Month: October 2011
Romney Gets Good News, Bad News
Here is the good news for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney: The GOP Establishment figures look like they are beginning to coalesce around him. Here is the bad news Romney: The GOP Establishment figures look like they are beginning to coalesce around him.
— David Brody, writing on his blog, The Brody File.
Perry’s Wife Not Clear on the Concept of Unemployment
He resigned his job two weeks ago because he can’t go out and campaign with his father because of SEC regulations…My son lost his job because of this administration.
Anita Perry, wife of Gov. Rick Perry (Tex. – GOPvangelical), responding sympathetically to a voter at a South Carolina diner who told the Perrys he is working as a handyman since losing his job. Griffin Perry resigned as an investment advisor at Deutche Bank to hit the campaign trail with his dad.
Scott Gives Himself Do-Over on Jobs Promise
I could argue that I don’t have to create any jobs. I just have to make sure we don’t lose jobs.
Gov. Rick Scott (Fla. – GOP/Tea), explaining why he shouldn’t be held to his campaign promise to create 700,000 new jobs on top of projected growth in Florida. Scott has focused — like most tea party Republicans who campaign on jobs — on issues like drug testing applicants for public assistance, gutting environmental protections, restricting access to voting, and micromanaging public education.
Fewer Americans Had Access to Basics in September
81.4
The nation’s Basic Access Index score in September, indicating that fewer Americans had access to basic life necessities such as healthcare, food, and shelter — on par with the 81.5 recorded in February and March 2009 during the recession.
Philosophizing at Occupy Wall Street
They tell you we are dreamers. The true dreamers are those who think things can go on indefinitely the way they are. We are not dreamers. We are awakening from a dream which is tuning into a nightmare. We are not destroying anything. We are only witnessing how the system is destroying itself. We all know the classic scenes from cartoons. The cat reaches a precipice. But it goes on walking. Ignoring the fact that there is nothing beneath. Only when it looks down and notices it, it falls down. This is what we are doing here. We are telling the guys there on Wall Street — Hey, look down!
— Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, speaking at Occupy Wall Street.
Happy Halloween Primary!
In the GOP primaries, no state wants to follow,
But as they get earlier, the calendar starts to narrow.
If it keeps going this way,
There will soon come a day
When New Hampshire’s primary is — TOMORROW!
