Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Killing the kids that don’t need to die. Let those words sink in

“After eleven years, more than four hundred billion dollars spent and two thousand Americans dead, this is what we’ve built: a deeply dysfunctional, predatory Afghan state that seems incapable of standing on its own — even when we’re there.”

read more;  http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12022-bill-moyers-killing-the-kids-that-dont-need-to-die

Why the Obscenely Wealthy Whine

Romney's 47% comments are exactly what wealthy conservatives think: that they are the true victims.

read more;  http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12026-why-the-obscenely-wealthy-whine-when-they-have-it-so-good

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Romney's "47 Percent" Blunder

Obama may have failed to nail him for calling nearly half the nation parasites, and Romney may have beat a hasty retreat from the beans he spilled in a private moment among rich friends, but Americans should heed the core truth it revealed.  

read more; http://truth-out.org/news/item/12012-romneys-47-percent-blunder-reveals-the-hidden-heart-of-his-agenda

It's not easy to debate a liar

It's not easy to debate a liar,” complained an email from one observer of the first presidential debate — and there was no question about which candidate he meant. Prevarication, falsification, fabrication are all familiar tactics that have been employed by Mitt Romney without much consequence to him ever since he entered public life, thanks to the inviolable taboo in the mainstream media against calling out a liar (unless, of course, he lies about sex).

read more:  http://www.nationofchange.org/highly-debatable-big-liar-s-biggest-lies-1349788797

Monday, October 8, 2012

#1 in GREED!

Author Howard Steven Friedman compared the US with 13 competing countries on health, education, infant mortality, life expectancy and other critical social and economic indicators. He found only one in which America excels: producing billionaires.

read more;  http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11924-the-measure-of-a-nation-challenges-illusions-of-american-superiority