Category Archives: 1 Percent

Today’s Quotes: This and That, But Mostly This

“It is not the function of the government to relieve individuals of their responsibilities to their neighbors, or to relieve private institutions of their responsibilities to the public.” — Republican President Herbert Hoover in the depths of the Great Depression. … Continue reading

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Cartoons: Randomized for May 29, 2012

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Signs o’ the Times: Is This What We’re Fighting For Now?

1. Tax cuts for those who are already wealthy that don’t help improve our economy? 2. Higher pay for the top 1 percent? 3. Subsidies for profitable ‘free market’  corporations? 4. Those who have never served in the military and … Continue reading

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Quotes: Justice and Liberality

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Cartoons: The Facebook Fiasco

Wall Street, where a fool and his money are soon parted; Facebook, where a fool and his personal information are soon parted.  Will there be prosecutions for insider trading in the Facebook case, just as Martha Stewart was prosecuted (and … Continue reading

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Signs o’ the Times for May 25, 2012: Romneyfication

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Cartoons: More On Romney! (Say it Outloud)

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Today’s Quotes: Wealth, an Empty Stomach and Hard Work

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Why Does Mitt Romney’s Experience at Bain Capital Matter?

Well, I’d say it matters because Romney’s using his ‘business experience’ as his sole qualification for the presidency.  I wish some real reporter interviewing Romney (Mark Halperin of Time doesn’t count since he has in the past drooled over Karl … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Money, Money, Money

“Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil.” — Sophocles, “Antigone.” “Money: the cause of, and solution to, … Continue reading

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