Alan Simpson claims he misspoke back in August when he called Social Security “a milk cow with 310 million tits.” He explains, “I meant to say that America was a milk cow with 300 million teats, and not just Social Security.” Oh. Okay. So Social Security is not the only way we suck at our [...]
Alan Simpson: America Is a Cow w/300M Tits. Plus, 10M MOTUs? |
| By: emptywheel Sunday February 6, 2011 1:21 pm |
The Obama Disconnect: Arlington, Korea and Catfood |
| By: bmaz Thursday November 11, 2010 11:30 am |
Barack Obama is in Korea lecturing Americans to suck it up and embrace the catfood at the same time Biden was left to represent the WH at the Arlington National Cemetery ceremony to honor America’s Veterans; all so Obama could sell out American labor via a Korean free trade agreement. Dumbest politics ever.
Cutting Social Security in the Name of National Security |
| By: emptywheel Tuesday June 1, 2010 7:10 am |
As a number of people have observed, the National Security Strategy Obama released last week prioritizes the economic vitality of the US as one source of security. Much of this discussion places a predictable focus on trade, technology, and education. But I was shocked by the almost mindless privileging on deficit reduction in the document. [...]


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