"As long as the special interests pay to elect the pols, we will have government of the special interests, by the special interests, and for the special interests". - Molly Ivins
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
AzR - Thank You, Steve (Tribute to Steve Jobs made entirely of Mac sounds)
"Every instrument, including drums, has been sampled from a Mac product, tuned by ear, and replayed in the context of the song."
Reagan asks crowd whether millionaires should be paying more or less in taxes than a bus driver
In a June 6, 1985 speech at Northside High School in Atlanta, Georgia, then President Ronald Reagan explained that tax loopholes allowing a millionaire to pay lower taxes than a bus driver were “crazy,” because they allowed the “truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share.”
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Banksters,
Greed,
Reagan,
Wall Street
Robin Hood Tax on bank transactions could raise hundreds of billions for public services and to tackle poverty and climate change
Adbusters, which initiated the original call to Occupy Street, is now calling for global marches on October 29 in favor of a 1 percent 'Robin Hood tax' on all financial transactions and currency trades. If you are unfamiliar with the Robin Hood tax, this film with Bill Nighy from RobinHoodTax.org explains...
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Banksters,
OccupyWallStreet,
Wall Street
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Paul Krugman: How Occupy Wall Street Is Refocusing America
16 Oct 2011: "We are just three years after the greatest banking crisis since the 1930s. I think it was brought on by excesses on the part of the financial industry and the financial industry was bailed out at the public’s expense and risk and yet we’re still in an economic crisis. And somehow the discussion of who are these guys, why are we supporting them, why haven’t they paid more for this, what are the reforms that’s going to stop this from happening again, all that disappeared from the debate."
Labels:
Banksters,
Corporatism,
OccupyWallStreet,
Wall Street
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
John Lennon quote for Occupy Wall Street
"When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor." - John Lennon
Labels:
Banksters,
Corporatism,
Fascism,
Middle Class Collapse
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: the next viral video
DC Douglas has put together a brilliant 3-minute video which boils down the situation and just what the hell should be done about it.
Friday, October 07, 2011
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Monday, October 03, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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