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Dear Anti-Obama vandal in the 1700 block of Delaware in Berkeley: Obama’s Record; Time for Community Sharing; Heart of a Soldier; Sharing the Wealth? Dr. Martin Luther King
Sharing the Wealth?
In the last several decades the wealth hasn't been spread so much as concentrated — at the top. The share of total income going to the top 1 percent of income earners more than doubled from 9 percent in 1970 to 23.5 percent in 2007. (The Great Recession has since narrowed the gap.) \
And while, as noted above, the rich pay a greater proportion of their income in taxes, the share of total taxes paid by the richest Americans is commensurate with their share of national wealth. Examining the total tax burden — state, federal and local — Citizens for Tax Justice calculated that the top 1 percent of households (average income $1.3 million) earned 20.3 percent of income and paid 21.5 percent of taxes in 2010
The tax code is studded with a costly bevy of deductions and preferences — mortgage interest, employer-sponsored health insurance, retirement savings — that benefit wealthier taxpayers over those with modest incomes. The rich are so smart about making money, but they are so blind about seeing real value in the future and what it's leading to.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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Letter: Inspiring memories of Coach Parks
I met Coach Parks in 1967. We were coming out of heavy times as racial riots were happening my freshman year in 1966 at Menlo-Atherton High School.
In the movie, "Remember The Titans," Denzel Washington played the football coach at a recently integrated high school in 1971. The school board was forced to integrate. They combined the white school and the black school into one. The same thing happened with Coach Parks and he did it with gusto.
In many ways his life is a bridge between his African-American heritage and the affluent "white" community around him. He has built bridges of understanding and compassion in innumerable situations, from his racially tense and often violent high school, to his own prejudiced neighborhood and interactions between races, religions, ages, and rich students and poor.
He continued to reach out to the Mexican-American community where he was fed and cared for as a child and to provide food and clothing to many migrant field workers. He was a living example of "giving in action;" giving all that he had, asking nothing in return. Although his story has special appeal to African-American and Latino audiences, it will also appeal to every person interested in bridging gaps between races, generations and economic groups. Coach's story is universal and his message transcends the boundaries of race, ethnicity, geography, and culture. He will be missed.
Ted Rudow III, M-A alumnus, Palo Alto
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Letter: Inspiring memories of Coach Parks
I met Coach Parks in 1967. We were coming out of heavy times as racial riots were happening my freshman year in 1966 at Menlo-Atherton High School.
In the movie, "Remember The Titans," Denzel Washington played the football coach at a recently integrated high school in 1971. The school board was forced to integrate. They combined the white school and the black school into one. The same thing happened with Coach Parks and he did it with gusto.
In many ways his life is a bridge between his African-American heritage and the affluent "white" community around him. He has built bridges of understanding and compassion in innumerable situations, from his racially tense and often violent high school, to his own prejudiced neighborhood and interactions between races, religions, ages, and rich students and poor.
He continued to reach out to the Mexican-American community where he was fed and cared for as a child and to provide food and clothing to many migrant field workers. He was a living example of "giving in action;" giving all that he had, asking nothing in return. Although his story has special appeal to African-American and Latino audiences, it will also appeal to every person interested in bridging gaps between races, generations and economic groups. Coach's story is universal and his message transcends the boundaries of race, ethnicity, geography, and culture. He will be missed.
Ted Rudow III, M-A alumnus, Palo Alto
Monday, August 29, 2011
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Letter: Remembering Coach Parks August 29, 2011, 03:30 AM
Editor,I met Coach Ben Parks in 1967. We were coming out of heavy times as racial riots were happening during my freshman year in 1966 at Menlo-Atherton High School. In the movie “Remember the Titans,” Denzel Washington plays the football coach at a recently integrated high school in 1971. The school board forced to integrate. They combined the white school and the black school into one. It was the same thing with Coach Parks and he did it with gusto.
