Who Is Lying?
I watched this video, found it amusingly done, and wanted to contribute to it “going viral”. It has been watched by over 458,000 people, so far. It was uploaded by The Corbett Report. If you would like to read the … Continue reading →
Corporation Day
Two years ago, I posted a piece on Labor Day. The name of this blog is Turning Points and it is indeed a record of my ongoing journey from innocence to informed opposition. As this country increasingly lurches to the … Continue reading →
More Smoke and Mirrors
On Thursday night, Obama could have called for a transformation of our economy from financialization to a real economy. But he didn’t. He could have called for taking the money we spend on our pointless wars and using it to … Continue reading →
Give Peace a Chance
Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of 9/11. I’m so looking forward to all of the chest-thumping and cheers of patriotic fervor. Not. For those few out there who refuse to participate in the enabling of the political class in this … Continue reading →
10 Lessons for Verizon Strikers
I’ve altered the title of the article that I’m linking to, because I think those who support the strikers at Verizon (I do!) should know about these facts and study them. One of them is this: in 1937, when the … Continue reading →
Iris Dement
I never heard of Iris Dement before, but this song really speaks to our present predicament. The first 30 seconds or so of the video is shaky, but after that it’s O.K. In 1997, Forida State senator John Grant, after … Continue reading →
Making Sense Out of Nonsense
Since the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros. in October of 2008, we’ve been subjected to one shock after another and most of us have tuned out and focused on survival in a grim jobs market. That is understandable behavior, even if … Continue reading →
Thanks, Tea Party
From Politico: A Standard & Poor’s director said for the first time Thursday that one reason the United States lost its triple-A credit rating was that several lawmakers expressed skepticism about the serious consequences of a credit default — a … Continue reading →
Eugene Debs
It should be quite clear to anyone who reads this blog that I don’t like Obama, for reasons that I’ve posted about for more than a year. The lines are being drawn for the elections in 2012 and there are … Continue reading →
Fighting Corporatocracy
The water in the pot has been simmering for some time now, but it is starting to boil. I am finding more and more evidence that people are waking up and are starting to connect the dots. In an effort … Continue reading →