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AIW -- You need to recall what Thom says about John Adams.
I lived in CA when he became governor I went there in 66, and he really messed up the state with his cuts here and everywhere. The city had really gone downhill by the time of the Rodney King incident. I was living on the streets by the time he became president. And shit got really tough for the poor after that. Some church people tried to make me vote for him the second time but I screwed around and got out of it.
my oh my Palin, Freeman Fly is quite modest in comaprison to the radical Alex Jones who has been on the show. Thom has also said that he has tried to get David Icke on many times and Freeman does not speak of lizard people. Why must you assume the role of thought police, what are you afraid of?
I just loves my prokaryotes every mornin' fer breakfast...even though I know that Eukaryotes are better for me. And I make sure I take my daily probiotic pills, too! Can't get enough of that good bacteria into my gut.
The drum we are going to have to beat is I LOVE YOU and I do not want to hurt you. We need each other. We do not need billionaires or even millionaires....we need each other. If your house burns down, it is not billionaires who help you. It is your local radio station that is announcing that a family lost their home and everything they owned from a lifetime of 35 years, yes it happened to me. It was the neighbors and an old woman who had to give up her home and gave a whole household. But no millionaire offered anything nor do they care to hear about anyone elses kindness, instead demeaning the stupid person who did something for no other reason than it was a kindness for nothing but the feeling of being of value to someone else, not your money, not your power not even a pat on the back because a kindness is the most kind if it costs you something and if it does not get you praise, keep it to yourself as your own special thing you know about yourself. Once you tell someone else about your kindness it is devalued in your own mind because it is not your secret anymore. Let others praise your kindness, but not the one secret great kindness that is yours alone and each one that you keep to yourself is what gives you value to yourself and that is the only real important value there is and you can feel free everyday to love because you become more and more happy with yourself as your value goes up in your own mind. The more you like yourself for dong what is right even if it costs you, try it. And if your value is how much of an impression you make on how many people in your life. Do you want others to say they are glad you are gone because you were an absess on society? Do you want to be known for being greedy and pushy and hateful and causing a lot of pain because you wanted to teach a lesson painfully rather than to reason first? Or to squeeze every bit of life out of the populace every minute of every day? Any way the point is we are going to have to fight together to get the movement of the 50s and 60s that everyone born on this earth is valuable and you do not deserve it all. You are taking everything and telling us that we want too much if we want to eat and sleep and have a couples hours a day to be with family. Got off on a rant.
Loren Bliss -- I would like your view on Sweden's economy. Actually, I need an education on terms and more. I thought Sweden was a democratic socialist form of government. Yet, circa 2008, the richest person on Earth was the owned of IKEA.
Mathboy, you sound very educated. Please forgive me for sounding a little - eh - dense, but what's your point? Are you drawing a parallel between bacteria and oligarchs? If so... brilliant!! (But if not, please enlighten me.) Just in case my hunch is correct, would you consider Paul the Pipsqueak Ryan more akin to a slime mold or a fungi? - AIW
I agree with not being gender biased, but not paid and I also think employees who are single or just not having kids, should have the right to take the same amount of time off. Leave of absense, without worrying about losing your job. There are plenty of things single people do for kids, with their taxes (public education and medicare). I think they should not be the ones to bear the burden of the extra work load alone. So if we pass a law that is unbiased with respect to gender, then I think it should apply to marital status (or more precise, to people not having babies) as well.
Bacteria are in a domain (i.e. kingdom) all their own.
The latest model that I know has 7 kingdoms: Protomonera, Monera (incl. bacteria), Protista (single-celled stock eukaryotes), Myxomycophyta (slime molds), Plantae (plants), Fungi (fungi), Animalia (animals).
Those last 5 are all in the superkingdom Eukaryotes (cells with nuclei and organelles). Monerans are in a superkingdom called Eubacteria (advanced prokaryotic single cell life), Protomonerans are in a superkingdom called Archaebacteriae (surviving archaic & anaerobic prokaryotic single cell life). And there are 2 extinct superkingdoms called Progenotes (earliest cells) and Urkaryotes (prokaryotic cells that became eukaryotes).
I eat pork only very rarely, usually in Chinese food. Remember that famous line from Fried Green Tomatoes? "The secret's in the sauce!" - AIW
Gee Marc, you're just a baby. I was already thirty when that senile dirt bag got elected. I too was "shocked and amazed", for the same reason. With only a high school education, I had more on the ball than those so-called "experts" you mention. My predictions have all come true. Sadly, my most negative premonitions always seem to be the most accurate. While Ray-gun played a big part in ruining this country and paved the way for subsequent presidents to further the damage, I'm not so sure he's the worst in U.S. history. A stronger argument for that dubious distinction could have been made before Baby Bush stole the presidency in 2000. - Aliceinwonderland
Thank you, Palin! I think that when I'm on Medicare, instead of jumping on the supplemental rip-off bandwagon and giving some insurance hack $2400 each year to feather his nest, I'll simply save that amount annually if I can, and stash it for a "rainy day". - AIW
Kend -- Global warming is why you are freezing. It is the drunken jet stream. Its inebriation caused by the artic warming 20 times faster than the equator.
truthspringse...: Oh, my Flying Spaghetti Monster, here we go again!
