Motherland

It's another Sunday morning and the talking heads are using talking points instead of telling the truths. It's no wonder that so many are so confused. Robert Reich writes and cites, "A recent paper by Cornell political scientist Suzanne Mettler surveyed how many recipients of government benefits don’t really believe they have received any benefits. She found that over 44 percent of Social Security recipients say they “have not used a government social program.” More than half of families receiving government-backed student loans said the same thing, as did 60 percent of those who get the home mortgage interest deduction, 43 percent of unemployment insurance beneficiaries, and almost 30 percent of recipients of Social Security Disability." in a piece about the wrecking-ball right.

Silly academics are so protective of their intellectual property. We can't find the above quote.

The only thing anybody can agree on is that congress is broken.

The worst drought in 60 years is ongoing in Africa and we're just now hearing about it. I'm not sure what to make of ABC playing good Samaritan when it fails to report with integrity.