March 2011
14 posts
The Liberal Life: Why Do Christian Pastors Receive... →
liberal-life:
You know how pastors get a ridiculous “housing allowance”? They get to exclude the cost of housing from their reported income, so that money never gets taxed.
Essentially, that means free housing, courtesy of the government, for reasons that no one can quite understand.
A government…
What the right means when it calls NPR "liberal" -... →
So what do conservatives really mean when they accuse NPR of being “liberal”? They mean it’s not accountable to their worldview as conservatives and partisans. They mean it reflects too great a regard for evidence and is too open to reporting different points of views of the same event or idea or issue. Reporting that by its very fact-driven nature often fails to confirm...
Bill Moyers: NPR Does Essential Journalism -- Are... →
“Minnesota Republicans are pushing legislation that would make it a crime for...”
– Minnesota Republicans say: Poor people with money should be outlaws (via ryking)
Nope. No class war here, just move along. (and empty out your pockets poor-guy, cause I hear a lot of jingling in your pants)
What a fucking bunch of bullshit. The bankers get away with more than murder, yet...
U.S. Wrong to Approve Saudi Invasion of Bahrain →
vruz:
—via mohandasgandhi:
The Obama Administration is complicit in the Saudi invasion of a neighboring sovereign country.
The Saudi incursion into Bahrain was apparently requested by the ruling Bahraini monarchy—to protect itself against its own people. Imagine if East Germany’s Erich Honecker had successfully requested a Soviet invasion in 1989. Or, to take a more contemporary example, ...
The Principles of the People's Party →
Increasing the pay and bargaining power of average working people. We’ll stop efforts to destroy unions and collective bargaining rights. Protect workers who try to form unions from being fired. Make it easier for workers to form unions through simple up-or-down votes at the workplace.
Requiring America’s super-rich to pay their fair share. Increase top marginal tax rates and the number of...
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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an...”
– John Steinbeck (via thirdworldgirl-) 