Corporate Welfare Queen, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt During his 1976 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan captured the public’s imagination by creating a cultural icon: a rich, Cadillac driving Welfare Queen (code for “Black”) to symbolize all welfare recipients as manipulative fraudsters out to game the system at taxpayers’ expense. His pogrom against the poor came to fruition when President Bill Clinton …
We are, right now, living in an amazing moment of history. And this moment has happened because the youth around the world have decided they’ve had enough. Young people are in revolt — and it’s about time.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Lame-as-F@#k Congress www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on Facebook “What can’t we do until Uncle Sam promises not to hurt Daddy Warbucks?” In this sequel to Terrorists and Hostage Takers, Jon Stewart issues a new rule to the Rethugs: By …
Why do I get the feeling that this guy is juggling hatchets inside his head?
Since First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled her Let’s Move! program to fight obesity, a cackle of fat cat conservatives have attacked her efforts as just another Obama assault on the personal freedoms and liberties of french fry-loving, overweight Americans.
Proving that while intelligence may be limited, stupidity is not Getting people to consistently vote against their own self-interest is one of the more fascinating dimensions of American politics, a triumph of modern propaganda technique. You’d think that people who can barely survive on low paying, non-union jobs and have no health insurance for themselves or their families would support …
