Cyclists: damn fine, say women.

Why, apparently I didn't get laid in the 80's. I didn't have what these guys have. I still don't.

Note to the White House following Obama's award of the Nobel prize, and preceding the Copenhagen talks: Don't %#$* This Up (whatever this means to you--a moment in human history, your kids future, precious time for you to own more stuff). When corporations find the governments behavior reprehensible, well...

Barbara Ehrenreich doing more heavy lifting so few others need bother:
Don't fuss all the time about your mood and your attitude. Try to deal with the world itself.

One of the major sources of misery in the world is poverty. We can do one of two things. We can tell poor people they need to change their attitudes, and there's a whole industry of that kind of thing -- motivational speakers that tell people to get over their bad attitudes towards wealth so it will just come to them.

Or we can say, "What's the cause of this? How are we going to get together and do something about it?"

60% of Kids exposed to Violence: and we ain't even talking about television...

America: a nation of zombies?!?! Not at all an unreal or shocking notion

Free doughnuts! Now maybe a few less slot machine gambits and keeping that wonderful mortgage gets easier. Good Lord.

The song has remained the same for a couple of centuries(and the weight of facts cannot get any greater), but collectively the buy-in is failing. Even sorting through the bullshit is an effort almost too great. What we need is better salesmanship! Shotclock?!?

Words that stand the test of time: Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities Mark Twain
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