What Congress Bought Itself With Your $1 Billion

Seeded on Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:46 AM EDT (AOL News)

The article is pretty self-explanatory: a little over $1 billion that goes exclusively to the "needs" and wants of our elected officials.

congress, politics, tax-money

Maude Barlow: 'The World Has Divided into Rich and Poor as at No Time in History'

Seeded on Sun Jul 4, 2010 9:48 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

I can't say that all the facts here are 100% accurate, but I would bet a large amount of money on it that they are pretty close! Just a very, very sobering article and video as to what we have (and continue to) done to our fellow man and Mother Earth.

pollution, poverty, science, earth, rich-poor-divide, g-20, extreme-disparity-in-wealth

Godwin's law, also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies or Godwin's law of Nazi Analogies.

Seeded on Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:59 AM EDT (Wikipedia.org)

A few years ago since I first starting reading and commenting on political (or related) boards, I have gradually started to see a trend.

discrimination, politics, nazi, trends, nazis, hype, debates, hitler, godwins-law

Your request is being processed... Bill Maher Blasts Tea Baggers For Ignoring Defense Spending (VIDEO)

Seeded on Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:39 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Next to the late, great George Carlin as my pick for President, I choose Bill Maher since I can't have the former! I love this man, he makes as much sense as Carlin did and is not afraid of being politically incorrect.

defense, politics, spending, maher, george-carlin, tea-party, teabaggers, deficiet

Truth or Dare? I dare you to say something good about yourself.

Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:16 PM EDT

By henry1966 (Clipped by MBach30)

Let's dig into some plain psychology here. My guess is that most of have attend at least one seminar or assessment with some psychological aspects. Maybe while applying for a certain job, during college or an assessment your current employer has sent you to.

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seminar, role-playing, psychology, skills, habits, assessment, characteristics

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Party Animals

Seeded on Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:40 PM EDT (defense.gov)

Trivial maybe, yet mildly fascinating, look at how the Democrats and Republicans got their Donkey and Elephant symbols.

jackson, democrats, politics, republicans, elephant, donkey, symbols, trivia

Fastest Car - Ferrari F599 Fiorano

Seeded on Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:07 PM EDT (blog.uae-autos.com)

Seeded by Tony Becks (Clipped by MBach30)

It seemed that Ferrari F599 GTB would be peacefully retired. The car was released only 4 years ago, made its contribution into the common business of Ferrari prosperity and became a part of the automobile history already.

technology, ferrari, supercar, fastest-car, fiorano

A Socialist Response to the TEA parties - Part One: Tradition v. Radicalism

Mon Apr 5, 2010 8:41 PM EDT

By Anatoly-Rex (Clipped by MBach30)

As a Socialist I enjoy a unique perspective on American politics. My belief system is routinely scapegoated, used as a means of intimidation, or generally misrepresented by people of various political backgrounds with various political agendas.

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politics, liberal, obama, barack-obama, communism, conservative, socialist, conservatism, socialism, liberalism

Cartoons from the Arab World

Seeded on Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:24 PM EDT ()

Seeded by krishna-167929 (Clipped by MBach30)

A selection of political cartoons from media in both the Arab world & Iran-- not often seen in the west.

egypt, israel, palestinians, arabs, nazi, muslims, racism, palestinian-authority, incitement, world-news

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Great comments and seeds... Keep up the good work!
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M Bach...you're "real" my friend! Keep on keepin on...
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Yep, been here for about 3 or 4 years...previously was in the Hickory Hill area, which has gotten really bad...I don't ever remember Cordova being rural like you described, but I don't doubt it many years before we moved here. If there is a patch of grass, rest assured that a convenience store or WalMart will be thrown down upon it, LoL
— MBach30

Cordova? Really! I spent 10 years in Memphis and remember Codova as "being out in the country." I visited a couple of years ago...boy how fast things change!
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