Israel Palestine? Republican Democrat? Natives Immigrants?

This from the SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE. It explains a lot.

Aw, isn't that nice?

So STARBUCKS is spreading the gospel of EMPLOYMENT... And fighting UNEMPLOYMENT... and these are the guys-- like a coffee Walmart-- who move into places, get the lines (with AWFUL coffee) force other coffee shops out of business. Can you say GAG ME WITH A LATTE?

Myths American Suckers Believe

This is from Mother Jones Magazine, I hope they won't object to me letting it have a slightly wider audience. It's one of the best I've read. (Note, to read, click on each page. Let me know if there's a problem.)

And here's the second page:

and the last one:

Pretty right, huh?

Which came first? dept:

This was in the newsletter of the National Coalition Against Censorship. Animal-lovers?

How conservatives Think

This article from CNN talks about Higher education spending vs prison spending, but the idea is the same. Like higher education costs, conservatives want to cut welfare... either directly or by doing something stupid like making welfare recipients pay for their own drug testing. So what happens? The citizens quit welfare, turn to crime, go to jail where the cost is $50,000 a year-- more than twice what welfare would have given them. Makes sense, doesn't it?

And PC is supposed to be LEFTIST?

So they say that PCdom is for Lefties who are easily offended by words like Negro and Oriental. Oh yeah? This is from THE PROGRESSIVE magazine.

Google BAITS AND SWITCHES

For the past couple years I've been using PICASA, Google's photo sharing site. I pay $5 a year for extra storage. Now Google says the price increases... by 600%!!  Before $5 a year... now $2.49--- a month!!!!
They get you hooked with their program, and then jack up the prices... OK, I've got some deleting to do to keep under the 1G FREE minimum. Until I find a new host, that is!