October 2011
10 reasons why Obama's foreign policy is not a... →
10. America’s Standing. Dan is correct to note that Obama has resurrected the U.S. image from its Bush-era lows, but there really was nowhere to go but up. While it’s true that the percentage of people with a favorable view of America has increased almost everywhere except the Middle East, the more important point is that fewer and fewer people trust Uncle Sam’s judgment these...
bouffantofbaul asked: Somebody in a dumb Facebook discussion I was in just compared the federal government's budget to a credit card bill. In other news, I just punched myself in the face. Just thought you should know.
Guys Who Unleashed Sarah Palin on the World...
ocatbusmycatbus:
Guys Who Unleashed Sarah Palin on the World Annoyed That Republican Presidential Candidates Are Putting Forth Stupid Ideas to Get Attention
GET OUT
-rosasparks-:
jasencomstock:
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I think the notion to occupy, without a permit, is necessary to the protest.
I don’t think we can relate this to the civil rights protests. The goals are very dissimilar. Having a goal, I think, would effectively marginalize the OWS protesters.
I’m not trying to COMPARE this to civil rights protesting. What I am saying is a goal and some...
If given the opportunity, what would you ask a...
reflux:
I may have that chance today. My neighbor asked me to join him and another couple of neighbors to a live broadcast of The Roe and Roeper radio show, which airs on the same AM station as Rush Limbaugh here in the Chicago market. My elected Congressman, Adam Kinzinger (R-IL 11th), will be there. So, what would you want me to ask him if I can?
Also, I’m wearing my Monopoly shirt with...
Build your own chopper
topherchris:
jonjohns65:
“I have no particular love for the idealised ‘worker’ as he appears in the...”
– George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia.
Basically sums up my feelings about Occupy Wall Street.
(via sarahstocracy)
scrambledmeggs:
kateoplis:
“So bailing out the banks while punishing workers is not, in fact, a recipe for prosperity. But was there any alternative? Well, that’s why I’m in Iceland, attending a conference about the country that did something different.
If you’ve been reading accounts of the financial crisis, or watching film treatments like the excellent Inside Job, you know that Iceland was...
GET OUT
-rosasparks-:
My city is going to start ‘removing’ the #Occupy campers this weekend. I am pretty upset about this.
They have been, in droves, camping out and organizing every. single. day. They march almost every other day and have stuck it out through rain, sleet and freezing weather. Moreover, they have been peaceful, kind and completely respectful throughout this entire process.
My only...
the only time I look at twitter
is when I’m deuceing
