A Christmas Journey to Freedom (repost)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Merry Christmas to all!  A beautiful and sad story, a little music and inspiration along with a history lesson.  Please enjoy.  ~ DS Day of Discovery – A Christmas journey unlike any you have ever taken before—the first in a series of special holiday presentations with soloist Wintley Phipps, author and professor Dr. Allen [...]

FCC Net Neutrality Order a ‘Squandered Opportunity’ + FCC “Net Neutrality” could kill start-ups

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Free Press December 21, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 21, 2010 Contact: Jenn Ettinger, 202-265-1490 x 35 WASHINGTON — By a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules intended to prevent Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from acting as gatekeepers on the Web. The rules, however, heavily favor [...]

Obama Flip-Flop: FCC Vote Could End Net Neutrality

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Democracy Now! Dec. 21, 2010 When Obama was running for office three years ago, he pledged to support the principle of a free and open internet, saying, “I will take a backseat to no one with regards to net neutrality.” Fast-forward to today and the FCC chair that Obama appointed is leading a vote [...]

Palast Arrested – Busted by BP in Azerbaijan by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com 20 December, 2010 “Here in Azerbaijan we believe in human rights. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FILM.” Oh, no, no, not good. The enforcers here come in three colors:  the military police still wearing their old Russian puke-green uniforms, the MSN (the dictator’s secret police) in windbreakers without ID, and BP’s own corporate police force [...]

Chris Hedges: Obama is a “Poster Child for the Death of the Liberal Class”

with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 20, 2010 Democracy Now! Dec. 20, 2010 The compromise tax-cut deal that President Obama signed into law on Friday has angered many of his supporters. In his new book, Death of the Liberal Class, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges argues that the failure of President [...]