In today’s materialistic society, if you have money and power, you seem to have many friends. But they are not friends of yours; they are the friends of your money and power. When you lose your wealth and influence, you will find it very difficult to track these people down.
-14th Dalai Lama
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
-Stephen Leacock
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Owner(s) of bookstore, do have a heart…
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It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.
Robert Byrd
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
Henry Ford
President Obama walked out of the Debt Ceiling meeting, as Eric Cantor was being very rude. It was reported that Cantor interrupted Obama three times, while the President was wrapping things up. Canto claims that Obama stormed out, but Nancy Pelosi says that is not true, and was really pissed off on how Cantor was acting. By the way, Cantor has already walked out twice on Obama. Cantor should grow up, act like an adult, or get the hell out of Washington.
Huffington Post
President Barack Obama walked out of a contentious meeting in ongoing talks to raise the nation’s debt limit on Wednesday, an aide tells Reuters. Read more..
House Republican Paul Ryan defends his budget blueprint, medicare overhaul.
Wisconsin Rep Paul Ryan (R)
In a speech before the Economic Club of Chicago, the Wisconsin Republican maintained, “We cannot avert a debt crisis unless we directly address the rising cost of health.”
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Ryan said his plan to overhaul Medicare would “give power to deny business to inefficient providers. [Democrats] plan is to give government the power to deny care to seniors.”
When Florida Governor Rick Scott refused to take money from the Obama administration for high speed rail, he said that it would ‘create Palinsque like death panels’. He’s the same governor who said ‘that if Florida accepted the money, and built the rail line, there would be a catch to it.’ In essence, the state of Florida would end up paying for it, which was not true.
Walker of Wisconsin, came up with some lame excuse not to take the money, to improve the rail system between Milwaukee and Madison, so as to cut down on the length of time.
So the money they refused to take, along with Ohio, some of that money was awarded to Massachusetts, Maine and a couple of other states, that want to improve their rail lines.
I’m hopeful that the voters in the Republican states, either recall, or vote them out in 2012, and never to be heard from again.
Brave New Films has video about the Koch Brothers, and it kind of pisses you off when hear what the people have to say. It is also sad how the people are scrimping and saving the while the Kochs live in luxury.
Watch the video at AlterNet
What Would You Say to the Koch Brothers if You Had the Chance? | AlterNet.
Florida GOP Rep., Daniel Webster got a good earful from his constituents, concerning the Paul Ryan budget. These people are angry as hell, and here is giving
The movie Atlas Shrugged, based on the book by Ayn Rand, is not attracting the movie goers, like the Tea Party was hoping it would. Quite a few movie reviewers have already panned it as more or less a dull, boring film.
Read the article and watch Steven Colbert give his take on Ayn Rand. Guaranteed to make you laugh.
Read it at AlterNet
Ayn Rand Movie Fails in Free Market (Despite Tea Party Hype) | | AlterNet.
According an article in AlterNet, the Koch Bros, had packets given to all their employees on who to vote for, in the 2010 elections. 50,000 employees were given the packets. Also in the article, the brothers would like to see the minimum wage disappear. Nothing is beneath these guys. They’ll do just about anything to have it their own way.
“Listen to the lyrics – we’re singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people trying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!” — Buddy Guy
