It’s time to push back against the right wing forces trying to take away the rights of Americans to vote and turn it around, empowering more and more Americans to make their voices heard in the voting booth.

The Rush Limbaugh Boycott…..success far beyond our hopes. As of Friday March 9, at least 61 sponsors had pulled their support from Rush Limbaugh’s daily rant and rave. On Thursday, Limbaugh’s program was practically devoid of paid advertisements. 86 spots aired. 77 were PSA’s, public service announcements donated by the [...]

The Best Apology from Limbaugh would be for Limbaugh to Leave the Air… His absence is the only “I’m sorry” that will do. IT IS TIME TO PUSH THIS CREATURE FROM THE AIRWAVES. WE NEED TO CALL, WRITE, CALL, COMPLAIN, BOYCOTT AOL Computer Services, online data backup service provider Carbonite, [...]

We have a unique opportunity to have the Obama Administration review and consider proposals and agendas that the people here at The Planet want our President to act on so let’s take advantage of this great opportunity ASAP!

An article appeared today on OpenSecrets Blog concerning ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and the corporations who support their efforts, some 23 of the world’s largest. ALEC, for those who are not familiar, is made up of many corporate CEO’s and legislators, and writes “template” or model legislation that is [...]

The first American Dream conference will take place October 3 – 5, 2011 in Washington, D.C.  I am posting a number of emails that I have received and will update this thread as more information becomes available. Please note: I am just no good at using WordPress and apologize for [...]

Take action to support MN Gov. Mark Dayton in this tense government shutdown, as he fights to fill a $5 billion budget gap by making the wealthy pay their fair share instead of allowing Republicans to squeeze it all out of the middle class once again.

Please join the discussion in exploring the best way(s) to help those in Japan.

BudgetPOV is a series of articles intended to help people living with economic uncertainty to live frugally. This first article in the series is concerned with the most important facet of living frugally: a person’s attitudes about having to live this way.

That word doesn’t mean what you think it means. But that’s okay, it can’t be offended by you, because it’s dead.

What is so challenging about writing fiction? How could that be hard? That was the question an acquaintance asked me recently. I was mildly annoyed at the question, but I realized that to many people, fiction is simply entertainment. And to many of them, entertainment comes to them easy so [...]

On a Cloudy Day By James Michael Brodie One night, years ago, I was driving down a quiet road at night with a couple of friends. Seeing a silver barrel hurling headlong toward our windshield, the driver, as if choreographed, swerved left then right, avoiding the oncoming projectile as if [...]

Over the weekend Charles and David Koch, the Tea Party’s silent financial backers, threw their annual confab. We were there in opposition!

Tune in to this post to watch the Uncloaking the Kochs rally live! (Image of the oily Koch can is courtesy of Oil Watchdog)

Everything is underway with this Sunday’s protest against the Koch cabal in Palm Springs. The media is building as are the images, here are just some of them.

The Koch cabal is meeting this weekend in Palm Springs to plot their next steps to buy and control our democracy. Join an alliance of Progressives and moderates in exposing and protesting their destructive agenda.

You are invited to add your name to this petition to join a boycott MSNBC for their cancellation of Keith Olbermann’s show.

Just for the heck of it, I took a completely unscientific study and looked at how the major news outlets cover the federal deficit.

Last Thursday, The GOP released their “Pledge” to America and the only positive thing one can say about them after seeing what’s in it is that Republicans finally have shown they believe in recycling. Their “pledge” was very general, promising cotton candy clouds and chocolate rain drops (via the same [...]

Earlier this week I posted a proposed speech for President Obama, based on suggestions and comments from our members, that amazingly mirrored a speech he gave just a couple of nights later at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. You can check out that post and the comment showing the speech here. [...]

As a follow up to our post on writing a speech for Obama on confronting the hatred and racism that has become so mainstream in our politics, I’ve composed the following draft for your review and comments. One note before you read it: Many folks wrote inspired comments which I [...]

During last Friday’s Vox Populi, we were discussing how the GOP/Tea Party, assisted hugely by Fox, the MSM and corporations, has foisted this fraudulent series of racist and hateful “issues” on the nation and into our politics. Pres. Obama, being a thoughtful man of reason, responds earnestly to accusations about [...]

kesmarn : I’ll bid you good night, too, AdLib and c’lady. To be continued… x AdLib : Night Choicelady and Kesmarn! I will email everyone tomorrow to recap!!! x AdLib : CL – Yes to all you mentioned. I think all this would be needed even with a single item [...]

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THE TRUTH IN CORPORATE ADVERTISING ACT (TICA) A potential state ballot proposition in The State of California (NOTE: ALL COMMENTS IN RED ARE QUESTIONS FOR ALL OF YOU ON HOW WE SHOULD DEAL WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS) OVERVIEW The purpose of The Truth in Corporate Advertising Act (TICA) is to build [...]