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| Resolved: Greed Is NOT Good |
| Published: December 24, 2007, 4:50 am |
| Tags: Capitalism, Environment, Global Warming, Jolly Rogers Posts, The Corporotocracy, Greed, Pollution |
| How often did we hear the promises made by the “free” traders that abolishing tariffs on countries that allow de facto serfdom and allow unregulated assaults on the environment would be just great for us? We did NAFTA, we’re implementing CAFTA, and we’ve basically outsourced our manufacturing and service sectors to China |
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| There is no greater disaster than greed.. |
| Published: January 2, 2008, 8:36 am |
| Tags: Capitalism, Daily Featured, Dustys Posts, Economy, Energy, Human Rights, The Corporotocracy, Greed, Politics, Burma, Divestment, Oil, Sudan, Sudan, Petrochina, And, Tafneft, Russian, Enterprise, South, Korea Danford, Equities, Corp, Sometimes, Referred, Us Owned Emphasis, Forget |
| There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed. Lao-tzu Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC) President Bush signed a bill this past Monday that will allow federal, state and local governments to divest themselves of investments that do business with the |
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| take a moment and read the article |
| Published: January 5, 2008, 12:18 am |
| Tags: 08 Elections, Betmo S Posts, Chickenhawks, Christofacists, Corruption In Govt, Presidential Candidates, The Corporotocracy, Politics, America, Culture, Elections, Voting, Empire, Provoked, Ever Widening, Chaos, Squandering, The, Immense, Influence, Self Examination, Painful |
| from larry johnson’s ‘no quarter’ our nation’s “lonely eyes” seek a savior “What’s behind the astonishing successes of Mike Huckabee’s and Barack Obama’s campaigns last night in Iowa? BBC correspondent Katty Kay knows. People are “fed up,” she said tonight on |
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| Let’s Talk Taxation |
| Published: January 8, 2008, 6:31 am |
| Tags: Corruption In Govt, Economy, The Corporotocracy, Borrow And Spend, Currency Devaluation, Energy Prices, Taxation, Gopper, Wannabe, Successors, Raise, Taxes, Phrases, Surrender, Monkey, Constantly, Promise, Talking Points, Speak, And, America, Hater, Chimpy, Money, Common |
| Chimpy (and all his Gopper wannabe successors) constantly promise not to ever, ever raise any taxes. Phrases like “it’s YOUR money!” are as common in talking-points speak as “surrender monkey” and “America hater.” I don’t think that I have to tell the intelligent readers of this blog that only about |
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| What The Hell Is Going On? |
| Published: January 11, 2008, 4:10 am |
| Tags: 08 Elections, Daily Featured, Dezzi S Posts, Fear, Federal Fuckwits At The Helm, Impeach, Iran, Iraq War, Msm, Media Spin, Other Stuff, Snark Amp Amp Sass, The Corporotocracy, The Shrub, Voting Rights, Action, Politics, Random Thoughts, Peace Out The Revolution, Rage Agains |
| (Originally posted at my personal digs: I’m Jus’ A Lil’ Dizzy) Smoking Mirrors: Is There Really No Way Out? What can one say to those who tell us that everyone is working for the dark side? What hope is there in that? As frightening and unpredictable as this world may be there are a lot of beautiful [...] |
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| The Clinton era..was it really that good for America? |
| Published: January 9, 2008, 4:09 am |
| Tags: 08 Elections, Capitalism, Daily Featured, Dustys Posts, Presidential Candidates, The Corporotocracy, Politics, 08 Election, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Lobbying, Pac, Coincidence, Clear, Channel, Executives, Tom, Hicks, And, Lowry, Mays, Voted, The, Senate, Reason, Nafta, Pas |
| Tuesday night, prior to counting the first NH vote, the pundits pretty much had Hillary Clinton on life support. She won..not by a landslide, but she clearly beat Obama and wiped the street with John Edwards. Whatever you think of Hillary and her politics, one thing is abundantly clear; she is riding on the coattails of [...] |
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| same mistake |
| Published: January 17, 2008, 8:17 pm |
| Tags: Betmo S Posts, Capitalism, Corruption In Govt, Economy, Energy, Fear, The Corporotocracy, Corporatocracy, Greed, Politics, Globilization, New World Order, Pnac, Song, Latest, Album, Kind, Feels, Now, James, Blunt |
| video preview of zeitgeist above james blunt’s new song from his latest album kind of feels like where we are right now- at least i am. (complete lyrics here) ‘ I’m not calling for a second chance, I’m screaming at the top of my voice, Give me reason, but don’t give me choice, Cos I’ll just make the same |
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| what’s wrong with us? |
| Published: January 16, 2008, 3:49 pm |
| Tags: 08 Elections, Betmo S Posts, Corruption In Govt, Daily Featured, Fear, Media Spin, Other Stuff, Spying On Americans, The Corporotocracy, Corporatocracy, Politics, Random Thoughts, Constitution, Corruption, Elections, Government, Posted, The, Kenyans, Mobilized, And, Pondered |
| that was a question asked by a reader of mine over at life’s journey. i posted on how the kenyans mobilized and kept in contact with each other during this time of turmoil and whatnot. it is a fine, fine question. i have pondered over it until it depresses me. there [...] |
