Something to think about

In my humble opinion, that is:

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Headline of the day

Please take a look. This is so, so true:

America Didn’t “End” Slavery After the Civil War -- We Simply Exported It

Here's a brief excerpt:

The recent fires that killed 112 workers in Bangladeshi sweat shops making garments for Wal-Mart and other American retailers show how we, today, are frankly more hypocritical and dishonest about slavery than was Jefferson himself. 

As are those Libertarians who argue that the Bangladeshis were “willing workers,” when poverty is so severe in that country that working, chained into a firetrap factory, is essential to survival itself. To call the working conditions of much of the developing world anything less than slavery is to ignore the power relationships that keep workers behind fences, locked 24/7 in often-violent dormitories, and the companies that string nets outside windows to reduce worker suicides. 

I've actually heard people who think of themselves as having values and a conscience say that they can't justify NOT buying cheap imported stuff -- even when they know full well that workers are exploited and mistreated.
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An important question, IMHO

And it's a question I have as well:

Perspective

Interesting, don't you think?  :-)

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Analyzing the Republicans' loss

This is intriguing, actually. Mind you, Cenk Uygur is engaging in some pretty strong schadenfreude in this but listen beyond it, okay?



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Quotation of the hour

In my humble opinion.

"They outspent us, they outlied us, they made it harder for us to vote, and they tried to make our candidate into a Kenyan, Muslim, Socialist. We won anyway. 

"They can deal with it." 

-- Dave

This "Dave" is the administrator of The Pragmatic Progressive Page over on Facebook.
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Happy Days Are Here Again!

Oh, the relief!


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Really sweet

I think you'll enjoy this brief video:

   
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Yes.

Just so you'll know!

Inspiring, actually

Do you think those right wingers who think that money is everything could ever say something like this:

Not really surprising

But the hypocrisy does get to me.

Well, there you go...

This is undoubtedly what it's all about.

(Click to enlarge)

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This is for real

I hope and pray people THINK.

Good grief.

How is it that this has become even a question of late? The fact that the president even needs to state it this way makes me almost despair. (Shaking my damn head here.)

Oh, that party of family values again...

And, for the umpty-eleventh time, it's not the sex, it's the hypocrisy. It's not the sex, it's the "conservative" judgment of other people that is so reprehensible (while expecting a pass for their own behavior).

Dinesh D’Souza Resigns Presidency of The King’s College

"D’Souza came under fire Tuesday when World magazine revealed that he was engaged to a 29-year-old woman while still married to his wife of 20 years. D’Souza and Denise Odie Joseph allegedly shared a hotel room at a Christian conference in September, and D’Souza introduced her as his fiancee." 

D'Souza, by the way, is a well-known conservative who has lately been making a practice of bashing President Obama. He used to debate Christopher Hitchens about the existence of God.

You know, if you're going to be judgmental about others, you've got to be impeccable in your own behavior. (And who, really, can manage that?)
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Yes.

Hell, yes.

Signs made by grown-ups

Why isn't this completely obvious to everyone?

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I tremble for my country...

Un-freakin'-belivable.  And people like this vote. God help us.


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Well, there you go...

Sigh. (I'm doing that a lot these days, it seems.)

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Indeed

I could wish this would go viral. But, then, the American populace as a whole is not educated enough to recognize the reference. (Sigh.)