: Cuban Chefs Go Modern 2012/01/27Cuban food has evolved very little since Fidel Castro came into power — the U.S. embargo has made it hard to import ingredients from abroad. But a handful of Cuban chefs, including one who recently visited Washington, D.C., are determined to modernize the cuisine. […]
- 'Welcome Home Heroes' Parade For Iraq Vets Set For Saturday In St. Louis 2012/01/27Organizers say it's the first major parade for the men and women who fought in Iraq. They're hoping thousands turn out, just as people there did for the World Series champions last fall. […]
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- When Experts' Bitter Medicine Is Really Snake Oil 2012/01/27Niall Ferguson is undoubtedly an expert. As the bio on his Newsweek column points out, he's "a professor of history at Harvard University. He is also a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution." His latest column (1/23/12) is about the need to sell […]Jim Naureckas
- Pentagon Budgets and Fuzzy Math 2012/01/27By the tone of some of the media coverage, you might have thought Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced a plan to slash military spending yesterday. On the front page of USA Today (1/27/12), under the headline "Panetta Backs Far Leaner Military," readers learn in the first paragraph: The Pentagon's new plan to cut Defense spending means [ […]Peter Hart
- The Japanese Nuclear Establishment vs. the Two-Thirds 'Minority' 2012/01/26There's a news article in the Washington Post today (1/26/12) that really captures that paper's view of the way the world works, and how it ought to work. Headlined "After Earthquake, Japan Can't Agree on the Future of Nuclear Power," Chico Harlan's piece begins: The hulking system that once guided Japan's pro-nuclear-power […]Jim Naureckas
- Newsweek and That Neverending Liberal Media Bias 2012/01/25You may have heard last week that right-wing media critics were howling about this: "Those liberals are calling us dumb!" seemed to be the feeling on the right--a strange reaction to a piece written by conservative Andrew Sullivan. Newsweek is back on the case this week: The response to conservative Sullivan comes from.... conservative writer David […]Peter Hart
CNN Politics
- Welch to GOP: Treat Paul with care 2012/01/27Jack Welch says that while Ron Paul will not be the Republican nominee for president, he's a valuable asset for the GOP. […]
- Obama and golf: Par for the course for presidents 2012/01/27Martin Davis: Much has been made of President Obama playing golf, but there is a long association with the ancient game and the American presidency. […]
- GOP, don't blow it with Florida's Latinos 2012/01/27On behalf of all those Latino voters who have figured out that the Obama administration is the most hostile to Latino immigrants of any administration in the last half century and who are looking for an alternative, let me say this to the Republican presidential candidates: "Bienvenidos to Florida! Now, behave yourselves." […]
- Obama unveils plan on college costs 2012/01/27President Barack Obama unveiled a new college affordability plan Friday, proposing to further expand student financial aid while providing more assistance to schools that hold tuition down and cutting aid to those that do not. […]
- Open Mic: Hard times are nothing new 2012/01/27Before the Florida primary, senior citizens in Palm Beach County reflect on difficult financial times in America. […]
- Being ex-president can be lucrative 2012/01/27Being president pays $400,000 a year, and taxpayers foot the bill for lifelong benefits. But the perks of office are chump change compared to the big bucks ex-presidents can earn from speeches and book deals. […]
- Being ex-president can be lucrative 2012/01/27Being president pays $400,000 a year, and taxpayers foot the bill for lifelong benefits. But the perks of office are chump change compared to the big bucks ex-presidents can earn from speeches and book deals. […]
- Debate's buzz-worthy moments 2012/01/27Florida has been dubbed "ground zero" of the Republican presidential contest, so it should come as no surprise that candidates would throw tough punches in the last debate before the state's voters go to the polls. […]
- Super PACs' money could tip balance of power in Congress 2012/01/27The 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allows unlimited contributions by corporations and unions has already affected the 2012 presidential campaign. But it could play a larger part in the balance of power in Congress this fall. […]
- Romney faces Medicare attacks in Florida 2012/01/27GOP presidential front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich barnstormed across Florida on Friday, trying to rally supporters and break away in the polls four days before what is shaking up to be a pivotal primary in that state. […]
MSNBC Politics
- Florida GOP: Debate audience not stacked for Romney 2012/01/28The Republican Party of Florida is pushing back at claims by aides to Newt Gingrich that the audience at the debate in Jacksonville was full of Mitt Romney supporters. […]
- Romney stresses support for immigration 2012/01/27At his first public appearance since aggressively defending himself as "pro-immigration" at last night's final Florida debate, Mitt Romney took to the podium again today to argue that he and the Republican party are firmly in favor of legal immigration. […]
- Obama touts higher ed reforms in Michigan 2012/01/27The White House insists that the three-day, five-state tour upon which President Obama embarked on Wednesday was intended to sell his State of the Union message, and wasn't directed toward campaign purposes. […]
