Archive for January 8, 2012
Climate Change v. Tomorrow’s Weather
If you run into someone who watches Fox and they tell you it’s going to be cold tomorrow so there’s no such thing as climate change, send them a link to this elegantly simple video:
God Leads Tim Tebow to AFC Playoff Win
The Denver Broncos just won the first tier of the AFC playoff games with a 70+ yard run back after a pass from Tim Tebow.
Tebow, of course, did “The Tebow,”
Photo: AP
immediately afterward, embellishing it with a few fist bumps to the ground in a you-go-god-thank-you kind of way.
I thinks it’s the ultimate in arrogance on Tebow’s part (and the ultimate insult to god) if Tebow really believes god has so little to do that he’s hanging around on one guy’s shoulder (Tebow’s), helping him win a dang football game.
Come on.
When Mitt Romney Rode Into Town
Ouch. Here’s the trailer for a new 30-minute, anti-Romney film titled “When Mitt Romney Came to Town.” The pro-Gingrich PAC, “Winning Our Future” just bought the rights to it.
Capitalism made America great – free markets, innovation, hard work – the building blocks of the American Dream. But in the wrong hands some of those dreams can turn into nightmares. This film is about one raider and his firm and how they destroyed that dream for thousands of Americans and their families – Mitt Romney and Bain Capital.
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It is going to be interesting to see how much attention Romney’s “work” at Bain Capital gets. Because of what he did there, I think he is exactly the wrong candidate for today. I don’t know if anyone’s done any polling on it but I would imagine corporate raiders are pretty darn low on the popularity list and that’s exactly what Romney was. How in the world is it possible , in this day and age, that a guy who made millions streamlining companies by cutting their work force is doing as well as Romney is? I don’t get it. It must be the anyone-but-Obama phenomenon.
NBC’s David Gregory Wants Americans to “Feel Pain”
I’m coming down from watching this morning’s GOP presidential “debate” on NBC/MSNBC, hosted by the elitist 1%er, David Gregory. During the first 15-minutes, Gregory seemed obsessed with hearing what the candidates would cut (as in Medicare and Social Security), repeatedly asking both Santorum and Huntsman what cuts they would make that “will make Americans feel pain,” and then, “What do Americans have to learn to live with less of?”
Seems to me we Americans are already feeling pain due to the games the banksters and the corporate elite played with our economy. The people who should feel “pain” and do the time are the people who committed the crime. Then again, I don’t suppose we can expect that perspective from Mr. Inside-the-Beltway Gregory, a guy who’s married to a lawyer whose expertise is defending white collar criminals…like banksters.
UPDATE: An hour after putting up this post, I come across this:
Bonus battles: Disgruntled bankers threaten to sue or walk
Wall Street bankers are fuming about the prospect of paltry payouts come bonus time — and plan to go nuclear.
They’re taking their cues from their disgruntled brethren in London, who are eyeing lawsuits to regain their over-the-top pay. Here at Jefferies Group, a group of brokerage executives reportedly threatened management that they would walk away from the firm if their year-end compensation was not up to par with The Street.
This hubris is just the beginning of much more to come as the downtrodden banking industry gets ready to dole out the most meager bonuses since the 2008 financial crisis.
Let’s talk about these guys feelin’ some pain David.
