In case you don’t recognize el douchbago above, that’s Senator (elect?) Scott Brown, the guy who won the election for Sen. Ted Kennedy’s old seat in the Senate. Brown has come out saying that he supports a woman’s right to choose, but opposes federal funding for abortions. I’m sure that’ll be good news for anyone who’s coverage is provided by the government. A limitation like that is still a limitation. You can’t be 1/2 a douche Scott. Can I make a list of all of the things I don’t want MY tax dollars paying for?
So during his break Lefty did a lot of things. One of these things was moving my money out of BofA to another smaller bank. If you’re unhappy with the help that the “too big to fail” banks got then do your part to make them a little smaller.
Here’s the video that started it all
I know that changing banks is a pain in the ass, but the deal is that it’s a way to walk the talk. If you are truly unhappy with the status quo then do something. If money’s a bit tight then consider using your tax refund as seed money for the new account while you make the transition.
Because Actually Putting Politicians On The Payroll Is A Little Too Obvious
Lefty’s version of this idiocy is this. Corporations are not people. How dumb is it to give them all of the rights of personhood with virtually none of the responsibilities? Their very existence is to make as much money as possible. They have no altruistic purpose, unless it just happens to make them money. So why is the world should they be given the ear of our politicians. How in the world can normal people expect to compete with armies of lobbyists and wheelbarrows of money that will inevitably be thrown to the politicians. Thom Hartmann is a bit more eloquent than Lefty and so is John Dean, but then they probably spent more time writing their articles than I did.
This is one of the dumbest Supreme Court decisions ever…so far. And considering that includes giving the Presidency to the shithead in 2000 that’s saying something.
You probably figured that I’d put something in here about the SOTU address, but since I won’t see it until late tonight here’s a little something a friend of mine sent me. It’s really heartwarming to know that I never have to worry that Republicans will get their act together and stop acting like the selfish pricks we all know them to be.
Conservative Compassion
Because Being A Selfish Prick
Has Never Been So Popular With The Base
Why bother making fun of this jackass when his words speak so eloquently:
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior. They don’t know any better,”
Good thing we have guys like this around because of course you know that nobody has ever been poor for any reason other than they’re stupid or lazy.
