NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO

What is "foreign policy?" Does it simply refer to the relationships between nations? The policy frameworks through which some are treated as allies and others as enemies? Does it deal with the level of respect or trust that other nations are afforded? Foreign Policy is one of those elements that the media and the educated classes act like is critically important in terms of electing leaders. It is something that those more serious segments of society use to argue for the electability of certain candidates, such as Sarah Palin, Donald Trump or even George W. Bush. The sectors feel compelled to remind the American people as a whole about the seriousness of picking someone who does not only look within to serving the nation, but can also be relied upon to engage with the rest of the world. After all, no matter how large your country thinks it it, even if it is massive in terms of economy, population or land mass, the rest of the world remains. A country's for

Pumara yu' manainaitai put i inadiskuti put "Health Care" giya i Estados Unidos. Para Guahu esta gof na'o'sun, sa' hunggan guaha dos na banda gi este na inadiskuti lao ti chumilong i dos banda. Unu na banda ha kuentusisiyi i meggaina na taotao gi i nasion, i otro banda ha kuentusisiyi un dikike' na patte yan didide' na pinat manakhilo' na taotao. Lao giya Guahan, sa' achokka' chechetton iya Guahan gi i Estados Unidos, ti mismo un kabales na patte i isla-ta, este na inadiskuti taibali. I fina'tinas i Federalas ha afefekta hit, ha hohokse' hit maskeseha ti ta aprepreba hafa ma fa'titinas. Taigue i magahet na bos-ta gi i diniskuti yan gi i fina'lai. Lao ya-hu este na video ginnen John Green. Malate' gui'. Ti ha na'lebok i kuentos, ha kena'klaru. Ya i atmas-na inestudia yan ti puniyon na fakto.

Published on Monday, July 2, 2012 by Common Dreams Some Outrageous Facts about Inequality by Paul Buchheit   Studying inequality in America reveals some facts that are truly hard to believe. Amidst all the absurdity a few stand out. 1. U.S. companies in total pay a smaller percentage of taxes than the lowest-income 20% of Americans. Total corporate profits for 2011 were $1.97 trillion. Corporations paid $181 billion in federal taxes (9%) and $40 billion in state taxes (2%), for a total tax burden of 11%. The poorest 20% of American citizens pay 17.4% in federal, state, and local taxes. 2. The high-profit, tax-avoiding tech industry was built on publicly-funded research. The technology sector has been more dependent on government research and development than any other industry. The U.S. government provided about half of the funding for basic research in technology and communications w

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I just finished writing about the contrast between the 99%/Occupy Wall Street protests/sit ins and the Tea Party movement for my column in The Marianas Variety, and then I came across this on Tumblr. It puts in a very succinct way the differences between the two movements. ******************* How to compare and contrast America’s two “populist” movements — the Tea Party movement vs. the Occupy Wall Street/We are the 99%ers movement… - Both are angry at Wall Street bailouts, American plutocracy, and our whorish two-party system. - One blames the poor, immigrants, unions, non-Christians and Americans who happen to be liberal for what’s wrong; the other blames Wall Street, plutocrats. and whorish politicians. - One is funded by right-wing billionaires and corporate money; the other isn’t really funded by anybody. - One got major media coverage (lead by FOX) even when they could only produce a few hundred people at a rally in Washington, DC; the other got almost no media coverag