Articles Posted on November 5th, 2011

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    Top List of 2011 Individual Campaign Contributors

    by FCJ Editor on Nov 05, 2011 | 10 Comments

    Table 1 includes all groups that have conducted independent spending (sometimes called “soft money” or “third party expenditures”) supporting or opposing candidates or measures. Table 2 includes all the committees primarily formed to support or oppose measures on the 2011 ballot.

    Readers may be particularly interested to see which donors repeatedly showed up in the tables, as well as which donors are themselves also independent groups spending directly on election advocacy communications to the voters.

    Posted in News, Politics

  • Healthy Lifestyle Changes – Not Everyone Supports It

    by Jill Chapin on Nov 05, 2011 | 1 Comment

    Now how often have we seen both parties agree on anything? Yet Democrats supported it as preventative care and Republicans liked its low cost. It was killed in committee, however, decimated by three powerful interest groups. Who were these lobbyists who wanted no part of incentives for us to gravitate toward a healthier lifestyle, with all the benefits of lowered medical costs and improved vitality?

    They were the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association.

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Occupy the Noosphere, Heading Towards the Omega Point

    by David Bryson on Nov 05, 2011 | 6 Comments

    This weekend (November 5-6) Occupy and the Sierra Club intend to form a human chain around the White House to protest the tar sands project. I suggest that 4 themes be joined together, one for each side of the White House. One side for the living biosphere with Sierra Club on that side. The opposite side is anti-military weapons and wars. Protesting Global warming on one side and global warring on the opposite side. The third side is for social and economic equalities with many more in the middle than on top. The last side is for the remaining 7 billion humans, the total world population estimated to have reached and passed 7 billion on October 31. Instead of encircling the White House, ensquare the White House.

    Posted in Opinion, Politics