Daily Archives: January 18, 2012

Mitt Romney Thinks $360,000 Is “Not Very Much” Money

Willard isn’t one of us.

I mean, we already knew that, but he won’t tell us how much he makes so it doesn’t have a definite mark.

However, we DO know he made almost $400k in speaking fees, a number he has now said is not very much.

His “not very much” is enough, by itself, to put him into the top 1% of American earners.

It is certainly more than my family has pulled in together over a year. Hell, over a few years to be honest. Prior to our move, we were doing okay, or so we thought.

We were barely making a down payment on what Romney thinks is “not very much”.

Heritage Foundation comes out against SOPA | Marketplace from American Public Media

We Americans may not agree on what we will use our freedom for, but even the bigots at the Heritage Foundation are against SOPA.

Of course, they likely see it as a pro-Hollywood gimme and I just see it as propping up a dead and dying industry, like tax breaks for oil companies.

Either way, thanks for picking freedom of expression for once. Can I interest you in supporting marriage equality?

Protect IP/ SOPA explained

I called my senators and representative. I signed a couple petitions online.

It doesn’t seem to be enough.

I’m broke so there isn’t anyone I can realistically punish economically.

My local politicos seem mostly, if not completely, on board with listening to the idea of not passing these crude laws.

Mostly, it just shows how uneducated our leaders are. And, oh, term limiting them and replacing them every election isn’t going to fix that.

Anyway, here’s a look at the dangers inherent in these laws: