Rev. Billy vs. the Devil(s)!

Rev. Billy puts a hex on Chase!

Rev. Billy Goes downtown!

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Obama Gets Smug

Obama's response to a question about legalizing marijuana in an attempt to help out the economy was kind of sad. He could have gave the same answer with out being so smug and dismissive. I understand he has to respond this way politically but his flip response providing no real rationalization is unfortunate.

Republicans Want To Tea Bag Somebody

Check out this great article from HuffPo writer Bob Cesca. He points out the idiocy of those who thing they are emulating the Boston Tea Party, equating themselves with American Colonists revolting against being taxed by the UK without having any representation in Parliament.

Again, does that sound like what those who oppose Obama's stimulus plan face? There will be tax cuts for most, in fact and any lack of Republic representation in Congress is pretty much their own fault.

Cesca goes into a lot more detail about the absurdity of the comparison to the Boston Tea Party. So remember, they want to tea bag you...


...lastly, check out this video from the Daily Show.

Thanks to the shadowy figure katchyna for bringin this to my attention.

Legalizing Weed to Help the Economy

I keep seeing stories about legalizing marijuana as a way to help the economy, you know, by taxing the weed. It seems like a good idea to me, I mean, I don't think it will work but at least it forces the idea of legalization into the semi-mainstream media. A number of politicians have proposed legalizing pot as a way to raise money for their states. Of course, marijuana is illegal under Federal law so any legalization in individual states would likely result in some dicey law enforcement scenarios.

According to the state of California's tax collector a $50 tax on retailers on an ounce could result in $1 billion in tax revenue for the state and that doesn't take into account a sales tax on buyers which could result in hundreds of millions more in revenue. Plus, think of the money saved on investing, busting, and putting small time dealers and users in jail.

High Speed Rail

Want.

Though it would be nice if they'd connect Tampa and Orlando to the rest of the country. Click it to get all in close.

In These Economic Times

Here's a little animated video describing the origin of the failing economy you may have heard about while drinking your $10 Rum and Cokes. It makes the whole mortgage crisis thing easy to understand. If you've been avoiding learning how the end of the world began...watch the video.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

via The Daily Dish

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