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Corporations Vs The Working Class

Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:02 Katlynn Williams

This morning I woke up and tuned into the news. I see Libya continuing their protests and fight. I see people fleeing from the country they know to escape violence and instability. I was saddened that the situation had gone from horrific to worse. Then I checked on the state of our nation and my blood turned to ice.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker made headlines a few weeks ago with a huge corporate tax cut. He was proud and happy of his accomplishment. He then took the deficit that said cut created and blamed the workers for being, “Greedy”. His proposed agenda to solving this self made deficit was to take away the bargaining rights of our laborers, our unions, our teacher, our firefighter, our nurses, our doctors.... The list goes on.

The response to this blatant betrayal of his constituents is a protest that has rocked America. February 15, 2011 marked the first day of protests in Madison. Tens of thousands have multiplied and their argument and voices are heard throughout our nation. The out pouring of support and demonstration can not be ignored. The working class want answers. The unions have been pivotal in this battle organizing and tirelessly working for the rights of our citizens to be able to rally together and negotiate their own futures.

A Global Cry for Freedom

Tuesday, 22 February 2011 14:53 Katlynn Williams

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Katlynn Williams

We all watched speechless last month as a nation stood up. Then we watched astounded in the weeks that followed as dictators fell. Today, we watch uneasy as a vicious dictator threatens not just his own nation, but ours as well. For forty years Gaddafi has ruled with an iron fist. For forty years he has lied to and oppressed his own people. The people of Libya are just like you and me. They long for a safe harbor from the world around them. A quiet place to raise their children and hope for a better future. We watch this week as the very fabric of our own nation is tested.

Libya has a government so corrupt they would massacre their own to remain in power. A man so destructive he would tell the woman of his nation that he will kill their children if they remain in protest. As I write this article 600 confirmed American citizens are trapped in a country that only one hour ago encouraged the people to rise up and fight all westerners. They are trapped in airports, hiding in bunkers. These citizens and the thousands of dual citizens are part of our nation. The majority of America is peaceful. We want nothing more than to focus on our very own issues. I find myself today bouncing between world news and democracy pamphlet design, all while writing this article. There is so much to do.

How About A REAL Challenge to Theism?

Sunday, 15 August 2010 13:29 Russ Williams

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Russ Williams

I have grown quite tired of the ad nauseum attempts to scientifically excoriate theistic belief. Further, I find the entire idea of being defined by my disbelief in one particular fantasy rather silly. I think it is time that reasoning individuals come to terms with the fact that faith based belief systems are not verifiable. The idea of challenging theists in scientific terms with rules of engagement and common factual touchstones is the atheist's folly. A "truth" in a faith based belief system is whatever a believer determines it to be. There is no quantity of reason or amount of logical dissection that is going to convince or convert faith based believers from their inherited or chosen fantasy. All motivations aside, way too much energy is being wasted in these futile attempts.

Big Society Bail In Gains Momentum

Katlynn Williams

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Katlynn Williams

Some are calling it a youth revolution. All over the world people are standing up. They are standing up for big business accountability. They are standing up for their freedom and civil liberties. The United States has long been deemed a mecca of free speech and free thought but in the last ten years a general discourse has began to emerge. People are homeless and unemployed. The middle class is disappearing at a rapid rate and banks have taken the tax payers money, spent it indiscriminately, and continued to steal their homes from under them. Public spending is being blamed for our deficit while corporations are paying no taxes and the war machine rages on.

Forbes Magazine sites that last year General Electric Corporation's tax filing consisted of 24,000 pages when printed out. Last year they generated 10.3 Billion in pretax income and owed zero in federal taxes. As a matter of public record they actually received 1.1 billion dollars in tax benefit. http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/01/ge-exxon-walmart-business-washington-corporate-taxes.html

Mad Max and the Wild Ones Brutalized By Kemmerer, WY Police

Friday, 02 July 2010 18:59 Angela Maxwell

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Russ Williams

Mad Max & the Wild Ones are a family rockabilly band made up of Mad Max (Dad) and his three sons; Wyatt (age 18), Cole (age 14), Duke (age 9) and mom Angela as Band Manager. They love rockabilly music, old cars, old motorcycles, old STUFF in general! The family does almost everything together. They travel all over the country and even over seas to play music. They are genuinely amazing artists and humble people that we are glad to know. These are good people.

(Click Here for a video from a Wild Ones show in New Zealand)

Everywhere they go they are always searching the thrift shops, junk yards and small towns for old 'treasures'.

On June 20, 2010 (Father's Day) they were driving back to Utah from Idaho where they had been performing at a music festival. They had decided to take the long way home and go through a little town called Kemmerer, WY where Max & Wyatt had bought an old 1950's motorcycle last year. They had really hit it off with the guy who sold it to them. They had spent hours talking about old cars, bikes, etc. They thought it would be a fun Father's Day activity to go "treasure hunting" and see if this fellow had any more old cars, etc. They arrived at the town around 5:00pm. They parked the motor home they were driving at the park in the center of town. Angela (Mom), Cole, Duke and Jessie (Wyatt's girlfriend) stayed at the park while Max and Wyatt began to walk around town trying to remember where the guy's house was.

They walked up one street and spotted a couple of old cars in a field. They walked up to the house on the property to inquire about the cars. They knocked on the door. They could hear sounds coming from inside the house but no one came to the door. So, they walked back around the block and as they were passing the property again from the back a man came from the direction of the house. They thought it might be the owner, looking for whoever was knocking. They walked toward him and called out, "Excuse me sir!" The man looked at them, turned around and ran away. Max and Wyatt were a little confused about this. They followed the man through the field to the front of the house, but he was gone. At that moment a police officer drove up, got out of his vehicle and began to shout at them. "What is your business in this town?!"