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| Bush outlines his plan to kick start the economy |
| Published: January 19, 2008, 6:20 am |
| Tags: Dustys Posts, Economy, Energy, Healthcare, Shrinking Middle Class, The Corporotocracy, The Shrub, Greed, Politics, Income Inequality, Recession, Top One Percent, Hourly, And, Weekly, Earnings, Fell, Jackson, Vinton, Counties, The, Economic, Policy, Institute, Real, 1929, Stock, Mar |
| As I sat and listened to the Idiot-in-Chief Friday morning, I wondered if he actually believed what he said or just hopes to hell that we believe it. He wants the tax cuts for the top one percent to be made permanent, but the ones he is outlining for the rest of America should only be [...] |
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| If you think the Telco’s don’t have the Dems in their pocket..think again. |
| Published: January 31, 2008, 1:40 pm |
| Tags: Capitalism, Corruption In Govt, Dustys Posts, Spying On Americans, The Corporotocracy, Wingnuts On Parade, Wiretapping Americans, Corporatocracy, Politics, Democrats, Jay Rockefeller, Retroactive Immunity, Special Interests, Telcos, Prevail, Rockefeller, Told, The, Politic |
| Surely this isn’t a surprise to anyone that pays attention. In an investigative piece for TruthOut, Matt Renner’s opening salvo is this: A think tank with close ties to the telecommunication industry has been working with a key Democrat in the Senate on a domestic surveillance bill that would provide telecommunications companies with |
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| Disowned by the Ownership Society |
| Published: February 6, 2008, 1:26 pm |
| Tags: Capitalism, Economy, Guest Author, Shrinking Middle Class, The Corporotocracy, The Shrub, Politics, Bush, Naomi Klein, Ownership Society, Disowned, The, Ownership, Society By, Naomi, Klein The, Nation, February, 2008, Issue Remember, Half, American, Households, Owning, Stock |
| An essay by Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and Fences and Windows. This article appears at TruthOut and The Nation~Dusty Disowned by the Ownership Society By Naomi Klein The Nation 18 February 2008 Issue Remember the “ownership society,” fixture of major George W. Bush addresses for the first four years of [...] |
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| Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up |
| Published: February 20, 2008, 3:15 am |
| Tags: Christofacists, Corruption In Govt, Dezzi S Posts, Economy, Federal Contractors, Federal Fuckwits At The Helm, Iraq War, Other Stuff, Shrinking Middle Class, Snark Amp Amp Sass, The Corporotocracy, The Shrub, Veterans, Greed, Musical Interlude, Politics, Random Thoughts |
| You would not believe what I have been going through the last few weeks…well, maybe you could. It’s just that I have been so bogged down with a massive to-do list that would not go away, it seemed like it was out to get me, making it difficult to prioritize anything or kill the tasks in [...] |
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| Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up |
| Published: February 25, 2008, 3:15 am |
| Tags: 08 Elections, Corruption In Govt, Dezzi S Posts, Fear, Federal Fuckwits At The Helm, Impeach, Iraq Lies, Iraq War, Keith Olbermann, Media Spin, Other Stuff, Presidential Candidates, Shrinking Middle Class, Snark Amp Amp Sass, Spying On Americans, The Corporotocracy, The |
| Ah, Monday…the beginning of another busy work week. It’s also when we get to see which of the many news stories that broke before and over the weekend stunk enough to stick. Personally, I look forward to Monday’s because that’s when I get to find out what’s on Uncle Jay’s mind: Uncle Jay Explains the [...] |
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| The Bad News Bears meet Chicken Little.. |
| Published: March 1, 2008, 10:02 am |
| Tags: Capitalism, Dustys Posts, Economy, Energy, Fear, Recession, Shrinking Middle Class, The Corporotocracy, The Shrub, Corporatocracy, Dow Jones, Gas Prices, Inflation, Afford, High Priced, Sexy, Undies, And, Bras, Analysts, Forecasting, Losses, Bank, Loans, High Yield, Debt, Ultrasaf |
| The sky is falling..the sky is falling! Wall Street took a 300 point dump yesterday because that bastion of all things “sexy” Victoria’s Secret announced it took a huge hit during the holidays. Ok..I kid..but they come up short..very short by Wall Street standards. Eight percent IS a huge hit when you consider it was [...] |
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| KBR, taxes and detention facilities.. |
| Published: March 7, 2008, 3:53 am |
| Tags: Capitalism, Corruption In Govt, Dustys Posts, Economy, Federal Contractors, Iran, Iraq Lies, Iraq War, The Corporotocracy, The Shrub, War On Terror, Wingnuts On Parade, Greed, Politics, Kbr, Offshore Companies, Record Profits, Social Security, Taxes, Unemployment Benefits |
| Yesterday’s news that KBR is playing fuck-around regarding the paying of taxes for American employees in Iraq and other hotbeds of insurgency was a wonderful eye-opener and not really a surprise by any stretch of the imagination. As TPMmuckraker puts it: …the nation’s top Iraq war contractor, lists 21,000 employees as employees |
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