Saturday, July 9, 2011
Robert Scheer: The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story - Robert Scheer's Columns - Truthdig
Robert Scheer: The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story - Robert Scheer's Columns - Truthdig
Face it. We live in two nations, sharply divided by an enormous economic chasm between the super-rich and everyone else. This should be an obvious fact of life for most Americans. Just read the story in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal headlined “Profits Thrive in Weak Recovery.” Or the recent New York Times story pointing out “that the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million,” a 23 percent gain over the year before. Read More Here
h/t Insidious Prophet
The Debt Ceiling Play: My ‘CliffsNotes’ Version - Jim Wallis - God's Politics Blog
The Debt Ceiling Play: My ‘CliffsNotes’ Version - Jim Wallis - God's Politics Blog
Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions. It is not, as we have known in recent history, a traditional fight between Republicans and Democrats. It is a conflict between those who believe in the common good and those who believe individual good is the only good. While a biblical worldview informs Christians that they should be wary of the rich and defend the poor, a competing ideology says that wealth is equivalent to righteousness and God’s blessing. It is a morality play in which Washington, D.C. is the stage, politicians are actors, lobbyists are directors, the “debt ceiling” is the conflict, and we are the audience who will pay the cost of the production, whether we enjoyed it or not. Read More Here
Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions. It is not, as we have known in recent history, a traditional fight between Republicans and Democrats. It is a conflict between those who believe in the common good and those who believe individual good is the only good. While a biblical worldview informs Christians that they should be wary of the rich and defend the poor, a competing ideology says that wealth is equivalent to righteousness and God’s blessing. It is a morality play in which Washington, D.C. is the stage, politicians are actors, lobbyists are directors, the “debt ceiling” is the conflict, and we are the audience who will pay the cost of the production, whether we enjoyed it or not. Read More Here
Sixteen Senators Ask DOJ To Investigate Potentially Illegal State Voter Disenfranchisement Laws
It is about time that someone ask the DOJ to look into this. It is simply a poll tax that these people are trying to implement. Governor Johnny Wall Street here in Ohio, doesn't seem to like anyone who isn't in the top 2%. Read more on this in the article
100 Days: Kasich’s typo becomes a symbol of an Administration’s problem with diversity
Michele Bachmann Vows To Eliminate All Forms Of Pornography! (Tea Party What Do You Think?)
How did Bachmann actually get to be on the national stage?
Is Fox News Scared? Desperate Attacks on Watchdog Group Media Matters Suggest Yes | Media | AlterNet
In the untamed jungle that is cable news, there is a ferocious and predatory beast stalking the terrain. Anyone who has encountered Fox News in the wild can attest to the spine-chilling threat imposed by the pseudo-news network. And now Fox News has the scent of new game. Read More Here.
What Kind Of Country Do We Want To Be?--Motivated In Ohio
It is no longer a place where people get a hand up, they now get a boot on their neck. Our politicians have been bought and paid for by big money. It is no longer a representative government. These people represent the interests of the few, and ignore the many. They have shipped our jobs overseas, and have beaten the downtrodden. They follow Ayn Rand, and then say they are following Christ.
Is this now the land of the desperate, and the home of the starving? Is this the land where people steal aluminum siding and copper pipes to survive? Is this the land where they talk about gutting our promise to our seniors, so that billionaires can keep their tax cuts? Is this the new "American Exceptional-ism"?
[I first posted this as a comment at Mother Jones ]
Evil Economics--Honest John
Now that I am posting this video, explaining the differences in economic theory, I expect someone to start calling me a Communist. The right wing doesn't seem to want to learn anything.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Alan Grayson on being Middle Class in the US
Watch the crazy right wing guy have a meltdown.
h/t Daily Kos
h/t Daily Kos
GOP Lawmaker Refuses To Believe The Fact That Rep. Eric Cantor Is Shorting U.S. Treasury Bonds
Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting a Vegetable Garden : TreeHugger
Q.-"What are you in for?" A.-"Growing Veggies"
I can understand the ordinance, but please, jail time?-MIO
Rep. Ryan Tastes The Grapes Of Wrath | TPMDC
Rep. Ryan Tastes The Grapes Of Wrath | TPMDC
Paul Ryan received Social Security after the death of his father. He was able to attend college because of these benefits. He is now on the Government Payroll, (so if he can afford this wine, we may want to check into are we paying him too much or is his income from other sources). Whatever the answer is, he is out of touch with the average person, who wonders if their job will be sent over seas, or they will lose their healthcare.--MIO
Fox On The Run
With viewership down by 20% here in the States and scandal rocking his empire in Great Britain, we felt Rupert Murdoch might enjoy this Bluegrass classic or, then again, maybe not. Hee Hee Hee
Read More Here
Subliminal flash in Crossroads ad? - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
So, having endless money from corporations, is not enough, Karl Rove has to use subliminal mind tricks. This guy should be history.--MIO
Phone hacking: Police probe suspected deletion of emails by NI executive | Media | The Guardian
Police are investigating evidence that a News International executive may have deleted millions of emails from an internal archive, in an apparent attempt to obstruct Scotland Yard's inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal. Read More Here
From New Deal to Raw Deal: The Real Economics of Cutting Social Security » New Deal 2.0
Since social security doesn't add to the deficit, why are they even talking about it at all? Oh I know, the Republicans have wanted to get rid of it since it's inception.-MIO
Banana Attacks Gorilla, Man Bites Dog
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Perry Undercuts U.S. Policy To Kill Mexican Prisoner
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Klein: Jobs report won't be good enough
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Dash Cam Video of Robert Mecklenborg's Arrest
Here is the video of Robert Mecklenborg's arrest. He is found with a stripper, another "Family Values" candidate. He also, had viagra in his system, and was behind the Ohio driver license law (voter suppression). I wonder if he will be able to vote. Can we have the same rule for legislators, then all of his votes will not count.
