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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Billionaires Are Trying to Buy the Presidential Election of 2012?
In an exclusive interview this morning, Jennifer Granholm asks David Axelrod to weigh in on GOP super PACs: David Axelrod talks with Jennifer Granholm about billionaires buying the election (excerpted from full interview airing tonight): GRANHOLM: This morning there was a story about how much money the Republican outside groups are going to be spending…
Will Humans Ever Achieve World Peace?
The Basic Human Conundrum Results From Conflict Between Individual (Selfish) Genes and Group (Altruistic) Genes by Glynn Wilson Let’s face it. The most common answer at beauty pageants, we now know, is unachievable. We will never achieve world peace. How do we know this now for the very first time ever? The basic human conundrum…
Occupy Birmingham Helps Stop Bank of America Foreclosure
After months of struggle and hard work, Steven and Maurita Wards, with the help of Occupy Birmingham, win a major victory in the fight to make sure this family is able to keep their home. Watch the video to see the story. This story shows that people can succeed if they stand up for themselves…
A Memorial Day For the Daily Newspaper?
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson We come together today to honor those who died in war defending American freedom. But perhaps we need to start a new memorial day or at least include a new category — for those who are about to be out of a job when the daily newspaper dies. Many…
May 24, 2012: The Day the Daily Newspapers Died
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson May 24, 2012 will be remembered as the day the daily newspapers died in the South. The Newhouse chain announced Thursday that the Times-Picayune in New Orleans is so broke it can only publish three days a week now, and the same holds true for the only major city…
Appeals Court Rules Federal, State Agencies Must Consider Environmental Impacts of Building Roads
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration illegally failed to consider and disclose the potential sprawl-inducing impacts of a 20-mile highway bypass near Charlotte. It is ruling that has national implications, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center, and could impact the…
Daily Show Exposes Problems With the National Press
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Is this the press we need or want? We can do better on the Web.
Gas Fracking Coming to Talladega National Forest?
by Glynn Wilson TALLADEGA, Ala. — An unknown mining company has prompted the federal Bureau of Land Management to offer up 43,000 acres in the national forest near Mt. Cheaha for oil and gas extraction that could involve hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a controversial drilling practice that some states such as New York and Vermont…
People Pack Talladega Ritz in Opposition to Fracking in Alabama’s National Forests
Glynn Wilson by Glynn Wilson TALLADEGA, Ala. — About 125 people or more showed up Monday night at the Talladega Ritz to learn more about ways to fight fracking for oil and methane gas in the Talladega National Forest. (A full story and video are in the works). Many consider the proposal by the oil…
Naples Man Pleads Guilty To Shooting Florida Panther
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Todd Alan Benfield, 45, of Naples pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a Florida Panther in violation of the Endangered Species Act, United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced Monday. Benfield faces a maximum penalty of one year in federal prison, a fine of up to $100,000 and forfeiture of weapons…
Push Back: Karl Rove Lies in Attack Ad About President Obama
Stephanie Cutter, the Obama campaign’s BS debunking expert, is back to help us understand why Karl Rove’s anti-Obama ads are full of lies. If Fox News can lie, why can’t we just tell the truth? Isn’t that better for the American people?
Bad Air Season Arrives in the Southeastern United States
Here we go again. It’s bad air season in the Southland. The Jefferson County Department of Health and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management issued an air quality alert for Saturday in the Birmingham metropolitan area, but the fact is, the entire eastern United States will be under a ridge with a weak upper low…
Another Chance for Public Opposition to Fracking in National Forests
Glynn Wilson An autumn view of the creek leading into Lake Chinnabee in the Talladega National Forest (click on the image for more photos). There will be another public meeting on Monday, May 21, where citizens can show their opposition to the sale of oil and gas drilling leases on 43,000 acres in the Talladega…
Republican Mitt Romney’s Declaration of War on Unions Caught on Video
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has made it clear, over and over again, how he’ll treat organized labor if he’s elected as the next president of the United States. Here’s his declaration of war caught on video. If you are a union member, are still voting Republican in 2012? Why?
Environmental Groups Object to Gas Drilling in Talladega, Conecuh National Forests
Glynn Wilson An early autumn view of Devil’s Den looking downstream from the waterfalls in the Talladega National Forest (click on the image for more photos) There will be a public meeting at the Heflin Park and Recreation Department near the Georgia line in Heflin, Alabama Monday night at 6 p.m to to discuss a…
E.O. Wilson Talks About The Social Conquest of Earth on C-SPAN
Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E.O. Wilson talks about the rise and domination of Homo sapiens on Earth. He spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia on C-SPAN. He explains where we came from and who we are, two of the big three questions, the other being where are we going. And he talks about the need…
Proposed Law Would Radically Alter Relations Between Workers, Corporations and State
EDITOR’S NOTE: When government operates behind closed doors and the people are not paying attention — or being adequately informed by the press — the result is inevitably corruption of the democratic process. Such is the case with the Alabama Legislature. There is only one more working day left in this year’s legislative session, according…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Doesn’t Remember Republican ‘Divide and Conquer’ Strategy to Destroy Unions
Like Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker finds himself at the center of a big story he claims he can’t remember his part in. Where, as Amy Sullivan puts it, “Romney knows for sure he didn’t think the guy was gay in the incident he doesn’t remember,” Scott Walker “[doesn’t]…
‘Romney Bubble’ Shows How Rich Republican Lives in a Separate World
Jennifer Granholm calls out Mitt Romney for his bullying past and present, wondering aloud whether Romney thinks about the people he has hurt while pursuing his personal ambitions and suggesting he has never faced consequences for his actions. Romney, she says, “is focused like a laser on the problem at hand: How to get elected…
