Taking a HARD look at the Business of Politics

SmallBusinessNewz is reporting that Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez is pushing hard to get an amendment to the Small Business Act pushed through. This amendment would redefine what a “Small Business” is, and allow large businesses owned up to 49% by Venture Capital Firms to get funding from the Small Business Administration. This means that legitimately small […]

At the Congressional Hearing on March 11, it was very obvious that outside of the halls of Congress, Net Neutrality and Internet Free Speech is very much a Bipartisan Issue. PCMag covered the Net Neutrality hearing, which resulted in this incredible quote by Michele Combs of the Christian Coalition, “The Christian Coalition and NARAL agree […]

I know hundreds of individuals in the Lehigh Valley have called this guy and told him how we, his constituents, feel about the environment and global warming, and nothing anyone tells him will change his vote. Charlie Dent is guaranteed to vote against any bill that’s good for the environment. Today he voted against the […]

Geez, the Peak Oil groups have been pointing this out for a long time. It’s about time that the NYT got with the program, and reported this study about Biofuels being a Greenhouse Threat.
Too bad they didn’t catch this already reported story when it was originally reported, and in time to stop all the harebrained […]

Well, the word is finally being bandied about– Recession. And everybody is pointing fingers and coming up with supposed band aids that will stop it in its tracks. The problem is that in many ways the powers that be are looking in the wrong place for both the reasons and the solutions. I’m not debating […]

Now he wants “us” to invade Iran. I’m sure that will be just as successful as our invasion of Iraq, and by the time we’re done, we’ll have so little armed forces left we’ll be ripe for takeover ourselves.
The Rhetoric is the same. And Big Media should be ashamed of themselves for getting sucked through […]

The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act was just passed despite Charlie Dent voting against it. I really don’t understand how this guy got voted back in last election. He votes with Bush and against the Environment and the needs of his constituents in most things (such as Iraq.) This House bill overhauls environmental standards applied […]

The newest AT&T Terms of Service has an interesting new clause, which is the BEST argument for Net Neutrality that’s come down the pike yet. They will SHUT OFF your service if you badmouth AT&T. This is the applicable clause, and pay attention to c:

5.1 Suspension/Termination. Your Service may be suspended or terminated if your […]

Last month AT&T censored Pearl Jam on their website when an anti-Bush statement was made. This is the same AT&T that helped the NSA illegally tap our phones. This week Verizon blocked text messages from the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) on their Cellphone network. Verizon also allowed the NSA to illegally tap our […]

An Important film has just been released, called “No End in Sight, the American Occupation of Iraq“, which “dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration’s decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening […]