Obama's War: How Afghan Conflict Has Ramped Up In Last Two Years

Interview with Australian Gitmo detainee and tort-ure victim David Hicks who has written a book on the experience­.  

Hicks's book is not available for sale in the US.
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Wisconsin Protests: State Police Pursue Democratic Lawmakers Boycotting Vote

This happened a few years ago in Texas.  Tom Delay was accused of unlawfully using federal resources to track down Texas State politician­s who hid out in Oklahoma to avoid a vote.
About Scott Walker
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State Workers Face Cuts, But Say 'Don't Blame Us'

I'm sure you know also know welfare queens who purchase lobster and Cristal with food stamps and drive brand new Cadillacs.  

Nothing of what you're saying is accurate.

Public sector employees' retirement benefits are usually tied to whatever contract they worked under as civil servants, and that means they're co-paying along with their employers for their costs of their insurance premiums.  That also winds up being up for changes post retirement­.  

Clearly you seem to be against all pensions and retirement programs, as well as healthcare for human beings.   

Do you also resent private sector pensioners­?  
About Budget Cuts
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Christiane Amanpour On 'Colbert': Talks Egypt, Cats (VIDEO)

And ::crickets­:: in the media on dissent like this in America.
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Greg Palkot: How I Survived An Attack in Cairo

And in Washington.
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Wisconsin Protests: State Police Pursue Democratic Lawmakers Boycotting Vote

Dissenting elsewhere in America.
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WikiLeaks: China Flexed Its Muscles Using U.S. Treasuries

The thinning of the herd -- Is China exporting this to the US?
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State Workers Face Cuts, But Say 'Don't Blame Us'

In addition to what traceymari­e told you, people who work in the public sector earn lower salaries than what they would make doing the same or equivalent job in the private sector.  They are told (and there is a general consensus) that what they do is noble, charitable­, patriotic, and they're not doing it to get rich.  And they're not (getting rich).  They're foregoing higher salaries, performing what are generally routine and boring (mind-numb­ingly so) work for job security.
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Sarah Palin Speaks Out On 2012, Birthers & 'Death Panels' Charge

The powers-tha­t-be want Palin to be the Republican nominee.  Obama wants her to be the Republican nominee.  The media wants her in the race.  That's all that matters.

You got Liz Sidoti writing a piece of puff journalism speculatin­g on Palin's viability as a candidate.  Day in, day out, the media can't get enough of Palin.  Back in the day (I'm an old, old person), the media covered people like SPaIin or reported on any speeches they made only if they were experts in the issues that made it into the news that day.  

How is what SPaIin says on a religious television channel (or tweets or says on Facebook) newsworthy­?

The equivalent from past legitimate journalist­ic practices would be the media's covering Phyllis SchIafly's press releases and discussing them daily.

SPaIin has no position in federal or state government­.  By all common measures, someone who lost a national election and then quit her public office mid-term is a has-been.  She's not announced an intention to run for further public office, nor is she connected in any tangible way with the T/ea Party -- They invited her to speak at their first national convention (600 attendees and members) and she denied any connection to that group, other than receiving money to speak to them and liking what it stands for.  

If Geraldine Ferraro's daily ramblings aren't getting the same media coverage, why are PaIin's?  With the exception of Ferraro having completed her term of office, both are failed VP candidates who now have contracts as poIitical commentato­rs on F0X. 

The media continues to fail the American people's interests.
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My 2011 Annual Letter

It seems the only one joking is someone who thinks that (primarily­) promoting the expansion of his own products is "amazing".  That is mainly what Gates' 'philanthr­opy' in the US is -- Computer education.   And $250 million isn't going to make a dent in our educationa­l system's problems.
About Vaccine
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Government Shutdown Looms As Boehner Rejects Funding Stopgap

Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?


Financial crooks brought down the world's economy — but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them


By Matt Taibbi - Rolling Stone
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