How to Stop a Recession in Its Tracks- September 22, 2008 Shared by Whole Wheat Radio Although a bit rosy for my taste sometimes, Christine frequently makes great points. I had not thought about the current financial depression in the way she writes about. Although I won't spend money on "luxury" stuff like she suggests, I certainly don't have to view gardening, walking, reading and other simple activities as any less pleasurable simply because the US government and a lot of rethuglicans are stealing my personal finances that I've worked hard to..http://christinekane.com/blog/how-to-stop-a-recession-in-its-tracks/ Pandora adds advertising- September 22, 2008 Shared by Whole Wheat Radio Oh joy. Oh fuckin' joy. Advertising is definitely something we need more and more of. Joy! Today's news from Pandora opens with these words: Calling all advertisers who want to take their branding messages to the mobile platform: Pandora Media, the premier provider of personalized radio service online, is open for business. And that news includes word that Best Buy and Beck's beer will be the first advertisers on Pandora's new platform, available on the more..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/radio/~3/399595795/pandora-adds-ad.html Alaska Ear- September 21, 2008 Shared by Whole Wheat Radio Some people who don't much like Sarah have found a clever way to drive her nuts. They are suggesting donations to Planned Parenthood in Sarah's name. "A Planned Parenthood donation is tax deductible, while a political donation isn't," they point out in an anonymous e-mail making the rounds. Ear got it from a couple of Valley folks."And here's the good part," the message says. "When you make a donation to PP in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that the.http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/532411.html Biographer&39;s star soars along with Palin&39;s- September 21, 2008 Shared by Whole Wheat Radio ...from Tyndale, a Christian publishing house.Hey - instead of lamp-posts, can we crucify them on crosses when the revolution finally comes I'd like to live to see that. Give history some truly memorable images to remember this generation by. At a folding table in the corner of Title Wave Books Saturday, Kaylene Johnson took a seat behind a stack of her Sarah Palin biographies and waited.http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/532402.html Iditarod goes Hollywood- September 21, 2008 Shared by Whole Wheat Radio FWIW, none of the people that they want to cover are "characters". All the true characters shun the spotlight. So it's just more of the white-bread-fluff this culture is so fuckin' good at. Can Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers Lance Mackey or Bruce Linton become household names across the nation like Captain Sig Hansen on the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch," recently nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awardshttp://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/532339.html MySpace Music hears the antitrust song- September 21, 2008 Shared by Whole Wheat Radio Esther - toldja so. And please pass the word along to Danny."All that is required for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing." Indies call foul at exclusion (Yup, should have known this would be the case!)http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/34517 Charges Against Journalists Arrested at RNC Will Be Dropped- September 21, 2008 Shared by Whole Wheat Radio There is no more "United States Of America". Is it recoverable The coming 4-8 years will tell. I'm dead serious. And if I had to guess, I'd guess we will see the physical end of the United States within the next 20 years.And I'm about as sensible, non-reactionary, conservatively liberal a person as you can find.And I'm not stupid. St. Paul officials have decided to drop charges against journalists, such as Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who were arrested.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Truthdig/~3/398306453/ This Federal Bailout Proposal is a Disaster- September 21, 2008 Shared by makinitup While I don't agree that the fault of all this can be placed in one political party, I like this person's expression of anger. I am so mad about this proposed federal bailout of Wall Street, I can't see straight. Do you understand what they're going to do They are about to steal ONE TRILLION dollars from us and just hand it over to the guys on Wall Street who screwed everything up. They are going to take all of their bad loans and dump it on us. We're going to have pay...http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/17287 We&39;re All Socialists Now- September 21, 2008 Shared by makinitup Congress, if it agrees to this bailout will have effectively dissolved itself and its powers. Congress, if it agrees to this bailout will have effectively dissolved itself and its powers.http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20080921/were_all_socialists_now Text of the Bailout Is Authoritarianism At Its Worst- September 21, 2008 The text of the Bailout Act is out. And Section 8 is egregious: Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency. Call your Congressman or woman and demand that this will not stand, otherwise Congress will have literally just ceded its last bit of power, that of the purse. Like Stirling said, this is pretty Constitutional, if you ask me. Nota bene: As..http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20080920/text_of_the_bailout_is_authoritarianism_at_it... |