| Home | My Account | Directories |
2013 ... It's Coming!
Published on 2013-01-01 23:16:52
Fiscal cliff? Two words that indicate 2013 is not getting off to an auspicious beginning. This evening, Tuesday, January 1, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to sidestep going off the so-called 'fiscal cliff'. The legislation and its stor
Culture of Violence; Society of Denial
Published on 2012-12-21 09:59:16
The further descent of American society into delusion and denial was manifest tragically a week ago last Friday, December 14, with the murder of 20 children and six adult women at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut by...
The Contest Today: Trend Obama
Published on 2012-10-25 17:52:27
An Obama-Biden victory on November 6 must certainly in some measure be credited to the destructive power of loathing and fanaticism on the part of those who oppose them. If you cannot sense and feel the subliminal racial and cultural...
An Analysis: Second Debate 2012 Presidential Election
Published on 2012-10-17 21:37:08
This analysis of the personality of Mitt Romney as displayed in the second 2012 presidential debate is, in my opinion compelling, entertaining and sadly sobering at the end. The guest is James Lipton, actor and dean emeritus of the Actors...
The Shift: U.S. Politics 2012
Published on 2012-09-27 15:12:59
Mitt Romney should be defeated in his bid to be elected President of the United States. Still Barack Obama, in my opinion, does not deserve to be re-elected. I have not yet decided how I will mark my ballot for...
Romney Win Still Likely
Published on 2012-08-16 10:18:00
Pres. Obama does not deserve re-election. Romney-Ryan, however, is the most radical reactionary major party presidential ticket since Goldwater-Miller. For myself, I am finally done with the game of choosing one corporate party over the other corporate party. The two...
Israeli Attack on Iran: Death, Destruction & Sky-High Gasoline
Published on 2012-08-14 16:56:10
Seven, eight, nine dollars for a gallon of gasoline in the United States might be the least of the world's concerns if Israel launches an attack on Iran. War being unpredictable, an Israeli instigated bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities might...
RR 2012
Published on 2012-08-11 09:07:02
Romney-Ryan. The course of the Republican Party to the hard right continues apace. The plutocracy has its representatives in the 2012 presidential election. A governing vehicle 99 percent of us cannot afford.
It's Cooler to be a Global Warming Denier
Published on 2012-08-08 19:41:21
I could have spent more time outside this summer enjoying the balmy weather after all. Despite what the 'liberal' Washington Post may say about July 2012 being the hottest in 118 years in the United States, this cannot be so...
Where Are the Good Guys?
Published on 2012-08-06 14:28:35
"Oh, yeah, well you're a socialist!" "Oh, yeah, well you're a hater!" The battle of the tribes begins in earnest in the United States in about a week -- the presidential election campaigns swing into high gear once the Olympic...
CHART: The LIBOR Scandal
Published on 2012-07-13 08:03:19
Here is a chart graphic that helps explain the LIBOR scandal and how it can affect everyday people. Click image to enlarge. New York Times, Gretchen Morgenson Applaud British, Issue Challenge To American Regulators Over LIBOR Scandal | Matt Taibbi/Rolling...
LIBOR Scandal: We Aren't Getting Out of This Depression Anytime Soon
Published on 2012-07-09 09:37:01
Unemployment in the United States is 'officially' stuck at over eight percent ... in the real world unemployment, underemployment and 'discouraged' workers (i.e., those who have given-up looking for non-existent jobs) is probably near twenty percent. Furthermore, working and middle...
Supreme Court Gives Corporate Plutocrats a Great Week
Published on 2012-06-29 10:00:54
The Supreme Court of the United States started on Monday of this week and finished on Thursday giving elitist plutocrats and mega-transnational corporations just about everything they could want. By far the most important decision from the high Court was...
On a Knife's Edge
Published on 2012-06-15 12:32:34
The U.S. and the world's economy ... your future ... are all balanced perilously on a knife's edge. The crisis is debt and derivatives, the financialization of the global economy. In 2007-2008 the economic collapse was ascribed to the implosion...
