Archives for June 2011

NO TO MIDDLE CLASS PROGRAM CUTS–CORPORATIONS & WEALTHY 30 YEAR PILFERING OF MIDDLE CLASS MUST END NOW Divide and conquer is effective. The Right Wing echo chamber has been successful in bating the middle class that is barely surviving into believing that the reason for their pain are free loading poor folks.In the process they […]

  Anti-spending GOP members award bonuses Some Houston-area lawmakers dole out cash to staff while urging fiscal restraint By STEWART M. POWELL HOUSTON CHRONICLE June 6, 2011, 9:23AM WASHINGTON — Six anti-spending House Republicans from the Greater Houston area handed their congressional staffs generous bonuses – some exceeding $4,000 – at the end of 2010 […]

  Sarah Palin and profit-motive politics The logic — and risks — of faking a presidential campaign to build brand value Sunday, Jun 5, 2011 11:01 ET By Alyssa Battistoni Since kicking off her "One Nation" bus tour, Sarah Palin has insisted that she’s just on a road trip to see iconic places in American […]

In Defense Of Anthony Weiner Though He Must Resign First of all the fact that the Internet is being used by otherwise intelligent people including congress people, teachers, lawyers, and other professionals for legal yet embarrassing activities shows the poor state of our educational system in the digital world. Many Americans participate in behaviors that […]

  Our Fantasy Nation? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: June 4, 2011 With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals. It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country: fewer than 2 percent […]

What is so sad about the financial crisis is that many bankers, brokers, and other financial professionals made billions for doing absolutely nothing more than filling out papers. They did not produce any products or real services of societal value. There is a problem in a country that rewards those who simply move money around […]

This is a very telling ad. This is what happens when you have a whole lot of folks adapting multiple ideologies without knowing their genesis. In the process they attempt to form a coalition under the premise of shared values without realizing that they are diametrically opposed. While today’s Democrats are a combination of folks […]

  Back Toward Double Dip Friday, June 3, 2011 The May jobs report is a disaster — the weakest reading since September. Non-farm payrolls grew only 54,000 last month, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private employment rose only 83,000 — the smallest growth since last June. Government payrolls dropped 29,000. The […]

It is sad that there is a budget that out there that is much better than the President’s budget and Republican Paul Ryan’s budget. The budget is humane and it does not use smoke and mirrors or ideology to pay balance the budget. The budget is not only a policy panacea but will change the […]

  I found this joke from a a follower’s tweet. It is very funny. Interesting enough the media is giving more coverage to Sarah Palin’s bus tour than to Mitt Romney;s announcement. That in itself is a joke; a joke by the media; a joke on Mitt Romney. No wonder America is becoming a joke. […]