07 March 2012 ~ Comments Off

‘Job creation’ behind closed doors

By Odd Man Out

'Job creation' can mean all sorts of things, as Paul Muni demonstrates.

I guess we’re supposed to feel good about Barack Obama’s meetings with CEOs, even though they’re always held in private, and with no representatives of working people present. More here.

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26 January 2012 ~ 1 Comment

Prince of players

At one point in the State of the Union address, emphasizing the importance of closing the gap between the haves and have-nots, Obama said, “You can call this class warfare all you want. Most Americans would call that common sense.”

So succinct. So impassioned. So bogus.

More here.

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23 September 2011 ~ Comments Off

‘Liberal’ media, Wall Street thick as thieves

So what would it take to compel reporters from, say, The New York Times to travel a few blocks to cover the latest phase of the class war that’s been going on in America for thirty years?

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21 September 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Belated populist rhetoric from the big chief

I wish I could believe the president has had a change of heart rather than a political panic attack.

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08 August 2011 ~ Comments Off

A no-class-system-in-America joke

An oldie-but-goodie, found on the Internet: These two English professors run into each other and start shooting the breeze

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