Fox's David Asman Promotes "Tea Party Debt Commission"
The "Brain Trust" for the Tea Party, that's an oxymoron. The Koch Brothers are funding this group aren't they?
Region's Christians, Muslims share their faith
Region's Christians, Muslims share their faith
Now this is cool, some people in Ohio, value their neighbors!
Now this is cool, some people in Ohio, value their neighbors!
The best state-based political blogs, 2011 edition - The Fix - The Washington Post
The best state-based political blogs, 2011 edition - The Fix - The Washington Post
If you wanted to vote for me, I wouldn't have my feelings hurt.
If you wanted to vote for me, I wouldn't have my feelings hurt.
100 Days: Kasich’s typo becomes a symbol of an Administration’s problem with diversity
100 Days: Kasich’s typo becomes a symbol of an Administration’s problem with diversity Our governor has problems with people of color, women, teachers, firefighters and policemen. He called a police officer an idiot. And told St. Sen Nina Turner "I don't need your people". (For those of you who don't follow closely, Nina Turner is one of the "Good Guys" she works for the rights of the average American.)
Now if he is against all of the above people, who is he for? Is it himself, or is it the Koch brothers, who he admit he knows, and have funded disinformation campaigns in the past. This state has been going backwards, since Governor John Kasich was inaugurated.
h/t Adrienne
[This happened a while back, but we need to expose stuff like this]
Now if he is against all of the above people, who is he for? Is it himself, or is it the Koch brothers, who he admit he knows, and have funded disinformation campaigns in the past. This state has been going backwards, since Governor John Kasich was inaugurated.
h/t Adrienne
[This happened a while back, but we need to expose stuff like this]
Big Oil Welfare
The Book of Cletis: Letter From A Congresswoman
A must read letter from Congresswoman, Jackie Speier.
Paul Krugman speaks about the Greek banking crisis at Cambridge Judge Business School
Paul Krugman speaks about the Greek banking crisis at Cambridge Judge Business School from Cambridge Judge Business School on Vimeo.
Paul Krugman, the internationally renowned economist, author and New York Times columnist, is convinced that Greece will default on its debts and is likely to leave the Euro.
Awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics in 2008, Professor Krugman was at Cambridge Judge Business School to deliver the plenary lecture at a conference held to mark the 75th anniversary of Keynes’ general theory, hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Cambridge Finance.
Paul Krugman is Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Ed hammers Rush Limbaugh For Casey Anthony Remark
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Psyco Talk--Fox's Asman accuses Barack Obama of Gaming the System
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GOP Corporate Give Aways Cost Schools, Safety.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Hypocracy From GOP Freshmen--Last Word
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Archaeologists dig up first politician
An archaeological team, digging in
Washington DC, has uncovered
10,000 year old bones and fossil remains
Of what is believed to be the first
Politician.
Ohio July 4th Parade Features Mock Fight Between Firefighters And Giant Kasich Puppet
America's Founding Dream Is All About Equality--Van Jones
I found this on Moveon.org, and had to repost it here.
" WAIST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY ".....2006
Each of us should consider the words of this timeless classic by Pete Seeger. Personally, I am deeply disappointed by President Obama's embrace of the war machine and would update this video with scenes of his complicity in our continuing involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sadly, we are still Waist Deep in the Big Muddy.--Cletis Stump
Closing The Hedge Fund Manager Tax Loophole Would Raise $4 Billion Annually From The 25 Richest Managers
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
John Birch Society Song
For those who don't know it, the John Birch Society was funded by Fred Koch, father of the Koch Brothers who are trying to buy our democracy.
h/t Cletis Stump http://thebookofcletis.blogspot.com/
h/t Cletis Stump http://thebookofcletis.blogspot.com/
Ohio GOP Weakens Election Law By Allowing Poll Workers To Refuse To Inform Voters Where They Can Vote
GRAPH: Contrary To GOP Claims, U.S. Has Second Lowest Corporate Taxes In The Developed World
The Family--Theocracy In America Exposed.
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