On Wisconsin!
Published on 2012-06-05 13:46:36
Active democracy is what is going on in Wisconsin today -- 'people power' that if copied and replicated around the nation might finally lead to a restoration of politics that truly reflects the will of average, ordinary, patriotic Americans. Because...
Snapshot 2012: Presidential Election
Published on 2012-05-31 11:03:23
Here is my snapshot guesstimate -- Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- of the electoral college for this year's presidential election. If next Tuesday's the gubernatorial recall in Wisconsin is successful, that could recolor the state blue; if the corporatists win...
Tar Sands Apocalypse
Published on 2012-05-11 09:22:28
The logic of global climate change is a matter of common sense: humans cannot in less than two hundred years burn through millions and millions of years of solar energy stored in hydrocarbon fossil fuels without having a profound effect...
How to Fix Student Loans: Quillen
Published on 2012-04-29 09:52:19
"First, reduce the demand for an education" writes irreverent Denver Post columnist Ed Quillen. What the author is really deploring is the college-bank-government-complex ... he's not against young folks acquiring knowledge, skills, experience and maybe even a bit of wisdom....
Ready for Student Loan Revolt!
Published on 2012-04-19 09:26:27
Students burn your loan contracts! That's the suggestion from James Howard Kunslter: "This idea should catch on as the election season heats up. Like the anti-war youth of August, 1968, burning their draft cards in the streets of Chicago, the...
Yes, The Supreme Court Should Rescind Obamacare
Published on 2012-04-03 10:56:37
The corrupt political system existing in the United States these days -- especially because of the Citizens United decision -- means that the 'individual mandate' in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will certainly become yet another step in the decimation...
U.S. Energy Future
Published on 2012-04-02 13:49:48
Decisions for your personal finances about the future of the U.S. economy and trends for our energy consumption and production shouldn't dependent upon propaganda delivered by the American Petroleum Institute and assorted politicians of either major party. Because they are...
Our Energy Predicament
Published on 2012-03-24 11:04:28
All you know is that the stop at the gasoline pump is getting more painful everyday. What is going on? The truth is that the answer is not simple nor black-and-white. Despite the political yammerings of the "Drill, Baby Drill"...
Spring Arrives Tonight!
Published on 2012-03-19 19:19:50
For those of us living in the Rocky Mountains, Spring makes its entrance this year at 11:14 this evening; for those along the Pacific coast it begins at 10:14. Spring Arrives With Equinox Tuesday, Earliest in Over a Century |...
Limbaugh Goes Limp
Published on 2012-03-12 21:20:59
Rush Limbaugh's radio talk program is in very serious trouble. The misogynist-in-chief of the Republican Party is finding out that indeed, character counts. Here is the news from Radio-Info.com: 'Rush syndicator tells news/talk affiliates not to run its barter spots...
Limbaugh: Ignorance and Purposeful Ignorance
Published on 2012-03-03 12:16:23
One thing is for certain: Rush Limbaugh has displayed himself to be a really dastardly ignoramus. In this latest episode of 'Limbaugh self-promotion-through-the-use-of-outrageous-insults' ... he shows, however, that his ability to comprehend the regular world of the 21st century is...
Really, What Is It With This Guy?
Published on 2012-02-28 13:30:56
Will this fellow Willard Mitt Romney really say anything ... anything ... at anytime if it he thinks it will bring him some political advantage? Readers of this web site know that I have no truck with Pres. Obama, but...
The Burden of Student Loans is Real
Published on 2012-02-21 15:39:28
Here's an update to the post from last week about the current level of crushing college student debt. This is serious stuff. Student Loans Near $1 Trillion Hurt Young U.S. Buyers: Mortgages | Bloomberg.com Roshell Schenck has a Ph.D in...
Iran War Drum Tempo is Picking Up
Published on 2012-02-18 11:56:48
There is no doubt about it -- the war drums are picking up their tempo in Washington and Israel. Iran. Of course, a war with Iran would be devastating to Israel, the United States and the world economy; but never...
