February 2012
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Watch(via Dean Ornish on the world’s killer diet | Video on TED.com)
January 2012
3 posts
Robert Reich: The Decline of the Public Good →
robertreich:
Meryl Streep’s eery reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” brings to mind Thatcher’s most famous quip, “there is no such thing as ‘society.’” None of the dwindling herd of Republican candidates has quoted her yet but they might as well considering their unremitting bashing of…
December 2011
2 posts
Robert Reich: Why the Republican Crackup is Bad... →
robertreich:
Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP’s eclipse in 1932. That’s bad for America.
The crackup isn’t just Romney the smooth versus Gingrich the bomb-thrower.
Not just House Republicans…
Robert Reich: An Offer to the President →
robertreich:
Mr. President, we heard what you said last week in Kansas – about the dangers to our economy and democracy of the increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top.
We agree. And many of us are prepared to work our hearts to get you reelected – as long as you commit to doing what…
November 2011
2 posts
“You cannot describe it or draw it,
You cannot praise it enough or perceive it....”
– Daily Zen
October 2011
8 posts
Robert Reich: Why We Shouldn't be Selling the... →
robertreich:
America is having a fire sale. Why not sell wealthy foreigners the right to live here, too?
That’s the notion behind a bill introduced last week by Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Democrat Senator Charles Schumer of New York: Stoke demand for American homes by allowing foreign nationals…
On One Accord →
September 2011
5 posts
““If it is important, do it every day.”
Tom Suddes | September 29, 2011
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– “If it is important, do it every day.” | forimpact.org
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Robert Reich: A Good Fight →
robertreich:
So the really big fight — perhaps the defining battle of 2012 — won’t be over Medicare. It won’t even be over Obama’s jobs program.
It will be over whether the rich should pay more taxes.
The President has vowed to veto any plan to tame the debt that doesn’t increase taxes on the rich. The…
“Habit’s Weight
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are...”
– Potent Quotables: Habit’s Weight
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Robert Reich: Why Inequality is the Real Cause of... →
robertreich:
THE 5 percent of Americans with the highest incomes now account for 37 percent of all consumer purchases, according to the latest research from Moody’s Analytics. That should come as no surprise. Our society has become more and more unequal.
When so much income goes to the top, the middle class…
August 2011
1 post
“YOU’RE THE ONES
In 1999, I think right after the iMac came out in a range...”
– You’re the ones - Marc Hedlund’s blog
June 2011
15 posts
Robert Reich: Why the Republican War on Workers'... →
robertreich:
The battle has resumed in Wisconsin. The state supreme court has allowed Governor Scott Walker to strip bargaining rights from state workers.
Meanwhile, governors and legislators in New Hampshire and Missouri are attacking private unions, seeking to make the states so-called “open shop” where…
My beloved spake
My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear upon the earth;
And the time of the singing of birds is come,
Alleluia. (2: 10-12)
Purcell
Robert Reich: Of Snake Oil, Puff Balls, and the... →
robertreich:
Today the President met with business leaders on his “jobs and competitiveness council,” who suggested more public-private partnerships to train workers, less government red-tape in obtaining permits, and more jobs in travel and tourism, among other things. The President then toured a…
Robert Reich: The Swamp of Washington and the... →
robertreich:
Washington was built on a swamp. In the summer, temperatures can reach over 100 degrees — as they did over the last few days when I made the rounds of Washington Democrats, repeatedly asking why no bold jobs plan is emerging.
Here’s a sample of their responses:
“Dead in the water. We’ll be…
Robert Reich: The Stalled Recovery, Smoke and... →
robertreich:
The Dow ended the week below 12,000 for the first time since March. This is the sixth straight week of downs for the Dow. It’s almost as bad over at the Nasdaq. All the gains racked up in 2011 have now been erased.
What’s going on?
The real economy is catching up with the financial economy, as…
“Just make people better at something they want to be better at. When your goals...”
– Pixie Dust & The Mountain of Mediocrity | gapingvoid
“It is all pervading, spotless beauty; It is the self-existence and uncreated...”
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Jamie Dimon's Bizarre Idea About Why The Recovery...
Not only are the banks crazy. They are also treating their customers worst than ever. As if they are mad for the slightest bit of accountability and are taking it out on the rest of us. Banks are evil. I have no other words for it. Evil. Union Bank is evil for instance.
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Robert Reich: Why Washington Isn't Doing Squat... →
robertreich:
The silence is deafening. While the rest of the nation is heading back toward a double dip, Washington continues to obsess about future budget deficits. Why?
Republicans don’t want to do anything about jobs and wages. They’re so intent on unseating Obama they’d like the economy to remain in…
Robert Reich: Back Toward Double Dip →
robertreich:
The May jobs report is a disaster — the weakest reading since September. Non-farm payrolls grew only 54,000 last month, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private employment rose only 83,000 — the smallest growth since last June. Government payrolls dropped…
“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
-Ferdinand Foch”
– Potent Quotables
Robert Reich: The Truth About the American Economy... →
robertreich:
The Stalled Recovery
The U.S. economy was supposed to be in bloom by late spring but it’s hardly growing at all. Expectations for second quarter growth aren’t much better than the measly 1.8 percent annualized rate of the first quarter.
That’s not nearly fast enough to reduce our…
Robert Reich: The Truth About the American Economy →
robertreich:
The U.S. economy continues to stagnate. It’s growing at the rate of 1.8 percent, which is barely growing at all. Consumer spending is down. Home prices are down. Jobs and wages are going nowhere.
It’s vital that we understand the truth about the American economy.
How did we go from the Great…
May 2011
4 posts
WatchThe most important TED talk ever.
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WatchAbsolute brilliance in mocking Newt Gingrich.
(via John Lithgow Performs Dramatic Reading of Gingrich Spokesman’s Epic Poem | TPM LiveWire)
April 2011
10 posts
“From Ira Glass … “What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I...”
– Before & After magazine
“Schwartz: Organizations need to recognize that human beings are basically...”
– How To Get Things Done | forimpact.org
Robert Reich: Beware the "Middle Ground" of the... →
robertreich:
How debates are framed is critical because the “center” or “middle ground” is supposedly halfway between the two extremes.
We continue to hear that the Great Budget Debate has two sides: The President and the Democrats want to cut the budget deficit mainly by increasing taxes on the rich and…
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Robert Reich: Mr. President: Why Medicare Isn't... →
robertreich:
I hope when he tells America how he aims to tame future budget deficits the President doesn’t accept conventional Wasington wisdom that the biggest problem in the federal budget is Medicare (and its poor cousin Medicaid).
Medicare isn’t the problem. It’s the solution.
The real problem is the…
My God, My God! →
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People Get Ready - Curtis...