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Monthly Archives: October 2011
How Rich Are the Top One Percent?
How Unequal We Are: The Top 5 Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans By Zaid Jilani on Oct 3, 2011, at Think Progress Source: http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ As the ongoing occupation of Wall Street by hundreds of protesters enters … Continue reading
BPR Quote of the Day: Journalism?
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.” Oscar Wilde
The Painful Truth
America’s Exploding Pipe Dream October 28, 2011 The New York Times By CHARLES M. BLOW We are slowly — and painfully — being forced to realize that we are no longer the America of our imaginations. Our greatness was not … Continue reading
How Stable Is the Economy, Really?
Americans: Awash In Spin by Paul Craig Roberts A former U.S.Treasury official weighs in……. Facts Don’t Count… I have come to the conclusion that Big Brother’s subjects in George Orwell’s 1984 are better informed than Americans. Americans have no idea why they … Continue reading
Posted in economy
Tagged Debt, EU, European Central Bank, European Union, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Paul Craig Roberts, Portugal, Spain
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Common Ground
from Dare to Demand (Facebook)
BPR Quote of the Day: Insanity Is the Rule
“Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche
The Elite Class: “Too Big to Jail”
Glenn Greenwald explains the how and why the elites have escaped accountability, beginning with the pardon of Richard Nixon. From Firedog Lake TV
Posted in Occupy Wall Street, protests
Tagged Alan Grayson, Nixon pardon, Rachel Maddow, Richard Nixon
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BPR Quote of the Day: Why Are They Picking on Us?
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan speaking to employees in North Carolina, spoke about how “incensed” he feels about public criticism about his company: “I, like you, get a little incensed when you think about how much good all of … Continue reading
The Biggest Issue?
A simple but powerful animated video explaining how corporations have hijacked American democracy, and what can be done to restore it. from storyofstuff.org/citizensunited/
Posted in elections, government, politics
Tagged campaign finance reform, Citizens United, corporations, democracy, public financing, Supreme Court
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