Monthly Archives: August 2011

U.S. Officials Say Gadaffy Just Days From Leaving Libya

Posted on August 19, 2011 by admin

We’ll see if it actually happens. The Libyan despot has been on his way out for months, but never quite makes it. Still, if this turns out to be true, our military involvement in the country should end. NBC: Gadhafi … Continue reading →

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What Does One TRILLION Dollars Look Like?

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

Worth clicking the link for the full article from PageTutor.com: What does one TRILLION dollars look like? All this talk about “stimulus packages” and “bailouts”… A billion dollars… A hundred billion dollars… Eight hundred billion dollars… One TRILLION dollars… What does that … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote-to-Quote: A Quoteload of Quotes on Boats, Rising Tides and Other Shipshape Asides

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

“A rising tide lifts all boats.” — A favorite quote of Ronald Reagan’s in the 1980 presidential campaign, used to justify cutting taxes on the wealthy and corporations.  “It’s been said, referring to the economy, that a rising tide lifts … Continue reading →

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The GOP’s New Old Brew

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin
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Christine O’Donnell Jacks Around Piers Morgan on Live TV

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

The infamous ‘unwitch’ Christine O’Donnell, the 41-going-on-13 Teabagger favorite who lost the senate race in Delaware last year when voters realized she was out of her freaking mind, yesterday abruptly ended a book tour interview with Piers Morgan on CNN because … Continue reading →

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Smokestack Lightnin’ by Howlin’ Wolf, 1956

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

The original 1956 Chess Records release. Wolf sure knew how to set a mood.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Bill of Rights

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

It was January 11, 1944, in the middle of WWII, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt enunciated this new bill of rights for industrialized America. FDR unfortunately died in April, 1945, before the war ended and these rights could be enacted. President Obama … Continue reading →

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America’s Electile Dysfunction by Steve Bell

Posted on August 17, 2011 by admin

                  Copyright 2000 Steve Bell.

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Cain, Gingrich, Santorum: The GOP Men in Space

Posted on August 17, 2011 by admin
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The Truth About Ayn Rand

Posted on August 17, 2011 by admin
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