Insert a Trite Metaphor for a Corral #90

Posted on March 27, 2011 in Roundup

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.– Benjamin Franklin

Though Libya and Japan remained concerns for me, I paid especial attention to the constitutional crisis now afflicting the country made possible by the takeover of the Supreme Court, the Congress, and various legislatures by the Tea Party. Top among my concerns for the 2012 election is the widening rift between rich and poor. I do not think the Founding Fathers would have approved of our current economic state and the idea that corporations have become powers beyond the reach of states. I voted to stop this and will again in 2012. Will you?

• 15 Mind-blowing facts about Wealth and Inequality in America Also check out this article on the true relationship of Christianity and tax cuts.
• Stop Corporate Tax Dodging: Talking points and background information — Open your wallet. You probably have more in it than many corporations pay in taxes. Close down Ugland House!
• Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back — Another valuable article from The Nation
• The War on Elizabeth Warren is a war on corporate accountability
• Remembering the Triangle Factory Fire 100 years later — Some say the New Deal was born this day. The Tea Party is working hard to strip this legacy away. Also here
• Narrative of Suffering — If you met John Boehner suffering on the sidewalk, what would you do?
• Abusing Open Records to Attack Academic Freedom — A law that Scott Walker himself refused to obey
• 5 “Awesome” New Inventions that you will never hear about — The first item is very disturbing: a helmet that will control soldiers’ brains. Imagine soldiers who will not care if they fire upon civilians or even their own people. WRONG.
• Liberalism, Conservatism, and Insanity — Lock me up because I believe that peace beats war and respect for all those born in these United States beats hating them once they leave the womb?
• It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know — What the article doesn’t mention is that you can stop the tracking by switching your phone off or by not using the GPS
• Is Radiation Panic Contaminating Your Life? 5 Ways to Detox from the Fear
• GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits — While at the same time, forbidding audits of the wreckers of our economy
• Jimmy Wong wants to give Alexandra Wallace “A Big Hug” — One way to confront a racist
• Stop Federal Funding of Fox News — No taxes. Which means you have more in your wallet than they have contributed to fighting the deficit. ~We all have to do our part.~
• 3 states seek to kick habit of raising cig taxes — Yes, bring back nicotine addiction! It brings in the bucks! (Ick!)
• Top Ten Sausages from History — Get your mind out of the gutter, OK?
• Baby Dolphin trapped in flooded rice field — Nice picture here of the man rescuing it
• The Wrong Kind of Talk Therapy — Sometimes net reviews just aren’t appropriate
• Depression Drugs — SSRIs — May Reorganize Brain Plasticity

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