Michael Moore: 75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy

Michael Moore: 75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy: "On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took over the facilities and occupied them for 44 days. My uncle was one of them.

The workers couldn't take the abuse from the corporation any longer. Their working conditions, the slave wages, no vacation, no health care, no overtime -- it was do as you're told or get tossed onto the curb.

So on the day before New Year's Eve, emboldened by the recent re-election of Franklin Roosevelt, they sat down on the job and refused to leave. "

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The Housing Bubble and the Big Lie | Mother Jones

The Housing Bubble and the Big Lie | Mother Jones: "So this is how the Big Lie works.

You begin with a hypothesis that has a certain surface plausibility. You find an ally whose background suggests that he’s an “expert”; out of thin air, he devises “data.” You write articles in sympathetic publications, repeating the data endlessly; in time, some of these publications make your cause their own. Like-minded congressmen pick up your mantra and invite you to testify at hearings."

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Nullification Makes a Comeback | Mother Jones

Nullification Makes a Comeback | Mother Jones: "Republicans are refusing to allow votes on President Obama's nominee to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and on his nominees to fill vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board. In both cases, the Republican refusal is explicity aimed at shutting down these agencies. In the case of the CFPB, it's because the law that created it gives certain powers to its director, and without a director those powers can't be exercised."

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For Georgia to have a fair tax structure, income tax on the wealthiest should increase | SaportaReport

For Georgia to have a fair tax structure, income tax on the wealthiest should increase | SaportaReport: "The income tax “is the biggest detractor to bringing jobs to Georgia,” according to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bill Heath (R-Bremen). This narrative is as common as it is incorrect.

Economic evidence simply doesn’t support such a claim. For one thing, Georgia is a low tax state to begin with – 49th in per person tax share nationwide – yet Georgia has lost more jobs than almost any other state. Two states that have no personal income tax – Florida and Nevada – were among the hardest hit by the Great Recession, while supposedly“high tax” states such as Minnesota and Vermont fared much better."

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SOPA is the end of us, say bloggers - Tim Mak - POLITICO.com

SOPA is the end of us, say bloggers - Tim Mak - POLITICO.com: "“The dynamic is clear. Once SOPA — and its Senate counterpart, Protecting IP Act, or PIPA — became high-profile among the Internet community, the lazy endorsements from companies and various hangers-on became toxic. And now, those supporters are scrambling, hollowing out the actual support for the bill. Suddenly, a bill with ‘widespread’ corporate support doesn’t have much support at all,”"

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Archbishop queries bankers' bonuses - UK, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Archbishop queries bankers' bonuses - UK, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk: ""Can it be right that public sector workers, and those who work in British industry, face losing their jobs when those high earners in the banking sector who helped cause the economic crisis not only keep their jobs but rake in massive bonuses?

"We have created a situation where many people live in relative poverty while others have far more than they can ever hope to spend.

"In fact, the divide between the wages of the rich and the poor is growing in nearly all of the world's leading economies."

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Andy Ostroy: What Our Young Folks Need to Know About Ron Paul

Andy Ostroy: What Our Young Folks Need to Know About Ron Paul: "folks need to go back and read the Ron Paul Political Report and the Ron Paul Survival Report from about 1989-1994 to gain further insight into the radical extremist mind of the candidate who's winning their hearts. Here are some examples of his incendiary remarks:

-"Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."

-"If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be."

-"Order was only restored in L.A. (after the riots) when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks."

-"We don't think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such.""

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