In many ways, his life was a bridge between his African-American heritage and the affluent “white” community that surrounded him. He built bridges of understanding and compassion in innumerable situations; from his racially tense and often violent high school to his own prejudiced neighborhood. Between races, religions, ages and between rich students and poor. He continued to reach out to the Mexican-American community where he was fed and cared for as a child and continued to provide food and clothing to many migrant field workers. He was a living example of “giving in action;” giving all that he had, asking nothing in return. Although his story has special appeal to African-American and Latino audiences, it will also appeal to every person interested in bridging gaps between races, generations and economic groups. Coach’s story is universal and his message transcends the boundaries of race, ethnicity, geography and culture. He will be missed!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Palo Alto
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Letter: Remembering Coach Parks August 29, 2011, 03:30 AM
Editor,I met Coach Ben Parks in 1967. We were coming out of heavy times as racial riots were happening during my freshman year in 1966 at Menlo-Atherton High School. In the movie “Remember the Titans,” Denzel Washington plays the football coach at a recently integrated high school in 1971. The school board forced to integrate. They combined the white school and the black school into one. It was the same thing with Coach Parks and he did it with gusto.
In many ways, his life was a bridge between his African-American heritage and the affluent “white” community that surrounded him. He built bridges of understanding and compassion in innumerable situations; from his racially tense and often violent high school to his own prejudiced neighborhood. Between races, religions, ages and between rich students and poor. He continued to reach out to the Mexican-American community where he was fed and cared for as a child and continued to provide food and clothing to many migrant field workers. He was a living example of “giving in action;” giving all that he had, asking nothing in return. Although his story has special appeal to African-American and Latino audiences, it will also appeal to every person interested in bridging gaps between races, generations and economic groups. Coach’s story is universal and his message transcends the boundaries of race, ethnicity, geography and culture. He will be missed!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Palo Alto
Saturday, August 27, 2011
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Friday, July 15, 2011Dear Editor,
The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries - credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever greater debt. Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing - just what they need to pay off their debts, or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc.
Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other. Some individuals, companies and governments must have their fix for they are addicted to it, and the withdrawal symptoms are too painful to endure. Life without credit means no future debt is possible, and often their present debt is so large and overwhelming that they cannot go on without another credit fix.
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So blind
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by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Friday Aug 26th, 2011
In the last several decades the wealth hasn't been spread so much as concentrated -- at the top. The share of total income going to the top 1 percent of income earners more than doubled from 9 percent in 1970 to 23.5 percent in 2007.
-->
(The Great Recession has since narrowed the gap.) And while, as noted above, the rich pay a greater proportion of their income in taxes, the share of total taxes paid by the richest Americans is commensurate with their share of national wealth. Examining the total tax burden -- state, federal and local -- Citizens for Tax Justice calculated that the top 1 percent of households (average income $1.3 million) earned 20.3 percent of income and paid 21.5 percent of taxes in 2010. The tax code is studded with a costly bevy of deductions and preferences -- mortgage interest, employer-sponsored health insurance, retirement savings -- that benefit wealthier taxpayers over those with modest incomes. The rich are so smart about making money, but they are so blind about seeing real value in the future and what it's leading to.
Ted Rudow III, MA
So blind
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Friday Aug 26th, 2011
In the last several decades the wealth hasn't been spread so much as concentrated -- at the top. The share of total income going to the top 1 percent of income earners more than doubled from 9 percent in 1970 to 23.5 percent in 2007.
-->
(The Great Recession has since narrowed the gap.) And while, as noted above, the rich pay a greater proportion of their income in taxes, the share of total taxes paid by the richest Americans is commensurate with their share of national wealth. Examining the total tax burden -- state, federal and local -- Citizens for Tax Justice calculated that the top 1 percent of households (average income $1.3 million) earned 20.3 percent of income and paid 21.5 percent of taxes in 2010. The tax code is studded with a costly bevy of deductions and preferences -- mortgage interest, employer-sponsored health insurance, retirement savings -- that benefit wealthier taxpayers over those with modest incomes. The rich are so smart about making money, but they are so blind about seeing real value in the future and what it's leading to.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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Posted: 08/23/2011 07:41:33 PM PDTUpdated: 08/23/2011 10:39:51 PM PDT Coach Parks will be missed
Dear Editor: I met Coach Ben Parks in 1967. We were coming out of heavy times as racial riots were happening my freshman year in 1966 at Menlo-Atherton High School. In the movie, "Remember The Titans," Denzel Washington played the football coach at a recently integrated high school in 1971. The school board was forced to integrate. They combined the white school and the black school into one. It's the same thing with Coach Parks, and he did it with gusto.
