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Wall Street Isn’t Winning – It’s Cheating
I was at an event on the Upper East Side last Friday night when I got to talking with a salesman in the media business. The subject turned to Zucotti Park and Occupy Wall Street, and he was chuckling about something he’d heard on the news. “I hear [Occupy Wall Street] has a CFO,” he [...]
Arguments, Featured
The Debt is a problem, fixing it would be a success
There was once this episode of the Simpson’s where Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson are having a children’s quarrel. Bart says “I’m going to kick like this, and if you get in my way, it’s your own fault.” True to his words, he then starts kicking wildly at the air, while walking in Lisa’s direction. [...]
Featured, Summaries
Book Summary: Palestine Peace not Apartheid chapters 4-6
Palestine Peace not Apartheid By: Jimmy Carter Back to Index Review Quotes Chapter Four: The Key Players “A succession of Turks, Kurds, and European Crusaders ruled Palestine until the Ottoman Turks incorporated Palestine into their empire in 1516. They were on the losing side of WWI” Page 56 “After the 1948 war… 700,000 Palestinian residents [...]
Featured, Interesting
Polls Show Wisconsin Supports Protesters, Opposes Walker
This is a poll that just came out by the AFL-CIO mostly confirming the independent poll came out a few days ago. Turns out most of Wisconsin is supporting the protesters. If this holds up for long, because it’s taken on a national importance, it will make Republicans and Tea Partiers look bad across the [...]
Arguments, Featured
Winning the Obama Agenda: Part 1, Sell Progressivism
Part 1. Sell Progressivism Obama needs to talk up the value of his ideology. If he doesn’t advocate his opinion and his world view, then he doesn’t have one. Using the Scalpel Versus a Hatchet argument is an okay analogy but a poor ideology, it inherently cedes ideological high ground to the camp that says cut. We need federal food safety regulations. [...]
Interesting
Dodges terrorist bullets and bombs, veteran attacked by his own country.
Posted on 29 October 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement is rallying around an Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured in Tuesday night’s protests in Oakland. Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old former Marine who works at a software company, was standing with other protesters when police began firing tear gas canisters into the crowd, the San Francsico Chronicle reported. Struck [...] Continue Reading
Interesting
Hey Cain,
Posted on 28 October 2011
I have a job. I have a life. I have a car. I pay rent. I vote. We’re not mad at the 1% for being wealthy, we’re mad they cheated and broke the laws to steal that money. I don’t want an end to capitalism, I want an end of corruption stealing my money. Continue Reading
Interesting
Here’s a link to Occupy Wall Street.
Posted on 15 October 2011
Here is the link to Occupy Wall Streets’ official page. It’s a shit page to be honest, but important. http://occupywallst.org/ This isn’t about envy, it’s about corruption preventing justice. Continue Reading
America at War
Osama is DEAD: Fuck yeah!
Posted on 01 May 2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/01/osama-bin-laden-dead-killed_n_856091.html Fuck you Osama bin Laden! Fuck you! We fucking killed your fucking ass! Continue Reading
Excerpts
Book Excerpt: ‘Dirty Sexy Politics’ by Meghan McCain
Posted on 18 March 2011
What follows is a book excerpt by Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain. When John McCain ran his 2008 election campaign, Meghan went to work for him, and was eventually fired by him. Sort of. What follows, is a story about that 2008 campaign, the primary battles, the winners, losers, and the spoils. Largly, it [...] Continue Reading
Reviews
Book Review: The War Within by Bob Woodward
Posted on 14 March 2011
The fourth book of the Bush at War series by Bob Woodward, The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008, covers the years the final two years of the Bush Presidency and recounts the decisions and internal strife of that period. The War Within picks up where State of Denial left off, with Iraq [...] Continue Reading
Excerpts
Book Excerpt:Worse Than Watergate by John W Dean
Posted on 10 March 2011
Book Excerpt from Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W Dean The George W Bush administration will probably give historians something interesting to discuss for decades to come, easily longer. Love him or hate him, he changed America. Starting with 9/11, two occupations, a global war against islamic extremism, [...] Continue Reading
Opinion
Wisconsin Protesters Break Up GOP Congressman’s Town Hall Meeting In Governor’s Hometown
Posted on 09 March 2011
She disrespected everyone in that room by lying about collective bargaining. The congresswomen didn’t defend the cause for getting rid of collective bargaining(or 95% of it anyways), she just denied it was happening and pointed to the 5% that was left. The people then did become disrespectful, it very much reminded me of the Tea [...] Continue Reading
Summaries
Book Summary: The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
Posted on 08 March 2011
Chapter One – While I Was Sleeping As we are introduced to Friedman’s theory that the world is flat, we accompany him on a journey to the various locations around the globe that led him to this conclusion. We start off in Bangalore, India, where he finds himself surrounded by advertisements of traditionally American companies [...] Continue Reading
Reviews
Book Review: State of Denial by Bob Woodward
Posted on 07 March 2011
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III by Bob Woodward is a definitive break from his two previous Bush at War books which we reviewed here and here. Finally, instead of being a dispassionate chronicler, Woodward takes a critical look at the bungled Iraq War. Continue Reading
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