I'm Just Sayin'

Here is a picture of my neighbors.  I think they are Republicans because all I ever hear them say is Naaaay.

 

Today is National Be Late For Something Day.  I’m not sure what this day is about but here are few names that celebrate this day every year. The late Elvis Presley, the late Marilyn Monroe, the late Micheal Jackson, the late Mel Gibson, (I know he is still alive but his career is deader than Elvis)    

 

Hey look, unemployment is up. Former House majority leader Eric (I Work For The People…..Who Pay Me The Most) Cantor, the Go to Guy of Wall Street who lost his job in the spring to a complete unknown, just got a big paying job on Wall Street. Wow, I sure didn’t see that one coming.  

A couple of other former Washington  boneheads have moved into the private sector. Republican Trent ( I Have Some Integrity but Not A) Lott and Democrat John ( Of Course I'm A Crook,I’m From Louisiana, ) Breaux are now lobbying for a Russian bank  To date, more than 300 members of Congress have become lobbyists, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. This means that being a Congressman or Senator is no longer considered public service. It is now an entry level position into big business. 

 

The National Republican Congressional Committee is out with a new ad in Arizona, painting Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick as nothing more than a pair of legs in high heels. Evidently the ad was made by the agency where the Mad Men work.

 

Richard (I Really Am A) Fink, vice-president of Koch Industries told a gathering of conservatives at a conference called “American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society” that people who felt like victims lost meaning in life and turned to totalitarian political ideologies. Raising the minimum wage, he claimed, would cause people to lose their jobs and lose their meaning in life, giving fascism a fertile ground to grow in.  He said 500,000 people that will not have a job because of minimum wage, because there is no such thing as a dead end job. This doesn’t make sense on any level. What a asshole.

So rather than pay a higher wage, companies will just fire the workers? I don’t think so. The lost productivity would be way more than the money saved on cutting the payroll.  The majority of minimum wage workers work for big corporations.  These corporations are making killer profits and they will simply pass the cost on to the customer. 

 

A new study out from a Princeton economist and two colleagues say more religious countries show less scientific innovation. In other words.

 

Stay tuned for more adventures.