Headlines that tell their own story

France approved a 3% extra tax on the wealthy as part of its deficit reduction package; this comes just days after some of the country's wealthiest citizens asked for a tax increase 

The War on Drugs Is Senseless - The war on drugs is a failure. It has failed to prevent drug abuse. It has failed to keep drugs out of the hands of addicts. It has failed to keep drugs away from teenagers. It has failed to reduce the demand for drugs. 

Texas Legislators and Christian Groups Fight to Insert God Into Vets' Funerals -- Against Families' Wishes--Christian military groups are suing the VA to force families to include prayer during the burial services of veterans. 

  

The Tea Party moves to ban books. As the Tea Party looks more and more like the old religious right, censoring what children can read in school is on the agenda

NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the ONLY ONE standing up to the Obama/Wall St. plan to let the corrupt bankers of with a minor fee for their role in the financial collapse. SEND HIM A MESSAGE, SHOW SOME SUPPORT.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to invest $5 billion in Bank of America, stocks up 17%. For those saying he should just write a bigger check, he just saved us from having to pay for the inevitable bailout.

US teachers put in longest work week of all the world's teachers 

US Public School Teachers Spend $1.3 Billion Out of Pocket on Classroom Materials

"A state grants to a [corporation] the blessings of potentially perpetual life and limited liability...It might reasonably be concluded that those properties, so beneficial in the economic sphere, pose special dangers in the political sphere" - Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist

Headlines that tell a story all on their own...

Pres. Woodrow Wilson on evolution in 1912:"that of course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised."

Ben Stein on Bill O'Reilly last night: “Mr. O’Reilly, sir, there is no correlation of raising taxes and unemployment. If you can show it to me, I’ll eat your shoe.”  


GOP leadership is coming out in opposition to Obama's proposal to extend the payroll tax cut. The clear, unavoidable message: Americans workers should pay more taxes, while the rich should pay less. 

While Michele Bachmann fights and opposes anti-bullying campaigns, a 19 year old college student was beaten to death Bachmann's hometown of Waterloo, Iowa this weekend. Witnesses say Marcellus Richard Andrew's attackers shouted anti-gay slurs while kicking him in the head to death  

Headlines that tell a story all on their own...

“Nearly half of… mega-donors received hefty business contracts, tax breaks or appointments under Perry”

 

 FDR Went to Wisconsin to Battle "Economic Royalists" but Obama Avoids the State and the Fight

 

Pentagon Eyes Slashing Military Pensions - "a radical proposal to overhaul retirement for the nation's 1.4 million service members, once a bedrock guarantee of military service." 

 

 Michele Bachmann fail: "Let's all say happy birthday to Elvis Presley today!" (today's the 34th anniversary of his death) 

(And as the leader in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, she's an embarrassment to our country.)

 

Has our bloated security budget made us safer? - We've spent nearly $8 trillion on counterterrorism since 9/11. It's time to assess the results.

 

Political headlines (links) that tell a story all by themselves.

Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry aren't just devout—both have deep ties to a fringe fundamentalist movement known as Dominionism, which says Christians should rule the world.

Warren Buffet in NYT op-ed: "We mega-rich should not continue to get extraordinary tax breaks while most Americans struggle to make ends meet." "My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice."

Rick Perry's Texas has the highest rate of people without health insurance at 25%; Texas also ranks 47th in the country for the level of state spending on education; Texas has the highest rate for the levels of toxic chemicals released into the water and carcinogens released into the air 


44 percent of Social Security recipients, 41 percent of military veterans, 43 percent of unemployment recipients, 40 percent of Medicare recipients, 43 percent of college Pell Grant recipients and 27 percent of welfare recipients all said they had never used a government social program. 
(How many times have we said it? You can't fix stupid (ignorance).

Headline links.

Republicans directly to blame for S&P credit downgrade

 

 100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Republican

 

Pawlenty drops out of GOP race.

Headlines that tell a story all on their own...

Eisenhower cut defence spending 27% overall, Nixon 29%, Bush Sr 17% and Reagan 10%. The great exception to the rule is George W. Bush, who increased spending by an astonishing 70%during his tenure.

