SusanThur
- Location
- Louisiana,
- Birthday
- June 21
- Bio
- Curiosity may kill the cat,
But for humans, Curiosity cures Ignorance.~Susanthur-Follow twitter.com/SusanThurReport
MY RECENT POSTS
- The real IRS scandal:
Reinterpreting the law
May 17, 2013 05:38PM - Preschool benefits students
for years, education committee
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April 12, 2013 12:26PM - Preschool benefits students
for years, education committee
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April 12, 2013 12:26PM - Preschool benefits students
for years, education committee
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April 12, 2013 12:26PM - Misperceptions of Benefits
Make Trimming Them Harder
April 08, 2013 02:55PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Summers informed Obama
that the government was
already
spending well beyond
its m…”
January 28, 2012 01:52PM - “I love The Charlie Rose
Show! It is one on the smart
shows
out there.”
January 11, 2012 05:28PM - “Sec. 611) Extends
through 2012 specified
authorities
currently
scheduled to
expir…”
December 16, 2011 11:57PM - “And now we see with
Occupy Wall Street- the
pressure which is
needed to
change th…”
October 09, 2011 01:44PM - “I am watching close what
is happening there. I will
be
traveling there in June
th…”
February 08, 2011 04:43PM
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Is Contraceptive Debate GOP’s New ‘Terri Schiavo Moment’?
The GOP just can’t quit when it comes to women’s reproductive rights. But now polls are showing that the all-out assault may backfire come November.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/17/is-contraceptive-debate-gop-s-new-terry-schiavo-moment.html Read full post »
Delusions About the Detroit Bailout
WHEN Mitt Romney takes the podium at Ford Field in Detroit today, he’s likely to include yet another sharp denunciation of the government’s rescue of General Motors and Chrysler.
That Mr. Romney would traverse Michigan trashing a program that saved tens of thousands of jobs at the Detroi
Speculation not demand or regulation behind gas prices
The Obama Memos/The making of a post-post-partisan Presidenc
In the past four decades, the two political parties have become more internally homogeneous and ideologically distant. In “The Audacity of Hope,” Obama wrote longingly about American politics in the mid-twentieth century, when both parties had liberal and conservative wings that allowed c… Read full post »
US military goes to war with climate sceptics
For years, in fact, high-level national security officials both inside the Pentagon and in thinktank land have been acknowledging climate change is for real and that we need to take action to prese… Read full post »
The Spirit of Christmas- My Take On It
The Spirit of Christmas
I love Christmas movies and Christmas decorations. I love yummy… Read full post »
US Defense Bill Headed to Obama-see what is in it
See the bill and what is in it.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN01867:@@@D&summ2=m&
The White House is signing off on a controversial new law that would authorize the U.S. military to arrest and indefinitely detain alleged al Qaeda members or other terrorist operatives captured…My youtube video for the Occupy Movement 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_QbvZuHRY
What needs to be changed is:
Protesting and having ones say is great, however we are at a big moment when solutions need to be enacted. Here are mine after some study on it.
jeffrey sachs: the price of civilization -Video
Christine Lagarde: Facing down worldwide recession
How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt
Occupy Wall Street- How I see it as a 99%er Too
My college age daughter is attending the Wall Street Protest in New Orleans. Her eyes are open to what is happening to our Democracy, along with the other young people in her college group. Since I can't go to the New Orleans Protest and I feel I should do my part-- I… Read full post »
America’s Security Overload
New reports of the shocking number of private contractors working on secret U.S. government programs challenge the belief that they save money—and mock transparent government. Reporter Dana Priest says we need a full accounting if we’re going to continue to fight terrorism successfully.
… Read full post »America's Lost Decade
The sad truth is that the past decade has been the worst for this country in 100 years.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/7470-focus-americas-lost-decade Read full post »
Youtube Video-FDR: WARNING ABOUT TODAY'S REPUBLICANS
U.S. Federal Deficits, Presidents, and Congress
Has S&P Become Our Rupert Murdoch?
Hamsher calls S&P a “kingmaker” and this isn’t an exaggeration given the effect their actions are having. Either way, they will shoot the economy in the head. Either the negotiators come up with package that suits their demands, which will lead to steep enough cuts that the econ… Read full post »
Is S&Ps Manipulating US Debt Rating to Escape Liability?
Whatever S&P’s agenda, it has nothing to do with avoiding default risks or putting the US on sound fiscal footing. It appears to be intertwined with their attempts to absolve themselves from responsibility for their role in the 2008 financial crisis, and they are willing to manipulate not o… Read full post »
Ratigan delivers wake-up call to Congress
The Tea Party, the debt ceiling, & white Southern extremist
The debt ceiling crisis is the latest case in which the radical right in the South has held America hostage until its demands are met. Presidents Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln refused to appease the Southern fanatics. Unfortunately, President Obama and the Democrats in Congress chose not to foll… Read full post »
How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans
An insider’s six-step plan to fix Congress
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/how-to-turn-republicans-and-democrats-into-americans/8521/ Read full post »
The Chart That Should Accompany All Discussions of the Debt
Does Washington have a spending problem or an income problem
Washington's spending has recently been higher as a percentage of the nation's economic output than at any time since World War II. But by the same measure, Washington's revenues are the lowest in more than 60 years.
So does the U.S. have "a spending problem," as Republicans keep repeating in t… Read full post »
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