"Public sector employees, on the whole, earn less than those in the private sector."

"....the Great Recession is far outside the experience of any this country has seen in 70 years. U.S. labor force is now smaller than it was before the recession started, though it should have grown by over 4 million workers to keep up with working-age population growth over this period.  In December, 26.1 million workers were unemployed or underemployed.

"Daley is a reflection, not a cause; another reflection of the Obama presidency, its priorities and concerns, and its overarching allegiances" to Wall Street, not the common good.

Obama administration not such a good friend of wildlife.

Right wing Texas governor lied: there was no Texas miracle, no budget surplus; the consistent failure of the modern conservative theory of budgeting— the belief that you should never raise taxes under any circumstances, that you can always balance the budget by cutting wasteful spending is a myth....a failure under Reagan just like their supply side, "trickle down" economic theory was a bust.

".....the Constitution has become the latest venerable symbol of the nation to be politicized....and the Constitution, like the flag, belongs to Republicans and their right-wing friends.

"The last optimist no longer optimistic."

"Spill Commission: greed, hubris and corruption by corporate management and government led to Gulf disaster."

Stupidity reigns among GOP reps in Congress trying to repeal health care reform while enjoying goverment health care coverage for themselves.

"A banker who gets it."