A sign of the times, or just a wing and a prayer? From reader and frequent photographer Bill in Florida, his very own vehicle: ...
"Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Or if they are not available, "Give me some chick who likes to have her image captured on an iPad while protesting corporate greed." Photo via reader marklyon: Related: #OccupyWallStreet Tweet and Post of Day...
This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Tonight we will address the age old question: What do white liberals and white copy paper have in common? First, white liberals. Melissa Harris-Perry in The Nation argues that white liberals who are fleeing...
Also known as the Occupation of Perpetual Grievance. From perennial perennial, @IowaHawkBlog: Update: For a great post see Start the Revolution Without Me, by reader Teresa in Forth Worth: You say that you hate all of these big, evil corporations? Well don’t just stand there, show them that...
The organizers of the Wall Street takeover, calling themselves the NYC General Assembly, have issued a Declaration of the Occupation of New York City: The Declaration lists 20 grievances against corporations, including these examples: They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the...
Looking at the Republican field, it's hard to get very excited. There is no one in the field who is more than "not Obama." Some are not "not Obama" more than others, but I'm not seeing someone to rally around. Having it all may not be in...
After a week of A Rising Tide angry bumper stickers, it's nice to get back to basics. Sent by reader Carol, who writes: Seen in Danbury CT - looked brand new! Go back and listen to his farewell speech, not only for his words of hope about that...
I guess I don't understand the world of big time bloggers and CNN commentators who support presidential candidates. I thought that if you support a candidate, you don't go out of your way to turn people against your candidate. But what do I know? I'll give Rick Perry...
About one-third of U.S. adults (33.8%) are obese. So why is this a problem for Chris Christie? Because he is not in a liberally protected class: “Liberals, who embrace diversity of all other kinds -- who demand quotas for transgender kindergarten teachers in public schools -- these...
Perry's high profile supporters do him no favors by acting like children. (h/t reader Charles) ...
As Kathleen posted earlier, Warren Buffett is backing away from the so-called Buffett Rule, which apparently is not so much a Rule as a stream of consciousness sprinkled with thoughts and afterthoughts. The best thing about the Buffett Rule Non-Rule What Are You Talking About, is...
According to Juan Williams, Christie only will get in if it looks like Palin is getting in, setting himself up as the anti-Palin, since she would be unstoppable against the current field: What will it take to get Chris Christie to say yes and run for...
when the rule named after you isn't what you want: Warren Buffett backs out of Obama's Buffett Rule on CNBC. ...
From David Dayen at Firedoglake: We’ll hear this was necessary because of Awlaki’s operational role, and his part played in the Fort Hood massacre and the Christmas Day bombing attempt. In reality, many experts saw Awlaki as a public figurehead, a man who could speak in...
As Instapundit said, it's Brownshirts vs. Browncoats, as a University of Wisconsin professor displays a poster of an unapproved rebellious figure. 'Firefly' and Anti-Fascism Posters Get Professor Threatened with Criminal Charges on University of Wisconsin Campus MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26, 2011—A professor has been censored twice, reported to...
Zombie (via NiceDeb) reports that some in the Berkeley LGBT community were offended that the bake sale did not target them (Of course, they wouldn't be getting preferences under the proposed legislation anyway, so it would be quite odd if anything about the bake sale...
Seen on a GMC Yukon XL, from reader Danelle, who commented: And El Paso is a Blue County! It's a little fuzzy, but there are some good ones: ...
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