Concerned about the growing divide between the rich and poor, between the well-paid and poorly-paid? Well, Fed chief Ben Bernanke has the solution: go get yourself a better education, you fool!
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Feeling the wage stagnation pinch? Go get some education, you slackard, you!Concerned about the growing divide between the rich and poor, between the well-paid and poorly-paid? Well, Fed chief Ben Bernanke has the solution: go get yourself a better education, you fool! Running Out Of Lies And Liars: Bush Running Low On BothApparently, it may tougher to attack Iran than may be possible, especially with The Chimpster running out of excuses...and alibi artists... Mary Cheney, committed right wing conservative except for issues affecting herOdd how those judgmental right wing values seem fine to people who aren't the targets of the disgust, but seem kind of...wrong when the right winger becomes the target. Take Mary Cheney (please). Only Cheney would lack the resources to leak infoI know Dick Cheney is an easy target, but come on, this borders on the ridiculous! Paying for attacks on UN climate reportIf you work for, or are beholden to, a gigantic oil company, how do you go about attacking the climate report issued Friday which finds global warming to be even worse than previously thought? Easy, you just offer a "financial incentive" to scientists to attack the report. For Bush appointees, can the investigations be far behind?Yet another one. The Bush-appointee heading the General Services Administration is now under investigation by two bodies for her actions in handing a $20,000 no-bid contract to her personal friend who, just by coincidence, wasn't eligible for a no-bid contract. Quote of the day:According to the Learning and Skills Council, one teenager in seven hopes to become famous by appearing on reality television.Anonymous sidebar on Reality Television in the United Kingdom, the Jan 27-Feb 2 Economist magazine, page 57. [Given the rate at which these damn shows are proliferating, is that expectation all that unrealistic?] Mona Charen on the Libby case--Amnesiac-at-large?Mona Charen finds the Libby case "a farce and an outrage." I've got those nobody loves me, everybody loathes me, I'm just a millionaire CEO bluesHey, if Neil Cavuto can pen an ode to the unappreciated rich, then why can't National Review's Rich Lowry wax eloquent about the poor, unappreciated CEOs of the world? Even the White House doesn't think the health care tax deduction will do muchThe White House's idea of health insurance reform--the $7,500/$15,000 "standard" tax deduction for having health insurance--certainly isn't intended to be the answer to rising health care costs, if you believe The Economist magazine. |
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