"Murphy was an optimist!"
GW says Jeb should run in 2016 April 25, 2013 9:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesIn an interview aired Wednesday with ABC News, the former president says his brother would be, in his words, a "marvelous candidate."
[Source, The Huffington Post, George W. Bush: Jeb Bush Should ‘Run’ In 2016 (VIDEO)]
Hell no! The only bush I want to see in the White House better have tits.
Oh thank you Barbara! She doesn’t want Jeb to run.
add a comment"There are other people out there that are very qualified and we’ve had enough Bushes," former first lady Barbara Bush told NBC’s "Today"
[Source, The Washington Post, Barbara Bush: Jeb shouldn’t run for president]
The 2012 election is upon us and it’s craaaazzzzy November 6, 2012 7:09 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
WARNING! Inappropriate joke here within. September 13, 2012 10:30 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesOn the political scene, Sarah Palin posted on Facebook:
If [President Obama] doesn’t have a ‘big stick’ to carry, maybe it’s time for him to grow one.
She does know he’s a black man doesn’t she?
add a commentDepressing radio August 23, 2012 7:51 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesHeard something thoroughly depressing this morning. A group that has accurately predicted the past 8 presidential elections has Romney winning the electoral vote. Frankly, I cannot imagine a worse outcome for the United States.
add a commentDon’t ruin it for everybody August 14, 2012 10:21 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Local Politics, Politics, Touchy SubjectsDear parents, rather than trying to force your ideals upon my children, please allow them to read the assigned reading and be challenged by the concepts and the language within the writing. These books, Feed
See more at Hardin Valley STEM reading assignment stirs up controversy.
add a commentClinton’s Internet Bubble Caused the Recession July 25, 2012 10:19 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesWhen did the cause of the recession switch from the housing bubble to the Internet bubble?
add a commentOut of Balance July 12, 2012 9:16 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Economy, Politics, Touchy SubjectsOut of Balance
A Harvard business prof and a behavioral economist recently asked more than 5,000 Americans how they thought wealth is distributed in the United States. Most thought that it’s more balanced than it actually is. Asked to choose their ideal distribution of wealth, 92% picked one that was even more equitable.
ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
WHAT AMERICANS THINK IT IS
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE IT TO BE
Source: Michael L. Norton, Harvard Business School; Dan Ariely, Duke University
And for the REAL image, look on page 11 of Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely’s report http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20ariely%20in%20press.pdf (the online version is here: http://pps.sagepub.com/content/6/1/9)
What is this?
Today, a manipulated image of this data is spreading like wildfire through the Internetz particularly over Facebook. The source of the image can be found at MotherJones.com but has been altered to show a baby peeing on a man and a a kitten commenting that "tickle down" doesn’t work. The original image is within a PDF and JPG so I’ve decided to put it here in plain text. Rather than looking at Norton and Ariely’s findings (online version), I guessed at the numbers but they look pretty close to the actual image. It makes the point.
If you are going to share this image today, please share from the PDF from MotherJones or the JPG from MotherJones instead of passing around the one with the cat.
add a commentHappy Independence Day! July 4, 2012 11:17 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Holiday, Independence Day, Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
Today is July 4th. In the United States, this day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence which declared America’s independence from Great Britain. Today is supposed to be a patriotic holiday celebrating our country. People will celebrate by taking to the lakes for boating and swimming, and having cookouts and family gatherings.
As I ponder the meaning of this day, my thoughts drift to SOPA, ACTA, and CISPA, to AT&T and Comcast, to our youth who seem to be the most fearful generation, to our politicians who seem to have forgotten their role is to represent the people, and to the corporations who have usurped power from the people. Each of these threaten our liberties as we know them. September 11, 2001 terrorists attacked this country. Terrorism is a violent means to bring about change. We said we would not allow the terrorist to change us but they won. I have not known independence like I grew up with since September 11, 2001. Now, instead of being confident in our individual independence and freedoms allotted to the people, I feel we struggle each day to maintain those certain unalienable Rights referenced in the Declaration of Independence. And although I am at political odds with the Tea Party and the GOP, as I re-read the Declaration of Independence, I wonder if our government has not lost its way.
when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism
[Source, Archives.gov, The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription]
This brings to mind the Bush tax cuts, the corporate hold on Congress, and the one percenters. As the middle class is beat down, more power falls into few hands and we move more toward a Despotic nation. I feel my voice falls on deaf ears when I communicate with my elected officials. Wwhen your voice is not heard, and votes in legislation fall contrary to what the resounding public appear to favor, how can one feel the words of the Declaration of Independence reflect today’s society?
Today is a patriotic day. It is a day to be celebrated. It should also be a day of reflection. Re-read (or read for the first time), the Declaration of Independence. It won’t take long to read. Read it and reflect upon your life and your government. (And if you don’t want to do that, here are some pictures of women in American flag swimsuits.)
add a comment200+ page bill, 15 minutes to review, finally a politician speaks for his people May 31, 2012 6:49 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesThis is what happens when you give someone a 200+ page legal document and 15 minutes to make a yes or no decision on that document. More of our representatives need to stand up like this. It would have been nice if the vacuous husks around him, aside for the one lady, had shown any sign that his message was being heard.
add a comment1984 – Like! March 29, 2012 3:08 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects
David Lovell’s Plan to Overthrown Tennessee March 29, 2012 9:44 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Local Politics, Politics, Regional Politics (SE), Touchy SubjectsReads a little too much like non-fiction.
add a commentDick Cheney Gets Heart Transplant March 25, 2012 4:05 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesSurprisingly, a black heart was on the donor’s list.
add a commentDon’t ever be afraid to address your city council March 6, 2012 2:36 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Activism, Local Politics, Of Interest, Politics, Touchy SubjectsHave you ever stood before your city council? Have you ever expressed your ire with a law? Voiced your discontent with a resolution?
This is your First Amendment right demonstrated. Watch. Cringe. And follow James Inman‘s example.
1 comment so farCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
And so it ends December 19, 2011 5:55 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States, War, World PoliticsToday is Bill of Rights Day December 15, 2011 10:58 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesToday is Bill of Rights Day
Today is Bill of Rights Day. To Americans, the Bill of Rights are key amendments to the U.S. Constitution, that protect our individual rights.
I find it without irony that the US Senate has passed a bill allowing the indefinite detention of US citizens and that the House of Representatives appears ready to pass the bill, and on this very day the House Judiciary Committee is ready to make a vote on SOPA which will dramatically alter the Internet and people’s rights on the Internet.
I like this quote:
It is a curious way to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights.
See also:
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 on Thomas
- NDAA moving forward in Congress
- Stop Online Piracy Act
- Kill SOPA, save America’s Internet and American jobs: ACT NOW, bill goes to the House TOMORROW
