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» Posted By Truth On April 16, 2011 @ 7:36 pm Ok, I admit, I cheat here. It’s not because of the text, but I don’t find any other occasion to post this song:
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing » Posted By Truth On April 16, 2011 @ 7:04 pm I wished he hadn’t nearly ruined himself with drugs – what a bright being he was earlier. I’m glad that he seemed to have had a more or less peaceful life later on, but he seemed to be only a fraction of his earlier self.
» Posted By Truth On April 16, 2011 @ 6:57 pm Thanks for reminding me of Syd Barrett and of this song! » Posted By Truth On April 16, 2011 @ 6:08 pm You’re right – it’s just slightly more passionate as the President uses to be in public… and then it’s such a silly headline. (I posted it just for the content though and not for the headline, should probably have mentioned that) Yet his recent speech was very forceful and he didn’t mince words, but I didn’t see any attacks of what he said there – I have to admit though that I didn’t listen to Republicans’ drivel. Yet still I had no negative headlines slamming into my face. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 11:27 am Grassroots movements need to take to the streets, foxisms…. In Switzerland there IS direct democracy. And the population managed to vote for a law that forbids to build new minarets! What a shame. Moreover most of the people don’t even vote. Issues are complex and so many don’t wrap their heads around it. Well then – the problem seems to be …. humans. But so far I never managed to change anyone other than me… » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 11:21 am The President just drew a couple of firm lines in the sand. I highlighted a ton of quotes on the speech transcription thread. Although it would be enough to tax the rich some more and get back to pre-Reagan taxes in my book. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 11:15 am Certainly – but then what can you do living in a democracy? He has to show them time and again how to compromise, but I still like when he’s drawing a firm line in the sand. This one was not meant for publication though….: » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 10:37 am Secrets From Beyond The Emerald Curtain – PART 3 – Cher, I forgot to reply to this: Huff comes up first in google searches exactly because of S.E.O. – Search Engine Optimization. Not only do they spike their articles with tags (which we can do here on The Planet too, if we choose to) which then in turn are easily detectable for the search machines. Another strategy seems to be that they first check what is buzzing, then they choose their content accordingly, sometimes like in the example above just by putting up a few pics. Next thing that happens is that their The aggregation issue is yet another story and it is why the contents of most msm articles became so flat. It reduces costs if one copies another instead of doing research, which uses an incredible amount of time and energy. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 10:44 pm Media reform – that should be the next project. I hope that someone is going to take that on… » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 10:25 pm I think we overestimated ourselves a tad over there… we were used and thrown away in favor of more clicks. After all, AH is not interested in progressive or conservative policies, as far as I observed she likes to have power. Yet of course, when she launched the thing she started out as a counterweight to Drudge…… and was suddenly the Queen of Progressives. I would like to find out how she grabbed that title, I have not come to a reasonable conclusion yet. Just yesterday I read in an article about AH that Huff is like a projection mirror: everyone sees something else in it. That picture was quite good. AH is such a chameleon that she can reflect just about everybody. (Chameleon was also the description her ex-husband gave of her after their divorce.) Another article states: what is Huffington under her public persona? Her friends: more public persona. ***Edit: Here are two intersting quotes from http://www.alternet.org/story/149860/the_controversial_huffington_post-aol_merger%3A_7_questions_that_matter?page=entire (…)On the other hand, Arianna Huffington told Politico that only 15 percent of their traffic goes to the political content on the site. While not surprising, this information might be somewhat sad news to those 6,000 bloggers who thought their audience was super-sized. (AlterNet averages 2.5 million unique visitors a month. Fifteen percent, of say, 20 million HufPo uniques, is only three million for politics. So any bloggers who are feeling sold out, feel free to head to AlterNet if you want an alternative.) (…) So, that exposure thing doesn’t pay off too well, if you can reach the same amount of people on alternet. As for the chameleon: But then HuffPo always was a giant projection screen, being many things to many different people. In fact, that is part of Arianna Huffington’s brilliance. To a large degree, the value of the HuffPo brand lies in Arianna’s ability to create a very large tent among media, intellectuals, progressives, moderates, insiders, outsiders, and even conservatives, all pleased to be playing on Arianna’s stage. ***Edit: In the New Yorker article about AH from 2008 is written that politics is 50% of the traffic on Huff. So it looks like at that time it still was! » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 11:07 am Thank you choicelady, the juicier stuff is yet to come… As for the people: many are so easily duped, no wonder that some smart heads try just with how much they can get away. Even some of the Left abandoned their own critical thinking skills in favor of ranting pudnuts’ drivel recently in anticipation what the President may say or not. As for reading the articles at Huff: I know what you mean, a lot of people didn’t even read them and went right to the “battlefield”. But then, I understand them perfectly well, for the articles were usually quite bad. The information came from some good posters! And Madame H thinks that there are no traces of her past incarnations on the Internet left, but that assessment might prove a little wrong. