matea

matea

the news may often be negative, but the positive stories often go uncovered. educating ourselves is what gives truth hope.

 
LEVELS
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACTIVITY

picked for tv (0)

producer (0)

contributor (41)

commentator (33)


activity // matea

  • Goldman Sachs has only 1% tax rate but is looking for a tax-payer bailout
    Goldman Sachs has been putting their money offshore in order to avoid taxes and thus have a 1% tax rate this year, down from 34.1%.... they are avoiding paying taxes this way. Yet, they are still...  more
    • matea
    • added this 21 days ago
  • Proposition 2 Aftermath: No-On-2 Was Just As Deceptive As Yes-On-8 | Johnny California
    Guest blogger Heather Crist talks how the No-on-Prop-2 tactics mirrored the Yes-On-8 campaign tactics.  more
    • matea
    • responded 1 month ago

    they live in here their whole lives. i guess this is what you mean by "Most people voting on Prop 2 have no firsthand knowledge of the agriculture industry. It...  more
    2 other responses to this
  • Is recycling worth it?
    Americans haul 82 million tons of trash to recycling centers each year. But does it pay off—for the environment or the economy? ... Some critics wondered if, far from being an...  more
    • matea
    • greenlight given 1 month ago
  • Defending explicit pornography as art
    Ben Westwood is a pornographer who believes that if we didn't make such a big deal out of porn, and allowed it to exist openly rather than as a social taboo, people would become used to it...  more
    • matea
    • responded 1 month ago

    what im saying is that there needs to be a firm line drawn, for the safety of society. you can't put the sex industry on a pedestal as if it weren't closely...  more
    48 other responses to this
  • New laws on porn 'will criminalise thousands'
    Son of designer Westwood joins bid to overturn ban that activists say stifles creative freedom  more
    • matea
    • responded 1 month ago

    Under the new rules, criminal responsibility shifts from the producer - who is already responsible under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act - to the consumer. It makes it...  more
    1 other response to this
  • Obama loses his Blackberry, Email rights
    WASHINGTON — Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry. Those are seven words President-elect Barack Obama is dreading but expecting to hear, friends and advisers say, when...  more
    • matea
    • responded 1 month ago

    wow that really sucks  more
    6 other responses to this
  • Jerry Brown Urges California Supreme Court to Review Prop. 8 | Johnny California
    Press release from Attorney General Jerry Brown's office. Not a big surprise. Our analysis is coming soon.  more
    • matea
    • responded 1 month ago

    "The Court can provide certainty and finality in this matter." i think that's enough to make people a little fearful. should the courts say yes to Prop...  more
    2 other responses to this
  • Who gave $36 million to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign?
    Californians Against Proposition 8 have posted a list of people who gave over $5000 to the Yes On 8 campaign. While these people have contributed superfluous sums of money to the campaign, I...  more
    • matea
    • responded 1 month ago

    PugPugRepug, you are so stuck. Since when is this unconstitutional? I live in Mass., one of the two states where homosexual marriage is now allowed. In this country,...  more
    73 other responses to this
  • Israel's policy towards Gaza strengthens extremists
    According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) head in Gaza, John Ging, the politically-motivated closures of border crossings is being used by extremist groups to bolster...  more
    • matea
    • greenlight given 1 month ago
  • We need Universal Health Care not Health Insurance
    the author brilliantly describes the difference between the two, for he watched his fiancee be 'repeatedly denied coverage by traditional insurance companies, and is covered under what is...  more
    • matea
    • greenlight given 1 month ago
1 - 10 of 317

skills // matea

  • Lighting n/a
  • Camera n/a
  • Editing n/a
  • Directing n/a
  • Graphics n/a
  • Sound n/a
  • Producing n/a
  • Promoting n/a