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Organizers, Businesses Unintimidated By Attacks on OBX Pridefest

Organizers, Businesses Unintimidated By Attacks on OBX Pridefest

02/14/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Organizers of the Outer Banks of North Carolina’s first gay-pride festival have come under a lot of vitriol lately for their decision to hold a festival…

IGNORING THE COMPLEX NATIONAL DEBT PROBLEM

IGNORING THE COMPLEX NATIONAL DEBT PROBLEM

02/14/11-by L.S. Carbonell Do you know how your credit score is figured? It’s a complicated formula involving your payment history, employment history, income history, stuff like that, but most importantly,…

South Carolina Legislator Wants To Create State Currency And Panic Populous Over The Dollar

South Carolina Legislator Wants To Create State Currency And Panic Populous Over The Dollar

02/13/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire “If folks lose faith in the dollar, we need to have some kind of backup.” By which South Carolina State Senator Lee Bright means ‘if we…

GLENN BECK’S CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

GLENN BECK’S CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

02/13/11-by L.S. Carbonell Back in December, Glenn Beck went on something of a “sympathy tour” asking his fans to rally in Wilmington, Ohio, to support the five charity groups that…

WHEN WILL THE PROTESTS REACH AMERICA?

WHEN WILL THE PROTESTS REACH AMERICA?

02/13/11-by L.S. Carbonell Watching President Obama play jenga with the Republican/Tea Party platform while confounding progressives is fascinating. I can’t remember a President who was capable of defanging the opposition…

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK UNDER ATTACK

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK UNDER ATTACK

02/10/11-by L.S. Carbonell I’m like the vast, overwhelming majority of Americans. What I know about the Federal Reserve Bank consists of: Alan Greenspan used to the be Chairman and now…

THE REPUBLICANS CONTRACT ON AMERICA REVEALED

THE REPUBLICANS CONTRACT ON AMERICA REVEALED

02/09/11-by L.S. Carbonell Remember all that whining from Republicans about “back room deals” in the creation of Democratic legislation in the last Congress? Well, the Republicans on the Appropriations Committee…

GOP Obsessed With Women’s Uteri, Jobs- Not So Much

GOP Obsessed With Women’s Uteri, Jobs- Not So Much

02/08/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire This could go down as one of the more interesting segues in MSNBC history as Dr. Rachel Maddow turns things over to discussing the Republican Party’s…