Obama Does Not Set Oil Prices

Rich oil companies subsidized by the federal government who want to influence elections by raising and lowering prices do.





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Stop Listening to Republican Fear Mongering...They Are Idiots

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Red State=Welfare State, Blue State=Backbone of America

US Entitlement Map

Hey urban, educated blue states! Ever wonder where all your money goes?? Republicans would have you believe that it goes to fat black welfare Mom's in the projects of Chicago who had too many kids they couldn't afford in order to rev Chicago's "machine" style politics and get black, Muslim, Kenyans elected President. Well, it doesn't. It goes towards oil and mining and agriculture companies and to the the rest of the people in the bible belt and Appalachia...And also to some very poor Native American areas. And building roads, sewers and providing other services on a road with 8 people on it ( you know, the real America that isn't elitists who go to college, live in high rises and take subways to work) costs a lot more than providing these services on a road with 800 people like you have in larger population areas...AKA, the fake America that doesn't cling to their guns and bibles when screaming at gay people.

Everyone has heard the term "Welfare States" which are states like IN, SC, AL, MS, KY, AR, AK, etc. who all get more in federal funding than they pay in federal taxes unlike CA, IL, NY, NJ, MA, CT, WA etc. who pay more into the system than they get out so they can fund faith based programs for fat kids with Diabetes in places like MS, AL and AR where they pay much lower tax rates than we do in the more urban blue states. For instance, for every dollar paid in federal taxes, MS gets back $1.84, AK $1.82, WV $1.74, AL $1.61 etc. Where as NJ only gets $.62 back in federal spending, CT $.64, IL $.77, MA $.79 and CA and NY $.81.

Note Sarah Palin's (Ms. Small Government) home of Alaska!

That's all, I just wanted you to know that you are being lied to!

And You Thought Catholics and Muslims Were Crazy...

From CNN:
Mormons apologize for posthumous baptisms of Weisenthal's Parents.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has apologized for "a serious breach of protocol" in which the parents of the late Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal were posthumously baptized as Mormons.

The church also acknowledged that three relatives of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel were entered into the genealogy database, though not referred for baptism.

Asher Wiesenthal and Rosa Rapp were baptised in proxy ceremonies in temples in Utah and Arizona, according to the database records discovered by researcher Helen Radkey in Salt Lake City.

The Wiesenthal baptisms violated a 1995 pact in which the church agreed to stop baptizing Jewish Holocaust victims.

"We sincerely regret that the actions of an individual member of the church led to the inappropriate submission of these names," said church spokesman Michael Purdy.

"These submissions were clearly against the policy of the church. We consider this a serious breach of our protocol and we have suspended indefinitely this person's ability to access our genealogy records."

Mormons believe that they may be baptized by proxy for deceased ancestors who never had that opportunity.

Church members, however, are supposed to request such baptisms only for their own relatives, Purdy said.

The agreement over Holocaust victims came about after it was discovered that hundreds and thousands of names had been entered into Mormon records.

Jewish leaders said it was sacrilegious for Mormons to suggest Jews on their own were not worthy enough to receive God's eternal blessing. Radkey, who has been tracking Mormon genealogy records for a while for people who ought not to be there, said she inadvertently stumbled upon the Wiesenthal name a few weeks ago. Among others people she discovered had been baptized by proxy is President Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced the baptisms.

Wiesenthal's father died in combat in World War I. His mother perished at the Belzec concentration camp in 1942. Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal died in 2005 after spending years hunting down Nazis.

"We are outraged that such insensitive actions continue in the Mormon Temples," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, who participated in many of the high-level meetings between Jews and Mormon officials.

"Such actions make a mockery of the many meetings with the top leadership of the Mormon Church dating back to 1995 that focused on the unwanted and unwarranted posthumous baptisms of Jewish Victims of the Nazi Holocaust," he said in a written statement.

He expressed gratitude to Radkey for "exposing the latest outrage."

Radkey also found the names of relatives of Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, author and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

"In this case, the Wiesel family names were not submitted for baptisms but simply entered into a genealogical database," Purdy said. "Our system would have rejected those names had they been submitted."