The 'Go to College' Scam
Published on 2012-02-16 12:10:40
It is a taboo thought ... it is now considered an apostasy of American success values ... it is a middle class heresy ... Nevertheless it needs to be proclaimed: college and student loans are a scam in 21st century...
Are There Answers in the Philosophy of Anarchism?
Published on 2012-02-14 22:53:25
It is clear that the conventional governance given us by the two major corporate political parties in the United States has led us into economic and social stagnation. Neither the more and more extreme right-wing Republicans nor the uninspired and...
The German Bank Bailout
Published on 2012-02-13 15:48:11
Let's be clear, the so-called Greek bailout is really a bailout of the banks that lent Greece the money in the first place. Eurozone finance ministers are then to agree to the bailout on Wednesday provided Greece meets its end...
Unemployment in America: The Numbers Aren't What They Seem
Published on 2012-02-03 11:38:28
The January 2012 employment/unemployment numbers released by the federal government today would seem to show that more Americans are getting jobs ... maybe the recession is finally ending? Or, yet again, that things are moving in the right direction? Don't...
Lots of Talk ... Getting Us Nowhere
Published on 2012-01-30 12:14:32
State of the Union? The sad thing, of course, is that with the corporatized two party system under which the United States of America is currently governed, nothing much will change no matter who is elected this coming November. Pres....
The Martin Luther King, Jr. to Honor and Remember
Published on 2012-01-16 10:15:57
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I dare say that most people don't really know why, or really very much about Dr. King ... they think they do, but King's life and causes would still make most folks uncomfortable....
Choices the One Percent Are Foisting Upon Us
Published on 2012-01-12 12:01:18
The dysfunction of the two corporate party system in this country is becoming even more apparent. The two leading candidates for the nomination of the Republican and Democratic parties for president of the United States are individuals with which the...
Military Budget Will Still Grow
Published on 2012-01-06 09:17:25
As expected the cheerleaders of the military-industrial-complex and Bush-Cheney neocon 'dead-enders' are in tizzy over the 'cuts' in military spending proposed yesterday by President Obama. (Washington Post) Despite the hysteria from the fearmongers, however, the truth is that the plan...
The Auction is Underway
Published on 2012-01-04 12:03:37
Only the most partisan of partisans cannot but be chagrined over the state of politics in the United States in 2012. The presidential candidate nominating process for the two corporate parties has official started with the conclusion of the Iowa...
Threat to Your Internet Freedom
Published on 2011-12-27 09:31:23
It's got one of those Orwellian names ... it sounds good, but it is dangerous to your liberty. It is called the "Stop Online Piracy Act" or SOPA (the U.S. Senate version is "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity...
Getting Tired of Standing?
Published on 2011-07-01 08:53:38
Americans generally are sick of the '9/11 wars' ... and they already know that we simply cannot afford them. The end of Rome, Britannia and the Soviet Union came arguable because military expenses far out ran their economy's ability to...
Peak Oil Rumbles
Published on 2011-06-27 09:05:33
This is serious business ... the consequences of Peak Oil and our collective inability to boldly and forthrightly accept and plan for the new world of expensive petroleum. But a lot of folks will be fooled once again in the...
Not Cool: Misplaced National Priorities
Published on 2011-06-26 21:28:19
No one would begrudge U.S. troops air conditioning when stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan during the blazing hot summer months. But the demands of the military-industrial-complex and a bipartisan foreign policy of 'nation building' that has placed te
The Cost of Occupying Afghanistan
Published on 2011-06-23 08:47:38
Military and contracted forces of the United States have been fighting and occupying the sovereign nation of Afghanistan for over a decade now. Furthermore, President Obama guaranteed that U.S. occupation will continue for at least another three year
Summer Solstice 2011
Published on 2011-06-21 06:00:00
The Summer Solstice for 2011 officially occurs at 1:16 P.M. EDT ... 11:16 A.M. MDT.
