Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it’s against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it’s against the oppressor. You don’t need anything else.
Bruce Springsteen at Charlottesville Obama For America Rally (by BruceSpringsteen)
“Papa” John Schnatter, Papa John’s founder and CEO, is back in the headlines once more for his assertion that there’s no way on God’s green Earth he can afford to provide health care for a portion of his employees, as mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Now, Schnatter hasn’t been hurting for…
Weekly Address: Extending Middle Class Tax Cuts to Grow the Economy (by whitehouse)
Whedon On Romney (by WhedonOnRomney)
Recycling paper and glass does indeed help the environment, though experts say all of us ought to do more.
So let’s be brutally honest here. The Romney-Ryan position on health care is that many millions of Americans must be denied health insurance, and millions more deprived of the security Medicare now provides, in order to save money. At the same time, of course, Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan are proposing trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy. So a literal description of their plan is that they want to expose many Americans to financial insecurity, and let some of them die, so that a handful of already wealthy people can have a higher after-tax income.
It’s not a pretty picture — and you can see why Mr. Romney chooses not to see it.
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| — | Paul Krugman, Death by Ideology - NYTimes.com |
When they were told the GOP’s plans for gutting Medicare, slashing Medicaid and education while cutting taxes for the rich again, the respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing. It’s that disbelief that makes Romney the perfect GOP candidate in 2012.
Bruce Springsteen - BORN IN THE USA - East Berlin, 1988 (by 1211461590)
The stepsister of the Minnesota congresswoman looks at her moral crusades with puzzlement, and with a very personal sorrow.
Biden: We immediately rescued General Motors. Romney said, “No, let Detroit go bankrupt.” (by OFAClips)
Complete Vice Presidential Debate 2012: Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan - Oct 11, 2012 - Elections 2012 (by TheNewYorkTimes)