Purdy said it was "distressing" that church members had violated policy and regretted that "an offering based on love and respect becomes a source of contention."

Radkey said the church makes such breaches possible because any member can submit a name not connected to their own family.

"There are way too many entries slipping through the cracks, including Jewish Holocaust victims," she said. "It's (the Mormons') belief to save the dead that is causing the problem."

Wiesel, meanwhile, told the Huffington Post that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is Mormon, should speak to his own church and tell them to stop the practice of proxy baptisms on Jews.

Dan Gilgoff - CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor

The Romney family even posthumously baptized Ann Romney's atheist Father.

I mean, wow! How fucking crazy can you get?

Aside from the mere craziness of this and the belief that you can "baptize" someone after they die and they can choose accept it when they get to heaven (and that there is a heaven), let's examine the word baptize...I understand Catholics have a different interpretation of what baptize means and apparently Mormons are just making it up as they go but I was always under the impression that it meant you had to take an actual person (living presumably) and dunk them under water to spiritually cleanse them. And if spirits leave the body upon dying...How were the Mormons able to retrieve those spirits/souls??

And my question to any Mormon would be, HOW DO YOU KNOW?? Who was it that came up with this insane idea and why would you believe such nonsense?? And if you can baptize the dead, can I unbaptize dead Mormons? Or even unbaptize the dead people you baptized...And if you say "no"...Well, how do you know God didn't tell me I could in some gold tablets he gave me at the beach the other day??

And the other side of this is, WHO GIVES A SHIT!! Why would anyone care that Mormons and their phony religion are somehow changing the destiny of dead Jews or whomever...Jews don't believe this nonsense so why would they care any more than if a Wiccan somewhere was cursing the dead? And let's pretend it's all real; like any life long Jew is going to get to heaven and decide at the pearly gates that he is going to convert to Mormonism?? Apparently Mormons haven't met many Jews. But then again on the flip side, what if as it turns out, Mormonism IS the only way to get to heaven...Wouldn't these dead Jews (who invented this god in the first place) want to at least have that option on the table when it came down to their judgment day? I mean, why not...It's like an atheist doubling down on his death bed and accepting Christ or whatever...What harm could it do just in case?

Wow, look at me trying to make sense out of religion....I feel like a dog chasing it's tail.

The Immacualte Contraception

Ok, it looks like Obama, as always, is going to pussy out and bow down to the conservatives from the 13th Century and relax his mandate on religious organizations (not Churches since they were always exempt) to provide health coverage which will include contraception.

Here is why he is wrong:

The Catholic (or any) Church is NOT required to provide contraception. Only when they enter the business world and open hospitals which employ people of other faiths and in many cases with doctors(the ones who aren't Jewish, Muslim and Hindu), of no faith. So basically it's not the government intruding, it's the government FORBIDDING the church from forcing their positions on the employees of these other entities such as hospitals and Catholic Charities who aren't Catholic. The constitution is clear that the government can't respect an establishment of religion and by allowing them to discriminate against others and enforce their views unto other, they are empowering the Vatican...Which is kind of what we were getting away from when we founded America. The Pilgrims left England because all people were forced to attend the Church of England and were fined when they didn't...They didn't want someone elses view forced down their throats so they left. Do we really want all our nurses and doctors to leave because a religion is forcing their views upon them??

The Vatican doesn't have to run hospitals or even have the monopoly on hospitals in many communities and can decide to get out of the hospital business and stay in the church business. And there are many secular charities and hospitals in the world...We don't need them!

And my main problem behind this "religious belief" is that Jesus never prohibited contraception...So to try to say their religious freedom is being infringed upon is a stretch since there is no real source for this belief... There is no real Biblical precedent for this tenant of their faith. If you were wondering, here is where they get it (note that it isn't from Jesus or the New Testament) here it is:

Genisis 38:9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

10And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

Note the phrase, "slew him ALSO".

So, to put it into context, this these are the verses just before that:

Genesis38: 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

So yes, God killed a dude after he spurted on the ground but he also killed the woman's husband because he LOOKED wicked...So if that is the precedent, then Rick Santorum now has the right to kill anyone who "looks wicked".

