Howard Zinn from 2001

Ran across this insightful interview with Howard Zinn at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMt7cFFKPeM

Boycott Paypal

Paypal has got to be one of the most fucked up organizations on the web.  If you haven't already, I would suggest just closing your account and sending a big "fuck you" to them.  Fuck Paypal and  help speed up their eventual bankruptcy—it's just a matter of time before they just shoot themselves again!

Reuters on Goldman Sachs

Great write-up on Goldman Sachs by Reuters here.

Tuning Out of the Political Absurdity

The total disconnect between reality and Republican politics has reach the pinnacle of absurdity.  Their call for less regulation as a way to tackle the jobs problem is laughable.  We tried every one of their ideas under bush, less taxes for the wealthy, less regulation for financial firms and others, lower environmental standards,
ad nauseam!  The only thing it got us was a financial crisis that the Republicans blame on the President that just inherited the result of these inane policies.  I'll vote and send money and hope that the U.S. will see through this bullshit.  I'm not that hopeful as these would be the same Americans that gave war-criminal Bush a second term.