In many ways his life is a bridge between his African-American heritage and the affluent white community around him. He has built bridges of understanding and compassion in innumerable situations, from his racially tense and often violent high school to his own prejudiced neighborhood.
He continued to reach out to the Mexican-American community where he was fed and cared for as a child and to provide food and clothing to many migrant field workers. He was a living example of "giving in action" -- giving all that he has, asking nothing in return. Although his story has special appeal to African-American and Latino audiences it will also appeal to every person interested in bridging gaps between races, generations and economic groups. Coach's story is universal and his message transcends the boundaries of race, ethnicity, geography and culture. He will be missed.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
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Posted: 08/23/2011 07:41:33 PM PDTUpdated: 08/23/2011 10:39:51 PM PDT Coach Parks will be missed
Dear Editor: I met Coach Ben Parks in 1967. We were coming out of heavy times as racial riots were happening my freshman year in 1966 at Menlo-Atherton High School. In the movie, "Remember The Titans," Denzel Washington played the football coach at a recently integrated high school in 1971. The school board was forced to integrate. They combined the white school and the black school into one. It's the same thing with Coach Parks, and he did it with gusto.
In many ways his life is a bridge between his African-American heritage and the affluent white community around him. He has built bridges of understanding and compassion in innumerable situations, from his racially tense and often violent high school to his own prejudiced neighborhood.
He continued to reach out to the Mexican-American community where he was fed and cared for as a child and to provide food and clothing to many migrant field workers. He was a living example of "giving in action" -- giving all that he has, asking nothing in return. Although his story has special appeal to African-American and Latino audiences it will also appeal to every person interested in bridging gaps between races, generations and economic groups. Coach's story is universal and his message transcends the boundaries of race, ethnicity, geography and culture. He will be missed.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Texas Miracle?
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‘Texas Miracle?’ August 23, 2011, 03:52 AM
Editor,
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments. One of the comment was, “Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas.”
Gov. Perry’s staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different time frames revealed that Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. “Texas Miracle” is something that Rick Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that’s the truth that lies beneath this “miracle.”
Furthermore, Rick Perry has successfully stripped away just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It’s a miracle for companies who want to exploit their workers; it’s not a miracle for anybody else.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
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Editor,
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments. One of the comment was, “Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas.”
Gov. Perry’s staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different time frames revealed that Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. “Texas Miracle” is something that Rick Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that’s the truth that lies beneath this “miracle.”
Furthermore, Rick Perry has successfully stripped away just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It’s a miracle for companies who want to exploit their workers; it’s not a miracle for anybody else.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
Friday, August 19, 2011
Texas miracle?
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'Texas miracle'
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination over the weekend, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments. One of the comment was, "Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Perry's staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different timeframes revealed Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. "Texas Miracle" is something that Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that's the truth that lies beneath this "miracle."
Perry also has stripped away just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It's a miracle for companies that want to exploit their workers; it's not a miracle for anybody else.
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'Texas miracle'
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination over the weekend, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments. One of the comment was, "Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Perry's staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different timeframes revealed Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. "Texas Miracle" is something that Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that's the truth that lies beneath this "miracle."
Perry also has stripped away just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It's a miracle for companies that want to exploit their workers; it's not a miracle for anybody else.
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From Daily News Group readers Posted: 08/18/2011 03:13:53 PM PDTUpdated: 08/18/2011 11:34:59 PM PDT
'Texas miracle'
Dear Editor:
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination over the weekend, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments. One of the comment was, "Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Perry's staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different timeframes revealed Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. "Texas Miracle" is something that Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that's the truth that lies beneath this "miracle."