The Voices Faulting G.O.P. Economic Policies Are Growing Louder.

S.F subway operators temporarily shut down cell service in four downtown stations to interfere with a protest over the fatal shooting by a BART police officer

America Is In Decline Because Of The Institutionalization Of Stupidity

There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” - Warren Buffett

 Barney Frank Questions the Questions at NPR. Q: The biggest part of the federal budget is entitlements... FRANK answer: No, wrong. I'm sorry. The Defense budget is bigger than Medicare, and Social Security is, in fact, self-financing, still is.

Some headlines in the news

Bachmann Called out on Hardball by 17 Year Old Kid for Lying about Nobel Laureates Supporting Creationism

In one state now, it is official: health care is "a right and not a privilege." Vermont has broken through the barrier set up by those opposed to cost-efficient, single-payer systems and, now, has a law that commits the state to providing health care to all its residents.

"While our soldiers are overseas fighting for our freedoms, Republicans are safely at home, fighting to take them away." - Jon Stewart

Louisiana House Bill 645 - Formerly House Bill 587; The bill would outlaw all forms of abortion, even if it is medically necessary to save the mother’s life.

Members of the House of Representatives outperform the average stock-market investor by 55 basis points a month, or 0.55 percentage points, insider trading? You betcha.

After 205 days in control of the House, Republicans finally release a jobs plan. Step 1: Tax cuts for the rich. Step 2: Drill, Baby, Drill 

TSA Harasses Two Texas Wounded Veterans at Airport with War Shrapnel in their Bodies .. The TSA agents responded to the men having set off metal detectors by interrogating them about what they were hiding in their bodies. “What are you hiding in your face?” screamed one.

US Congressman Joe Walsh (R-IL) says Obama was only elected because he's an "articulate black man" who exploited "white guilt"
 

CBO: Ryan plan saves gov't $600 in spending for the average 65 year-old, but doubles the person's out-of-pocket (from $6,150 to 12,500) and increases healthcare spending in total on the patient by 40%. 

Headlines that might spike your interest...

Arne Duncan's Open Letter Makes Teachers Furious. Many teachers hold Duncan’s policies accountable for the public disrespect now directed at teachers in the media. They’ve learned to respond to what he does, not what he says.

Video of Stephen Colbert's hilarious speech outside the FEC

Arizona Rep. Carl Seel was supposed to propose an amendment to hold lenders accountable in foreclosure situations, but at the last minute he didn't. At the same time the principal on his mortgage was reduced by more than 50%.

Rachel Maddow: "Ron Paul Believes Businesses Should Be Allowed To Put Up A 'NO BLACKS' Sign!"

Health Insurers Collecting Record Profits, Yet Demand Double-Digit Rate Increases. You'll Never Guess Why!

Ron Paul on property rights: The government shouldn't be allowed to tell you that you have to serve black people; but a state should be allowed to force a woman to have a baby, even if a rapist is the father.

More interesting reading found in Reddit headlines...

How Goldman Sachs Created the Food Crisis. 

Osama bin Laden's American legacy: He failed in changing the Arab world, but succeeded in enticing Americans to destroy our own values 

Wisconsin Democratic Party challenges recall petitions against 3 senators - "hundreds if not thousands of invalid signatures in recall drives targeting three Democratic state senators"

New report exposes far-right billionaire-led, religious right war on public education--through voucher schemes, which originated as a racist strategy to fight school desegregation.

Some interesting headlines seen on Redit

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David Koch complains that Obama is getting credit for bin Laden's death when all he did was make the decision. So, billionaire CEO, doesn't that mean that most of Koch Industries profits deserve to go to its laborers, since you're just making the decisions and not doing the work?

Bernie Sanders: "The USA is the only nation in the industrialized world that doesn't guarantee health care. As the richest become richer and the poorest become poorer, the Republicans propose a trillion dollars to the very rich, and to cut all kinds of programs for the most vulnerable people" 


USA is number 1

Military interrogator: Torture 'slowed down' effort to find Bin Laden  


Wisconsin Supreme Court voting procedures found to be in serious violation of the state's laws.


GOP senators vow to block any nominee for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because they say the Bureau has too much power to protect consumers.