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Seriously?! They gave this chick her own boob-themed show

By Lindsay Curren | October 7, 2011

Idiocracy Fox News

The mainstream media has been slow to give the Occupy Wall Street protesters their due. And while the New York Times has been criticized roundly for missing the point, columnists Paul Krugman, Nicholas Kristof and even business writer Andrew Ross Sorkin have accurately portrayed the occupation as a serious movement against financial inequity and government corruption. Yet, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: bailout, business, CNN, college kids, erin burnett, finance, Goldman Sachs, media bias, Occupy Wall Street, Wall Street

Endless war, meet endless recession

By Erik Curren | September 9, 2011

9-11 changed the world sign

September 11 anniversary, meet Obama's jobs speech. First attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, meet worst economy since the Great Depression. Day of rememberance, meet forgettable presidential address. A few bold gestures, but no FDR or JFK moment. And nothing on the energy crisis that caused the recession in the first place. Occasion for mourning and humility … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Goldman Sachs, unemployment

Dems fight cute on GOP ties to Big Oil

By Erik Curren | May 4, 2011

R-Oil Wedding graphic

Normally I don't pass along really blatant partisan propaganda. But because I think Big Oil's control over Washington is the biggest barrier America faces to enacting a sensible energy policy in the face of peak oil and climate change, I found the R-Oil Wedding campaign from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just too good to ignore. Don't get me wrong: I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Big Oil, energy subsidies, Goldman Sachs, John Boehner, plutocracy

Even Obama’s beholden to them

By Erik Curren | March 18, 2011

Post for "Inside Job" film

The more I learn how Wall Street influence over Washington has allowed the financial meltdown of 2008 to grow into a worldwide disaster, the harder it gets for me to continue to support President Obama. Though he campaigned as a champion of Main Street and promised financial market reform and re-regulation, Obama quickly showed that he was really about business as usual -- … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy, Films Tagged With: Barack Obama, Carl Levin, Goldman Sachs, plutocracy, Teddy Roosevelt, Wall Street

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