tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86342829757861797642024-03-05T16:51:50.616-07:00The PosologistPointing Out The Bullshit And Rocking The BoatJeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-23387706751863618492013-10-15T15:02:00.000-07:002013-10-15T15:02:14.054-07:00The Grand Bargain HoaxThe Campaign to Fix the Debt, the $40 million dollar astroturf “supergroup” that CMD exposed on the cover of the Nation magazine, and other Billionaires, have shifted into high gear in an effort to leverage the debt ceiling crisis into cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Via Mark Fiore and PR Watch.
Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-22469099243498855402013-10-11T17:39:00.001-07:002013-10-14T21:08:12.884-07:00New York City | This Must Be The PlaceIs there anything that some of the wealthiest 1% of Americans aren't doing to ruin this country?
According to one of my favorite Talking Heads, David Byrne, New York City is in danger of losing what remains of its creative soul as the wealthiest one percent usurp the cultural resources that once made the city "a repository of ideas and information".
As quoted by David in Rolling Stone Magazine Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-85592791800852799942013-10-09T18:48:00.000-07:002013-10-09T18:48:11.394-07:00The Last Honest PresidentJeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-68967375365394425102013-10-01T00:03:00.000-07:002013-10-01T08:52:59.686-07:00About The Government ShutdownThe criminals running the show and playing their games have no sympathy for ordinary Americans.
Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-55094465554580113272013-09-29T11:48:00.000-07:002013-10-05T22:22:46.754-07:00Inequality for All | Robert ReichJust watched Robert Reich's documentary, Inequality for All, at the Camelview theater in Scottsdale.
Before I give my own personal review of this movie, let me state Dr. Reich's objective in creating this documentary beforehand. According an excerpt from the film's website -
We’re in the biggest economic slump since the Great Depression, and we can’t seem to get out of it. Why? Because, exactlyJeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-70404930071652680712013-09-16T19:04:00.000-07:002013-09-16T19:06:41.177-07:00The Costs of Extreme InequalityI just finished reading Joseph E. Stiglitz's investigative tome about the increasing rise of inequality in America, The Price of Inequality. Professor Stiglitz was the economist credited for first coining the phrase "The 1 Percent", in regards to describing the upper 1% of wealthiest Americans topping of the economic pyramid. Occupy Wall Street coined the term "The 99 Percent" to refer to the Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-17504441769176051042013-09-10T21:13:00.001-07:002013-09-15T10:31:10.341-07:00Join Together With The BandYou know, I'm just some everyday American, an average Joe. But even I can see that America has a serious problem on it's hands with the ever-increasing polarization of wealth.
I don't have all of the answers to fix the serious problem I see with the 99% of Americans continuing to be marginalized by the moneyed-interests of the other 1% of Americans sitting at the top of the economic pyramid. I Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-78138041264022510472013-09-08T15:47:00.000-07:002013-10-14T21:00:06.614-07:00Has It Been Twenty Years Already?It seems pretty obvious to me that Nobel Peace Prize recipient, President Obama, has made up his mind and is going to "humanitarianly" bomb Syria, and probably lead America into another corporate-sponsored political war, regardless of what the vast majority of Americans want.
I mean, like who's going to stop him? The military has all of the flamethrowers and other weaponry to get what they want,Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-67662230159106264552013-08-22T19:07:00.001-07:002013-08-22T22:01:53.354-07:00Painfully Progressive PoliticsIf you've read any of my previous blog posts or my Tweets, then you'll realize that I side with "people", not businesses or corporations, and that I write and share others' information in pointing out what the late George Carlin described as - "the American okey-doke".
My social and political views tend to be on the Progressive side, but I'm also a cynic.
Cynics understand that human beings areJeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-59462171048697808142013-08-18T21:51:00.002-07:002013-08-19T11:09:26.340-07:00Is Political Fear-Mongering Cyclical?What happened 60 years ago in America that's just as relevant today, as it was back then. Except back then the fear-mongering buzzword was Communism. The buzzword now is Terrorism.
Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-28279814958899518672013-07-26T11:10:00.000-07:002013-07-27T13:39:49.673-07:00Chris Hedges | Reality Asserts ItselfThe most-revealing news reports and captivating interviews often come from sources not owned by the corporations controlling mainstream media. This Real News Network interview is one example.
If you want to gain a better understanding of the serious problems facing not only America, but those of the entire human race, and what you can do to help solve those problems, then make sure to take some Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-73457215444987696512013-07-25T09:26:00.000-07:002013-07-25T09:26:53.876-07:00Richard Wolff | The Failure of DetroitDetroit's bankruptcy "is an example of a failed economic system," says economist Richard Wolff, professor emeritus of economics at University of Massachusetts. "There are so many other cities in Detroit's situation, that if the courts decide that it is legal to take away the pension that has been promised to and paid for by these workers, you have [legalized] theft. It is class war, Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-27035990936780428162013-07-14T12:52:00.001-07:002013-07-14T13:16:02.564-07:00You're Screwed | Kimmel KartoonWell, let's look on the bright side. There's always Elysium. C'mon now, everybody sing along!
Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-15855666841980242812013-07-11T20:12:00.000-07:002013-07-11T20:43:59.591-07:00The Barrett Brown ControversyAs I've alluded to in my previous post concerning reported unconstitutional surveillance of American citizens and unfettered data collection by private contractors at the behest of the NSA, the FBI and other government agencies, the United States seems to be turning into one big police state, where ordinary citizens come to be considered the enemy, and where a corporatized Government begins to Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-90824533936036713852013-07-07T21:36:00.003-07:002013-08-23T10:06:39.746-07:00The Corporation | A DocumentaryProvoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, the documentary The Corporation explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time.
Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-71964993525858654902013-07-04T17:37:00.000-07:002013-07-07T12:50:12.727-07:00The Story of Citizens United v FECHow is it that corporations have been able to take control our Democracy? Watch this.
Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-32233906185354412672013-06-29T20:16:00.000-07:002013-06-29T20:16:20.942-07:00Dawn Porter, 'Gideon's Army' Filmmaker Dawn Porter, a filmmaker, discusses her new HBO documentary "Gideon's Army" with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyckwhich.
The film follows a group of passionate young public defenders in the Deep South who contend with long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads to represent low-income individuals. Hopefully the film will soon become available to PBS.
Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-56524323630775394022013-06-29T11:18:00.002-07:002013-07-07T18:06:41.239-07:00They Did The Wild Life BoogieA little social ditty about the new age robber barons and their political lap dogs.
Mickey Carroll - They Did The Wild and MickeyCaroll.comJeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-89334552183079203792013-06-27T13:21:00.003-07:002013-06-28T18:04:09.645-07:00The Day the Cold War Came HomePolitical fear mongering. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Here's the story of Gordon Kahn, as told by his son, Tony. Gordon Kahn was an American author and screenwriter who, during the McCarthy era, was investigated by House Committee on Un-American Activities and was blacklisted, faced imprisonment, and was persecuted for years simply for having "the wrong political ideas".Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-57725337726295327152013-06-10T19:03:00.000-07:002013-06-19T11:24:53.006-07:00Collecting DNA Against Our WillWhile everyone in the country is focusing on NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden's report that the Government, along with the help of a private corporation, is snooping into our privacy and collecting our communications, something potentially more important is almost totally being ignored.
Just like their 2010 decision to grant corporations the same rights as people, the Supreme Court has once Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-42680453246759271402013-05-16T11:09:00.000-07:002013-05-16T11:09:03.829-07:00Tax Havens 101: The High Cost Of Going OffshoreWhat are offshore tax havens, who uses them, and how do they work? And guess who gets stuck paying for the lost tax revenue from corporate offshoring?
Source: ICIJ - Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore Money MazeJeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-54967506207637300302013-04-11T10:53:00.000-07:002013-04-29T19:35:59.358-07:00Call Me An IndependentAfter yesterday's budget plan in which the President pulled a Neville Chamberlain by offering up our Social Security benefits as a bargaining chip to the Grand Old Party of hate, I'm now fully convinced that all three branches of Government are owned and controlled by large corporations, and the 0.1% of the population sitting atop of the economic pyramid.
So, after being a registered Democrat Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-2891763547815434152013-04-09T18:47:00.002-07:002013-08-27T09:59:13.977-07:00UN Accused of Failing to Protect Whistleblowers James Wasserstrom, a United Nations whistleblower retaliated against for reporting corruption within the multilateral organization’s mission in Kosovo – and who subsequently underwent an intense legal battle – made his case yesterday in New York City at a press conference. Before members of the media, he emphasized the negative message that his case’s meager settlement sends to future UN Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-89240083135963341892013-03-29T14:09:00.001-07:002013-04-02T17:56:31.690-07:00Democracy vs. DollarocracyCan the United States rightly call itself a democracy? As long as Paul Ryan and "Fix the Debt" types are able to push extreme austerity measures, Nation writer John Nichols says, we're looking more like a "dollarocracy," where "the ideas that rise to the top are those that are best-financed." In a democracy, Nichols explains, people have a right to say "No" to bad ideas—but in a dollaracracy, allJeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634282975786179764.post-36179159443822373912013-03-25T20:33:00.000-07:002013-03-25T20:33:17.624-07:00Uprising | A DocumentaryProduced by an Academy Award-winning team including the Executive Producer of Taxi to the Dark Side and the Editor of Inside Job, Uprising tells the inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees.
Their success in forcing the downfall of a brutal dictatorship has changed the face of the Middle East Jeff Healitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918815466692533843noreply@blogger.com3