Scammed: What Shirley Sherrod and Social Security Have in Common

More SS fakery.



Some things people need to know.



Republicans would love to repeal or drastically cut Social Security claiming it is bankrupt. But here are some facts you need to know.



* Primarily financed by a 12.5% payroll tax split between the wage earner and the employer.

* Pays monthly benefits to about 53 million Americans.

* For 25 years has been taking in more that it pays out and now has a reserve of $2.5 Trillion Dollars.

* During the current recession SS has had to draw on those reserves due to high unemployment.

* The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the reserve fund and payroll taxes will cover full payment of benefits for another 33 years. ( Plenty of time to restore the economy if conservatives stop blocking provisions to do so. )



From my own article here: http://joethevoter.org/decoded-secret-gop-agenda.html
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Drill, Gamble, Loot, Starve: The Chamber of Commerce, the GOP, and the Politics of Plunder

Is there any wonder who the Republicans work for any longer? My own bit of satire here with some graphics I hope you will spread. http://www.gopofficialoil.com My logo here appeared in the opening credits of the Keith Olbermann show last week ! Whoopee !
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BP, The GOP's Official Oil Company

BP, The GOP's Official Oil Company

Terrorism: Why They Want to Kill Us

Nothing new..but too often ignored. Where there are valuable resources we will be there to "protect our national interests" which translates to: We will stay until the resources are gone.



Sadly Afghanistan, once thought to have nothing of value, has found pretty substantial reserves of valuable minerals. That of course, makes their nation of "interest". It also means there are more resources for the corruption inside the country to fight over.



We need to show them how to mine their resources and get out of the way. If they wind up killing each other over their own new found wealth...so be it. That blood won't be on our hands.



As a soldier McCrystal should not have said what he said openly. That does not mean he was not right.
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Sarah Palin Demands Hardball Regulations and a Takeover of BP

Let me see if I understand this correctly. Sarah "drill baby drill" Palin. lover of big oil, former Alaska governor and Republican who says big government is BAD now wants our government to be in the oil business and take over a private company?



Did I REALLY hear that correctly or is there some strange static in this blog?



Personally I would not morn the loss of BP but coming from Palin this sounds like she has been possessed by a socialist !
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Glenn Beck Gets It Right

Wow I would never thought I would take Glenn Beck over Lieberman or McCain but for once he hit a home run of wisdom. Where was Beck when Bush exposed for secretly wire tapping our citizen's conversations or when Congress decided to grant immunity to the telcoms for helping the feds violate the constitution?
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Let's End the War on Drugs

I can't figure out why we forgot the lessons of prohibition? Are we really that dumb?



Yes.



The war on drugs even impacts the rest of us. I recently was negatively impacted by this "war against Americans" when a tenant was busted for smoking pot. He had to give up the apartment I rented him...I lose income and the present market is very bad when it comes to finding new renters.



Why do landlords, spouses, children, employers etc. have to pay such a price when someone smokes pot even as his neighbor is dying from cancer induced by legal tobacco?



There simply is no logic.
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