Monthly Archives: October 2011

Alan Grayson Explains the Occupy Wall Street Movement to Dimwit P.J. O’Rourke

Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin

I used to like O’Rourke in his ‘Republican Reptile’ days, but today he’s just become an embarrassingly unfunny drudge who cracks lame jokes based on addled conservative propaganda demeaning liberals that were moldly when William F. Buckley was young. O’Rourke should know better, … Continue reading →

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Beware of Right-Wing False-Front OWS Websites

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

The right-wingers who work behind the scenes running sleaze for the GOP and Wall Street corporratists, after trying to ignore the Occupy Wall Street movement, are now nervous at its roaring success and doing their best to co-opt and discredit … Continue reading →

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Why Occupy Wall Street Doesn’t Need to Articulate a Damn Thing

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

The Rude Pundit says it all on the Big Corporate Media playing dumb as to what OWS is protesting: Oct. 5, 2011 An Inarticulate Articulation of Why Occupy Wall Street Doesn’t Need to Articulate a Damn Thing: Oh, shut the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote: JFK on Revolution

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

He was probably referring to civil rights, but it still applies today as we watch the nonviolent Occupy Wall Street protests in cities all over the country, which are basically about civil rights — in this case, economic civil rights. … Continue reading →

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‘Stand By Me’ by Playing For Change

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

In keeping with the ‘change’ theme of the last few days, here’s Playing For Change — various artists from around the world — covering Ben E. King’s 1961 hit, “Stand By Me”:

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Too Big to Fail vs. Too Big to Ignore

Posted on October 8, 2011 by admin
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The Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob Dylan

Posted on October 8, 2011 by admin

They did after 1964 when Bob released this song, with Americans taking to the streets to end the Vietnam debacle and the draft, and usher in civil rights and women’s rights, just as they are taking to the streets today … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote: Betty White on ‘Balls’

Posted on October 8, 2011 by admin

I’ve long thought it was odd that the most tender and vulnerable part of a man’s body, the one part that, when struck, brings him to his knees in an instant, would be used to indicate ‘toughness.’ The idea of … Continue reading →

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Buddy Miles on “Them Changes”

Posted on October 7, 2011 by admin

We’re all going through some big ones right now. Drummer/vocalist Buddy Miles has played with Jimi Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield’s Electric Flag, and most of the prominent blues and rock performers of the ’60s and ’70s. (I was even lucky enough … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote: Steve Jobs on Dogma

Posted on October 7, 2011 by admin

In case you’ve been cavebound and haven’t heard, Apple founder Steve Jobs died Oct. 5th at the young age of 56. R.I.P.

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