Random RecitalsAmong the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it. Lively LinksLinks change randomly each time the cache is refreshed. |
Article by John on May 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm Money buys results in Congress. Return on investment is estimated at 22,000% on money given to Congress. Money is the Model. – Lessig Our Representative Baird voted for the Bankruptcy Bill in 2005. Change Congress. Support the Fair Elections Now Act. This is the real problem behind all the other ones… var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/politicians\/summary.php?cid=N00007936&cycle=2008","http:\/\/change-congress.org\/","http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/site\/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773857#details"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “oinw”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZW1vY3JhY3lmb3J2YW5jb3V2ZXIub3JnL2NvbmdyZXNzL3JlYWwtYmFua3J1cHRjeS1jb25ncmVzcy88d3B0Yj5UaGUgUmVhbCBCYW5rcnVwdGN5ICYjODIxMjsgQ29uZ3Jlc3M8d3B0Yj5odHRwOi8vd3d3LmRlbW9jcmFjeWZvcnZhbmNvdXZlci5vcmc8d3B0Yj5EZW1vY3JhY3kgZm9yIFZhbmNvdXZlcg%3D%3D”;
Article by John on April 20th, 2009 at 9:56 am Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, defending his pardon of former President Richard Nixon at a press conference. Image by Getty Images via Daylife Well it is official. America tortured people. And the people that committed these crimes and the people that devised these crimes are not going to be prosecuted or otherwise investigated. Rahm Emanuel said so yesterday on TV. [...]
Article by missy on April 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm I spent the first 20 years of my life in FL, and being blonde and fair-skinned, it shows. I am freckled from head to toe (at least those parts that have ever seen the sun), and have what is charmingly called “trucker’s arm” — my left arm, in particular, is criss-crossed with little superficial hard spots called actinic keratosis. So, like every other [...]
Article by John on April 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 am Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us. Regulations did not just magically appear one day. They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past. Reagan [...]
Article by John on March 28th, 2009 at 7:08 am Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2 Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3 Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video) The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls out his pitchfork and gets the audience on his side. [...]
Article by missy on March 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am Doubt. Doubt = weakness, and weakness = electoral failure. So it’s a minor miracle when a politician reaches the right conclusion and, despite his doubts, acts on it: SANTA FE — The Bill Richardson who announced a repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico on Wednesday was not the same Bill Richardson who usually shows up for face time with the news media. The Richardson who [...]
Article by John on March 11th, 2009 at 10:52 am Image via Wikipedia Cenk Uygur has a post over at Huffpo that nails down the real issue with CNBC that Jon Stewart so skillfully mocks in the video contained in the post immediately below this one: I have a close friend who works at a business news station — and here is the worst kept secret in show business — it’s all about the access. If [...]
Article by John on February 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm This is the most succinct explanation I have come across of where we are at and of what to do with regard to the financial crisis affecting our country. I hope Obama and Congress are listening. From Bill Moyers Journal (you can watch the video here): February 13, 2009 BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal. The battle is joined as they say — and here’s the [...] | |
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