No, really, give it a listen.
Let there be LEDs – CBS News
It occurs to me that if today’s GOP were in charge a century ago, we’d never have been allowed to drive cars. The Luddites apparently hate progress in all forms, including light bulbs.
This, of course, after they are their corporate cronies helped destroy the Eastern European light bulb industry that was once capable of making long-lasting incandescent bulbs. Oops!
For One Ala. Farmer, Workers Are Still Scarce : NPR
Individually, I might feel bad for some of Alabama’s farmers. Not all of them got on board with the “let’s vilify brown people” program. All in all though, I am glad to see their economy suffer. If you reap hatred, go ahead and sow it by yourselves, you bastards.
BBC News – Bethlehem shepherds giving up watching flocks
Who would have thought that the job of a Bethlehem shepherd would be a dying art?
Granted, there are probably more reasons than the article gives, but still another sign of our modernizing times.
Vice President: This is what a real opportunity society looks like | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com
This is what pisses off Republicans like Mitt Romney. Some Americans want to stand up for opportunity. Others want folks to let them grab all the gold they can without responsibility.
I know I give a damn about hope more than greed. How about you?
The Best Hike On Mars You’ll Ever Take : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
Your tax dollars truly at work.
Daily Kos: Mitt Romney: Joe Biden’s vision of dignity and opportunity is ‘a fantasyland’
Mitt Romney hates the American Dream and democracy. Don’t believe me? Read this.
And to think he’s the “sane” GOP choice these days.
What $40 Means to Americans Across the Country | The White House
The House GOP doesn’t care about you. Want proof? They supposed no-taxes party has already derailed plans to tax millionaires to pay for unemployment extensions and tax cuts for middle class families.
Now they won’t pass a bill to do either thing if they can’t get a guarantee on an oil pipeline that will only benefit foreign oil companies.
What does another $40 in your paycheck mean to you? Tell the White House so they can share your story.
The Great Republican Crackup: How Angry, White, Southern Men Took Over the GOP and Made Our Government Into a War Zone | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
In short, everything you already suspected about the most rabid members of the GOP, but with some trendy that shows you you far from reality those particular goons are.
Bankers Join Billionaires to Debunk ‘Imbecile’ Attack on Top 1% – Bloomberg
Read this. Be as sickened as I am.
I have said this time and time again. This isn’t – to me anyway – anything about class warfare.
Go ahead, get rich. Actually, scratch that.
Go ahead, provide goods and services. Honorably, with respect and consideration for the potential benefits AND harm you may cause. Be a good citizen AND a good vendor.
If that makes you rich, then great!
Now that you are rich, are you going to gamble your wealth on the market? If so, are you going to do so without jeopardizing commodity markets or lumping your cash in with a bunch of retiree pensions and possibly screw with people’s wallets, food supplies, and futures?
If so, go ahead, invest, make money. PAY TAXES ON THE EARNINGS! Not 15%, pay what you would if you actually WORKED for it. Hell, it is beyond fair to do so.
And when people wake up to the fact that rich people and corporations buy more and more political power as they pay less and less into the public coffers and are pissed about it, be a smidge sensitive to the anger.
Don’t take it so personally. Realize you are lumped in with thieves.
And, if you don’t care for that company, either do something about it or shut the hell up.
Mother Jones has some more on billionaires trying to silence their opponents.