Archive for the ‘Exploiting’ Category
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
President Bush today let the American people know that he is right on top of things with the rising gas prices. Then again, no, he really didn’t. But he did acknowledge that it’s a problem for the working class of America. Then again, no, he really didn’t. I’m pretty sure ...
Posted in Bush, Economics, Exploiting, George W. Bush | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Thank God for our system of checks and balances. For the past seven years, Congress has been having an ongoing orgy with the banking industry. And now, finally, the Federal Reserve is about to step in and do Congress’ job for them. Somebody has to do it.
The “legislative” process has ...
Posted in Economics, Exploiting, capitalism, corruption | 7 Comments »
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
The firing of the USA Attorneys was the downfall of Alberto Gonzo Gonzales Now, the asshole that heads the EPA is looking the fool with the dismissal of Mary Gade, regional administrator of U.S. EPA Region 5 which is based in Chi-town. This woman has been fighting Dow Chemical for ...
Posted in Environment, Exploiting, Politics, capitalism, corruption | 10 Comments »
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Aside from his flag waving, flight suit wearing, preening picture posing, mission accomplished displays, our commander-in-chief has done precious little for the troops he claims to so whole-heartedly support. After a constant series of increasingly frequent deployments, many troops who used to support him are joining the rest of the ...
Posted in BIO, Bush, Contributors, Exploiting, GIs, George W. Bush, IDIOT, Iraq, Iraq War, Military, Politics, War, asshole, omnipotent poobah | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
With the news that the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) will appeal a ruling handed down last week by the courts, it gives one pause to consider why they would have a problem with the new law regarding lobbying. The law in question is the Honest Leadership and Open Government ...
Posted in Exploiting, Legal News, capitalism, greed | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
With growing horror, we’re seeing most of South America move to the left. Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador are the most blatant examples. But even such former rightwing stalwarts as Argentina and Chile are slowly moving away from America’s ideals.
One would think that with all we've done for South America, they'd ...
Posted in America, BIO, Current Affairs, Exploiting, Police State, Politics, World News, greed, satire | 1 Comment »
Friday, April 4th, 2008
From CommonDreams.org:
Over the next few weeks Smith would be told to keep quiet about the incident by a KBR supervisor. The camp's military liaison officer also told her not to speak about what had happened, she says. And she would follow these instructions. "Because then, all of a sudden, if ...
Posted in Exploiting, Iraq | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Our government uses the War On Terror as an excuse for any and everything military. As Robert Scheer notes in his writeup at TruthDig, the newest GAO report is a horrendous bit of reading that will chafe you hide or at the very least cause you to grind your teeth ...
Posted in Budget, Exploiting, Homeland Security, Military, Politics, Return on success, Technology, Terrorism, capitalism, corruption, greed | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
The NY Times posted this intriguing story about why we human beings inflict pranks, humiliation, and degradation on each other, the varied motives we have ranging from malice to a fond spirit of fun, and the different ways we react to being on the receiving end running the gamut from ...
Posted in America, April Fools Day, BIO, Budget, Current Affairs, Economics, Environment, Exploiting, General, Global Warming, Health, Illness, Life, Military, Miscellaneous, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Science, Stem-Cell Research, Technology, capitalism, corruption, greed, media, ownership society | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Karma's a bitch.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Somewhere, in a Parallel Universe…", url: "http://www.teambio.org/2008/03/31/somewhere-in-a-parallel-universe/" });
Posted in BIO, Economics, Exploiting, Immigration, capitalism, humor, satire | 1 Comment »