August 2011
3 posts
“In one NBC report, a young man in Tottenham was asked if rioting really achieved...”
– (via Penny Red re: the London riots)
Everything that’s wrong with our media in one exchange.
(via anthonyking)
Submitted without comment.
(via laughterkey)
Since my Twitter and Tumblr posts have been moderately angry lately with all the debauchery happening with the US fiscal situation, the London riots, the Norway incident, and everything else, I thought I’d tone it down for a second and talk about something completely unrelated.
I am getting old. I may not be ‘old’ yet per se, but I wonder where the years went when I remember...
geekyjessica:
Steve Benen: A timeline of events
1980: Ronald Reagan runs for president, promising a balanced budget
1981 - 1989: With support from congressional Republicans, Reagan runs enormous deficits, adds $2 trillion to the debt.
1993: Bill Clinton passes economic plan that lowers deficit, gets zero votes from congressional Republicans.
1998: U.S. deficit disappears for the first time...
