tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post5636829830296685782..comments2024-03-27T18:00:02.032-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Profiles In Ruling Class ChutzpahKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-69211714410046952002019-04-10T21:48:34.959-04:002019-04-10T21:48:34.959-04:00mjb. Good to see Truthout it publishing your piece...mjb. Good to see Truthout it publishing your pieces again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-47981974607951892232019-04-10T12:21:38.623-04:002019-04-10T12:21:38.623-04:00Keep on writing, great job!Keep on writing, great job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-19083028116168310042019-04-09T19:54:58.794-04:002019-04-09T19:54:58.794-04:00I like the circular firing squad metaphor as long ...I like the circular firing squad metaphor as long as the Clintonites and Obamaites are in the center of the circle. It will purge the party of neoliberal (Darwinian) capitalist warmongers and help the Democrats establish a coherent message that is actually different from what Trump and his RNC puppets propose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-22466418128148653322019-04-09T14:27:56.069-04:002019-04-09T14:27:56.069-04:00Oooooh! So happy to have come across this blog.Oooooh! So happy to have come across this blog.cgregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-52073684346535526652019-04-08T22:49:48.124-04:002019-04-08T22:49:48.124-04:00Here's an income disparity factoid. How many ...<br />Here's an income disparity factoid. How many years would the typical Tesla worker have to work [typical pay there is $56,163] to equal the 2018 salary of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, which was $2.28 billion? Answer: 40,668 years.<br /><br />Is there a degreed philosopher in the house? And, for some how-to tips, maybe we could task an honest lawyer, if that's not an oxymoron. And hire a safe cracker or two. <br /><br />Karen's post, like Chuck Collins' newsletter "Inequality This Week" where I got the above factoid, spurs wakeful bruxism. At this rate I'll have to wear my night time teeth guard 24 hours a day––or stop reading about the escapades of the superrich. No wonder Carlyle called economics the dismal science. <br /><br />I have begun to wonder. Would it be ethically wrong if a club of people were to band together to forcibly take away preposterous levels of wealth from the superrich, you know, the people tight in that other club? Is stealing from thieves thievery? Is stealing excess from the inhumane inhumane?<br /><br />For that matter, is standing around and doing nothing about the widening disparities ethical? If forcibly (but nonviolently of course) taking away 90% of the wealth from the 1%––in a non-purist, incremental way of course (pace Obama)––is wrong, would it be an even graver fault not to pose such questions to oneself and others in light of the damage caused as a direct result of epic concentrations of wealth? Or is the only ethical course to stand by in silence while the rich get richer?<br /><br />Ex-Senator Gravel from Alaska shines as an entertaining contrarian. I wish him lots of luck in securing a podium for the primary debates. He has the right stuff to puncture neolib and neocon balloons and to propose solutions that can shrink the disparities.<br />Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-31561376841671722412019-04-08T16:18:58.681-04:002019-04-08T16:18:58.681-04:00You know who should have gotten a Profiles in Cour...You know who should have gotten a Profiles in Courage award? Mike Gravel! As you may recall, Senator Gravel read Daniel Ellsberg's Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record so the public would learn the lies our Government was telling about Vietnam. Even Senators George McGovern and William Fulbright lacked the courage. <br /><br />Well, Mike's back! At 88 years old he's making a play to get into the Democratic debates so he can once more speak truth to power. I urge everyone to help him get there. All it takes is enough people giving $1. <br /><br />"This morning, I officially announced that I’m running for President of the United States and that I have zero intention of winning. Instead, I’m going to make it to the Democratic debates and present a truly progressive vision of America that challenges the military-industrial complex and our growing plutocracy. I’ll put American imperialism on trial and force the establishment Democrats to go on record on issues like healthcare, illegal wars, and marijuana legalization. Then, I’ll drop out.<br /><br />In order to qualify for the debates, I need 65,000 individual donations from people in 20 states across the nation. It doesn’t matter to me how much money you give — one dollar is just as good as one thousand — but I need your help now. We have a little over a month until the deadline, and we’re going to need all the support we can get."<br /><br />https://www.mikegravel.org/<br /><br />Please pass the word!Woman With Many Namesnoreply@blogger.com