And just like Lot's wife, he smote them NOT because of the thing they did (looking at Sodom and Gomorrah in of itself isn't a sin) but because they disobeyed a direct command from god. That is why Lot's wife and the dude who spooged on the ground were killed, not for contraception or looking at a city.

And let's not forget that Christians follow Christ, Jews follow the first 5 books of the Old Testament...Christians don't remember the Sabbath and cease to do work on Saturday's, they shave their beards and eat shellfish and pork...All things prohibited in the Old Testament as well...Why pick and chose?? Who says which one should be followed and which one shouldn't?? I think it's convenient to chose this one and the gay thing because both of them = no babies which = no future parishioners to add to the collection plate (and or children for them to fuck) and both allow the church to exert control over others.

So their theology behind the issue is completely flawed and is precisely the reason most other religions don't have a problem with contraception...And might I add, that another form of preventing conception and birth control would be jizzing on an altar boys face so let's talk about the pot and kettle here for a minute. So to even try to get away with this under the banner of a religious belief is a stretch to begin with since it is never actually condemned in the Bible...But then again, neither is taxing the rich, abortion or gay marriage...

And you could even take it a step further can say they want to discriminate against women in general if they provide Men in their organizations full health coverage and Women only partial coverage...After all, child birth can still be a life and death situation...Women still die from child birth so to say contraception doesn't fall under health care is ridiculous. Not to mention all the physical changes that happens to a Woman's body after giving birth...They are typically never the same. So by not providing Women with full coverage as you would a Man, that is a clear violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. So this can be challenged on many different levels.

And if the government IS to allow them to discriminate against women then they must then allow any Muslim owned business to force women to cover their heads at work, allow Rastafarians to smoke marijuana, Stanists to kill goats or even allow Mormons to practice polygamy...That is if the freedom or religion is absolute...And if it is, why do Quakers and other pacifists have to have their tax dollars go to pay for wars? But as will all amendments, nothing is absolute all the time. 5 year olds cant walk into a gun store and buy Uzis, I can't yell fire in a crowded theater, nor can someone publish complete lies about me in a news paper.

So, the question is, should Muslim businesses be allowed to force their employees to wear the bee keepers outfits?? If no, the no has to be the answer with regards to Catholics withholding birth control...Not that the Catholic organization themselves would actually have to hand out condoms and morning after pills, but merely allow their health insurance companies provide such coverage.


Irony time:
A. A lot of orphanages and foster programs are run by the Catholic church

B. Contraception prevents abortion!

If you are against contraception, you are FOR abortion...And from the 13th Century...And an idiot.

And Africa listened to the Vatican with regards to Condoms and look where it got them...1.3 Million deaths from AIDS every year, 5% of the population infected...Yes, let's listen to the folks that brought us The Spanish Inquisition, AIDS in Africa, Genocide in South America, The Crusades and child fucking!

Numbers Don't Lie...Republicans Do!

And as I laid out in a previous post:

-The stock market is up over 40% from it's lows the year Obama took office (from 8776 at the end of 08 to 12834 today) and up over 15% from the day Bush took office.

-Housing starts in December of 2008 were at 549,000, in November 2011 they were at 685,000. Not great, but a 24% increase and better than where Bush and the Republicans got us.

-So far, Obama has increased the debt 26% from his first budget. Bush increased the debt 110% and Reagan increased it 180%

-After saving the auto industry, something Romney wanted to see fail, GM is once again the #1 auto maker in the world.

And let's not forget about his strong leadership skills with regards to foreign policy and getting Bin Laden, getting American hostages rescued in Somalia without the loss of American life and his defiance to Iran by sending the Navy through the Straights of Hormuz when Iran specifically told him not to and finally ending the Iraq war. And of course the fact that there have been many thwarted but no successful terrorist attacks on American soil under his administration.

Can we really afford to go back to the cut tax and spend, shoot first ask questions later policies of the Republicans who want to take their cues from Communist Dictators and Communistic policies of forcing women to become baby dispensers?