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 10:57 am The Country We Believe In–Transcript I think this is one of the best and strongest speeches he ever gave. And though I’m sure the criticism of what I’ve said here today will be fierce in some quarters, and my critique of the House Republican approach has been strong, Americans deserve and will demand that we all bridge our differences, and find common ground. But no matter what we argue or where we stand, we’ve always held certain beliefs as Americans. We believe that in order to preserve our own freedoms and pursue our own happiness, we can’t just think about ourselves. We have to think about the country that made those liberties possible. We have to think about our fellow citizens with whom we share a community. And we have to think about what’s required to preserve the American Dream for future generations. Thank you, Mr President. God bless you and your country! » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 9:17 am Heh! More stuff in the treasure trove: But just to hold Washington – and me – accountable and make sure that the debt burden continues to decline, my plan includes a debt failsafe. If, by 2014, our debt is not projected to fall as a share of the economy – or if Congress has failed to act – my plan will require us to come together and make up the additional savings with more spending cuts and more spending reductions in the tax code. That should be an incentive for us to act boldly now, instead of kicking our problems further down the road. So this is our vision for America – a vision where we live within our means while still investing in our future; where everyone makes sacrifices but no one bears all the burden; where we provide a basic measure of security for our citizens and rising opportunity for our children. I don’t know, that man sounds just reasonable to me. Of course, there will be those who disagree with my approach. Some will argue we shouldn’t even consider raising taxes, even if only on the wealthiest Americans. It’s just an article of faith for them. 😆 😆 😆 I say that at a time when the tax burden on the wealthy is at its lowest level in half a century, the most fortunate among us can afford to pay a little more. I don’t need another tax cut. Warren Buffett doesn’t need another tax cut. Not if we have to pay for it by making seniors pay more for Medicare. Or by cutting kids from Head Start. Or by taking away college scholarships that I wouldn’t be here without. That some of you wouldn’t be here without. And I believe that most wealthy Americans would agree with me. They want to give back to the country that’s done so much for them. Washington just hasn’t asked them to. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 9:03 am There are even more strong commitments: We will reform these programs, but we will not abandon the fundamental commitment this country has kept for generations. In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. And I refuse to renew them again. My budget calls for limiting itemized deductions for the wealthiest 2% of Americans – a reform that would reduce the deficit by $320 billion over ten years. But to reduce the deficit, I believe we should go further. That’s why I’m calling on Congress to reform our individual tax code so that it is fair and simple – so that the amount of taxes you pay isn’t determined by what kind of accountant you can afford. I believe reform should protect the middle class, promote economic growth, and build on the Fiscal Commission’s model of reducing tax expenditures so that there is enough savings to both lower rates and lower the deficit. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 8:43 am It goes on and on – so many powerful statements in that speech! All those with the “funny feelings” about the President may want to have an extra look at the outline he is giving here: There’s nothing courageous about asking for sacrifice from those who can least afford it and don’t have any clout on Capitol Hill. And this is not a vision of the America I know. To meet our fiscal challenge, we will need to make reforms. But we do not have to sacrifice the America we believe in. And as long as I’m President, we won’t. But as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen, has said, the greatest long-term threat to America’s national security is America’s debt. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 8:30 am “And without even looking at a poll, my finely honed political skills tell me that almost no one believes they should be paying higher taxes.” 