Tag: Buffet Rule

Buffet Calls Murdoch Out

You wanna piece of me, Rupert? Bring it! In my previous post, Humpty Dumpty’s Class War Flunkies, I said this about the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet: As part of his campaign to grow the economy and reduce the deficit, Obama is proposing to tax millionaires and billionaires at the same rate as the middle class, the so-called “Buffet Rule.” …

Humpty Dumpty’s Class War Flunkies

Lewis Carroll’s Humpty Dumpty, the embodiment of modern day GOPer propaganda techniques “I don’t know what you mean by ‘glory,’ ” Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant ‘there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!’ ” “But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a nice knock-down argument’,” Alice objected. “When I use a word,” Humpty …