Archive for the 'economy' Category
SOPA Post
I’m too lazy to figure out how to black out my site to protest the thoroughly idiotic and destructive SOPA and PIPA bills, which would allow the government, and more importantly the corporations who really run the world like Comcast and Time Warner, to censor the Internet.
Instead, I’ll just tell you this: if you live [...]
Progress
Booman Tribune is a self-described “progressive community”, but for me it’s that blog I love to hate. I think the guy who runs it is, personally, a nice guy, but our views on the country and the Administration have gone in utterly different directions, to the point that I’ve tried to stop reading it [...]
Read More..>>Thin
When I read stories like this…
I don’t understand why I am supposed to care about this whole #OccupyWallStreet protest. There is no platform, no legislative vehicle, no coherent call to action, no overriding message, and very little in the way of any point.
…and then read that the pilots union joined the occupation, followed by the [...]
Piggie of the Week
This is the first “Piggie of the Week” I did all myself, from the writing to the one-the-street interviews, to the capturing and rough cuts, to the final edits. Big props and tons of gratitude to Brodzilla and Sean for the editorial guidance and advice, teaching me how to edit video and audio, including [...]
Read More..>>Update
A few weeks ago I wrote briefly that I have joined the ranks of the unenjoyed, brightly noting “Sometimes opportunity doesn’t so much knock as it shows you to the door.”
Since then, my benefits have arrived. I’ve submitted a letter of interest to a job coaching position, a friend at a global document management corporation [...]
Pathetic
I just wasted a half-hour of my life, 30 minutes i will NEVER get back, watching what was billed as a presidential Town Hall Meeting on the Debt Ceiling and Deficit Reduction.
The first question was about discrimination about atheists. Another wanted to know Obama’s biggest regrets. Another asked about compromise, what does it [...]
Bill Clinton and Paul Ryan: Caught on Tape Conspiring to Undermine Medicare
I learned back in 1992 that Bill Clinton was a lying piece of shit, not a progressive, and barely a Democrat.
From the description:
Leaked cell phone footage of Bill Clinton cozying up to Paul Ryan
The day after the stunning upset in the special congressional election in upstate New York, Rep. Paul Ryan is a man under [...]
Deep Thought
I don’t care what kind of bullshit semantic games they play: if the Democrats vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid not only will I not vote for them, I will actively support their opponents. I would rather deal with a hater who tells me to my face that he’s going to fuck with [...]
Read More..>>Obama to Poor, Sick, Elderly: Drop Dead
We elected George W. Bush in blackface:
Mr. Obama, who is to meet at the White House with the bipartisan leadership of Congress in an effort to work out an agreement to raise the federal debt limit, wants to move well beyond the $2 trillion in savings sought in earlier negotiations and seek perhaps twice as [...]
Eleven Dimensional Chess
Listening to WHYY’s rebroadcast of Radio Times, which deals with the impact of Tom Corbett’s methodically mad and deeply cruel spending cuts, reminded me of something I think it’s important to repeat.
Just so we’re clear, Tom Corbett and the rest of the newly-elected right wing governors care about re-election about as much as Mohammed Atta [...]
