Perhaps you’ve already heard about the growing movement known as Occupy Wall Street. This broad social movement has protested against a variety of social problems in the heart of New York City’s Financial District since mid-September, and it has since spread to a variety of other cities in the US and around the world. I’m…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] It’s official: the Tea Party movement is getting out of control. There is nothing wrong with groups pushing an agenda in public through grassroots organization, but this is just out of hand. According to CNN, four conservative activists attempted to break into the New Orleans office of Senator Mary Landrieu yesterday to…
For the last several years, the State Department has been outsourcing embassy security to private military contractors. Recently, more evidence has surface that there are some problems with these companies, specifically relating to the conduct of their employees. Yes, I am talking about the Blackwater incident from a few years ago. More troubling, though, are the…
Today, Congress cut federal funding for ACORN after people working for the organization were caught giving advice to a couple who wanted to buy a house and set up a brothel in it. The couple’s story was fake, and they had hidden cameras; understandably, ACORN is in a whole lot of trouble. However, this is…
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