Krugman: Congratulations America, You’ve Been Scammed.
So you go out for dinner with a wealthy acquaintance. “I’ll take care of everything,” he says, and orders you a hamburger. Then he orders himself an expensive steak and […]
He played me for a fool
Source: ‘He played me for a fool’: Kentucky Trump supporter laments he should have voted for Hillary Kentucky Trump supporter Wesley Easterling regrets his vote, he BELIEVEd it when Trump […]
Top House Republican Unveils Plan To Gut Social Security | The Huffington Post
Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas), chairman of the HoUSe Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, released a plan Thursday to reform Social Security that would drastically reduce benefits. Johnson […]
Did you pay your Fair Share?
2014 Budget of the United States federal government From Office of Management and Budget $3.506,000,000,000 (3.5 trillion) (actual)[5] 2014 Gross Personal income in the United States 14,740,000,000,000 (14.7 trillion) (actual) 2014 Amount of […]
“Those who cannot remember the past”
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana Are we “condemned to repeat” 1912 in 2016? The following is excerpted from: History Now: American History Online THEODORE ROOSEVELT […]
Are you a moocher?
Raise your hand if you:
went to a public college or university
work for government (i.e., cops, teachers, firefighters, military, social workers, librarians, school janitors, judges, court reporters, bus drivers, etc),
borrow books from a public library,
work for or own stock in a defense contractor,
get your electricity or water from a government-owned utility,
went to, or send your kids to, public school,
ride on government-run buses, subways or light-rail,
use or work for the post office,
went to college on the GI Bill, Pell Grant, state financial aid program,
are retired and get Social Security payments,
ever used
The Middle Class
One of the favorite “buzzwords” the politicians keep using is “middle class.” Do you know who Romney or Obama are talking about when they use it? I don’t. It would be helpful if they would tell us who they mean when they say “the middle class.” I suspect they are not talking about the same people.
My curiosity got the better of me and I did a Google search to see what I could find. I got 510,000,000 results. I looked at a few.
Contradiction
“UNAWARE OF THE CONTRADICTION…. There's an old joke that goes something like this: my neighbor went to public schools before joining the military. He went to college on the G.I. Bill, bought his first home through the FHA, and received his health care through the V.A. and Medicare. He now receives Social Security. He's a conservative because he wants to get the government off his back. I mention the joke because a surprising number of right-wing activists don't seem to appreciate the humor.
It’s easy to say NO.
Who opposed the Declaration of Independence? … Conservatives. (They were called Loyalist.
Buzzwords
Buzzwords are coded expressions that evoked a specific message for one group while sounding innocuous to others.
Elections
Some definitions from the dictionary
conservative |kənˈsərvətiv; -vəˌtiv|
adjective
holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation
noun
a person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes,
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [aiming to preserve] ): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- ‘conserved,’ from the verb conservare
liberal |ˈlib(ə)rəl|
adjective
• open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values
• favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms
• favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform
noun
a person of liberal views
ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French from Latin liberalis, from liber ‘free (man).’ The original sense was [suitable for a free man,]