“…under George W. Bush, the price of gasoline increased from $1.60 per gallon when he took office in January 2001 to $4.40 per gallon in July 2008, a jump of 275 percent.” – GOP Deceptions About Gas Prices (via azspot)
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Shit Mitt Romney says
“I’m not a stooge. I’m a person who wants fair pay for a fair day’s work. And I want a say … I’m a union employee and I just take total offense to this.” — Union member to Mitt Romney this morning, after he called President Obama’s NLRB appointments “union stooges.”
Being the wealthy son of a former Michigan governor, who didn’t have to be drafted into the Vietnam War because of prior commitments he had in France, Romney was probably a little confused by this plebeian’s idea of “fair pay for a fair day’s work” — especially when it doesn’t involve firing other people, handing out pink slips, closing down companies while pocketing profits (and off-shoring those profits to avoid taxes), followed by a long, relaxing country club lunch…
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Pat Buchanan FINALLY crossed a line with MSNBC: won’t be allowed back on the network
Seriously, finally! Because it’s not like this book reveals anything new about Pat Buchanan. Maybe all the complaints finally reached an actionable level with MSNBC.
MSNBC Ousts Contributor Pat Buchanan Over Racist Book | Conservative contributor Pat Buchanan’s tenure at MSNBC may have finally come to an end. AP reports that MSNBC president Phil Griffin has indicated the controversial former presidential candidate will not be allowed back on the network after the release of his latest book. “Suicide of a Superpower” has been roundly condemned for its racially-charged content, including chapters titled “The End of White America” and “The Death of Christian America.” Griffin said, “When Pat was on his book tour, because of the content of the book, I didn’t think it should be part of the national dialogue much less part of the dialogue on MSNBC.”
You can find some quotes from “Suicide of A Superpower” at TPM. Here are a couple:
From the chapter “‘The White Party’”:
What the above points to is a strategy from which Republicans will recoil, a strategy to increase the GOP share of the white Christian vote and increase the turnout of that vote by specific appeals to social, cultural, and moral issues, and for equal justice for the emerging white minority. If the GOP is not the party of New Haven firefighter Frank Ricci and Cambridge cop James Crowley, it has no future. And although Howard Dean disparages the Republicans as the “white party,” why should Republicans be ashamed to represent the progeny of the men who founded, built, and defended America since her birth as a nation?
On the segregation era:
Perhaps some of us misremember the past. But the racial, religious, cultural, social, political, and economic divides today seem greater than they seemed even in the segregation cities some of us grew up in.
Back then, black and white lived apart, went to different schools and churches, played on different playgrounds, and went to different restaurants, bars, theaters, and soda fountains. But we shared a country and a culture. We were one nation. We were Americans.
Ah, memories! What a magical, patriotic, fun, sexy time that was for America…
“I think it’s dangerous, this class warfare.” — Mitt Romney on #OccupyWallStreet
(via: The Caucus) Not coincidentally, Mittens has become a favorite of Wall Street donors.
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The social benefits of the postal service and what they risk losing by the end of the week
How well do you know your mailman? With the U.S. Postal Service projecting a $9 billion deficit for the fiscal year, the agency is asking Congress to take immediate action so as to prevent it from going into default. Learn more about how much a mail carrier makes per year and what kind of benefits they risk losing if Congress does not act by the end of this week.
Last week, Simon van Zuylen-Wood wrote that the two-century-old agency also provides considerable social benefits. In a 2010 study by the Urban Institute, crime rates are higher in areas without post offices. The study also found that postal workers tend to watch out for suspicious activity and are frequently the ones to dial 911 in an emergency. In fact, out of 1700 missing persons cases tracked by the institute, 179 were solved thanks to a local post office. Let’s hope Congress sees the benefits as clearly as we do.
Courtesy of eHow.com (via: thenewrepublic)
