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Worship of private sector 'efficiency' baffles me - 80% of new businesses implode within 2 years. It's mostly a sea of fail. Much of the rest of it is a sea of fraud. It's rare, very rare, when the private sector delivers what it says its going to. Most of us work in the private sector and can attest personally to its inherent idiocy. These comments do not constitute worship of the public sector - just a just recognition that there is no inherent, observed reason why one is better than the other. For critical functions in a democracy, the private sector is a complete fail - an obvious conflict of interest without public accountability. I present you our worldwide joke of a health care system.

That's one of the few sectors of the economy that's actually growing. In addition to medical billing and pet insurance.

You haven't met Josh's cat Naya, apparently.

Both reevers with meat cleavers and pot smokers perform the same function: They create criminal justice system jobs.

I don't think so. The GOP had to convince him to run this time...i think even the dimmest bulb, and Rossi certainly is in that category considering the, um, 'complexity' of his well thought out proposals, gets the hint after so much rejection. He's gotta be burned out by now...and heavily in debt.

That's not gonna buff out. There's where a minor investment in medication would have really paid for itself many times over.

All those hungry palms that will have to go un-greased. The Humanity!

To progressives, the common man is an abstraction. This constitutes a huge gap in the way productive organizations operate and them. Organizations are successful through their connections with individuals, including the individuals they seek to help. Its that series of life stories that makes the movement, not some ism.

it is an epic battle of Love versus Hate being fought on such a large scale as to be almost irrelevant to the common man.

nothing matters when you're too kewl for skewl.

It's apparently a sign of adulation on his home world. It's a good thing he already had a large corporate cock down this throat...otherwise i might have had to pry him loose elsewhere.

In order for FW to lick anything I'd have to remove his head from my ass. I've been trying to extract him ever since he burrowed up there shortly after I first logged on.

They can blow all the money they want. I fucking eat, drink, read, watch, and do what I want anyway. If I wanted a nanny, I'd hire one...a little French one with very, very spiky heels.

Who cares?

I know that headline'll sweep in the Rfucks, too, popcorn and all... WTF has Obama Done For Us So Far?

Beautiful timing! I haven't seen a soft drink ad in months...except when I go into a mini mart to buy a soft drink, that is. LOL. Nobody forces anybody to consume garbage, food or information-wise. It's a choice...as it should be.

I had this discussion with a woman recently. She was pissed that the 'media' was forcing her to worry about her body image. I was like, "What media?"...I never see anything like that. I mean, sure, there's the occasional stick insect in the perfume ads, but that's hardly anything that would have much of an impact. "Just turn on the TV!" she yelled. "I don't have a TV." I replied. Yup. Not that hard.

It's like those evil soft drink companies forcing us to be fat LOL.

Yeah, free speech sucks, don't it? All those dumbshits lapping up all those dumb lies. Welcome to the most powerful nation on earth.

Wow. Uncage the inner bigot! Last time I checked, the 'gay' were well represented at all economic levels. Yes, its actually possible to be homeless AND gay! and? what's your point exactly? because some gays are poor, that makes of you an advocate of the poor? something's wrong with your logic. right, let's not forget you also deny the power of propaganda on the uneducated. The uneducated could try, you know, GETTING educated. What, are we supposed to cram knowledge down their dumbass throats or something? Put the foaty n channel changer down and crack a fkin book, beyotch! Schools nowadays are about 400 times better appointed than they were when I was a lad. Jesus, the equipment, computers, astroturf playing fields...so STFU about edumucation! Of course, I went to a poor little Catholic school where if you wanted to learn, you learned. If you didn't, you got yer knuckles whacked by a sadist.

you labor under the illusion that the poor won't reproduce all the depravities of the rich, once in power, or invent a good # of new ways to rape the public till either The Noble Salvage Yard Worker.

"well, there is no prospect of the job market improving for years and you are on your own, but the stock market is doing real good" TVash is coming up with a narrative to increase the popular vote LOLZ Actually, once you realize that you truly ARE on your own, your motivation and thus job prospects improve markedly.

Wow. Uncage the inner bigot! Last time I checked, the 'gay' were well represented at all economic levels. Yes, its actually possible to be homeless AND gay! I think voting was still all volunteer this time around, no? You exactly, um, 'buy' an election by running an ad.

Schumer, Kerry, and Lieberman crafted a comprehensive climate change bill that would have been a game changer, but it fell off of Obama's agenda due to multiple back stabbings by Rfucks who pledged to support it, most notably John McCain. Article in the New Yorker several issues ago. Google it yourself. Another chance for climate reform won't come for a long, long time. It's already too late, so who the fuck cares, right? Of course, progressives would instantly poo-poo any such nonsense, cuz, you know, Lieberman voted for the war and all. Stay pure!

The Dems should have advertised their performance (stock market, etc - it was actually pretty good) during a difficult period rather that sit back and take the bullshit attacks. Now we'll have a bunch of new morons to deal with in the House. There is zero chance, from a mountain of historical data, the Republicans are able to offer a single viable solution to any of the problems this country faces. They can only make things worse...but hey, that is what morons do.