Perry also has stripped away just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It's a miracle for companies that want to exploit their workers; it's not a miracle for anybody else.
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Palo Alto
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From Daily News Group readers Posted: 08/18/2011 03:13:53 PM PDTUpdated: 08/18/2011 11:34:59 PM PDT
'Texas miracle'
Dear Editor:
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination over the weekend, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments. One of the comment was, "Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Perry's staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different timeframes revealed Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. "Texas Miracle" is something that Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that's the truth that lies beneath this "miracle."
Perry also has stripped away just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It's a miracle for companies that want to exploit their workers; it's not a miracle for anybody else.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Texas miracle?
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Texas miracle?
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Aug 18th, 2011
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination over the weekend, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments.
One of the comment was, "Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas.",Gov. Rick Perry
Governor Perry’s staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different time frames revealed Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. "Texas Miracle" is something that Rick Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that’s the truth that lies beneath this "miracle."
The other thing about it is that Rick Perry has stripped away successfully just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It’s a miracle for companies who want to exploit their workers; it’s not a miracle for anybody else.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Texas miracle?
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Aug 18th, 2011
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination over the weekend, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already raised eyebrows over a number of heated comments.
One of the comment was, "Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas.",Gov. Rick Perry
Governor Perry’s staff attributed the number to the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve. The fact-checking group PolitiFact questioned its legitimacy, saying different time frames revealed Texas created a more modest percentage of national jobs. "Texas Miracle" is something that Rick Perry has been campaigning on for quite a while. What lies beneath those numbers, however, is the fact that Texas has also created many, many more minimum-wage jobs and low-wage jobs than any other state. And, you know, that’s the truth that lies beneath this "miracle."
The other thing about it is that Rick Perry has stripped away successfully just about every strand of the social safety net in his 10 years as governor. Texas education has been stripped to the bone. High school graduation rates are the lowest in the country. The rate of insurance is the lowest in the country. It’s a miracle for companies who want to exploit their workers; it’s not a miracle for anybody else.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Wealth plutocrats
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Wealthy plutocrats
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Sunday Aug 14th, 2011
Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, two of the richest men in America who have quietly given more than a hundred million dollars to right-wing causes. Their combined fortune of thirty-five billion dollars is exceeded only by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Indeed, the brothers have funded opposition campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies—from healthcare reform to the economic-stimulus program—that, in political circles, their ideological network is known as the Kochtopus.
Increasingly few, stupendously wealthy plutocrats have lately made enormous strides toward dominating global governance, finance and national democracies, while actively undermining traditional democratic expressions, such as collective bargaining rights, clean air protections, and services for social safety nets. Other Voices is program which is live at 7:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month on mid-Peninsula cable channel 27. They were discuss the Koch brothers. I phoned in and ask what is his view with SRI and the Hoover Institution. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by the future US president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford.
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been involved with the Hoover Institution during my entire tenure as director, beginning in 1989, as a member of the Hoover Board of Overseers, as a member of the executive committee of the board, and as a significant supporter,” said John Raisian, Hoover director. A federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two US citizens against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and unnamed others for developing, authorizing and using harsh interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq. Ignoring this allows them to continue exerting their self interested influence with a free rein. It must be stopped!
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wealthy plutocrats
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Sunday Aug 14th, 2011
Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, two of the richest men in America who have quietly given more than a hundred million dollars to right-wing causes. Their combined fortune of thirty-five billion dollars is exceeded only by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Indeed, the brothers have funded opposition campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies—from healthcare reform to the economic-stimulus program—that, in political circles, their ideological network is known as the Kochtopus.
Increasingly few, stupendously wealthy plutocrats have lately made enormous strides toward dominating global governance, finance and national democracies, while actively undermining traditional democratic expressions, such as collective bargaining rights, clean air protections, and services for social safety nets. Other Voices is program which is live at 7:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month on mid-Peninsula cable channel 27. They were discuss the Koch brothers. I phoned in and ask what is his view with SRI and the Hoover Institution. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by the future US president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford.