Faux News Would Prefer if Hollywood Would Go Back to Using Poor Black Men as their Go To Villains Since Rich White Guys Never do Anything Evil

The Muppet's response:


So apparently, the only appropriate and realistic villain in this world can be Muslim's of any sort and poor, black, urban men. Not only would I say that the Muppets movie was actually depicting someone who is a bigger threat to them than Saddam Hussein or Adam and Steve wanting to get married in San Francisco but IT'S A FUCKING MOVIE!!! Guess what? Pigs and frogs don't really talk, wear clothes and drive cars!!!So maybe this movie is just a fictional kids story/fantasy. And not only that, is it not a stretch to use the name Tex Richman when the CEO of the Texas based Exxon Corporation is named Rex Tillerson and who as it turns out, is indeed rich??

And what were they supposed to do, make a movie about Muppet town being torn down by some thuggy rapper who wants to raze their land so he can build his bling mansion?? Or Obama taking over their land to turn it into a nature preserve for Alaskan wildlife?? Oooh, that would have been threatening and put asses in the seats! Or is a greedy corporate type who wants to raze property so he can drill for natural resources and make a billion dollars a bit more realistic?

And like I eluded to earlier, why is "indoctrinating/brainwashing" kids talking about the problems of oil a bad thing but sending them to church and brainwashing them that Jesus hates women who use birth control and gays? Or even telling them that their President is a Muslim, Kenyan, Socialist...ON A NEWS PROGRAM! That is supposed to report facts? I don't get how the Muppets fantasy is worse...Oh, and speaking of what Jesus taught...Maybe the Muppets were just taking their cue from Jesus and the Bible in vilifying the rich.

This Faux News panel would have had no problem if someone made an "indoctrinating" kids movie that spoke of the evils of being gay, nor do they have a problem with the conservative media using Tim Tebow the Superbowl to try to indoctrinate kids about the evils of a woman being able to chose not to be a baby dispenser or some movie about how climate change isn't real. Nor would they have had a problem with a teacher trying to indoctrinate school children into believing the Earth is 10k years old, we, and every animal living today came from Noah's Ark 5000 years ago or that evolution is only a theory. Why not criticize the Creation Museum for indoctrinating children?? Why is indoctrinating them with nonsense better than just showing them a kids movie with kids themes. Was Scooby Doo trying to indoctrinate children against evil amusement park owners?? I don't think so.

More phony outrage. To the outrage dispenser! Grasp any straw necessary:


And to respond to that Bimbos comment about indoctrinating kids about the evils of being rich and class warfare...Yes, I wonder where these kids are getting this kind of brainwashing??

'I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.'Matthew 19:24

"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life."1 Timothy 6:17-19

'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.'" Matthew 25:41-45

"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." 1 Timothy 6:9-10

"Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle." Proverbs 23:4-5

"Then [Jesus] said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.'" Luke 12:15

"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." Matthew 6:24

If you don't want your kids to be indoctrinated and brainwashed against wealth and greed, stop sending them to church and letting them read the teachings of Jesus. It's not Hollywood who is spreading this message, it's that hippie, socialist named Jesus Christ...The original Occupy Wall St. protester.

More Romney Lies

Romney just did this whole spiel last night about how Obama is a failed President, a divisive President and that he ruined the economy...None of these can even remotely be backed up by any facts whatsoever.


If this is what he is running on, he's got nothing.

A. The Republicans in Congress are the divisive ones trying to start a class war and making up lies about Obama about how he is a black radical Christian, Muslim, atheist, Socialist who wants to take over car companies. Obama has actually done nothing BUT kiss the Republicans asses and try to appease them...So much so that they became against the way he got Bin Laden and him ending the war that Bush couldn't. So they have nothing there.

