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Will Rogers’ quotes about money and the USA

‘The difference between our rich and poor grows greater every year. Our distribution of wealth is getting more uneven all the time. A man can make a million and he is on every page in the morning. But it never … Continue reading

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Not a tribute to Steve Jobs, just a sad note. Nicola Tesla or Thomas Edison?

I’m more than a reluctant adherent to Apple technology, and am personally saddened at the death of Steve Jobs. Was he only 56? I assumed by his accomplishment that he was decades older. But my sadness is probably selfishly motivated, … Continue reading

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The Afghanda…. U.S. Paternalism with a touch of Manifest Destiny.

President Obama made much glowing talk about all the “help” that “we’re giving” Afghanistan, building roads for the use of “our” military transports, schools where “we” get to teach their kids to be Corporate Slaves just like the kids in … Continue reading

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Why are Indian children still dying of poverty?

There was an AP story about infanticide in India, mostly young girls, and the question attached was “why, with rising prosperity?” One question immediately answered, the “rising prosperity” is mostly the Rich getting Richer, much like the Class War they … Continue reading

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GE, Corporate Govt Contractor Profiteer, presents us…

…with a tax bill. for a 3.2 BILLION dollar refund. This after record profits from  offshored jobs and the tax breaks from doing that hiring a bunch of new people where even those HERE won’t get full pay and benefits … Continue reading

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There ARE some things you can blame on Mr Obama…

But this ain’t one of them. I mean, Gitmo is still open, torture is still happening, the murderous God-damned wars for profit are still happening…. and he hasn’t managed to fix 30 years worth of pure destructive “trickle down free … Continue reading

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Oil Company and Military “job creation” in the Springs..

Are going to go to… people who already work for the oil companies and the Military Industrial Complex. The (God this is a stupid term) Surge in employment is of the trickle down variety. Like the ghost of Reagan pissing … Continue reading

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Why Rivera refused to take 42 million in “bailout” money.

Because it’s “earmarked” specifically to create jobs from the bottom up, instead of, as his USUAL corporate welfare installments made directly to the “leaders” of the Military Industrial Complex are, to the Richest Citizens and with the wink wink nudge … Continue reading

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Full of it, Steeped in it, Stepped in a big stinky pile of it…

The India Laptop slammed by tech sales reporter, because he can’t understand altruism, patriotism or any other motives other than profit. Now, the Capitalist Overlords use Altruistic and Patriotic sentiments as Sales Gimmicks and really, nothing more. Country means exactly … Continue reading

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Reagan breaks PATCO… America WINS! Or did we?

Yep, bust the Union, bring in workers whose only qualification was that they were dumb enough to work as Scabs, shank their Fellow Workers and their families and then expect to get decent treatment from the Big Boss Man. Trickle … Continue reading

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Hoam Skewl Trickle Down

El Paso County, Home School capital of the nation (seriously, I don’t remember where I read that, rare for me, but it was before I came up here) has a higher percentage of entry level college students who need remedial … Continue reading

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Party like it’s 1929!

So this is what some of the Thieves did with our money after Mr Bush and his tame Congress gave it to them… I would go into a schpiel parodying the Republican Talking Points about how the Pigs really do … Continue reading

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Economic meltdown and the deafening silence of Barack Obama

Barack Obama has had ample opportunity to articulate a different program than George Bush and McCain’s foreign policy of continual war, militarism, and imperialism yet failed to do so. But still possibly some redeeming of his character and political program … Continue reading

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