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been involved with the Hoover Institution during my entire tenure as director, beginning in 1989, as a member of the Hoover Board of Overseers, as a member of the executive committee of the board, and as a significant supporter,” said John Raisian, Hoover director. A federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two US citizens against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and unnamed others for developing, authorizing and using harsh interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq. Ignoring this allows them to continue exerting their self interested influence with a free rein. It must be stopped!
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wealth plutocrats
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Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, two of the richest men in America who have quietly given more than a hundred million dollars to right-wing causes. Their combined fortune of thirty-five billion dollars is exceeded only by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Indeed, the brothers have funded opposition campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies—from healthcare reform to the economic-stimulus program—that, in political circles, their ideological network is known as the Kochtopus.
Increasingly few, stupendously wealthy plutocrats have lately made enormous strides toward dominating global governance, finance and national democracies, while actively undermining traditional democratic expressions, such as collective bargaining rights, clean air protections, and services for social safety nets. Other Voices is program which is live at 7:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month on mid-Peninsula cable channel 27. They were discussed the Koch brothers. I phoned in and ask what is his view with SRI and the Hoover Institution. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by the future US president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford.
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been involved with the Hoover Institution during my entire tenure as director, beginning in 1989, as a member of the Hoover Board of Overseers, as a member of the executive committee of the board, and as a significant supporter,” said John Raisian, Hoover director. A federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two US citizens against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and unnamed others for developing, authorizing and using harsh interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq. Ignoring this allows them to continue exerting their self interested influence with a free rein. It must be stopped!
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Wealthy plutocrats
Issues Beyond Palo Alto, posted by Ted Rudow III, MA, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Aug 12, 2011
Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, two of the richest men in America who have quietly given more than a hundred million dollars to right-wing causes. Their combined fortune of thirty-five billion dollars is exceeded only by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Indeed, the brothers have funded opposition campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies—from healthcare reform to the economic-stimulus program—that, in political circles, their ideological network is known as the Kochtopus.
Increasingly few, stupendously wealthy plutocrats have lately made enormous strides toward dominating global governance, finance and national democracies, while actively undermining traditional democratic expressions, such as collective bargaining rights, clean air protections, and services for social safety nets. Other Voices is program which is live at 7:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month on mid-Peninsula cable channel 27. They were discussed the Koch brothers. I phoned in and ask what is his view with SRI and the Hoover Institution. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by the future US president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford.
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been involved with the Hoover Institution during my entire tenure as director, beginning in 1989, as a member of the Hoover Board of Overseers, as a member of the executive committee of the board, and as a significant supporter,” said John Raisian, Hoover director. A federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two US citizens against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and unnamed others for developing, authorizing and using harsh interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq. Ignoring this allows them to continue exerting their self interested influence with a free rein. It must be stopped!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States credit rating has led to a lot of criticism of the company. The White House called the S&P performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.”
S&P didn’t just miss the housing bubble. They helped cause it. They made money from the banks by awarding their AAA stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless. Ironically, this makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
2011 August
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Letters to the Editor
Time to shed light on where Ed Lee stands
Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States credit rating has led to a lot of criticism of the company. The White House called the S&P performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.”
S&P didn’t just miss the housing bubble. They helped cause it. They made money from the banks by awarding their AAA stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless. Ironically, this makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
They helped
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They Helped
by Ted Rudow III Monday, 08 August 2011
Standard Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of Standard Poor’s. The White House called their performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.”The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.S&P didn’t just miss the bubble. They helped cause it. They were paid by the banks to award their AAA-stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless -- which, ironically, makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt. Lowering the nation’s rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said "political brinkmanship" in the debate over the debt had made the U.S. government’s ability to manage its finances. There’s not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times, because the people at the top are doing great. And that is an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways, raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
They Helped
by Ted Rudow III Monday, 08 August 2011
Standard Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of Standard Poor’s. The White House called their performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.”The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.S&P didn’t just miss the bubble. They helped cause it. They were paid by the banks to award their AAA-stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless -- which, ironically, makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt. Lowering the nation’s rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said "political brinkmanship" in the debate over the debt had made the U.S. government’s ability to manage its finances. There’s not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times, because the people at the top are doing great. And that is an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways, raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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From Daily News Group readers Posted: 08/08/2011 05:35:33 PM PDTUpdated: 08/08/2011 11:36:43 PM PDT
Upward redistribution of wealth
Dear Editor: Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of Standard & Poor's. The White House called its performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, "amateur hour." The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.