B. Economy: Half of the jobs lost were under Bush. It is projected that Obama will probably end up breaking even on jobs (which will be far more jobs than Bush added in his first term) and that the unemployment rate will remain under 8%.
-Job growth nearly doubled in 2011.
-The stock market is up over 40% from it's lows the year Obama took office (from 8776 at the end of 08 to 12413 today) and up 15% from the day Bush took office.
-Housing starts in December of 2008 were at 549,000, in November they were at 685,000. Not great, but a 24% increase and better than where Bush and the Republicans got us.
-Obama's 2010 Budget saw a deficit of $1.45 trillion...Just A 2% increase from Bush's 09 budget. That's right, a 2% increase over Bush...With a population increase of 10% over 2000.
-Obama increased our national debt by 13.8% in 2010
-Bush's increased the national debt 18.8% in 2009 and had increased the debt 11.2% in 2008.
-The national debt at the end of 2000 before Bush's first budget was submitted was $5.6 Trillion, for the last Bush budget in 2009 the debt had increased to $11.9 Trillion, a 110% increase. And they are complaining about Obama who to this point has only expanded the debt by 26%??

Bush= 110%, Obama 26%!

-Not only that, Over 60% of our budget is dedicated to the following:
Defense Spending (20%) - (Everything included, it's actually much higher than this)
Social Security (20%)
Medicare (13%)
Medicade (7%

-Obama did not start these wars, invent Social Security, Medicare or Medicade so it's hard to blame those on him.

-Bush's tax cuts resulted in over $2 trillion in lost revenues that could have gone to pay down the debt yet Romney wants to decrease taxes on the wealthy even more which goes to show you that he doesn't really care about the deficit or debt.

If you think you can blame the debt and deficits on Obama, then you probably believe in magic disappearing tablets that appear to con-men and magic underwear.

C. Osama Bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki, Abu Hafs al-Shahri and supporting the toppling of Gaddafi and no new terrorist attacks on US soil and the end of the Iraq war shows Obama has clearly when it comes to National Security and leadership.

So really, Romney has nothing except his magic underwear and hopefully a bunch of people he can fire.

RIP Christopher Hitchens

Atheist Guide to 2012

I think Obama probably believes in God and loosely calls himself a Christian but isn't at all serious about it...Unlike the Bachmanns and Perrys who think God speaks to them or wears magic underwear...So as an Atheist, Obama is the clear choice. As any free thinking, educated, liberal person who isn't a billionaire or a military contractor or oil company...Obama would still be the obvious choice between the jokers on the other side.

Gingrich, I mean Cain, Should Step Aside

"This is not an accusation of harassment in the workplace—this is not an accusation of an assault—which are subject matters of legitimate inquiry to a political candidate. Rather, this appears to be an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults—a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public. No individual, whether a private citizen, a candidate for public office or a public official, should be questioned about his or her private sexual life." - Lin Wood, Herman Cain's Attorney...You know, the guy who told women they should "think twice" before going public with their allegations of sexual misconduct from Cain.

I like how when it's Clinton or Spitzer who is cheating it's everyone's business but when Republicans do it...

The question is, if Cain has to step aside, does that mean Gingrich does as well since he has cheated on his wives with multiple women?

Personhood

If you think this is a person, you are an idiot.

See! I told you there was no difference

Can anyone tell me how one is any different than the other? One is a spoof and is about as coherent as the one that is not.

Which Side of the Fence

Ha! So I don't know if anyone has seen that chain email going around about how practical and passive Republicans and how Democrats are somehow the ones trying to cock block every one but I did my own version of that chain letter.

Which side of the fence?



If you ever wondered which side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!

If a Democrat doesn't like abortion, or gay weddings he doesn’t have one.

If a Republican doesn't like abortions or gay weddings, he wants them all outlawed.

If a Republican is a vegetarian, he is called a homo by his peers.

If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants his food labels to detail what has been processed with animal products

If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life...In the Senate or in a Mega Church where he tells other homosexuals that they are going to burn in hell and are the reason Hurricanes happen

If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands the law to protect him from bullies and murderers because he is gay.

If a Republican is down-and-out, he blames it on the liberal media and Mexicans

A Democrat wonders how anyone can still believe in trickle down economics and what happened to all the well paying union jobs.

If a Democrat doesn't like a TV show about a Glee club that has gay characters, he switches channels.

Republicans demand that those shows be shut down.

If a Republican is a believer, he want's to add the word "God" to the currency, Pledge of Allegiance, License Plates and Federal Courthouses and have you believe that the separation of Church and State is a myth.