- Biden predicts second Obama term, Dem majority in House 2012/01/27Vice President Biden on Friday predicted re-election for himself and President Obama, along with a regained majority for Democrats in the House of Representatives. […]
- Brewer releases copy of letter to Obama 2012/01/27Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, R, sustained a controversy stemming from her confrontation of President Obama on an airport tarmac by releasing a copy of the letter she handed to the president on Phoenix. […]
- Romney solidified after latest debate 2012/01/27First Read: Newt Gingrich put on the defensive in the final Florida debate but Romney made some unforced errors of his own. […]
- Tired and broke, Santorum heads home to do taxes 2012/01/27The former Pennsylvania senator is leaving Florida just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss. […]
- FACT CHECK: Debate over 'ghetto language' ad 2012/01/27Mitt Romney accuses Newt Gingrich of calling Spanish a "ghetto language." Close, but not quite. Gingrich denies doing so and said he merely promoted the use of English, "period." That's even more of a stretch. […]
- Gingrich funder brings additional baggage 2012/01/27Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul bankrolling Newt Gingrich’s super PAC isn’t trying to “buy” a presidency, his top political consultant tells NBC News. […]
- Gingrich-Romney fight dominates Florida debate 2012/01/27Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney clash over immigration, investments and a lunar colony in the final debate before Tuesday's Florida primary. […]
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- District 127 State Representative Candidate Cody Pogue Featured In The Tribune in Kingwood, TX 2012/01/27Kingwood Area Democrats own Cody Pogue was featured in an article in The Tribune. He is running to unseat Dan Huberty, District 127 State Representative. State Rep. Dan Huberty gains primary, Democrat opponents Copyright 2007 Ourtribune.com – January 23, 2012 – Bruce Olson & Amanda Scott – Political rookies to challenge last year’s legislative “Rookie [. […]Egberto Willies
- With Keystone, Big Oil gets the profits, foreign countries get the oil, and Americans get all the risks 2012/01/27If we’re going to risk building a pipeline through America, it better benefit Americans. With Keystone, Big Oil gets the profits, foreign countries get the oil, and Americans get all the risks. A pipeline built through America to sell foreign oil to foreign countries risks disaster for American farmers and ranchers — just so Big […]Egberto Willies
- Fight Inflammation Naturally 2012/01/26I work out more than five times a week. At fifty years old while I am working out I feel fine. Afterwards the inflammation in the joints set in.I take a lot of vitamins but I refuse to be stuck with taking prescription drugs or off the shelf non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs. Then there was […]Egberto Willies
- Billionaire Bill Gates Calls For Increasing Taxes On The Rich: ‘That’s Just Justice’ | ThinkProgress 2012/01/26Last night in his State of the Union address, President Obama once again urged Congress to pass the Buffett rule, noting that 25 percent of American millionaires pay less in taxes that millions of families in the middle-class. Republicans were quick to dismiss his request as “the politics of envy and division.” However, multi-billionaire […]Egberto Willies
- Romney Rule vs. Buffett Rule–Entitlement versus Work Ethic 2012/01/26President Obama called for passage of the "Buffett Rule" in his State of the Union address last night. On the same day, millionaire Mitt Romney released two years’ worth of tax records, confirming that he pays a lower tax rate than millions of working families — and confirming the need for the "Buffett Rule." Do […]Egberto Willies
- Kingwood Area Democrats to host fundraiser, collect donations for veterans–The Tribune 2012-01-23 2012/01/26KADS to host fundraiser, collect donations for veterans Monday, January 23, 2012 – Trilla Cook Democrats, independents and disenchanted Republicans, from around the Kingwood-Atascocita-Humble area are invited to attend and support Democratic efforts in Northeast Harris County. The Kingwood Area Democrats (KAD) will host a fundraising brunch and 2012 Democr […]Egberto Willies
- Kingwood Area Democrats Donation Drive To Benefit Injured Veterans at VA–Kingwood Observer 2012-01-25 2012/01/26My Book: As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom Hardcopy: http://amzn.to/dt72c7 Kindle: http://amzn.to/lUFQCV Twitter: http://twitter.com/egbertowillies […]Egberto Willies
- Kingwood Area Democrats To Host Candidate Brunch–Kingwood Observer Article 2012-01-25 2012/01/26My Book: As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom Hardcopy: http://amzn.to/dt72c7 Kindle: http://amzn.to/lUFQCV Twitter: http://twitter.com/egbertowillies […]Egberto Willies
- Highlights From President Obama’s State Of The Union Speech–Excellent Visual 2012/01/26Created by Educational Leadership My Book: As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom Hardcopy: http://amzn.to/dt72c7 Kindle: http://amzn.to/lUFQCV Twitter: http://twitter.com/egbertowillies […]Egberto Willies
- Kingwood Area Democrats Video Interviews Featured In Story On CNN.com 2012/01/25Last night the Kingwood Area Democrats had a State Of The Union Party to listen to our President and his intentions going forward. I asked Phillip McNutt what he expected of the speech before hand. His thoughts pretty much mimicked what most of us there expected. Following the speech I asked many of those attending […]Egberto Willies
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