JT TV - Jonathan Tasini's Video Blog

Yesterday (July 29, 2010), Jonathan went to court to respond to the summons he received after being arrested on June 1st as part of a large protest in New York against the Arizona immigration law. His case was dismissed! He is ready to take part in future acts of peaceful protest again--if necessary.

Link to Blog Entry: Goldman Sachs Gets Away With Slap On Wrist

Remember, even back in "the good 'ole" days of Wall Street, we, the people, suffered. Nothing in this bill will stop Wall Street from continuing to be the financial engine behind the unwinding of the American Dream. Wall Street will continue to finance leveraged buyouts and corporate takeovers which are based heavily on debt -- which has resulted in the shedding of millions of good-paying jobs and will continue to create the same sick dynamic in the financial system whereby the "health of a company" is measured by its stock price, not by how well the workers are doing.

Our social services and infrastructure are crumbling - and yet the only time Congress feels generous is when it's engaging in wars and occupation. We need to spend money on America, not a foolish and immoral war in Afghanistan.

The mainstream media debate over whether General McChrystal should resign over controversial remarks in a Rolling Stone interview is missing the larger point: our Afghanistan "strategy" is a failed one. If McChrystal goes, the White House's Bush-era thinking about Afghanistan should go with him.