Daily Archives: January 21, 2012
Colbert Interviews John Paul Stevens
Well played by both.
The Irony Of American History – Ta-Nehisi Coates – Personal – The Atlantic
Ron Paul. In lovee with treason, the “Lost Cause” and apologist for slavery. This apparently is what people are willing to look past in order to get a president who will legally let them smoke pot.
You’ll need weed to endure everything else this prick would allow to happen.
Real Time with Bill Maher (1-20-12) – Mitt Romney, Straight Outta Salt Lake – YouTube
Watched this earlier today. Good stuff.
What if ‘Citizens United’ Actually United the Citizens? | The Nation
Unfortunately, probably just wishful thinking that people power will overturn corporate money and influence any time soon.
Conservatives will soon listen to their corporate masters and ignore that individual freedoms are being bought and sold by their party’s agenda. Progressive voices, including my Senator Al Franken, will worry more about Hollywood’s bleating about being ripped off (at $8.50 a movie ticket I would argue it goes both ways, pals) than about freedom of expression and freedom from censorship.
Face it folks, the internet was created with “evil” government money, propagated by “socialist” high education systems, and is now being co-opted as yet another way to make a buck.
Shameful.
GOP candidates focus on ousting Obama, not issues – The Washington Post
Politics over national priorities. Racism over realism.
I seriously do not know why people are still surprised. And I REALLY do not know why anyone takes any Republican politician seriously while they either act this way or sit quietly by while others do in their name.
Losing ‘Virginity’: Olive Oil’s ‘Scandalous’ Fraud : NPR
Apparently there is more news on how the olive oil we buy may be the quality it is advertised as. I swear I posted on this a couple years ago.
For something that is such a simple and prevalent food item, one hopes they’d get it right.
