The Dribble
I've been purposefully refraining from political posts here. There are plenty of blogs out there that devolve into political dribble. While a few have been interesting and informative, many are propaganda for the believers. And since I am making a conscious effort to not just speak and hear from people like me, I don't want to contribute to the political blogsphere.
That said, there are a couple of things I'd like to share because I think they will make you better informed Americans.
Center for American Progress has been sending me daily updates for about a month. I stumbled across them in my post-election research. They care about progressive values, and more importantly, they following the money between corporate America and the government. Their emails are chock full of links to other organizations, media outlets, and government reports.
They clearly have issues with corporate/government entanglement, and want to better educate their constituents on a breadth of political and policy issues, but mostly avoid the conspiracy-theory and elitist undertones of some other progressive organizations. And really, the number of links per blurb is impressive. Since subscribing, I've read the government report about how abstinence-only education programs are misinforming teens in an epic way, the transcript where Donald Rumsfeld insulted our troops, and several articles about how poorly the FDA is monitoring pharmaceutical companies.
So check out Center for American Progress.
Buy Blue came to me by way of an editorial Harvey forwarded. Side Note - I hated the editorial. Really the Bible-thumping, don't know any better Red staters slamming is old. But the editorial pointed to a website that seems likes it's trying to be the centerpoint of a movement to put your money where your progressive mouth is.
In short, it lists corporations' donations to the Republican and Democratic parties. It's still an infant site, but it has promise.
This past year, I've been making an effort to spend my money at stores I support (especially local businesses), and more importantly, NOT spend my money at stores whose policies I find deplorable (Walmart, Curves gym). So a website like this is a good resource. Clearly, I can't always withhold my money from corporations who donate to Republicans, and frankly that alone may not be enough for me. But supporting chains that give money to Democrats is definitely something I can make an effort to do.
That'll make Starbuck's terrible coffee easier to swallow when its the only coffeshop to be found (like here, in my hometown, for instance).
That said, there are a couple of things I'd like to share because I think they will make you better informed Americans.
Center for American Progress has been sending me daily updates for about a month. I stumbled across them in my post-election research. They care about progressive values, and more importantly, they following the money between corporate America and the government. Their emails are chock full of links to other organizations, media outlets, and government reports.
They clearly have issues with corporate/government entanglement, and want to better educate their constituents on a breadth of political and policy issues, but mostly avoid the conspiracy-theory and elitist undertones of some other progressive organizations. And really, the number of links per blurb is impressive. Since subscribing, I've read the government report about how abstinence-only education programs are misinforming teens in an epic way, the transcript where Donald Rumsfeld insulted our troops, and several articles about how poorly the FDA is monitoring pharmaceutical companies.
So check out Center for American Progress.
Buy Blue came to me by way of an editorial Harvey forwarded. Side Note - I hated the editorial. Really the Bible-thumping, don't know any better Red staters slamming is old. But the editorial pointed to a website that seems likes it's trying to be the centerpoint of a movement to put your money where your progressive mouth is.
In short, it lists corporations' donations to the Republican and Democratic parties. It's still an infant site, but it has promise.
This past year, I've been making an effort to spend my money at stores I support (especially local businesses), and more importantly, NOT spend my money at stores whose policies I find deplorable (Walmart, Curves gym). So a website like this is a good resource. Clearly, I can't always withhold my money from corporations who donate to Republicans, and frankly that alone may not be enough for me. But supporting chains that give money to Democrats is definitely something I can make an effort to do.
That'll make Starbuck's terrible coffee easier to swallow when its the only coffeshop to be found (like here, in my hometown, for instance).
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