😆 A 70% cut to clean energy. A 25% cut in education. A 30% cut in transportation. Cuts in college Pell Grants that will grow to more than $1,000 per year. That’s what they’re proposing. These aren’t the kind of cuts you make when you’re trying to get rid of some waste or find extra savings in the budget. These aren’t the kind of cuts that Republicans and Democrats on the Fiscal Commission proposed. These are the kind of cuts that tell us we can’t afford the America we believe in. And they paint a vision of our future that’s deeply pessimistic. Worst of all, this is a vision that says even though America can’t afford to invest in education or clean energy; even though we can’t afford to care for seniors and poor children, we can somehow afford more than $1 trillion in new tax breaks for the wealthy. Think about it. In the last decade, the average income of the bottom 90% of all working Americans actually declined. The top 1% saw their income rise by an average of more than a quarter of a million dollars each. And that’s who needs to pay less taxes? They want to give people like me a two hundred thousand dollar tax cut that’s paid for by asking thirty three seniors to each pay six thousand dollars more in health costs? That’s not right, and it’s not going to happen as long as I’m President. I understand that Republicans didn’t like him to say all that – what a bright spotlight on their agenda…. » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 8:15 am “We are a better country because of these commitments. I’ll go further – we would not be a great country without those commitments.” “As a result of these bipartisan efforts, America’s finances were in great shape by the year 2000. We went from deficit to surplus. America was actually on track to becoming completely debt-free, and we were prepared for the retirement of the Baby Boomers. I simply can’t believe how this could happen in the first place! Fiscally responsible and Republican = the perfect oxymoron! » Posted By Truth On April 15, 2011 @ 8:05 am
– The Country We Believe In – ——- noticeably Mr David Plouffe is back, thankfully! And thank you bito for posting the transcript! » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 10:53 pm WATCH LIVE: Pres. Obama Speaks On Fiscal Policy – 10:35 am PDT “TeaBaggers who have had their polarity changed”, 😆 !!!! » Posted By Truth On April 14, 2011 @ 1:08 am Having seen his demeanor I fully agree with your assessment that he’s not in the least willing to budge on tax increases for the wealthiest. And as he said: the outcome will not be exactly what he suggested today, there will be some changes due to the democratic process. Yet he also said that on core issues he won’t budge at all. As for being influenced by pundits: to me it’s shocking how much the left wing memes took hold, even in Planeteers. Constant repetition of drivel really seems to lead to believing it over time. » Posted By Truth On April 14, 2011 @ 1:05 am Cher is right, Questinia wrote an article: The Power of Intermittent Fanning (it’s up for Award 2010) and there she describes the whole story with that avi » Posted By Truth On April 14, 2011 @ 12:45 am E’cat, exactly my thoughts too. » Posted By Truth On April 14, 2011 @ 12:38 am As I have said before AdLib, you were impressively right with your assumptions as to how he is going to position himself and what he is going to stand for. It was all in line with his ACTIONS so far and with what he said he would stand for as far as I’m concerned. » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 12:18 pm Cher, I’m so happy that you made this comment. I was wondering about you and others yesterday and earlier today to be honest. And I’m glad that you lay your thought processes about this out in the open. Courageous and wonderful lady that you are! » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 11:51 am Well spoken, AdLib, thanks! » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 11:46 am Needless to say that I agree 100% with you! » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 11:32 am Cantor et al, you lost. He IS getting serious while you want to vote about the Ryan farce. » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 11:31 am A Republican woman who says she wants her taxes raised for the seniors! Wow! There is some common sense left! » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 11:27 am You nailed it again, AdLib! » Posted By Truth On April 13, 2011 @ 11:25 amComments Posted By Truth
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
I for one think the deficit can’t wait any longer. It was postponed time and again and it’s not going to get any better if it grows some more.
stuff pops up first when someone googles the Buzzword – et voilà – this ensures them in turn more clicks.
This sense of responsibility – to each other and to our country – this isn’t a partisan feeling. It isn’t a Democratic or Republican idea. It’s patriotism.
That includes, by the way, our commitment to Social Security.
And as I called for in the State of the Union, we should reform our corporate tax code as well, to make our businesses and our economy more competitive.
But after Democrats and Republicans committed to fiscal discipline during the 1990s, we lost our way in the decade that followed. We increased spending dramatically for two wars and an expensive prescription drug program – but we didn’t pay for any of this new spending. Instead, we made the problem worse with trillions of dollars in unpaid-for tax cuts – tax cuts that went to every millionaire and billionaire in the country; tax cuts that will force us to borrow an average of $500 billion every year over the next decade.
To give you an idea of how much damage this caused to our national checkbook, consider this: in the last decade, if we had simply found a way to pay for the tax cuts and the prescription drug benefit, our deficit would currently be at low historical levels in the coming years.”
You just connected the dots, which seemingly is not so easy amidst all that mostly useless pundit chatter.
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