Open Line Friday!

16 thoughts on “Open Line Friday!”

1. can we get Rush to shut up?

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2. experiencing historic levels of redistribution of wealth.  Just not the kind that the right calls evil socialism:

   Income inequality in the United States is at an all-time high, surpassing even levels seen during the Great Depression, according to a recently updated paper by University of California, Berkeley Professor Emmanuel Saez. The paper, which covers data through 2007, points to a staggering, unprecedented disparity in American incomes. On his blog, Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called the numbers “truly amazing.”

   Though income inequality has been growing for some time, the paper paints a stark, disturbing portrait of wealth distribution in America. Saez calculates that in 2007 the top .001 percent of American earners took home 6 percent of total U.S. wages, a figure that has nearly doubled since 2000.

   As of 2007, the top decile of American earners, Saez writes, pulled in 49.7 percent of total wages, a level that’s “higher than any other year since 1917 and even surpasses 1928, the peak of stock market bubble in the ‘roaring” 1920s.'”

   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…

   But asking for a little adjustment to the highest income tax level so Americans could at least count on a healthcare system nearly as decent for all as what the people of all our western ally states take for granted would be too punishing for the poor suffering underprivileged rich. Can’t have that. Can’t penalize those, like the Wall Street crowd, for just being so darn successful at their jobs, growing the nation’s wealth while taking such big personal risks.  Oh wait….  

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   1. American investors and employers that most Americans really like it here and that it’s really hard to immigrate to one of those allied states with a better set up.  

      Capital is highly mobile. labor- not so much.

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3. First you criticize a Bush-initiated DHS report on right-wing groups.  Now it’s the SPLC…

   It’s terrible when someone starts shining a light on the roaches.  They all have to run for cover in your ample shadow.

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4. any of my family were lucky enough to get tickets to President Obama’s myth busters town hall. Guess I’ll just wander down and join the “Soggy Bottom Boys” at Lincoln Park and listen to Josh Penry sing “I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow”.  Maybe record Penry’s trash America festivities for posterity.  Anyone have a bottle of Aqua Velva and a Xe hat I can borrow?  Or maybe a piece of toast with a Sisyphus image to show them that the Empyrean are aware of their plight and there is no reason to worry anymore?

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      1. I will try to take notes and submit a diary. You will have to rely on someone else for photos, as I am technologically challenged in profound ways.

          

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5. Here’s an alternate quote of the day:

   I am Kenneth Gladney. You are Kenneth Gladney. Remember, we all are Kenneth Gladney.

   http://www.dakotavoice.com/200…

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   1. I’m so glad he’s recovering from his supposed injuries.

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   2. “We are all Americans” had power because the French said it, not because Bush said it.

      YOU ARE ALL SXP151. NOW DO MY BIDDING.

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      1. The quote came from a press release by Kenneth Gladney’s attorney…

         Although, it does say on the iamkennethgladney.com web site, “Remember, we are all Kenneth Gladney.”

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   3. These two are soul mates

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6. If you want to see imaginative answers to test questions – http://digg.com/d310nwV (I love stuff like this).

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   1. about greatest excuses for speeding?

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   2. but my favorite is of course

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