1-20-15 News Notes

TRNS News Notes is brought to you by Victoria Jones. Victoria Jones is the Chief White House correspondent and global analyst of the Washington DC based Talk Radio News Service, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. In the News State of the Union: Preview Obama's tax plan Poll: Obama's bounce First lady's guests ISIS threat: Kill Japanese hostages Martin Luther King Jr Day SCOTUS: Judicial elections - money, money... Creepy surveillance news... 2016ers doing things Aurora theater shooting trial begins   STATE OF THE UNION: 9 [...]

By |January 20th, 2015|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on 1-20-15 News Notes
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SOTU Hangover and Rethinking Capitalism

Capitalism - certainly the brand of capitalism practiced in the US - encourages greed, selfishness and a general disregard of the well-being of others. I don't often quote any Pope, but Pope Francis is certainly right about this: Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say “thou shalt not” to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills. How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it [...]

By |January 29th, 2014|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on SOTU Hangover and Rethinking Capitalism
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Can We Still Overcome?

The world lost a treasure. Pete Seeger died at the age of 94 after a lifetime of music and activism. He probably didn't always see his actions as activism, but as doing what he thought was right. But we owe him a huge thanks. The NY Times ran a lovely obit today that struck all the right chords. But after I already finished today's show, I read a tweet that alerted me to the best salute to Seeger - Bruce Springsteen's introduction of our global treasure at Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Concert: I started the show today by playing the [...]

By |January 28th, 2014|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Can We Still Overcome?
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USA: We Do Big Things

Am I the only one who felt Jeffrey Immelt's influence here?  When President Obama proclaimed "We do big things," my mind went to the old GE commercials "We bring good things to light." Perhaps it was just me. But I do remember hearing that the Democrats were going to bring some Madison Avenue types in to help with their messaging.  If "We do big things" is the best they can do, they need to go back to Mad Men and try again. So much was made of the integrated seating at last night's State of the Union address. Democrats and [...]

By |January 26th, 2011|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on USA: We Do Big Things
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