Thursday, June 30, 2011

United States of Influence: Why is Congress a millionaires club?

Great post on CBSNews.com today as part of their "United States of Influence" series:

"As a congressional candidate, "every waking minute of every day is devoted to that campaign," said Doug Heye, a former spokesman for the Republican National Committee. "It requires an extraordinary amount of time, and it becomes difficult for a lot of people if you have a full-time job... When you've got a mortgage to pay and college tuition and braces to pay for, those kinds of day-to-day, real-life expenses come before putting six months into a campaign.""

At what point will people start feeling like they're being treated like serfs?

Number of High Income Taxpayers Who Owe Nothing in Income Taxes Just Doubled

Number of High Income Taxpayers Who Owe Nothing in Income Taxes Just Doubled

U.S. Is One of the Least Taxed Developed Countries

U.S. Is One of the Least Taxed Developed Countries

FEC Approves Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC for 2012 Election - The Note

I can only imagine where this will lead...

Cirque du Soleil First Pitch

This has to be the CRAZIEST first pitch ever! What's even more amazing is the pitch was a STRIKE!



Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Jose Reyes continues to sizzle...

From ESPN.com: "Jose Reyes played his 1,000th major league game [on Tuesday] and went 4-for-4 with a walk before being replaced with Ruben Tejada as a pinch-runner. Only Ty Cobb had more steals and triples in his first 1,000 games in major league history."

More: "The Tigers estimated Reyes had swung at 153 pitches in the past two weeks and missed only three."

I'm starting to run out of words to describe Jose Reyes's season. The statement "Only Ty Cobb had more steals and triples in his first 1,000 games in major league history." speaks for itself.

Factcheck.org on Michele Bachmann

Is it just me or is everything this woman says completely nuts?