Month: July 2010

World Cup Thread

Update [2010-7-2 17:30:1 by BooMan]: Okay, so don’t tell me that wasn’t the craziest, most dramatic, and crushing end of a World Cup match evah!! Uruguay on penalty kicks!! Netherlands or Brazil? I like both teams,...

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Michael Steele Steps in Poo

Maybe Michael Steele is tired of being RNC chairman because I’m pretty sure that he just got himself fired. Despite approving of the president’s surge of troops into Afghanistan last December, he now says this:...

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Depending on A Global Workforce

This is the second and third parts in a series of blogs Nourishing the Planet will be writing about workers in the food system. Nourishing the Planet research intern Ronit Ridberg recently spoke with Erik Nicholson, National VP...

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The Tea Partiers

USA Today attempts to define the Tea Partiers. They deny that bigotry or rejections of Obama because of his race are part of the movement’s appeal, a perception fueled by YouTube videos showing racist signs at some Tea...

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What Did FDR Really Do for America?

Sometimes its worth taking a moment to remember what America was like the day before FDR’s inauguration in 1933. All those Tea Party people who want austerity, to eliminate Social Security, medicare, unemployment benefits,...

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