Category Archives: 99 Percent

Sullivan May Be Right About ‘Sun Tzu’ Obama

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

I’m not Andrew Sullivan’s biggest fan, but he does have some interesting points to make regarding Obama’s ‘long game’ strategy. Despite Obama’s apparent weakness and indecisiveness at times, I remember when Obama was in state government in Illinois, long before … Continue reading →

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Stop SOPA and PIPA

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

To honor today’s blackout by websites across cyberspace objecting to the possible passage of the Internet-killing SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) bills now in Congress, I won’t be posting anything today except the item below. … Continue reading →

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Note to Republicans: Stop Telling People to ‘Get a Job’

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

While Republicans in the Senate relentlessly block job bills and GOP governors around the country cut state jobs, stop lecturing people to ‘get a job’ when there aren’t any. It only adds insult to injury and no one with half … Continue reading →

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Is It Possible That the World is Becoming Less Violent?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by admin

Seems incredible, but that’s the conclusion of psychologist Steven Pinker.  Pinker uses the ‘Big Picture’ view of human history to arrive at this conclusion, and he makes a good point regarding the dramactic change in attitudes that started during the … Continue reading →

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The Immoral ‘Creative Destruction’ of Jobs That Made Mitt Romney Wealthier

Posted on January 14, 2012 by admin

A brief excerpt below from the devastating just-released documentary of Mitt Romney, “When Mitt Romney Came to Town” (see full-length version here), that shows Romney and his partners in crime at Bain Capital only functioned as ‘job creators’ by accident and … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote: On Capitalism

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin
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Let’s Put Romney in a ‘Quiet Room’ By Himself — and Leave Him There

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin

More blatherskite from “Mr. 1 Percent” himself, Mitt “I Like Firing People” Romney. Not only does Romney think it’s somehow unfair to call him on his Bain Capital record as a ruthless corporate raider that put over 5,000 Americans out … Continue reading →

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Romney’s Bain Capital Past Illustrated

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin

Bain Capital is the 25 years of ‘leadership’ in business Mitt Romney thinks qualifies him to handle the economy. Look at the chart below, bankruptcy and over 5,000 Americans put out of a job. But don’t shed a tear; after … Continue reading →

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Signs o’ the Times, Jan. 9, 2012

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin
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While at Bain Capital, Romney Got Rich Putting People Out of Work

Posted on January 8, 2012 by admin

As usual, Mitt Romney is talking straight out of his rump here. Junior Bush just did this for eight years and collapsed the economy and dunderhead Romney wants to try it again. Einstein (and I don’t mean ‘Norman’) said trying … Continue reading →

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