If A Democrat is a believer, he prays in the privacy of his home or at a church like Jesus intended and doesn't hold up school classes or football games so everyone else has to hear him pray.

If a Republican decides he needs health care, it's because he drives his truck to the McDonalds where he stuffs his fat face every day giving him diabetes which raises the cost of health care for the rest of us all the while bitching about "personal responsibility"

A Democrat tries to eliminate the middle men insurance companies that will make health care affordable


If a Democrat reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.

A Republican will delete it because he's "offended".



Ok, so here was the original:

Which side of the fence?
If you ever wondered which side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!

If a Republican doesn't like guns, he doesn’t buy one.

If a Democrat doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat.

If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.

If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a Republican is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.

A Democrat wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a Republican doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.

Democrats demand that those they don't like be shut down.

If a Republican is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.

A Democrat non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.

If a Republican decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it..
A Democrat demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a Republican reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A Democrat will delete it because he's "offended".


Well, I forwarded it.

Why They Are Protesting

I hear a lot of people asking exactly what it is that the occupy Wall Street people are protesting...You have everything from union members, hippies, anarchists and accountants. While there may not be one, unified message coming out of the mouths of everyone this is basically what it comes down to.

I know I have talked about many of these issues before but this is what they are protesting:

In the 1970s, the average CEO made 30 times what an hourly worker made. Today, a CEO makes 300 times what an hourly worker makes.

From 1960 to 1969 the bottom 90% of income earners saw 65% of all wage increases while the top 10% got 12% of the income increases but from 2002-2007 the bottom 90% got 12% of the increase in income while the top 10% got 65% of those increases.

In the 1950's, 35% of the American labor force belonged to a union, it is now at 11% and 6.9% in the private sector.

In 1977 the income share of the top 1% was at about 10% of all wage earners, today it's 24%, back to where it was just before the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

In 1965, manufacturing accounted for 53% of the economy, by 1988 it only accounted for 39%, and in 2004, it accounted for just 9%.

A study by the universities of Cornell and Massachusetts-Amherst found that India alone may be responsible for up to 700,000 outsourced jobs from America as of 2005

In 2004, average employee compensation in the U.S. fell for the first time in 14 years

Between 1979 and 1999(at the beginning of the outsourcing trend) the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 31 percent of workers displaced by trade, mostly in the manufacturing industries, were not fully re-employed. Only 36 percent of workers soon found jobs that matched or increased their wages

Where as the average salary in manufacturing was $51,000, the average wage in the service industry(medical, hospitality, construction) is now $29,000

Forrester Research conducted a study that found 12,000 to 15,000 service jobs are outsourced from the US per month.

From 1983-1998 the change in net worth for the bottom 40% was -76% but the change for the top 1% was +42% and those numbers are probably far more drastic today.

In the same time period, the change in income from the bottom 20% was -5% while the top 5% saw a 64% increase

Nearly 80% of all economic gains made in the past thirty years have gone to the richest 1%

The capital gains taxes now are 1/3 of what they were under Reagan and the top income tax rate is 50% lower than what it was in 1970

80% of American families own less that $250,000 of wealth, the bottom 20% have nearly 0 wealth

The richest 10% of families own 85% of all outstanding stock and 90% of all business assets.

6 out of the 10 richest people in America never worked a day for their wealth! It was all inheritance which is apparently now a sin to tax that income.

In 2007 Rick Wagoner, CEO of GM, announced the closing of 4 plants producing SUVs and trucks, posted a 39 billion dollar loss and increased his pay by 64% to 15.7 million

The top 1% receive 21.8 % of all income and own about 39% of all wealth in the U.S

The top 10% receive 48.5 % of all reported income ('05), own 71 % of all wealth

The top 300,000 income earners in America received more income than the bottom 150,000,000 Americans.


All the other stuff from education costs and health care would be irrelevant if not for these facts.

THIS IS CLASS WARFARE! The class war is real and it was declared on the poor and middle class in the 1980's by Ronald Reagan. Restoring top tax rates (up only 3%) back to where they were 12 years ago is NOT class warfare...If anyone tries to tell you it is, stick their face in a pile of white dog shit!