Category Archives: Bad Deeds

Examples of American authoritarian activities. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” Lord Acton (1834-1902), and Washington, D.C. has too much power concentrated in the authoritarian hands. So much power goes bad and Jim summarizes just some of it.

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.

Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Bad Deeds for 5-12-2011

  Boehner’s Policies Are “Anti-Life” According to Catholic Professors – But Mr. Boehner is coming in for a dose of harsh criticism for his policies that violate basic teachings of the Catholic church. More than 75 professors at Catholic University … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 5-10-2011

  The Republican Plan to Mess With Texas Teachers THE PLAN: Craft a budget that would lead to the layoffs of thousands of teachers and school employees. Cram more kids into classrooms by permanently getting rid of the 22:1 class-size … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 5-9-2011

  Hostage Situation: John Boehner Threatens to Severely Harm America Unless We Go on an Unhealthy Extended Starvation Diet – In a speech speech Monday night to the New York Economic Club, House Speaker John Boehner said that any legislation … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 5-1-2011

  Texas Schools Shortchanged in Proposed State Budget – The Texas Senate is heading toward a showdown on the state’s budget for 2012-2013. This budget proposal would impose harsh cuts on public education, health care, and other essential state services … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-25-2011

  U.S. Income Inequality at Record Levels – Income inequality in the United States during the past decade has spiked to levels not seen since the Roaring ’20s that led to the Great Depression. The increase of income inequality leading … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-23-2011

  Republican “Medicare” Plan Will Cost an Additional $100,000 for Every Man, Woman, and Child in the Country – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that under the Republican Budget plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, the increase in the … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-8-2011

  Republican Cuts to Community Health Centers Will Increase Federal Deficit by $15 Billion – The federal government could save $15 billion by reducing unnecessary emergency room visits through investment in community health centers. This week, new research, from the … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-4-2011, Volume 2

  Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Make Almost $1 Billion Each – And Pay Less Taxes Than You Do – Ten years ago, when the hedge fund industry was much smaller than it is today, it took 25 hedge fund … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-4-2011

  Texas State Board of Education ‘Manipulated’ and ‘Politicized’ Texas Curriculum Standards According to Conservative Group – The conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute released an analysis that says Texas’ new social studies curriculum standards are so politicized that they will … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 3-30-2011

  U.S. Corporations Not Paying Taxes, But Getting Paid by Taxpayers – America’s largest corporation, General Electric, did not pay any taxes on their $15 billion in profits last year and instead got a $3 billion tax refund.1 But it … Continue reading

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