Nuclear Disaster Still Unfolding
Published on 2011-06-18 09:34:25
There aren't any other industrial 'accidents' that have the magnitude of disaster that arise from the catastrophe of an atomic power plant meltdown. That is certainly a lesson from the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi crisis ... an extraordinary danger to p
Be a Contributor
Published on 2011-06-18 08:00:00
Earthside.com seeks to provide you with insight and information to assist you in preparing for the future. Every little bit of support encourages us to continue our efforts to inform. If you obtain insightful and empowering information from www.Earth
Climate Change in Full View
Published on 2011-06-11 09:12:43
We have ignored the perils of human beings burning hundreds of millions of years of stored solar energy (coal, petroleum, natural gas) in just two hundred years -- there are consequences. That the activities of people have contributed to the...
Republican House Votes for U.S.A. DEFAULT!
Published on 2011-06-01 19:39:39
The Republican-Tea Party majority in the U.S. House of Representatives voted last night for the United States of America to not pay its debts. These people call themselves "fiscal conservatives" ... but what they've really done is reveal th
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Published on 2011-05-30 08:03:55
By far, most wars are unnecessary. The unprovoked United States attack on Iraq in 2003 was a war of choice based upon the lies of George W. Bush and Richard Bruce Cheney. The war on Afghanistan was unnecessary when all...
Off to Wyoming
Published on 2011-05-22 11:00:00
Family and friends are the destination for this week ... in the windy state of Wyoming. Consequently, postings for the next few days will be sparse, if I get around to it at all. But have no fear, or continue...
Gas, Natural
Published on 2011-05-22 09:13:20
It's a gas bubble ... natural gas. We've all heard the industry hype that we now have enough natural gas to keep the nation in SUVs for another hundred years. Of course, most Americans want to believe -- even if...
Obama Targeting School Libraries?
Published on 2011-05-18 17:02:26
Even in pursuit of their own proclaimed goals, the Obama administration cannot be consistent. According to the report linked to below, Obama's Department of Education is cutting further specific assistance to the nation's public school libraries. The
Fukushima Update
Published on 2011-05-12 17:25:33
Yes -- the Fukushima Daichi nuclear disaster was (and is) ... well, a disaster. Let's hope that we learn from the Japanese tragedy and stop this current talk of building more atomic energy power plants in the United States. Fukushima...
Our Hollow Economy
Published on 2011-05-09 12:14:40
The housing bubble isn't coming back anytime soon. That's the top news today ... meaning that construction jobs and regular folks using houses as loan generators is going to keep middle America on a downward quality of life slope for...
Mother's Day: A Rally for Peace
Published on 2011-05-08 10:16:54
Though few know it, the original purpose of Mother's Day in the United States was to encourage womens' responsibility for promoting peace and disarmament. The "Mother's Day Proclamation" was written by Julia Ward Howe in 1870 in the wake of
Bush Knew Where bin Laden Was All Along
Published on 2011-05-05 09:11:59
George W. Bush and Richard Bruce Cheney knew all along, that Osama bin Laden was being held by elements of the Pakistan intelligence agency in the compound at Abbottabad. That is a logical conclusion to deduce in light of what...
Bin Laden Sympathizer Works for Fox Business News
Published on 2011-05-04 08:04:46
Fox Business' Freedom Watch, host Andrew Napolitano, is all about castigating the United States for how it conducted the mission against Osama bin Laden. The News Corp employee calls Bin Laden's death at the hands of Navy SEALS -- murder....
One of the Reasons Why: The Killing of Bin Laden
Published on 2011-05-02 09:21:23
The consequences of the murderous terror attacks of September 11, 2001 have been tragically significant and continuous. The end of Osama bin Laden is finally a satisfying resolution to part of this calamity for the United States and the world....
