-
Ben Tripp wrote a new diary post: It’s Time to Get the Message
Ben Tripp Americans have been trying to send their government a message for years. To anyone except the entrenched power elites in Washington D.C., the message is perfectly clear: solve the real problems that you have been elected to solve, don’t make up imaginary problems and solve those instead. Yet inside the Beltway the elected [...]
-
Ben Tripp wrote a new diary post: A Vote For Nothing
I’m an Independent, and always have been. My politics are generally to the left of the Democratic Party and over the horizon from the Republicans; I’d have been a mainstream Democrat in 1934, but the Overton Window has shifted so far to the right it’s in the next room. Still, that’s not why I’m an [...]
-
Ben Tripp commented on the diary post Esquire Magazine: Writer wanted to help convert class war into generational war. No skills required; pays top dollar. by Dean Baker.
That’s because that line of reasoning suggests that social progress should not extend to all positions on the wealth scale, but in reality it does. Put in sewers because the rich don’t like the smell, and the whole city gets cleaner. Poor people in 1900 didn’t have telephones. Poor people in 1930 didn’t either. Then [...]
-
Ben Tripp commented on the diary post I really do want to believe in the economy… by dakine01.
“Economists are surprised” should be the new “obvious troll is obvious.”
-
Ben Tripp wrote a new diary post: A Nation of Leaders
America has no leadership. One after another, charlatans, quislings, and narcissists have taken their turn upon the national stage, trifling with great issues and taking great issue with trifles. In the absence of principled, strong leadership, anybody with enough money can buy governing policies to suit his interests; lobbyists and corporations write our laws. An [...]
-
Ben Tripp wrote a new diary post: The Art of the Impossible
The Occupy Wall Street movement has demonstrated — in the most literal sense of the word — its geometrically growing power. Week by week, the movement is growing in strength. In less than a month, in fact, it has gotten the attention of a profoundly inattentive Washington establishment. In yesterday’s press conference, President Obama himself acknowledged [...]
-
Ben Tripp commented on the blog post Andrew Ross Sorkin Isn’t Afraid Yet, But…
Mirth!
-
Ben Tripp wrote a new diary post: What Are Your Demands?
Don’t be fooled by the complaints that the Occupy Wall Street movement hasn’t got a clear set of demands. Everybody in a position of power knows exactly what the people want. They simply don’t want to acknowledge it. Because, one issue at a time, the demands all boil down to one thing: we don’t want you [...] -
melvoid commented on the diary post Either We Make Stuff — Or We Go Out Of Business by TobyWollin.
The trouble is, nobody in a position of influence is willing to admit that we have a new class of people in the world. These people have no interest in nationality, ideology, the environment, or humanity. They exist outside the influence of these things, because they have billions of dollars. A billion is one thousand [...]
-
melvoid commented on the blog post Give a Little, Get a Lot: What You Get for Becoming a Member of Firedoglake
I joined up, and now people are literally throwing pussy at me. My shirt is in tatters. Pledge your support today!
-
melvoid commented on the blog post Feinstein: “Service members continue to receive drug linked to permanent brain damage”
I used to travel to malaria-stricken regions a lot, and Lariam had such awful side effects I wouldn’t take it. I handed it out to people who lived in those areas instead. Great, now I’m a monster.
-
melvoid commented on the blog post Jane and Others Jailed Till Monday, Take Action, Support the Tar Sands Sit-In
Jane and all, thanks for your activism. Electrons don’t mean shit. Bodies count.
Became a paying member-firebagger a few days ago. FDL got Obama’s campaign contribution instead.
-
melvoid commented on the blog post It’s All Fun And Games Until Sarah Palin Shits On Your Chest
I soiled myself when I read the headline and observed the accompanying photograph. Thank you for bringing joy into my life.
-
melvoid commented on the blog post Today’s Lesson from the White House: Take Hostages
A suggestion for who to take hostage here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-tripp/an-immodest-proposal_2_b_797199.html
Ourselves. Bank a lot of votes. Politician that pledges to do what the kids say, gets the votes. Broken promises easily seen.
