Category Archives: government

BPR Quote of the Day: The Owners of Government

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson.” Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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The Earth’s “High Noon”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Guest Blogger KEYSTONE EXTRA LARGE by Hal Ginsberg/ Dagblog.com/ Jan. 19, 2012 It’s a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Are You Listening, President Obama?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Random Observations At the Beginning of a New Year

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Obama and Panetta’s big news of defense department cuts doesn’t impress me a bit. It’s easy to cut troop numbers when pilotless drones are the new weapon of choice. Just move the joy stick and press some buttons and you kill … Continue reading →

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“What Stands Before Us is Naked Tyranny”

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The Outlook for the New Year By Paul Craig Roberts/PaulCraigRoberts.org/ December 31, 2011 In March 2010 when I resigned from my column with Creator’s Syndicate and put down my pen, I received so many protests from readers that two months … Continue reading →

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The Last Days of the U.S. Constitution?

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

President Obama is going even farther than President George W. Bush in taking executive powers to levels comparable to many other autocratic regimes. The president is on board with gutting many of the civil liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, … Continue reading →

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Bernie Sanders: “Does That Sound Like Justice to You?”

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The only true progressive in the U.S. Senate lays out the immense problems we face and why it is so important to address them. The following is adapted from a speech Sen. Sanders (I-VT) gave at the Fighting Bob Fest … Continue reading →

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Civil Libertarian Dianne Feinstein vs. Politician Dianne Feinstein

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The U.S. Senate on Friday passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Within that bill, still to be voted on by the House before being sent off to the President, is a chilling provision allowing for the … Continue reading →

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Special Education

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Arlen Grossman
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Life’s Equations for Ordinary Americans: No Match for Corpocracy Power

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

By Gary Brumback Special Guest Commentary/ Exclusive to The Big Picture Report Ordinary Americans + Corpocracy =   Very Little Liberty, Happiness, Prosperity I have been saying for some time that America’s own worse enemy is her corpocracy, the Devil’s marriage … Continue reading →

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