October 31, 2011
The Staffer Who Came In From the Cold - MUST READ ARTICLE
October 29, 2011
American Pie: Why inequality in America is even worse than you thought - UPDATE
October 27, 2011
American Pie: Income Inequality Reaches Gilded Age Levels - UPDATE
October 25, 2011
American Pie: Income Distribution: Poor, Rich, And Richest - TWO UPDATES
October 20, 2011
What Have Oregon Democrats Been Up To Lately?
October 17, 2011
World's Largest #Occupy Demonstration is Held in Curry County
October 13, 2011
American Pie: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About  - UPDATE
October 7, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street Movement: Peter DeFazio Gets It
October 6, 2011
The Reagan Rule
October 5, 2011
American Pie: The Lost Decade for the Middle Class  - UPDATE

IN THE NEWS . . .
President Obama Addresses Congress on Job Creation
President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress to introduce his proposal to address continuing high unemployment in the wake of the Great Recession. He presented to Congress a multi-part plan to create jobs and stimulate the economy while rebuilding the America's crumbling infrastructure.
Updated September 9, 2011

VIDEO LOG . . .
Jon Stewart Takes On the Issue of Wealth and Income Inequality In America
Jon Stewart takes on the issue wealth and income inequality in America in a segment that exposes the hypocrisy and cynicism of the Republican right in their ongoing effort to justify extreme inequality and protect their wealthy benefactors.

IN PERSPECTIVE . . .
Conservatives Get It Wrong Yet Again About Oregon's Business Climate
One of the most persistent conservative memes is that Oregon is bad for business and that high taxes on Oregon businesses is stifling economic growth and driving business from the state. As we pointed out earlier, this just isn't true. It turns out that Oregon has the fifth lowest total business tax in the nation.

IN THE NEWS . . .
 What Have Oregon Democrats Been Up To Lately?

IN PERSPECTIVE . . .
The Debt Ceiling Hostage Crisis As a Teachable Moment
Oregon technology marketing executive and democratic activist Jon Perr in another excellent post on his Perrspectives blog turns the debt ceiling hostage crisis into a teachable moment about Republican perfidy and hypocrisy when it comes to taxes, deficit spending, and the national debt.

IN THE NEWS . . .
 Wyden, Merkley, and DeFazio Team Up to Protect the Chetco
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Congressman DeFazio have long championed efforts to  protect the Chetco River from gold dredging operators who want to exploit our river for short term profits. The Curry Coastal Plot reports ...

IN PERSPECTIVE . . .
 How Republican "Voodoo Economics" Cost $9.2 Trillion and Ballooned the National Debt
Economist Dr. Steve Stoft presents a concise explanation of the origin of the national debt and points out that it's the Republicans, not Democrats, who are responsible most of our current debt.

VIDEO LOG . . .
 The Truth About the Economy in 2 Minutes
By Robert Reich

IN THE NEWS . . .
 What Have Oregon Democrats Been Up To Lately?

IN THE NEWS . . .
Senators Wyden and Merkley Team Up to Defend American Civil Liberties
Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mark Udall (D-CO) are taking a taking a principled stand in support of American civil liberties, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is helping them.

ON THE SIDE . . .
Theocracy Now!
In a May 19^th interview with Greta van Susteren of Fox News Sarah Palin said -- over and over again -- that she has a "fire in her belly" for a presidential run in 2012. But as it turns out, the fire in her belly might be religious rather than political.

IN THE NEWS . . .
We Won ... Again!
For the second year in a row the Curry County Democrat's entry in the annual Brookings Azalea Festival parade won the President's Trophy for the best use of flowers.

IN THE NEWS . . .
John McCain Demolishes the Republican's Immoral Position Favoring Torture
The Republicans are claiming that the information leading to Osama bin Laden's compound was the result of the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques," better know as torture. This is just another Republican lie. Speaking at length on the Senate floor John McCain demolishes the Republican's argument on both factual and moral grounds.

IN PERSPECTIVE . . .
American Pie: Wealth and Income Inequality in America
No matter how you slice it, when it comes to  income and wealth in America the rich get most of the pie and the rest get the leftovers.
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