Anyone interested in learning about what is really happening during this financial crisis, needs to watch Bill Moyers' interview of William K. Black (broadcast on April 3rd, 2009). As most of us intuit, the financial crisis has been manufactured entirely by greed and fraud and this interview clearly...

It was announced today that Obama will soon reveal a new economic strategy that would lower mortgage costs. But, we also need more realistic qualifying standards that reflect today's financial realities; otherwise, if few can get a new favorable mortgage loan, what is the benefit of having lower rates?

U.S. middle class taxpayers are continuing to get the worst of these financial industry bailout deals: "investing" in risky financial institutions with none of the benefits of oversight, control and transparency. It's time to nationalize large banks and model them after credit unions. And regulate bank lending practices...

Americans need to understand that many of our problems are systematic and even Obama cannot fix them all from within our current political structure. We need to start asking ourselves what fundamental changes need to be made to the American political and economic systems in order to: close the income...

American's have been told that bank bailouts, the government's take over of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, raising the conforming loan limit from $417,000 to $729,750, lowering the prime rate and other "stimulus" is going to help the struggling home owner on Main Street. Hundreds of billions of dollars in...

We are now in the home stretch of a long, closely watched presidential campaign filled with intrigue and more erratic twists and turns from the McCain camp than Palin's swimsuit pageant walk. Americans wanting real change from the Republican Party and Bush era of ballooning national debt, deceptive / inept...

Even today as the U.S. Treasury is being pillaged by corporate America, there has been an absence of any significant economic middle class(*) backlash here in America. As the wealth gap between the middle class and upper class has increased more than any time in our history, Americans seem to...

After eight years of the Bush Presidency, the American middle class has been taken hostage and told they will lose everything (trickle down financial ruin) if they do not bail out the big banks, investment firms and insurance companies. Bush & Cheney have perfected the panic mode wealth transfer that...

Obviously our economy is in crisis and at risk of plunging into an all out depression. In addition to our ballooning national debt and the current financial crisis, our infrastructure has been slowly eroding and cronyism and corruption runs rampant. Who will we turn to for real change: Obama or...

With only seven weeks to go before the general election, national polls report close to 10% of Americans still haven't decided who they will vote for in November. After over a year of campaigning, hundreds of policy statements and strikingly different proposals about how each party/candidate will run the country...

Over the weekend, Wall Street got a huge bailout from you and I to the tune of 30 billion dollars. We are now proud owners of risky investments from Bear Stearns' mortgage and "other complicated" assets divisions. Once again, responsible hard working citizens are paying for the lavish lifestyles and...

First, let's clear up some misconceptions and clearly define agnosticism. There are varying degrees of agnosticism, which confuses the debate when used interchangeably. For instance, "strong agnostics" -- such as philosopher David Hume -- say the existence or nonexistence of God or the nature of ultimate reality is unknowable. "Atheistic...

Faced with an economy and infrastructure that is rapidly declining (especially for the shrinking middle class) and growing economic inequality, Americans are going to have to do some soul searching about their ethical...

Everyone knows the next POTUS is going to inherit a huge American disaster: an economic meltdown, a diminished international reputation, decreased global influence, the Iraq war bleeding Americans and money and a loss of personal liberties. Both Clinton and Obama have the intelligence and leadership abilities to get us back...

What are Obama devotees going to do if Clinton becomes the democratic nominee? Most Clinton supporters say they will actively support and vote for Obama if he become the nominee, but many Obama supporters don't reciprocate this good will.

I still haven't heard anything concrete to warrant the extreme Hillary...

Instead of focusing on real policy issues that affect us all, the media continually stirs up emotional, irrelevant "battles." The recent "race war" spat being one of them (groan). As the primaries continue, the media will continue feeding us more of the same: adrenaline trigging drama to keep us watching....

Something the MSM and pundits are not talking much about is how the impending 2008 recession is going to impact the campaign stump. Exit polls in New Hampshire, and other national polls, indicate that the economy has become the most important issue for voters.

Our economic health -- rather...

Huckster's Cuddly Appearance on the Tonight Show made me gag. Huckster has become the chosen leader of the Christian Republic of Ameristan by pandering, like Bush, in every way possible to their singular issue base (must be a "values" Christian, must be "values" Christian, must be "values" Christian... repeat ad...