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RealClearPolitics - We Pay Them to Lie to Us
Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:48 AM EST (RealClearPolitics)
After all, this is an administration that will pay seniors $250 to make up for the fact that they didn't get a Social Security cost-of-living increase this year (because the cost of living didn't increase).
Senate health care bill: the five paragraphs you must read | csmonitor.com (Your National Health ID Card Is On The Way, And All Your Health Data Will Belong To the Govt)
Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:43 AM EST (Christian Science Monitor)
Washington and New York - "There is no such thing as a little freedom," said Walter Cronkite. "Either you are all free, or you are not free."
Poll: Is It Even Possible To "Finish the Job" in Afghanistan?
Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:52 PM EST
Obama says he is going to "finish the job" in Afghanistan. This is crazy. I posit to Newsvine that this is not possible to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, unless the job to finish is the collapse of the United States.
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You know it's bad when the FDIC starts running public service announcements staring Suze Orman, basically begging you not to withdraw your money.
Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:32 PM EST (YouTube)
FDIC is bankrupt.
Thomas Sowell -- Whose Problems Are The Politicians Solving? Their Own!
Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:44 PM EST (National Review Online)
No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems — of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.
Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama: The approval gap silently shrinks to a few points | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:39 PM EST (The L.A. Times)
But Sarah Palin's poll numbers are strengthening. And President Obama's are sliding. Guess what? They're about to meet in the 40s.
Obama: No Money for Jobs Program; Money for 30,000 More Troops In Afghanistan Though
Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:34 PM EST
What happened to our change President? Has he been captured by the military industrial interests? It would appear so. He said just the other day he doesn't want to spend much on a job program, because he's worried about the deficit.
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It Is Already Happening: Ammunition Is Being Used For Barter
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:20 PM EST (youroptimal.com)
it's already happening: Ammunition is being used for barter.
Poll: How About Taxing Tattoos To Pay For Healthcare?
Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:02 PM EST
I had a great idea last night. Let's tax the crap out of tattoos to pay for healthcare reform. What does Newsvine think?
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Old Wage War Against Young In Healthcare Bill
Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:26 AM EST
Yes, if you didn't know what healthcare reform is really about, it is just another extension of the longest running war no one even recognizes. The greatest financial heist of all time.
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RealClearPolitics - The Assault on the Young (Cont.)
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:02 AM EST (RealClearPolitics)
WASHINGTON -- One of our long-running political stories is the economic assault on the young by the old. We have become a society that invests in its past and disfavors the future. This makes no sense for the nation, but as politics, it makes complete sense.
The Return of Debtor's Prisons; Dems Vote To Grow Prison State
Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:04 PM EST
Yes, your Democratic Congress is bringing them back. If you don't buy healthcare insurance, from the corrupt healthcare insurance industry, you are going to jail!
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Poll: Are You A Slave To Corporate America? Are You A Vassal To A Corporate Lord?
Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:29 PM EST
We might think we live in modern times. We might have even convinced ourselves of it, with our fancy gadgets and computer equipment. But as far as economic models go, I contend we are still pretty medieval.
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Poll: Can Anything Stop Healthcare Bill Now?
Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:57 AM EST
Poll for Newsvine: Now that the Senate has cloture, isn't healthcare reform a done deal? I know that the press is reporting that this is just a crucial early step, but honestly, can anything stop this train now? Answer, in my opinion, is NO. This thing is done.
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Is Class Warfare An Appropriate Response To Wall St. Bailouts?
Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:36 PM EST
There seems to be some hesitation on the part of erstwhile "class warriors" on following through on their demagoguery. Should we or should we not punish those who took advantage of the financial crisis to personally benefit to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars?
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Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody -- Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:26 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
In 2007, Jason Rodriguez was fired from his position at an Orlando, Florida engineering firm and ended up taking a job as a "sandwich artist" at a Subway restaurant.
Poll: Should We Have Let Wall St. Collapse?
Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:00 PM EST
We bailed out Wall St., to the tune of tens of trillions of dollars. What good did it do us? The proportion of the work force that is long term unemployed is the highest since the Great Depression.
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Mike Whitney: Obama is Either Deluded or Determined to Destroy U.S.
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:50 PM EST (lifeaftertheoilcrash.net)
Barack Obama has decided to push the economy back into recession, and no one can figure out why. Perhaps the impressionable Obama has come under the spell of the deficit hawks and crystal gazers who see Armageddon around every corner.
10 States with Underemployment Rates of 20+ Percent. Manufacturing Sector Employs Same Number of Workers that we did in 1940.
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:24 PM EST (mybudget360.com)
The average American family must look at the current stock market rally as some kind of cruel joke. We have people anxiously waiting for government funds or paychecks to clear at the end of the month so they can wait outside of a Wal-Mart shopping center at midnight to buy food …
War of Young vs. Old; Watch UCLA Students Riot Over Tuition Hikes
Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:33 AM EST
This is the future. The young will be rioting over abuses by the old people, who will force the young to pay for the benefits of this society being showered on the old people. This is a powerful video.
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Old Wage War Against Young- 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered)
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:21 AM EST (YouTube)
These kids were angry. This is just another example of how the old are waging war on the young in our society.
Which Major Country, the US, Japan, or Britain, Will Default First on Its Foreign Debt?
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:19 AM EST (prudentbear.com)
Of the world's six largest economies, three currently have budget and public debt positions that if allowed to fester will push those nations into bankruptcy (the seventh largest, Italy, also has a budget and debt position that is highly vulnerable, but its problems appear chroni …
FT.com / US & Canada - Obama warns on US public debt pile
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:52 PM EST (FT.com)
US President Barack Obama warned that the US economy could head into a "double-dip recession" unless urgent steps were taken to rein in mounting public debt.
What Has Been Your Favorite Sarah Palin Moment So Far?
Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:30 PM EST
Was it the interview of her in front of the guy slaughtering turkeys? Was it her Katie Couric interview? Was it the video footage of her speaking before her Pentecostal church? Certainly my recollections don't do justice to the complete Sarah Palin picture.
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Increasingly Horrified Man Listens To Self Explain What He Does For A Living | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:04 PM EST (The Onion)
CHARLOTTE, NC—Dawning horror tinged with self-loathing crept slowly over the face of claims adjuster Robert Pettlebaum, 42, as he described his job and by extension his life to others during a seemingly innocuous Tuesday lunch meeting.
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