I’ve been horrified for quite sometime at the privatization of prisons in this country. What I was unaware of is the privatization of immigration enforcement. “In the United States — with almost 400,000 annual detentions in 2010, up from 280,000 in 2005 — private companies now control nearly half of all detention beds, compared with […]
Continue readingThe Republicans have a solution to this new class warfare that has been so wrongly put upon them. Whew, I was worried there for a little while. Here it is. If you are a wealthy American and feel that people in your tax base should be taxed more, you should just shut your mouth, open […]
Continue readingLooks like Texas is going to take over $135 million reserved for public schools and other services and use it instead to pay for tax refunds to oil refineries. Texas public schools were already hit hard this year when their funding was slashed by close to $4 billion dollars. Now, the commissioners that Rick Perry […]
Continue readingSo, let’s see a few of the things that happened this weekend: 1. The United States gets ranked #26 for worldwide internet download speeds. I bet we’re #1 for internet cost. 2. The Occupy Wall Street Protest moved into week two. There’s been a lot of police violence and little news coverage. Figures. 3. Herman […]
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