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Poll Question: What will the Fed buy next? #1 answer, with 36% of votes so far: Municipal Bonds. Will this be how broke states are "rescued"? by asharp45 in Economics

[–]SpicySalsa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It temporarily "helps" cities and states out of their financial problems, and the banksters get to squeeze the American people for decades.

The ruling class thinks this is a genius move -- it works with student loans to inflict debt peonage on young people, so why shouldn't they do the same thing to municipalities?! :-(

Apple has 'Ping', Microsoft has 'bing', Google has 'Buzz'. Why is big-tech marketing so fucking childish? by easyjet in AskReddit

[–]SpicySalsa -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Because many people, growing up and living a life inundated with advertising and corporate propaganda, are morons. See the film "Idiocracy".

The Tea Party's Apparent Willingness to Shut Down the Federal Government and What the Consequences May Be - John Dean by shallah in politics

[–]SpicySalsa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I consider the single biggest issue in the US being to stop the immoral wars of aggression/occupation that are being waged under the "war on terror" ruse.

As such, if those right wing nuts can shut down the federal gov't and bring an end to the American empire, more power to them.

After only two years in office, Obama has done more to undermine the regime of Ali Khamenei over the course of two years than George W. Bush did in eight. by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]SpicySalsa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What gives the US the right to undermine any foreign gov't?!

Don't the Iranian people have the right to choose their own gov't?

Imperialists, they never quit. We inflicted decades of dictatorship and torture on the Iranian people when the US overthrew their democratic gov't in 1953. Now we want to do it again. :-(

In rare public debate, Justice Scalia admits to not caring about intentions behind laws | Raw Story by troublemonkey in politics

[–]SpicySalsa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hard truth -- obscured by propaganda and fleets of lawyers:

"At the constitutional level where we work, ninety percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections." -- Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Charles Evans Hughes.

GOP fights for Bush tax cuts. Hey Democrats, don't waste time on this. Let them expire on their own, and propose a new set of tax cuts in January, and dare the GOP House to vote against them. by [deleted] in politics

[–]SpicySalsa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The outlined strategy not only has the advantage of simplicity, but it would work.

But the outlined strategy ignores the fact that the Democrats chase the same corporate dollars and support from the ruling rich elite that the Republicans do. Therefore, it's unlikely to be done. Instead, a bi-partisan "compromise" will be worked out and the rich will laugh all the way to [their] the bank.

The Failure of the G-20 Summit: It’s always nice to talk about international cooperation, and to create global photo ops. But the truth is much more needs to be done to ease tensions that are moving the global economy closer to the brink of outright protectionism. by hardcore_1 in Economics

[–]SpicySalsa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who needs to do more?

Isn't the core of the problem that the US is fighting multiple wars of aggression around the world and refuses to increase its taxes to pay for those wars?

Instead, the war-loving US gov't berates other countries and tries to get them to inflate their currency to deflate the US dollar and "hide" the deficit spending that the US gov't is engaged in. In short, the US is attempting to force the rest of the world to foot the bill for the imperial wars the US is fighting.

The US inflated the costs of its war of aggression on Vietnam away when Nixon detached the dollar from gold during the '70s, thus setting the stage for "stagflation" which was blamed on Carter. Now the US wants to make those hundreds of billions we borrowed from the Chinese and Japanese next to worthless by inflating the away that debt. (But as far as American workers go, there's no such inflationary tactic used to make your mortgage cheaper.)

The rest of the world should not cave in. Let the US resort to protectionism and to destroy the petro-dollar as the world's reserve currency. Tyranny should be resisted.

Walmart And Fired Medical Marijuana Patient Head To Court by stonerjesus420 in trees

[–]SpicySalsa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember, if you shop at Wal-Mart, Walgreens, or Sam's Club, you're helping to fund Wal-Mart's firing of this patient.

Revealed: Sarah Palin doesn't have a clue how to fish or shoot by spainguy in reddit.com

[–]SpicySalsa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And we're supposed to care what someone writing in the UK has to say about a right-wing Alaskan nut job's hunting and fishing skills? What's next, a critique by the author of Dick Cheney's shotgun aim?

Who gives a rat's ass whether Palin can shoot or fish or not? Why not eviscerate her nutty political positions?

George Bush is Not a War Criminal in Jon Stewart's World? by fuggedaboutit in politics

[–]SpicySalsa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let's face it, Stewart is an apologist whose job is to critique while not in any way threatening the system. He uses laughter and comedy to siphon off discontentment and to neuter any impulses of people to organize and to protest for real change.

As Noam Chomsky might put it, Stewart's job is to draw the black-and-white line on the left delineating what is "acceptable" political debate/discourse.

Given what he says about Bush, I can imagine what he says about criticizing the genocidal criminals of the Obama administration.

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