Insert a Trite Metaphor for a Corral #93

Posted on April 17, 2011 in Roundup

Of all the strategies, wishing, is the worst. ~Andrew Young

My wife and I are keeping a running chart of our predictions. This week I scored a point: the Republicans voted to abolish Medicare. She says this doesn’t count until they actually get it past the Senate which they will never do. But in this land where freedom of speech means that significant political points of view won’t get heard thanks to the landslide of corporate media and [[robocalls]], I have my doubts. The founders most certainly did want to level the playing field, to prevent anyone from preventing opposing points of view from being heard. The mistake they made was that they limited the restriction to the government. Now we know the corporations need even tighter controls.

• The People’s Budget — Based on what the public wants versus what the lobbyists con the Congress into accepting. Also see Paul Krugman’s take on the president’s budget. Also check out where your taxes went.
• Learning the Right Lessons From the Budget Battle — It has nothing to do with Obama and everything to do with the Tea Party
• Obama’s Character and the Progressives Who Resent It — A capitalist mainstay defends the President’s guts in confronting Ryan face to face.
• Notes from the post-Republican underground – Dear Democratic base — A Republican by registration explains why progressives are out of their minds about Obama
• How 12 Multinational Corporations Avoid Paying Taxes — If they have enough money to buy elections, they have too much money.
• Statement & Account of Ramona Kitzinger, Waukesha Board of Canvassers member since 2004 — What really happened in Waukesha
• Millions of gallons of hazardous chemicals were injected into wells, report says — How the oil and chemicals industry is [[fracking]] things up for the rest of us
• Scientists Have New Measure for Species Threat — What will die out if we don’t act now? is the question (Goodbye Northern White Rhinos)
• Humpback Whale Songs Spread Eastward Like the Latest Pop Tune — Ah sharks. Whales are subject to fads.
• New law: A service animal can be a dog or miniature horse — No rats, snakes, or — eep! — cats need apply!
• ‘Knowing It in Your Gut’: Cross-Talk Between Human Gut Bacteria and Brain — It’s possible that there will be new ways of treating mental illness thanks to this discovery.

Drake 4/11/2011