Economic Lesson in Hip-Hop
A fictional hip-hop battle over economics between Lord Keynes and Friedrich Hayek.
ENJOY!
Hip-Hop Ecomonic Lesson
Space Shuttle Discovery Launch
Amazing how beat up Discovery’s underside looked.
The United States is in a Civil War
The United States of America is involved in a civil war. Sadly, most of the population is not aware of the war raging around them. It is a war for the heart and soul of America and the American dream.
On the left side of the Koch-Kennedy line are millions of ordinary folks. They only want the chance to work, and to work at a decent wage. They want to be able to raise families, pay their bills, get reasonable healthcare, and to not fear old age as a time poverty and sickness. As a bonus they want to be able to have a savings so that they do not have to live paycheck to paycheck. Ideally, there is enough money left over after this for some recreation. Perhaps it is just me, but I do not see these as unreasonable desires. There are roughly 280,000,000 folks that probably fit into this category, about 90% of our population.
On the right side of the Koch-Kennedy line Continue reading “The United States is in a Civil War”
We Can’t Make It Here Anymore
This song and video pretty much nails the American malaise. It is a little dated as Bush is the president, but the sentiments still work.
I have several disappointments with Obama, one of the biggest is that he has not gotten us out of these wars. Another is that he seems to be in the pocket of the korporate overlords.
Senator Bernie Sanders Guide To Corporate Freeloaders
This chart is from the Moveon.org website…
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The Power of Words
Maybe it was just me, but this brought a bit of a lump to my jaded throat.
Calculate Where Your Tax Dollars Go
The link below is a page on the whitehouse.gov website that will calculate where
your tax dollars go based on what you have paid in or some common income levels. I found it very interesting and informative to see how my tax bill is divided up.
Your 2010 Federal Taxpayer Receipt
I think we need to quit our bellyaching about Foreign Aid and a bunch of other smaller programs. Their bite on the Federal budget is minimal.
Below is a link to a somewhat pessimistic article about the tax calculator form Slate.com
Can I Get a Receipt for That? An idealistic—and probably hopeless—plan to educate Americans about the budget by sending them itemized “tax receipts.
Obama the Betrayer
I am not alone in thinking Obama is a wolf in sheep’s clothing…
“Tragically, Obama’s lasting legacy will have been to create a wave of cynicism and disillusionment and to have squandered a genuine opportunity for progressive social change.” ~~ Harold Jacobs:
Bought and Paid for
I got what I expected from Bush so I will not claim disappointment. I had some small degree of hope for Obama. Continue reading “Obama the Betrayer”
Harold Camping Predicting World Ends May 21, 2011
I’m not buying it thank you very much. But if you do… Please donate all your worldly goods to me. Contact me and I will give you the particulars on how to do so!!!!
Judgment Day, May 21, 2011, The Bible Guarantees It.
Rapture Day Parties by American Atheists
It is funny. Apparently, it is really hard to shed oneself of the vestiges of one’s upbringing. The Southern Baptist religion I was brought up in is full of guilt and damnation with nearly every human action sinful. In it the vast majority of humanity is going to suffer eternal damnation in a fiery pit. I know they talk about Christ’s love and all that, but that is not the message I took away.
I think this Harold Camping fellow is totally bonkers, as I do of most religions. I understand the impulse to be religious, but IMHO opinion none of the religions hold up under scrutiny. YET, I feel a tinge of guilt or fear making fun of Camping and this rapture mania in general. The human mind is a strange critter at best.