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Comments about politics
They shut down the ports:
Port of Oakland shut down
Day of action results in at least 27 arrests in three cities
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/13/port_of_oakland_shut_down/singleton/
Never mind that those most hurt are the 99% who are trying to pay their bills! It …
What a great police state we have!
Busted for Tweeting
Police escalation in New York as my brother and 17 other people are arrested for observing an occupation
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/13/busted_for_tweeting/singleton/…
Is it time to embrace climate change?
Some scientist believe we’ve already created a new geological epoch — and it may not be a bad thing
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/13/is_it_time_to_embrace_climate_change/singleton/
Reading the comments was quite instructive. It seems the clear tilt is against …
Poll: Voters want to throw ’em out
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/09/poll-voters-want-to-throw-em-out/?hpt=hp_bn3
Sounds like a clear referendum on Congress, eh?
……76 percent of voters said most members of Congress do not deserve to be re-elected, the highest percentage Gallup measured in 19 years of
From a Democrat!
Why the GOP field is so weak
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/08/opinion/carville-gop-field/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
It is a very sad litany, but the really really sad thing is one of these clowns probably has at least a 50% chance of becoming President!…
What real education reform looks like
Teachers unions aren’t the problem. Poverty and punitive funding formulas for poor schools are
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/09/what_real_education_reform_looks_like/singleton/
Staggeringly obvious, to me at least. If a school has comparatively fewer funds, it does a comparatively poorer job …
Whose army is it?
The 99 percent has become dangerously removed from the military-industrial complex that controls our remote wars
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/08/whose_army_is_it/singleton/
I guess there are some small upsides to a draftee army, at least the 1% have to make a …
US: Edging closer towards war with Iran?
The biggest problem for the US is not Iran getting a nuclear weapon and testing it, but getting it and not using it.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/201112411011569936.html
What am amazing thing! In order to get clear …
The higher ed bubble is bursting, so what comes next?
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/12/sunday-reflection-higher-ed-bubble-bursting-so-what-comes-next/1969376
I like this quote best:
……homeownership and college aren’t causes of middle-class status, they’re markers for possessing the kinds of traits — self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc.
Police state this, police state that, I run on and on and on about it. I will probably finally stop droning on about it at some point because I will be arrested for having droned on so much about it, …