Paradigm Shift
Published on 2011-04-30 10:24:10
Peak oil. Peak water. Peak natural resources. Overpopulation. Climate change. In a serious analysis presented by Jeremy Grantham of GMO Capital the 'peak' of much of what sustains modern economies is explained. Yup ... it is nineteen pages with graph
Who Wrote the New Testament?
Published on 2011-04-30 09:59:34
Worth taking a look at today is an article about Bart Ehrman at AlterNet.org. Just this week I finished reading his latest book "Forged: Writing in the Name of God — Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think...
Fantasy or Reality?
Published on 2011-04-28 09:17:31
Will the U.S. economy experience a renewal of contraction ... or will debilitating inflation arrive in the immediate future? Or will the loony right-wing keep screaming about President Obama's birth certificate? That the ravings about Obama's birth h
The Gold Canary
Published on 2011-04-24 10:46:04
The canary in the coal mine is singing ... it's singing "Danger!" The canary is the price of gold ... and silver. The coal mine is the U.S. dollar, our debt-driven monetary and economic system, and the infantile politicians of...
American Exceptionalism
Published on 2011-04-21 09:06:59
It has always struck me that the very charged political term 'American exceptionalism' tends to the more dangerous impulses that can arise in citizens of our republic. Nationalistic stirrings of superiority are likely to lead to strife, bigotry and v
Oh, Yes It Is!
Published on 2011-04-17 11:54:26
Just in case there is anyone out there in internet-land who doesn't see that the United States is run for the benefit of the plutocrats ... well, watch the video here. The Federal Reserve must be audited, investigated and either...
The 'Real' Tea Party Agenda: Plutocracy
Published on 2011-04-15 09:27:04
The 'Tea Party' is a phony front -- the evidence is in with the presentation of the so-called "Path to Prosperity" federal budget plan authored by Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. Tea Partiers like to parrot the bumper sticker talking...
$3,000,000,000,000 Wealth Transfer From YOU to the Richest Ameicans!
Published on 2011-04-12 07:00:00
If you think that the Tea Party is on your side ... think again. And if you think that Pres. Obama and the Democrats in the U.S. Senate are going to protect your middle class lifestyle ... well, just wait...
That Time Has Arrived!
Published on 2011-04-10 13:00:00
Once a year Earthside.com appeals to readers to make a token of support materially -- that time has arrived. While monetary cost are minimal, any contribution helps offset the cost in time that is necessary to keep this web site...
America's Economic Earthquake Fault Zone
Published on 2011-04-10 10:19:34
You must understand the reality of our situation -- and it is clearly explained by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winning economist, in the concise essay linked to below in the May 2011 edition of Vanity Fair. All the 'sturm und...
Will the 'Tea Party' Crash the Economy?
Published on 2011-04-06 19:29:53
And ... The 'Tea-publican' Plan for Another Massive Transfer of Your Money to the Super Rich We're in the zone ... yesterday, today, tomorrow a "summit" meetings at the White House to either reach a compromise on the 2011 federal...
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Analysis
Published on 2011-04-02 13:00:00
Quite edifying video explanations and updates on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster -- by Arnold Gundersen. Some of the most informative analysis that I've seen. New Images Reveal Nuclear Fuel Rack Exposed to Air | Arnold Gundersen/Fa
Is Stagflation Just Around the Corner?
Published on 2011-04-02 09:38:45
Stagflation: A condition of slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment - a time of stagnation - accompanied by a rise in prices, or inflation. (Investopedia) There are those who might be inclined to see yesterday's unemployment numbers for
Listen Up!
Published on 2011-03-29 15:58:59
Yup. American Workers Got What They Deserved | Ray Buursma/HollandSentinel.com Are you an American employee? If so, today’s column will likely offend you. If you’d rather not be offended, read no further. If you continue and then complain, I’m
Bleak 'Brackets' in the Real World
Published on 2011-03-28 13:29:54
President Obama finally announces his war 'brackets' this evening on national television. Go team! Who take this guy seriously anymore? It's like we, the American people, are just kind of an after thought to his undramatic, serious, chess-playing, co
Meanwhile, Back at the Nuclear Disaster
Published on 2011-03-25 09:20:08
While U.S. military forces once again bomb another sovereign nation and the goings on at the 'American Idol' television show actually make it into 'top of the hour' newscasts --- the nuclear crisis in Japan continues to unfold towards an...
