Category Archives: government

How to Reform Corporate America

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The Necessity and Possibility of Corporate Reform: Part 2. Reform Strategies by Gary Brumback/ OpEdNews.com/ March 25, 2012 Moving a mountain might be easier than moving government back to democracy and away from a corpocracy that has put government in … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between NEWS and Not-News

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

NEWS:  HEADLINES YOU’LL SEE IN THE CORPORATE MEDIA Not-News-– Headlines You Probably Won’t by Arlen Grossman NEWS: REPUBLICANS ATTACK OBAMA HEALTH CARE PLAN AS SOCIALISM Not-News: 50,000 Americans Without Health Insurance, 18,000 Americans Die From Lack of It NEWS: U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Great Moment in History?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“I think what happened yesterday is going to go down as the single most important event in government history in our lifetimes, and that is when Paul Ryan came out with his budget plan.”  Fox News TV anchor Bill Hemmer … Continue reading →

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The TSA: Doing Their Part to Make Airline Travel a Miserable Experience

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

 How Wasteful and Ineffective Is Airport Security?   from the Daily Beast and Newsweek

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Reich: Moral Rot Is In the Corporate Boardrooms, Not Our Bedrooms

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The Difference Between Private and Public Morality by Robert Reich/ March 13, 2012 Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall … Continue reading →

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Hedges: “The Iron Doors of the Corporate State are Slamming Shut.”

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 12, 2012 Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what was once illegal. They incrementally corrupt and distort law to exclusively serve the … Continue reading →

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This is Who We Are: The 2010 Census

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census Browse population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development. By MATTHEW BLOCH, SHAN CARTER and ALAN McLEAN | Source: Census Bureau; socialexplorer.com Click  here  to browse the 2010 Census Map … Continue reading →

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Why We Keep Getting Screwed

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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BPR Quote of the Day: T. Roosevelt: “Drive the Special Interests Out of Politics”

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

I think it fair to say Teddy Roosevelt would not be a fan of the Roberts Supreme Court, nor would he be a Republican today. “…our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: None Dare Call It Fascism (Except Ron Paul)

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“We’ve slipped away from a true Republic. Now we’re slipping into a fascist system where it’s a combination of government and big business and authoritarian rule and the suppression of the individual rights of each and every American citizen.” Ron … Continue reading →

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