A New Way Of Working November 11, 2007
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What if there was a law requiring management salaries to be no more then double the average worker’s salary? Ladies and gentlemen we would see across the board increases in wages, a more robust economy, and greater tax revenues. Why won’t we ever see this sort of thing? Because the people in power make ungodly amounts more then the workers they hire, and will do everything in their power to keep it that way. Unless and until workers vote in large numbers and demand significant campaign finance reforms we will never see this here in our country, even though it would be in our national interest. Something to think about.
Catalog Choice – Eliminate unwanted catalogs you receive in the mail October 30, 2007
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Do your little part and help save some trees, this is drop-dead easy, and I recommend you spend a few minutes helping our planet.
Catalog Choice – Eliminate unwanted catalogs you receive in the mail
Saturday Morning Cartoon Mash-up October 26, 2007
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On Liberty October 26, 2007
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We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. – A. Lincoln
Comics: Ridiculous Credit Card Fees From The Future – Consumerist June 18, 2007
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Boycott Amazon.com
January 3, 2007
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UPDATE:Amazon has done the right thing and pulled these products, good for you Amazon. I’ll now go out of way to buy stuff from them. I really like Amazon, and I’ll now re-invest in them after I divested due to this incident.
I refuse to shop at Amazon.com until they remove Shark Fin Soup from their catalog. Nobody should sell this violent cruel unsustainable product. I find this product repulsive and offensive. Any retailer who chooses to look the other way is culpable. Please join me in not buying anything from Amazon.com until they remove this disgusting product.
Amazon.com: Dragonfly Shark Fin Soup: Gourmet Food
http://www.amazon.com/14-1-SHARKFIN-SOUP-CRAB-MEAT/dp/B00019FVV8/
HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy – Google Video November 6, 2006
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HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy – Google Video
Bravo again HBO for another brilliant documentary. HBO has been firing on all cylinders recently. I have to ask myself however how come I’m not watching this on CNN or NBC? Has investigative journalism moved from the news to the entertainment division? How, as a people, did we let that happen? This is a truly frightening look at the corporate insidiousness that has taken over our country. They bought the fourth estate, and if you pay attention, you may begin to wonder, as I am, what else.
Class Warfare August 14, 2006
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Poor people are low hanging fruit for politicians and large corporations. They’re obviously under-represented by politicians, who would rather campaign for their corporate sponsors, thus creating an environment that allows for financial policies which are disadvantageous to those less privileged members of society.
Nickel and Dimed is a highly acclaimed book documenting systematic unfair pricing for poor people. Although I havn’t read it yet, I have certainly seen this phenomenon first hand. I would encourage people to stop doing business with companies that use unfair pricing of any kind.
JayZ For President August 13, 2006
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I travel Internationally a lot. You know what I see out there? Not the hate you would expect listening to FOX news. The world loves American culture. Not the Disney kind either, hardcore gagsta’ rap. It’s true, everywhere I go, American “hip-hop” is the music of choice. Here’s the part I don’t get, this is true even in countries where they don’t speak English. They still like something about the “tone” of American hip-hop, even if they can’t understand the words. It’s funny listening to really hardcore gangsta rap, you know like “fuck you, mutherfuckers,” in an upscale bar. We won the world’s hearts once with Jazz, now it’s our turn again. We have to take advantage of this opportunity, this may very well be our chance at world peace.
If we put 50 Cent in the UN instead of Bolton, do you think anyone would fuck with our resolutions? I think not, who wants to have a cap in their ass? So I say crank up the export machine to high. Lets get our most precious natural resource back in the studio. Snoop would make a great ambassador, hell he started his own language. Instead of bombs lets drop “the bomb.”
Instead of sending troops, lets send Suge Knight and his posse, at least our rap stars have the latest in body armour.
After the world embraces us for our cultural heritage I predict the economy will improve, after all, America is the only place to buy real bling-bling. I can really visualize a ghetto fabulous world, can you?
You Do Not Have Health Insurance « The Baseline Scenario August 6, 2009
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You Do Not Have Health Insurance « The Baseline Scenario