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A recent episode in California raises concern.

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Summary: In 1990 oil & gas contributions to republicans was 6.5m which represented 62% of the total for both parties. Last year that Number was 20.5m and 80%.

Bill Moyers, in an earlier time, would have been the wise man in his village. We are fortunate to be able to hear him today.
This article, “A Time for Heresy”, is a MUST READ
In it he lists “Some simple facts:”
The number of lobbyists registered to do business in Washington has more than doubled in the [...]

We’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren’t aware, that includes Hawaii, Oregon,Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new [...]

There has been some debate about the strength of the economy on this board as it relates to jobs and poverty. I found this excellent post on DailyKos which I believe lays out the statistics without the spin (for those of you that think anything anti-Bush is spin, why aren’t you rich and in [...]

While walking to work today, I thought about the recent Bush decision to shift Karl Rove away from administration policy making and back to national politics. This shift evidences a tacit admission of a failed administration.
During the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, the nation was told over again how Republican policies, particularly those of Bush, [...]

A local blogger and one of the greatest people I’ve met has posted an important update on Utah’s pending election disaster.
…and the guy that let it happen is Bush. Is it any wonder his approval rating has dropped to 33% according to Fox News.
Why are we being punished? What will we learn from this? [...]

The Deseret Morning News (DMN) can hardly be blamed for headlines like “Too much flitting about by Anderson?”.The editors know well, Rocky-bashing keeps their Davis County subscriber base happy. And after all, revenue takes precedent over social responsibility in a free market void of pesky liberal things like an informed citizenry.
But the content of the [...]

By BOB HERBERT (New York Times, April 20, 2006)
I said, “Some of these folks have never been heard from again, right?”
“Yup,” said Curt Goering. “That’s right.”
Mr. Goering is the senior deputy executive director for policy and programs at Amnesty International USA. We were discussing a subject government-sanctioned disappearances that ordinarily would repel most Americans.
In past [...]

Turn up the sound! http://decider.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

Every day brings new and uncomfortable revelations about our country. The disparity between the unprecedented polls decidedly against Bush, and public outcry (lack of it) is particularly poignant when viewed against the public sentiment on immigration vs. the size of the recent protests nationwide.
Is it possible our Latino community is more [...]

A number of comments have been held recently for moderation so let me review basic rules of automated moderation.
Firstly, to prevent spam, the system stops any comment that contains more than 4 hyperlinks. I can adjust that up or down. The default is 2. I figure, any more than 4 is a copy and paste [...]