S&P didn't just miss the bubble. It helped cause the problem. It was paid by the banks to award its AAA stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless, which ironically makes it an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt. In lowering the nation's rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said "political brinkmanship" in the debate over the debt had affected the U.S. government's ability to manage its finances.
There's not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times, because the people at the top are doing great. There's been an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
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August 09 2011
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Editor,Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of S&P (“S&P downgrades U.S. credit rating from AAA” in the Aug. 5 edition of the Daily Journal). The White House called their performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.” The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.S&P didn’t just miss the bubble. They helped cause it. They were paid by the banks to award their AAA stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless (which, ironically, makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt). Lowering the nation’s rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said “political brinkmanship” in the debate over the debt had made the U.S. government’s ability to manage its finances.
There’s not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times because the people at the top are doing great. And that is an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways, raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
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Peninsula readers' letters: Aug. 9
From Daily News Group readers Posted: 08/08/2011 05:35:33 PM PDTUpdated: 08/08/2011 11:36:43 PM PDT
Upward redistribution of wealth
Dear Editor: Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of Standard & Poor's. The White House called its performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, "amateur hour." The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.
S&P didn't just miss the bubble. It helped cause the problem. It was paid by the banks to award its AAA stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless, which ironically makes it an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt. In lowering the nation's rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said "political brinkmanship" in the debate over the debt had affected the U.S. government's ability to manage its finances.
There's not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times, because the people at the top are doing great. There's been an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
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Tuesday
August 09 2011
San Mateo Daily Journal
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They helped August 09, 2011, 03:21 AM
Letter
Editor,Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of S&P (“S&P downgrades U.S. credit rating from AAA” in the Aug. 5 edition of the Daily Journal). The White House called their performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.” The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.S&P didn’t just miss the bubble. They helped cause it. They were paid by the banks to award their AAA stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless (which, ironically, makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt). Lowering the nation’s rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said “political brinkmanship” in the debate over the debt had made the U.S. government’s ability to manage its finances.
There’s not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times because the people at the top are doing great. And that is an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways, raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
Monday, August 08, 2011
They helped
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They helped
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Aug 8th, 2011
Standard Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of Standard Poor’s. The White House called their performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.”
The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.
S&P didn’t just miss the bubble. They helped cause it. They were paid by the banks to award their AAA-stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless -- which, ironically, makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt. Lowering the nation’s rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said "political brinkmanship" in the debate over the debt had made the U.S. government’s ability to manage its finances.
There’s not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times, because the people at the top are doing great. And that is an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways, raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
U.S. Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism
They helped
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Aug 8th, 2011
Standard Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States has led to a lot of criticism of Standard Poor’s. The White House called their performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2.1 trillion, “amateur hour.”
The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after Congress approved a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan.
S&P didn’t just miss the bubble. They helped cause it. They were paid by the banks to award their AAA-stamp of approval to all manner of financial products that were anything but riskless -- which, ironically, makes them an accessory to the resulting explosion of U.S. debt. Lowering the nation’s rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said "political brinkmanship" in the debate over the debt had made the U.S. government’s ability to manage its finances.
There’s not much mention anymore of the recession or economic hard times, because the people at the top are doing great. And that is an upward redistribution of wealth by cutting taxes for the wealthiest, and in subtle ways, raising them for the poorest and for the middle class. The big business game is to see how fast you can rob the other guy.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Saturday, August 06, 2011
36 years later
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/06/18687066.php
36 years later
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Saturday Aug 6th, 2011
Vietnam is starting the first phase of a plan to clean up the environmental damage from the hazardous chemical Agent Orange, which was used by the US military during the Vietnam War.
