Eduardo was listening, were you?

May 17, 2012

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey announced the Ex-PATRIOT Act this morning. The legislation is intended to counter a tax avoidance scheme where U.S. citizens renounce their citizenship to avoid paying certain taxes. For most of us, this type of tax avoidance is not an option, but for the very wealthy, it can be financially rewarding. Case [...]

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Last GOP candidate standing…

May 15, 2012

Well, it’s official-Mitt Romney is the last GOP candidate standing. Ron Paul, like the others before him-announced he’s suspending his campaign for President. Translation: when a candidate “suspends” their campaign it means they are dropping out of the race altogether. No backsies or do-overs, unless they throw their hat into the ring for the 2016 [...]

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American Exceptionalism? Not So Much…

May 10, 2012

As the greatest of the American capitalists of the turn of the 20th century understood, superiority belonged to those who held economic might and economic might came from control of the means of production. In fact, control of the means of production was what won the Civil War for the North, the Second World War [...]

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Obama changed his mind on same-sex marriage

May 9, 2012

A few moments ago president Barack Obama posted a picture in his Facebook timeline. In the picture there was a statement by Barack Obama saying that he approves same-sex marriage. Strategically gay marriage is clearly one issue Obama wanted to get him differentiated from Mitt Romney in the presidential election campaign. Romney´s stand has been practically [...]

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The last candidate standing…

May 6, 2012

As I said in one of my previous blog postings, November is fastly approaching us. In fact it is right around the corner and will be here before we know it. Scary, isn’t it? Most recently, Rick Santorium and Newt Gingrich suspended their campaigns. We all know that is another way of saying they will [...]

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The Age of Reason

May 2, 2012

Elizabeth Warren had this to say about her opponent for the Massachusetts Senate seat: My Republican opponent, Scott Brown, campaigned, campaigned against health care reform. And when he got to the Senate, he voted to block health care reform. We just learned today, back in Massachusetts, that he is using that same health care reform act to [...]

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American Legacy

May 1, 2012

The United States of America was founded on revolution, political evolution and compromise; a nation unlike any other on Earth. At the time of our nation’s founding, governments were primarily either monarchies or states governed by warlords who took their territories through conquest. The rights and welfare of citizens were not a primary concern, if [...]

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Fighting over nothing!

April 26, 2012

I recently saw this article and read the first paragraph and was floored. I can’t believe this nation has nothing to do except worry about who is going to control Congress! Shouldn’t we be trying to FIX the nations problems instead of worrying who’s going to get that high paid salary? Oh wait, well the answer [...]

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