Kind of a chilling animation as you watch the map progress and jobs disappear. If you still haven’t bought into the “this is an actual recession” concept, this may help.
Category Archives: Rants & Raves
What The Fuck Is Wrong With America? | Prose Before Hos
And I suppose this justifies today’s Read This criteria.
Coarse as all get out but that doesn’t make it wrong.
Marriage a choice, just like religion – Las Vegas Sun
Thank God not all of Vegas is infiltrated by Talibangelicals. Give this a read and be sure to down some painkillers before starting in on the comments.
I truly wish that those bigoted hatemongers who supposedly speak for the Almighty would kindly shut the hell up and let actual caring folks speak for their religion.
Not that I’m holding my breath or anything….
What Are Tax Day Tea Parties Protesting? – The Atlantic Business Channel
Alright, last, last one.
Just in case some teabagger tries to “inform” you on what they could conceivably be standing for, refer to this.
I guarantee you’ll know more about what said fool is protesting against than the fool him- or herself.
Wealth-Less Effect: Earning Well, Feeling Otherwise – Yahoo! Finance
This meme was old to begin with, and getting increasingly so. Here is yet another article telling us about how bad people who make a quarter million a year are doing. And now their taxes are being RESTORED to pre-Bush levels. Yes, I can play with words too. Our economy was better before Bush cut their taxes. So it isn’t a raise, or an increase, it is a Restoration.
And yes, everyone can adapt to their income and get into bad spending habits, but I sure as hell aren’t going to pity these folks like I would the millions who lost their jobs in this recession.
And why are people writing these articles? Do they WANT a rash of condo and mansion burnings by outraged regular folks?
Brandon Friedman: My Family’s Experience in the Militia
I don’t want to keep harping on this teabagging crap, but this article is from a gentleman whose family was deeply involved in the anti-tax militia movement…back in the 1770s and 1780s. You know, when folks REALLY WERE taxed without representation.
Yet another good read on a day based on Rethug stupidity.
Because, apparently, downloading music is a capital offense
In a moment of curiosity, I strolled over to FoxNews and found this little tidbit. To some, hiring a guy from an organization famous for things like Ruby Ridge and Waco is just the right thing to do in order to scare off all the 12-year old girls and old ladies who supposedly are the software pirates destroying our society. I don’t know about you, but the last thing I want to see is RIAA assualt teams breaking into little 10-year old Jimmy’s room because he wanted to get a song from his favorite artist.
Another genius is suing to teach his daughter about the joys of polygamy. Okay, let’s work this through. LDS members who want to be polygamists are not actual Mormons. People who kill abortion doctors are not Christians. Al Qaeda members are not Muslims. You are all freaks and need to leave our planet. Are we all clear on this now?
Our troops are trying out some new strategies in Iraq. Let’s hope this calms things down and gets some order in that country.
Its not all bad news. In Seattle, you can expect to find your cabbie dressed as an Elvis impersonator, among other things. Slate is carrying a story about the guy who did all the background music for Looney Tunes. This year’s total cost for the 12 Days of Christmas has been calculated. And here is a site about a guy who loves New York and Lego sets. And he loves them a lot.
Man, I hope this trend takes off
The KKK has decided to start taking out its own members. Let’s hope they keep their stupidity within the family from now on.
At the other extreme, apparently in Los Angeles, systems and computing terminology has been deemed politically incorrect.
Time tackles the burgeoning business of political mudslinging. As if watching five minutes of Fox News didn’t already tell you that partisan politics is alive and well in this country. Too bad those of us who actually try to think before we speak are caught in the middle.
Jones Soda attempts to make your Thanksgiving complete with gravy-flavored soda. Let me make sure you read that right, its called Turkey & Gravy soda. Seriously, someone up in the northwest find some of that and give us a taste test.
Rise of the culturally stupid
*Sigh* Where do these people come from?
In Utah, Burger King has been forced to apologize to a mother who breastfed her child in a restaurant. Yes, it is entirely legal to do so in that state.
No matter what your stance is on gays, you’ve got to consider that putting up a statue commemorating Matthew Shepard’s death is pretty deplorable. Especially in his hometown. Especially when it pretty much laughs and says he went to hell. Especially when a reverand is behind it all. You can read about this pathetic miscreant imbecile and his sick plans here.
Evil Ned points us to a bit of revisionist history at Time magazine. I’ve taken the liberty of using the Wayback Machine to verify the story (this is what I came up with).
Jessica Lynch suddenly realizes that she has been used by the government (curiously after her book came out). Go figure. I’ve heard enough rips on this gal from my brother to feel that I am unworthy of speaking out about how much a disservice this whole thing has been to her, us, and – more importantly – every other soldier that was captured, injured, or killed in Iraq.
Maybe we’re all working (or trying to find work) in the wrong fields. CBS has a story about the 10 most overpaid jobs in the US.
I love this country?
Okay, let’s get a couple things straight. If you want to go be a Nazi, move out of Texas, take a rowboat out to the middle of the Atlantic and sink it.
Two, I don’t care what your politics are. Even if you are an unsavory, pompous jerk of a radio personality, race baiting is a BAD thing. Of course, he’ll increase ratings which is all that matters to the media goons. Just makes you sick to realize how far we have to go in this country.
By the way, I’ve been watching The Blues on PBS and you can still catch the last few episodes this week. I should have been hyping it all along. Good stuff.