10. Stagnating worker wages and the emergence of a new monied aristocracy. Of all the income growth of the entire country of the United States in the Bush years, the richest 1 percent of the working population, about 1.3 million persons, grabbed up over two-thirds of it. The Reagan and Bush cuts in tax rates on the wealthy have created a dangerous little alien inside our supposedly democratic society, of the super-rich, with their legions of camp followers (sometimes referred to as ‘analysts’ or ‘economists’ or ‘journalists’). The new lords and ladies are the Dick and Liz Cheneys and the people for whom they shill. They are the Rupert Murdochs and the Richard Mellon Scaifes, and they are guaranteed to own more and more of the country as long as more progressive taxation (i.e. pre-Reagan, not pre-Bush) is not restored. They are the ones who didn’t want a public universal health option, did not want the wars abroad to end abruptly, did not want the Copenhagen Climate convention to succeed. They are driven by pure greed and narrow profit-seeking for themselves. They always get their way, and they always will as long as you poor stupid bastards buy the line that when the government raises their taxes, it is taking something away from you. It is the alliance of the Neoliberal super-rich with the new lower middle class populists led by W. and now by Sarah Palin that produces clown politics in the US unmatched in most advanced industrial countries with the possible exception of Italy.
http://www.alternet.org/story/144755/the_ten_worst_nightmares_bush_inflicted_on_america
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The Ten Worst Nightmares Bush Inflicted on America
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6 Inventors Who Got Jack Shit for Changing the Modern World
Socrates, Galileo till date inventors are always short changed.
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We all grew up listening to our parents tell us how talent, dedication and hard work would get us far in life. But the reality is that even if you go out and change the world, there’s no guarantee you’ll be rewarded for your efforts.There have been plenty of people throughout history that made amazing contributions to modern culture and got precisely dick in return.
http://www.cracked.com/article/207_6-inventors-who-got-jack-shit-changing-modern-world/
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Pakistan Police Pursuing Terrorism Charges Against 5 Detained Americans
Pakistan has to admit at least now that it is the breeding ground for terrorism and US citizens are also lured into it.Or could be they are framing these people to put US on the defensive.
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police are pursuing terrorism charges against five detained American men, police said Friday, a move that could complicate efforts to bring the men back to the United States where they could also land in the courts.
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Australian man turns Santa, gives away belongings.-Why don’t we give away?
When you reach the age of around fifty(though age is no barrier),you start reflecting on what you have done with your life.
When I introspect, I feel I have done nothing that is worth while.Coming from modest beginnings, I have reached ,as far as I am concerned a level which,at the start of life I have never imagined I shall reach.In fact I am surprised at what I have than what I do not have.Many a times when I yearned for something I got it.But the joy of possession was short lived and instead concern about retaining it had been upper most in my mind.Added to that is he fact the very things I yearned for and got, lost their appeal and over a period time became irritating to me.I was desperate to get rid of them This includes relationships as well.Unfortunately I have not been able to do it.
Come to think of it, whatever the achievements of Great men like like Caesar,Aleander,Plato,Socrates,the Great Rishis of India,Great politicians, reformers, thinkers, of what use?In the ultimate analysis, when compared Universe, we are not even a speck and we are not even noticed at the the local level, why talk of Universe?
What we have including our body is not of our making..Every thing we think we own is not ours.When we leave, we leave as we came.
Why have possessions?
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian man has embraced the spirit of the season, taking on the role of a real-life Santa and giving away his possessions as gifts for the second Christmas in a row.Last Christmas, Dennis Stevenson opened his home and gave away all his belongings. This year, he opened a makeshift shop in the Gold Coast in Queensland to again distribute seasonal cheer and invited others to donate as well.
“It’s a lovely thing to do to continue the spirit of Christmas” Stevenson told Reuters on Thursday.
Stevenson opened The Spirit of Christmas shop on December 22 and says that 90 percent of his goods had been taken.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BN08420091224?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
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