The joint project with the former enemy, the United States, concentrates on a hotspot where the defoliant was stored by the Americans. Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense will sweep areas around Danang Airport for unexploded ordnance. Then the operation to remove dioxin from soil and sediment at the site will commence. Dioxin, a chemical used in Agent Orange, has lasting health and environmental affects. Now they are suffering the consequences of Agent Orange contamination, long after they left Vietnam. The worst thing is that the war debris they leave just goes on killing. The bombs they dropped on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are still exploding, killing and maiming thousands every year. The Vietnamese Red Cross says as many as 3 million people have been affected by the chemical, including at least 150,000 children born with severe birth defects. Every time we invade a little country, we are showing the world how “small” we really are.
Ted Rudow III, MA
36 years later
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Saturday Aug 6th, 2011
Vietnam is starting the first phase of a plan to clean up the environmental damage from the hazardous chemical Agent Orange, which was used by the US military during the Vietnam War.
The joint project with the former enemy, the United States, concentrates on a hotspot where the defoliant was stored by the Americans. Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense will sweep areas around Danang Airport for unexploded ordnance. Then the operation to remove dioxin from soil and sediment at the site will commence. Dioxin, a chemical used in Agent Orange, has lasting health and environmental affects. Now they are suffering the consequences of Agent Orange contamination, long after they left Vietnam. The worst thing is that the war debris they leave just goes on killing. The bombs they dropped on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are still exploding, killing and maiming thousands every year. The Vietnamese Red Cross says as many as 3 million people have been affected by the chemical, including at least 150,000 children born with severe birth defects. Every time we invade a little country, we are showing the world how “small” we really are.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Friday, August 05, 2011
House of cards
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House of Cards
by Ted Rudow III Thursday, 04 August 2011
President Barack Obama touted his debt ceiling deal Tuesday, saying, “We can’t balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the biggest brunt of this recession.” Yet that is what he and his coterie of Wall Street advisers have done.
The history of the U.S. national debt is inexorably tied to its many wars. What the U.S. wastes on military spending in one year could pay off almost all of that entire debt. Not only did a compliant Congress agree to fund President George W. Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with emergency appropriations; it did so with borrowed money, raising the debt ceiling 10 times since 2001 without quibbling.
The total debt of the U.S. alone is 14 trillion dollars! It's hard to even conceive of how much money that really is. And yet they continue spending far more than they earn in taxes, getting more in debt every year. Have you ever seen a toy house built of cards, each one stacked precariously atop the others? Well, that is precisely how fragile and shaky the present dollar-based capitalistic system is: Like a house of cards!
House of Cards
by Ted Rudow III Thursday, 04 August 2011
President Barack Obama touted his debt ceiling deal Tuesday, saying, “We can’t balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the biggest brunt of this recession.” Yet that is what he and his coterie of Wall Street advisers have done.
The history of the U.S. national debt is inexorably tied to its many wars. What the U.S. wastes on military spending in one year could pay off almost all of that entire debt. Not only did a compliant Congress agree to fund President George W. Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with emergency appropriations; it did so with borrowed money, raising the debt ceiling 10 times since 2001 without quibbling.
The total debt of the U.S. alone is 14 trillion dollars! It's hard to even conceive of how much money that really is. And yet they continue spending far more than they earn in taxes, getting more in debt every year. Have you ever seen a toy house built of cards, each one stacked precariously atop the others? Well, that is precisely how fragile and shaky the present dollar-based capitalistic system is: Like a house of cards!
Thursday, August 04, 2011
House of cards
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House of cards
by Ted Rudow III, MA
Thursday Aug 4th, 2011 12:19 PM
President Barack Obama touted his debt ceiling deal Tuesday, saying, “We can’t balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the biggest brunt of this recession.”
Yet that is what he and his coterie of Wall Street advisers have done.
The history of the U.S. national debt is inexorably tied to its many wars. What the U.S. wastes on military spending in one year could pay off almost all of that entire debt. Not only did a compliant Congress agree to fund President George W. Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with emergency appropriations; it did so with borrowed money, raising the debt ceiling 10 times since 2001 without quibbling.
