"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Saturday, July 6, 2013
So Far
Red is, well, you know who...
On a related side-note: teabaggers continue to believe that there's been massive growth of government under Obama. Fact is, government jobs have shrunk, and continue to, under Obama. Take away government job losses, as the first chart does, and job creation is doing even better. If the hidebound teabaggRs could be gotten to grok, we might have something...
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