The Book of Cletis: An Open Letter To Haters

The Book of Cletis: An Open Letter To Haters: Note from Cletis: I almost never link to another commentary but you have to read the rest of this at The Daily KOS. Just click the link below the excerpt.

"I meet you all the time. You hate Obama. You hate gay people. You hate black people, immigrants, Muslims, labor unions, women who want the right to make choices concerning their bodies, you hate em all. You hate being called racist. You hate being called a bigot. Maybe if you talked about creating jobs more than you talk about why you hate gay people we wouldn't call you bigots. Maybe if you talked about black people without automatically assuming they are on food stamps while demanding their birth certificates we wouldn't call you racist. You hate socialism and social justice. You hate regulations and taxes and spending and the Government. You hate..."

A must read people.

Open Letter to that 53% Guy

Open Letter to that 53% Guy: "Hello,

I briefly visited the “We are the 53%” website, but I first saw your face on a liberal blog. Your picture is quite popular on liberal blogs. I think it’s because of the expression on your face. I don’t know if you meant to look pugnacious or if we’re just projecting that on you, but I think that’s what gets our attention...."

We Are the 99%!!!

The myth of the job creator

The myth of the job creator: "In their drive to restore some sort of economic equity to our society, decrease our deficit and restore some semblance of balance to the federal budget, President Obama and Congressional Democrats have repeatedly called for closing corporate tax loopholes and increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Poll after poll has shown that the American public, and even a strong cross section of Republicans, look favorably upon this idea. And who could blame them? At a time when the rich are getting ever richer while everyone else is wondering how they will keep their heads above water and figure out how to pay for college for their kids, it only makes moral and logical sense that those who are well off should make a little bit of a larger contribution to bring out nation's economy and people back from the brink..."

U.S. credit rating downgraded for first time in history

U.S. credit rating downgraded for first time in history: "Despite that pesky $2,000,000,000,000.00 math error in their first calculations, S&P followed through with the downgrade..."

Boehner's six-month stopgap vs. Reid's long-term extension