When my seven-year-old daughter asked me this question last night, I was gutted. Do I, the daughter of a Harley-riding, ultra-conservative, flag-fying war veteran, love America? I, the liver of the American Dream? Granddaughter of orphan and immigrants, waitress and community college student-turned-Harvard and Stanford grad, do I love America?
It defies credulity to think anyone actually believes the following virtually universal mainstream account of the Occupy Wall Street story:
The SEIU today sent out this press release. Honestly, when I posted Tuesday the hidden audio of the SEIU’s Steve Lerner plotting earlier this year to organize a countrywide rolling protest against Wall Street, I didn’t think the actual SEIU would go public with Occupy
Steve Lerner of the SEIU was caught on hidden audio earlier this year on his plan to roll out Wall Street protests around the country. The Occupy Wall Street website expressly claims to be a “leaderless resistance movement.” Does this sound like a coincidence to you? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0PlElVWshk]
When Bloomberg implemented rules in New York that food chains such as Starbucks had to list the calories of their food on the menu, I was, of course, disgusted if only for the fact that the megalomaniac mayor has no right to dictate to private businesses that they engage in self-defeating advertising. (Shouldn’t they be (more…)
Elizabeth Warren magnanimously allows entrepreneur to keep some of his money…
Check out this clip from the debate – Rick Perry basically saying “it takes a lot more than $5000 to bribe me, I can tell you!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIC_vc8YOj4