Kend -- Free markets always fail. The freer they are the faster they fall. You need to read "Shock doctrine" by Naomi Klein She has numerous well documented cases of the failure of "true capitalism". I assume you know when I say freer it means less government interference.
AIW: Well, I stopped eating pork a long time ago when I learned that my great great grandfather was a pig. Snort, snort! ;8)
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
MCCUTCHEON ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION
COMMISSION
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
No. 12–536. Argued October 8, 2013—Decided April 2, 2014
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-536_e1pf.pdf
Shouldn't insurance company CEOs get the death penalty for acting as death panels based on profit? Oh, and here's one...especially if you are about to start receiving Medicare.
You know how you have been bombarded by Medicare supplemental insurance junk mail? Trying to get you signed up because "they cover what Medicare doesn't"?
Article by Dr. David Delk (there's also a link to his video as well)
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-belk/medicare-supplemental-policies_...
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I sure didn't believe that buying supplemental medicare insurance was worth it..in my case anyway...I thought they amounted to big scam rip-offs. It's nice to hear I was right.
Reagan is the tip of the iceberg, albeit a big tip!
Thom, please invite a researcher by the name of Freeman Fly as a guest to your show. He has recently co-authored a book, Weird Stuff, with his wife Jamie Hanshaw.
Freeman is an internationally- known award-winning TV producer, film maker, radio talk show host and lecturer.
He could speak at length about the under-current of our society, our history and most importantly what may be in store for us in the near future. Since you speak to these subjects daily, let’s have Freeman on the show for an hour to open up the conversation about where we’ve been as a people and where we are heading. Freeman Fly, in my opinion, is one of the great modern teachers of our time and it’s time for us to listen.
From his bio:
Freeman starts where Alex Jones leaves off. In the spirit of David Icke and James Redfield, Freeman illustrates a world that is both cosmic and miraculous. He presents hope displayed in the creative spirit of humanity.
Please contact him at freemantv.com
I would like today's newsletter to include a website where we can read the McCutcheon decision. I want to be able to quote it at people.
I remember just turning 18 when Reagan was elected. I knew little about politics and less about Reaganomics. However, I do remember listening to the man's speeches and knowing that his approach would eventually destroy our economy. I was also shocked and amazed that an 18 year old still in High School could see so clearly what so many other so called political and economic experts were blinded to. I remember clearly having a dreaded premonition that this man would go down eventually as the worst President in the history of the United States; and, he would be responsible for ruining the country. How regretful it is to have such an accurate premonition. Undoing the damage this Administration has caused should be the top priority of every patriotic American.
ckrob ~ Wow! We must have had the same child seat. No seat belts in a car made in 1955; and, the dash board was made out of metal. I remember putting my feet up on the dashboard so my Dad wouldn't whack me in the chest with his right arm. I got whacked anyway; and, as a result, I eventually removed all the paint from the glove box with my shoes when nervously anticipating a fast stop.
Loren Bliss ~ Very well said. I agree with every word--especially the concern over Sen. Sanders and Sen. Warrens well being if they were to run together. It is this reason in particular that I would like to see them both on that ticket. Personally I prefer that Sen. Sanders leads the ticket for precisely the reason you prefer Sen. Warren--Warren would be more effective. If you touch Sanders, you have to deal with someone with more teeth who now is very PO'd.
Additionally, If the Sanders Presidency is a success--and I feel it would be--it would open the door for 8 more years with Sen. Warren--the first woman President--to continue his legacy. This would not only be a milestone for equal rights, it would also allow for 16 years of liberal control of the executive branch. 16 years might just be what we will need to reverse Reaganomics and clean up the mess his disastrous legacy has left behind. Thank you so much for your response.
A Oink-oink here and-a oink-oink there; here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink-oink... right, Palin? How about a nice pork BBQ! - You-know-who
Thom, based on yesterday's Big Picture, please develop a graphic, listing when/where the minimum wage was raised and the impact on the economy, say a year or two later. Tell your conservative guests that you will show your graphic and whatever graphic they can provide on the same topic (i.e.) where the economy did worse. If they fail to come up with anything, state that you will point out their missed opportunity. Give enough lead time so that time can't be used as an excuse. Repeat ad nauseam! Conservatives are really good about not dealing with the question asked.