The total debt of the U.S. alone is 14 trillion dollars! It's hard to even conceive of how much money that really is. And yet they continue spending far more than they earn in taxes, getting more in debt every year. Have you ever seen a toy house built of cards, each one stacked precariously atop the others? Well, that is precisely how fragile and shaky the present dollar-based capitalistic system is: Like a house of cards!
Ted Rudow III, MA
U.S. Police State and Prisons
House of cards
by Ted Rudow III, MA
Thursday Aug 4th, 2011 12:19 PM
President Barack Obama touted his debt ceiling deal Tuesday, saying, “We can’t balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the biggest brunt of this recession.”
Yet that is what he and his coterie of Wall Street advisers have done.
The history of the U.S. national debt is inexorably tied to its many wars. What the U.S. wastes on military spending in one year could pay off almost all of that entire debt. Not only did a compliant Congress agree to fund President George W. Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with emergency appropriations; it did so with borrowed money, raising the debt ceiling 10 times since 2001 without quibbling.
The total debt of the U.S. alone is 14 trillion dollars! It's hard to even conceive of how much money that really is. And yet they continue spending far more than they earn in taxes, getting more in debt every year. Have you ever seen a toy house built of cards, each one stacked precariously atop the others? Well, that is precisely how fragile and shaky the present dollar-based capitalistic system is: Like a house of cards!
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Oligarchy
Outing the Oligarchy Naming Names in the New Global EconomyA conversation withVictor MenottiExecutive Director, International Forum on GlobalizationTuesday, August 2, 7:00 PM Community Media Center900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto [ Map]FREE and open to all. Wheelchair accessible.[Text from IFG] Increasingly few, stupendously wealthy plutocrats have lately made enormous strides toward dominating global governance, finance and national democracies, while actively undermining traditional democratic expressions, such as collective bargaining rights, clean air protections, and services for social safety nets. The wealth of these individuals is so great that we begin to see a kind of global “neo-feudalism” evolving, where they themselves become the pivotal arbiters and factors shaping economies, politics, media, and many other elements of once democratic systems.The laws and regulations that have permitted such wealth concentration have themselves been shaped by the very special interests that benefit the most, while the public treasury is almost ignored. This situation must be reversed. Putting greater focus on this problem will prove essential to dealing with it.Progressive movements which ignore the critical roles of the oligarchy will be shadow boxing with the oligarch's hired hands – legislators, pundits, corporate spokespersons. Ignoring the oligarchs allows them to continue exerting their self interested influence with a free rein.Victor Menotti was the International Forum on Globalization's first employee upon its founding in 1994 and in 2009 became its Executive Director. Victor has written and spoken extensively about the impact of globalization on ecosystems, and he has helped build international networks among the traditional farming, forest, fishing, and indigenous communities whose survival depends on them. He is the author of the IFG report, “Free Trade, Free Logging: How the World Trade Organization Undermines Global Forest Conservation,” “The Other Oil War: The Halliburton Agenda on WTO Energy Services,” the chapter “WTO and Native Sovereignty" in Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, and, ”The WTO and Sustainable Fisheries” for the Institute for Fisheries Resources. Victor learned to speak Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and some Slovak, after earning his degree in International Relations from UCLA.Be a part of the studio audience!I phoned in and ask what is his view with SRI and the Hoover In.You are always an important part of each program as we turn to our in-studio audience and viewers at home for questions and comments. Home viewers can call 650-856-1491 to participate.Other Voices TV can be seen live at 7:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month on mid-Peninsula cable channel 27. The program is also streamed live on the internet (select channel 27).On demand video streaming is available on our website beginning two days after the initial broadcast.The current program is rebroadcast throughout the month on cable channel 27 (an internet webcast can also be seen at these times):Tuesdays 7:00 PMWednesdays 2:00 AM & 10:00 AMThursdays 11:00 PMFridays 6:00 AM & 2:00 PMSaturdays 4:00 PM
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