Our Latest Warlord President
Published on 2011-03-21 16:15:59
"It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags" ... the war on Libya, that is. Without debate and discussion; without Congressional approval; without a Presidential address to the nation ... the war
Atomic Welfare
Published on 2011-03-20 13:09:28
It's right in the federal budget -- from both Bush and Obama -- the appropriation line for the nuclear power plant industry, the atomic welfare check.But because the cost of building a new reactor is so high — and Wall...
Leaderless America
Published on 2011-03-20 10:48:19
You are behind the eight ball ... and you can blame the political system that has produced lack of political will and lack of political leaders. Repuglican or Dimocrat -- America is leaderless when it comes to dealing with our...
Nuclear Power Crisis in Japan
Published on 2011-03-15 22:13:29
*** ALERT! *** Japan Abandons Stricken Nuke Plant Over Radiation Associated Press/Yahoo! News Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku gave the video below interview last Saturday ... things at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have gotten worse since then.
Irony: The Radical 'Socialism' of Nuclear Power Plants
Published on 2011-03-15 12:44:10
The free market could never build a nuclear power plant, not even close. While the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan unfolds, the U.S. nuclear power industry is on the offensive in the mainstream American media minimizing...
Stunning Photos of the Destruction in Japan
Published on 2011-03-14 18:30:05
Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami | New York Times Click on the link, go to the site and move the blue slider handle in the middle of the photo to compare satellite images, taken...
What's Really Going On
Published on 2011-03-13 11:26:20
The past seven days comprised a most tumultuous week in the world and the United States. Here find articles, links and excerpts I hope give a 'big picture' overview of what is really going on and what it all portends...
Is All Hell Breaking Loose?
Published on 2011-03-09 21:27:05
Get a load of these developments in the news this evening ... Oil Installations Ablaze in Libya as Battles Rage | Associated Press/ABC News World's Biggest Bond Fund Dumps All U.S. Debt | Bloomberg.com Watch the video of the so-called...
Fat Cats and Corporations
Published on 2011-03-08 12:19:17
When the fattest of fat cats are putting their fat paws around the biggest piece of the pie, we know that there is trouble ahead. The systemic redistribution of wealth in the United States from working and laboring folks towards...
'Peak Money'?
Published on 2011-03-07 12:26:03
Congressional Repuglicans and the teabaggers are the angry and exaggerated 'jolly jokers'. The Dimocrats are the clueless and but sincere second bananas. These are the characters in the heated but meaningless political theater being played out in the
Falling Off Again
Published on 2011-03-01 15:34:05
A Union member, a Tea Party member, and the CEO of a corporation are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table there is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes...
Bashing the Middle Class
Published on 2011-02-24 18:42:43
Let's set the record straight -- pubic sector employees are not making more than workers in the private sector. Let's set the record straight -- Wisconsin public sector employees pay all of their pension and health care contributions. The first...
Tyranny ... or Revolution
Published on 2011-02-20 18:47:12
Work for less ... or get involved to stop the looting of America. If the radical, plutocratic governor of Wisconsin, and his minions, the bankster-funded Repuglican legislators, succeed in stripping away the right of public employees to bargain colle
Beginning of Final Push to Peasantry
Published on 2011-02-18 14:46:47
You are paid too much ... oh yes, you are. You need to be paying for all of your own health insurance premiums. You, stop goldbricking and make your own retirement financial plans. Make no mistake, the battle raging in...
Federal Budget Kabuki Theater
Published on 2011-02-16 16:47:58
It is an overdone, but ultimately meaningless drama being played out in Washington by our President and the 'Weeper of the House'. I'm talking about the debate over cuts in the federal government's budget. Obama is proposing about $40 billion,...
