Citizens Media Resource: June 2012

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Treason in High Places Has Mugged Democracy

If it walks like a traitor, quacks like a traitor, lines its pockets like a traitor....

Benedict Arnold has nothing on these saboteurs and criminals aptly described by OpEd News.

Friday, June 8, 2012

'Become a Citizen Now' Workshop in Nashville

While too many Americans do not vote or educate themselves on the issues, these aspiring citizens in the Nashville area are seeking to get involved in democracy and help shape America's future. The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition has been putting on 'Become a Citizen Now' workshops as part of a national campaign. The non-profit's web site: www.TnImmigrant.org

Watch the video:

YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlykkG7UDiY

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Yes, there are hungry and homeless people in Tennessee's wealthiest county

GraceWorks Director Pulls No Punches, Will Speak in Franklin Thursday June 7

Tina Edwards

Just because Williamson County is the wealthiest county in Tennessee does not mean it is without poverty or families who have to scramble for their next meal. Perhaps no one is more aware of those needs than GraceWorks Ministries Executive Director Tina Edwards, who will be the guest speaker at the Williamson County Democratic Party's monthly Potluck Dinner Thursday June 7 at WCDP headquarters in downtown Franklin.

The Potluck is open to the public and will begin at 6:30 at WCDP headquarters, 112 East Fowlkes Street, off Columbia Avenue and five blocks south of Five Points. Guests are invited to bring a dish, but it is not necessary. Children are welcome.

GraceWorks is a Christian non-profit 501(c)(3) which helps supply the residents of Williamson County with basic needs of life. GraceWorks operates a food pantry, a thrift store and served more than 5,000 families in 2011. Of its annual budget of about $2,000,000, approximately 89% goes directly to client services, according to GraceWorks officials.

Wish List of Research

1. Who makes money on war? And on military buying, protecting and occupying? Yeah, we already know, but let's audit this with excellent research that lays out who profited and continues to profit from our invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afganistan....or any other military activity and occupations, past or present. We have at least 823 foreign bases that the U.S. admits to; those are paid for by taxpayers, and the military bases are there principally to guard the oil for Exxon-Mobil. I believe we will find that taxpayers spend a huge amount on corporate welfare and subsidies to giant corporations, whose profits obviously are more important than the lives and limbs that are sacrificed in military actions. While we are at it, we should study who makes money from natural disasters, and how they get handed huge government contracts---in a no-bid rush, of course, since it is an emergency. There are capitalistic exploiters who feed off this as an industry; they are just not so long-established as what President Eisenhower called "the military-industrial complex."

2. Economic impact of legalizing use and sale of marijuana. There's another economic stimulus and revenue raiser. It would be regulated for safety and legal for individuals and small outfits to grow and sell. With the chance for broad participation, and the exclusion of monopolistic takeover of the market, many Americans would have the opportunity to be entrepreneurs.