The real scandal is that: The IRS has interpreted our tax laws to allow big corporations and wealthy individuals to make unlimited secret campaign donations through sham political fronts called “social welfare organizations,” like Karl Rove’s “Crossroads,” the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and “Priorites USA.” This campaign money has been used to bribe Congress to keep in place tax loopholes like the “carried interest” rule that allows the managers of hedge funds and private equity funds to treat their income as capital gains, subject only to low capital gains taxes rather than ordinary income taxes, and other loopholes that allow CEOs to get special tax treatment on giant compensation packages that now average $10 million a year.
Increasingly, abortion has become a privilege reserved for residents of affluent states.
Hi folks!
- I’m here, just busy
- Going to throw some links your way and try to make more time for political ranting tomorrow
- I promise my silence isn’t some kind of anti-Yahoo! protest
- Because honestly, could they really do a worse job than Karp?
- Maybe we’ll be able to reply to replies and reblog Asks now! Fingers crossed!
The other point…which we’re not hearing frequently or loudly enough…is a real scandal: ‘the social welfare tax exemption is being used by existing 501(c)(4) organizations, including some very large ones, to promote partisan political interests—the very activity Congress has explicitly prohibited for a century.’ In other words, Karl Rove and Crossroads. This is a serious issue, one deserving of investigation. But Republicans could be biting off more than they can chew if it causes a bright light to be shone on how politically partisan organizations, like Rove’s, are exploiting the law.
In not too many years, Texas could switch from being all Republican to all Democrat. If that happens, no Republican will ever again win the White House. New York and California are for the foreseeable future unalterably Democrat. If Texas turns bright blue, the Electoral College math is simple … The Republican Party would cease to exist. We would become like the Whig Party. Our kids and grandkids would study how this used to be a national political party. ‘They had Conventions, they nominated Presidential candidates. They don’t exist anymore.
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Ted Cruz [R-TX]
Guys like Ted are oblivious to how they themselves are destroying the GOP.
(via liberalsarecool)
C’MON TEXAS MAKE IT HAPPEN
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If giving bad intelligence about a terrorist attack for a few days is a scandal. Imagine if you did that for years to justify a war.
furthest-city-light said: I love your blog, but I would have to unfollow you if you brought back my French class nightmares by using “vous.”
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Honestly, I would unfollow me for bringing back memories of French class.
gonetoglasgow:
This is simultaneously the best and the worst thing I have ever seen
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA remember when that ruined you, Paul Ryan? good times.
penguinofhonor asked: At what point does a word having a problematic etymology stop mattering? Personally I think "marijuana" in the English language is so old that the original xenophobia is completely gone.
Oh, no, I don’t think using the word “marijuana” is xenophobic. It’s just that, technically, it is cannabis. Sort of like how when you (not you you, OP, general You - when is the English language going to get a vous/vosotros form???) say “gay marriage” when you mean “same-sex marriage.” People know what I mean when I say marijuana, but really I should be saying cannabis, and I will make an effort to do so. There’s a whole separate conversation about commonly accepted language vs. technically correct language and signs vs. signifiers that I would need a Ph.D. in linguistics to explain. (Also I had a really great day and I had a couple beers to celebrate and I forgot that I had a light lunch and now I’m barely capable of spelling.) (Would everyone unfollow me if I started using “vous” instead of “you” when that’s what I mean?)
noxnoctisanimus asked: RE marijuana post: So I'm definitely guilty of using the wrong term but I'm trying to change& I just wanted to point out that the plant is called "hemp" or "cannabis" in English. The word "marijuana" was taken from the Spanish language and used in the US by competitive paper manufacturers to capitalize on public xenophobia in relation to Hispanic cultures and influence the public away from the very real benefits & advantages of cannabis like food, clothing, fuel, oil, agriculture, medicine, etc.
Oh, I completely agree. John Fugelsang had a great rant about how the term “marijuana” comes from the “reefer madness” movement that sought to capitalize on anti-Hispanic racism to get rid of competition for William Randolph Hearst’s paper business. “Marijuana” is obviously the more commonly used term, but you are right that its use is based in xenophobic hysteria, and I will try to use “cannabis” more often.
amydpp asked: I love your blog. LOVE. However, I am looking for a good debunk of this ridiculous statement from Ron Paul "I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10 mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe." Got anything that could help me out?
What does he even mean by that????? Does he mean other politicians? Or are there tons of phantom liberty-haters in DC? I don’t know how to debunk a question that isn’t based in reality, which is most of what Ron Paul says.
lakotapeopleslawproject:
Prairies Edge. This is where they drop off the 18 year olds that “age out” of the foster care system in South Dakota. It’s located in downtown Rapid City close to the “Indian side” of town/the river. (at Prairie Bottle Market Wine And Liquor)
workingamerica:
When workers don’t have a voice on the job, they can’t speak up about unsafe working conditions. That’s why states with so-called “right to work” laws have more injuries and fatalities at the workplace.
SHARE, because when politicians propose these laws, we need to hear what they’re really saying.
