The so-called economic stimulus package that passed the House last week would have been scurrilous in times of prosperity. But in this time of national crisis it is, quite simply, grotesque.
As polls are proving to be less reliable, our political leaders' continued reliance on them as their primary means of making policy decisions seems more and more ludicrous.
Posted on: Oct 1, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
The Gospel of Normalcy is being preached from the bully pulpit as our leaders try to convince patriotic Americans to return as quickly as possible to their normal lives.
Posted on: Sep 19, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
If counterterrorism had been an industry doling out large contributions to politicians on both sides of the aisle and hiring powerful Washington lobbyists to plead its case, our political leaders would have leapt into action.
The First Amendment isn't a license to make billions, it's there to guarantee that the people are informed. In this, the media have failed and we all suffer.
Posted on: Sep 3, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Last week's Political Hubris Trophy goes to the Bush White House for its high-handed -- and hamfisted -- actions on behalf of its paymasters in the Big Energy lobby.
Posted on: Aug 26, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Count on Bush to read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" at every school visit. This unchanging routine confirms that he's the "The Very Uncurious President."
Posted on: Aug 6, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Election 2000 cast a shadow across America's entire electoral system but Jimmy Carter's Commission on Election Reform thinks states should handle the problem on their own.
Posted on: Jul 31, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Close to 100,000 children are in custody in California, drop out rates are rising, but young people have had enough and are mobilizing against a "Super Jail for Kids."
Bush has nominated Mary Sheila Gall to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission, despite her tendency to let manufacturers whose products kill off the hook.
Posted on: Jul 9, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Not only does the public overwhelmingly support energy conservation over a massive build up of new power plants, so do Republicans, by a ratio of two-to-one.
Posted on: Jun 11, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
As if we needed any more evidence of Washington's distorted priorities, Bush and Congress are pushing ahead with plans to build the controversial National World War II Memorial.
Posted on: May 21, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Bush pledges to make a huge shift in national drug policy by closing the nation's massive "treatment gap," but is nominating as drug czar a man who derides the idea that "we need to embrace treatment."
Posted on: Apr 22, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Last week pharmaceutical companies dropped their suit against South Africa's importing of generic AIDS drugs -- proof that public pressure and grassroots protest work.
Posted on: Apr 16, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
The president's signature issue is being treated to an
11.5 percent spending increase -- a measly response to the magnitude of the crisis in the educational system.
Posted on: Apr 2, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
According to a just-released survey by the National Sleep Foundation, Americans are seriously sleep deprived: Almost two-thirds of us fail to get the recommended eight hours of nightly shut-eye.
Posted on: Mar 19, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
A just-released study makes it clear why one key component of the McCain-Feingold bill -- the restricting of so-called issue ads -- is so desperately needed.
Posted on: Mar 12, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
OK, everybody, listen up: The time has come for the nation to stage an intervention. We need to come together and convince the vice president that his coronary heart disease requires that he step down. And not just to save his life, but potentially to save the lives of millions of Americans.
Posted on: Mar 5, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Forget Mark Rich. The real political quid pro quo is MBNA's political contributions for H.R. 333, the bill that will make it harder for consumers to declare bankruptcy.
Posted on: Feb 18, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
400 millionaires -- including heavy-hitters Warren Buffet, George Soros, David Rockefeller Jr. and William Gates Sr. -- have come out against repealing the estate tax. Why is President Bush still doggedly pursuing it?
Posted on: Feb 11, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
When I heard that a new poll found that George W. Bush holds a 5-point lead over Al Gore in the race to occupy the White House in 2004, I almost blew away my TV. They haven't even finished cleaning up the confetti from Inauguration 2000, and pollsters are already handicapping Election 2004.
Posted on: Jan 29, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
What's the most effective way to combat poverty? A new book by Peter Edelman can help rekindle this debate by taking us beyond the sterile squabbling of the Great Society vs. the Rising Tide.
The President has clearly decided to spend his final days in office paying homage to all the things he did nothing about when he had the power to do almost anything.
Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey is gone. New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, a Republican who favors harm reduction, is just the man Bush should appoint to replace him.
The nomination of Democratic Fundraiser-in-chief Terry McAuliffe as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee confirms the devolution of political parties into fundraising machines. McAuliffe has no public policy experience, but anything he touches turns to gold.
The "will of the people" is all the rage these days. Dubious ballots have been counted and recounted in the Presidential election out of respect for it. But government has largely ignored the one issue on which the people have given a clear mandate. Give the people a cease-fire in the war on drugs.
Congress recently approved new mandatory minimums for possession of methamphetamine, but specifically excluded so-called "club drugs" such as ecstasy (which is a methamphetamine-based drug). Why the disparity? Could it be because meth, like crack, is associated primarily with minority users, while "X" is favored by middle- and upper-class white kids?
