Warren Buffet vs. the Current Pity Party of the Elitists on the Right

Watch this guy whine about how he works harder than anyone else and that’s why he deserves more money than the rest of us, yada yada, blarty-blart, and then read about Buffet and others below. Their attitudes about money and taxes are refreshing:
 
Apparently, he feels put-upon and under-appreciated for the [...]

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Job Losses in Recent Recessions

I found this at Sadly, No and thought it was instructive:
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/16920.html
If you can’t see the entire graph, click on it or the link above. The green line taking a dive to the bottom is our current situation.

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Wanna Hear Some Scary Stuff?

Crash Course by Chris Martenson:
 
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
 
I’m 2/3 of the way through this series of lectures right now, and it’s quite interesting.

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A Brushfire Sunset

I took this a week ago, around 4pm on the 210 freeway, in Upland. The smoke is from the Triangle Complex fire which started in Santa Ana Canyon just outside of Corona and spread to the Chino Hills and Diamond Bar.  Hundreds of homes were lost and debris landed in our garden that had traveled [...]

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Tag! Six of You are It! *grumble*

Oh Joy.  Do we get to play the snowball email game next?
P.Z. Myers, a noted scholar of evolutionary biology (and an outspoken atheist hero YMMV) who posts over at Pharyngula at Science Blogs, committed a social faux pas by standing up a group of his drunken fans while visiting Philadelphia.  Branded a sinner for his [...]

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I Feel Very Thankful

Especially after watching this:
“The Places We Live”
by Jonah Bendiksen.
http://theplaceswelive.com/
It’s a photographic study of slums in Venezuela, India, Indonesia, and Africa. Four households in each area can be viewed as the owners tell their stories. Uses a 360-degree panning program.
Thanks to Elayne for showing me this site.

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Joe the Plumber Is a Multi-talented Guy

Joe has announced that he has a blog and it will only cost you $19.95 to read it.   That gets you a We Are Joe membership, or for $14.95 you can choose a Freedom membersehip.
That must be some blog.
A couple of weeks ago there was talk of a C&W record deal, but he’ll never be as [...]

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Thanks Veterans, For Serving Your Country.

And thanks, Dad. 

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Calling the Election at 8:36 PST

BARACK OBAMA WINS!

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It’s Tuesday, November 4th

So Go Vote, Already!

To find out where to cast your ballot, click the link:
http://www.voteforchange.com

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