Author: Ring of Fire Radio

In the United States, women already earn significantly less per year than men – 20 percent less, in fact. And that’s only if the woman is a normal weight. Forbes reported that a woman who is only 13 pounds overweight could earn about $9,000 dollars less than their averaged-weight counterparts. According to a study by Jennifer Shinall, assistant law professor at Vanderbilt University, the level of an overweight woman’s education isn’t a factor. “What is going on is being driven by the employer side of the equation; by employer preferences,” said Shinall. The study mentioned that overweight women are more likely...

Yesterday, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled that those accused of rape no longer have the burden of proof in proving their supposed innocence, reported Reuters. Before this recent 6-3 ruling, those accused of rape were required to establish evidence that proved sexual actions between them and the alleged victim was consensual. “When a defense necessarily negates an element of the crime charged, the State may not shift the burden of proving that defense onto the defendant,” stated the ruling. “Requiring a defendant to do more than raise a reasonable doubt is inconsistent with due process principles,” wrote Justice...

In July of 2008, an unhinged right wing freak named Jim David Adkisson walked into a Knoxville, Tennessee church and opened fire on the congregation during a youth choir performance. Adkisson killed 2 people, and seriously injured 7 others. When police searched Adkisson’s home, they found a manifesto he had written. He said that he picked that particular church because of their alleged liberal leanings and their promotion of liberal ideas. They also found a library filled with right wing hate talk books from Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage. Adkisson had spent most of his adult life...

I remember during the Bush years doing segment after segment on the way Republicans would support Bush no matter what he did. Whether it was sending troops to die in Iraq, or his plan to privatize Social Security, Republicans believed that it was their duty to agree with everything Bush did. They didn’t have the ability to disagree with him on a single issue. For Bush Republicans, it was all or nothing. Sadly, Democrats today have fallen into the same mindset. To them, there are only two settings: Either someone is always right, or someone is always wrong. They...

The development of alternative energy sources like wind and solar power has caused world energy markets to see explosive growth. Wind power generation in China has been its best in years, said People Daily. According to Greenpeace’s Global Wind Energy Outlook 2014, the most impressive growth has come from countries like India, Brazil, and South Africa. The exciting growth of global alternative energy is believed to be due to the fall in prices of renewable energy systems. A new report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the price of a standard residential solar system dropped 15 percent in 2012 to...