A Fool's Economy
Published on 2011-02-12 09:25:05
The 'quantitative easing' bubble is inflating fast ... and, yes, there are 'green shoots' poking up everywhere. Of course, that is exactly what would be expected when $600,000,000,000.00 is magically delivered through the banks into our casino econom
Important Peak Oil Update
Published on 2011-02-08 22:56:29
In 2005 the late Matt Simmons wrote an important book --"Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy" -- explaining that the giant Saudi oil fields in recent years have been on the verge of...
An 'Egyptian' Revolt in Our Future?
Published on 2011-02-04 10:17:19
One of these days ... even here in the good ol' US of A ... enough maybe an enough. Will -- the corruption and bailouts (transfer of wealth from the middle class to the rich), the gambling and speculation (the...
Egyptian Election
Published on 2011-01-31 19:49:54
The decisions are being made in Egypt now. The 'election of the street' is what 'people power' is all about. Americans have come to believe that only our dog-and-pony-show version of modern elections is the way to express the will...
'People Power' in Action
Published on 2011-01-29 11:00:28
Before our very eyes -- regular people in Egypt are attempting to throw out of power the authoritarian, militarist corporate regime that has oppressed them for years. Watch it 'live' on your iPhone with the ALJAZEERA app or on your...
Obama's Blah, Blah, Blah
Published on 2011-01-26 10:56:12
If you played with the dog or took an evening walk or watched TV reruns of Star Trek you used your time for better purpose than viewing President Obama's 'inspirational' remarks last night on the "State of the Union." Obama...
State of the ... I've Got Better Things to Do
Published on 2011-01-25 12:16:27
It has turned into a Washington media and cable news network, governmental extravaganza ... a veritable orgy of "hey, pay attention to me" and pomp and pompousness indulged in by 'inside the beltway' political society. I am referring, of co
'The Committee to Destroy the American Middle Class'
Published on 2011-01-19 11:24:28
Meeting today in Washington, D.C.: U.S., Chinese Companies to Meet With Hu and Obama | Reuters Executives from General Electric, Microsoft Corp., Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola, Boeing, Intel Corp and Carlyle Group will be among U.S. business leaders at a
What Brother Martin Said
Published on 2011-01-17 09:13:24
He was, in fact, a bold visionary. Though Martin Luther King, Jr.'s image has been increasingly 'mainstreamed' and Santa Clausified by marketeers and corporatists, the 'real' King challenged Americans to walk a very different path than the one we wer
Despite Record Federal Debt, U.S. War Machine Still Very Fat
Published on 2011-01-11 12:08:47
In 1935, Marine General Smedley Butler published the tract book titled "War is a Racket". One of the most decorated and heroic Marines in U.S. history, Butler came to recognize that much of America's military adventurism was for the purpose
Justice: Delay
Published on 2011-01-10 19:23:17
For his attempts to subvert democracy and small 'r' republicanism -- Tom Delay deserves every minute he's going to get behind bars. Judge Sentences Tom DeLay to 3 Years in Prison | Associated Press/Yahoo! News
Violence or Peace
Published on 2011-01-09 10:23:15
A 'reality check' moment ... we can hope. Yesterday's tragic event in Arizona should be the slap across the face that shakes the right-wing in this country into toning down the rhetoric of violent revolt that it adopted during the...
Support Freedom of Expression!
Published on 2011-01-08 01:00:00
Earthside seeks to provide you with insight and information to assist you in preparing for the future. Isn't that worth something? Every little bit of support encourages us to continue our efforts to inform. If you obtain insightful and empowering...
WikiLeaks: A Hope for Better Governance
Published on 2011-01-04 11:41:59
Establishment insiders hate WikiLeaks ... be they Repuglicans or Dimocrats, they despise any sunshine illuminating what they really do. From President Obama to radical Repuglican Congressman Darrell Issa, the mantra is the same: secrecy in the name o