Post has been updated (see bold insert below) Not even this Congress can avoid the reality that its game plan for an end-of-the-year home stretch has been severely altered. America’s appetite for petty politics has been washed away by a merciless tempest. Providing federal aid to rural and urban areas shattered by Hurricane Harvey is […]
Posted on September 5th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Agriculture, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Environmental disaster, Federal Programs, FEMA, House of Representatives, Senate, Uncategorized, US Government | No Comments »
It’s completely understandable that Rural States have taken the lead in opposing the Trump administration’s inquisition to try to prove widespread voter fraud exists in America. The whole effort reeks of politics, like a dark quixotic quest to prove an absurd accusation of widespread election chicanery, or a poorly disguised attempt to wage a wholesale […]
Posted on July 6th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Election 2018, Elections, US Government, Voter ID laws, Voter Suppression, Voter Supression | No Comments »
The Senate Trumpcare/McConnellcare bill doesn’t do anything to reassure Americans they will have access to affordable comprehensive healthcare coverage, coming close to mirroring the hazardous-to-your-health House-passed rewrite of the Trumpcare/Ryancare bill that we’ve already told you about here. Once again, rural and small town Americans can expect sticker shock and less coverage when they get […]
Posted on June 26th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Economy, Elections, Environment, Health and Healing, Rural Issues | 1 Comment »
Rural America took a real hard kick in the seat of the pants when the GOP House leadership went behind closed doors a couple of months ago to concoct a tax cut plan for the wealthiest Americans disguised as “health insurance reform.” Under that scheme millions of Americans would lose coverage altogether, most of us […]
Posted on June 16th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Elections, Health Care, Insurance Reform, Religion and Spirituality, Senate, Taxes, Uncategorized | No Comments »
From manufacturing jobs to agribusiness to affordable health care made available to more Americans, the GOP leadership is in the midst of pulling off one of the biggest bait and switch schemes in the history of campaign trail whoppers. Fortunately, the reality of market forces and economic fundamentals has a choke hold on some of […]
Posted on May 30th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Agri-tourism, Agriculture, Economy, Elections, Environment, Federal Budget, Fiscal Crisis, Health Care, House of Representatives, Jobs, Politics and Political Issues, Rural Issues, Rural Life, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
The rewrite of Trumpcare/Ryancare did very little at all to cure the earlier version of GOP health care reform, killing coverage for 23 million Americans, according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis released today. Here are the most significant points from the CBO scorecard: Lower premiums would be a result of offering Americans less coverage […]
Posted on May 24th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Economy, Elections, Health Care, Insurance Reform, Politics and Political Issues, Uncategorized | No Comments »
It raises a red flag whenever Washington tells us it plans to cut our taxes, because in the end it simply means the federal government will not be sending more of our hard-earned money back home to the states. So America if you want the services you have come to expect or need, you better […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Agriculture, Economy, Elections, Government Agencies, Health Care, Rural Issues, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Nothing is more coveted in western democracy more than an individual’s right to vote for the candidate or issue of their choice. While a privilege for all Americans, the rural voter who may have to travel many miles to get to a ballot box to cast a vote understands the value and meaning of democracy […]
Posted on May 8th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Elections, National Security, Politics and Political Issues, Voter Suppression | 1 Comment »
You don’t need to look further than your internet browser to find the answer to whether the Confederate battle flag is a remnant of racism. The evidence points to it being a vile reminder of all the injustices of slavery. In 1863, William T. Thompson, the editor of the Savannah Morning News, proposed a design […]
Posted on July 16th, 2015 by Debby
Filed under: American Civil War, History, House of Representatives, House of Representatives, Obama, US Congress | No Comments »
Two hundred thirty-eight years ago today America was born. Under the shadow of the American Revolution a nation of promise and hope was created. Then it happened: the Second Continental Congress restricted the right to vote to white, free, male landowners, over the age of 21. That was the start of our nation’s still bumpy […]
Posted on July 4th, 2014 by Debby
Filed under: Democrats, History, Independent movement, Politics and Political Issues, Republicans, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Vote suppression, Voter Suppression | No Comments »
