The GOP’s Perfect Storm by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com October 22, 2010 In an article in The New York Times on December 2, 2007 (Herzenhorn, D., “How the Filibuster Became the Rule”) the GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told us how it would be whenever the GOP had that solid minority of 40 [...]

Ten Questions for Tea Partiers by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Oct. 22, 2010 by Helen Cox, used with permission © All rights reserved. Here are ten questions for Tea Partiers that they want or do not want to answer. I say it this way because people who call themselves Tea Partiers do not have the same view of [...]

US forces turn a blind eye to torture + WikiLeaks Iraq files reveal torture

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Note: sorry the very last video is on autostart. Warning These videos may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. AlJazeeraEnglish | October 22, 2010 The Iraq war documents from WikiLeaks contain thousands of allegations of abuse and torture committed by Iraqi security [...]

Kucinich Announces Protection for Homeowners

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Oct 21, 2010 Legislation Will Create Accountability for Banks who Race to Foreclose Without First Attempting to Work With Troubled Homeowners Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today announced that he is preparing legislation to force lenders to halt foreclosures of owner-occupied residential homes until lenders have certified that they have complied [...]

Did You Know: The King of Madrasas Now Operates Over 100 Charter Schools in the US? by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boiling Frogs Post 22 October, 2010 Fethullah Gulen Takes the Great Game a Step Further The Controversial Muslim preacher has now extended his tentacles into schools in the United States, where he controls and operates more than 100 charter schools within a calculatively set up maze [...]