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Obama wants to share your Legos

Obama & legos

Wow! It looks like you’ve worked very hard here. I’m just gonna take half of your Legos and pass them out to some of the other kids that have been napping all day.

I laughed, but this whole “I don’t want my taxes supporting the lazy” issue is more complex than the poster implies.
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By Decaf, 13 years ago

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Ronald Reagan quote on separation of church and state

How quickly the GOP forgets…

Ronald Reagan Quote on separation of church and state

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By Decaf, 13 years ago

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Increasing U.S. oil production will NOT reduce U.S. gas prices or unemployment ~ Paul Krugman

Nobel economist Paul Krugman argues that the GOP’s goal of increasing U.S. oil production will not help gas prices. The logic is simple:
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By Decaf, 13 years ago

Neil de Grasse Tyson ~ Photo by John Roling

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Neil deGrasse Tyson ~ We Stopped Dreaming

This collection of Neil deGrasse Tyson clips (assembled by Scrunchthethird on YouTube) are inspiring. I’m old enough to remember when we landed on the moon and the excitement that generated in me as a child. It was a great way to grow scientists. It was a great way to keep us dreaming. We’ve lost our vision of what space means to us on so many levels: spiritually, economically, intellectually.

The impact of NASA is not easily estimated, so it’s often easily dismissed. The opportunities lost by failing to dream are also not easily estimated and easily dismissed. What a shame.
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By Decaf, 13 yearsMarch 11, 2012 ago

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Education is a “luxury of the elite” to GOP contenders ~ Paul Krugman

If underfunding public education leaves many children of the less affluent shut out from upward mobility, well, did you really believe that stuff about creating equality of opportunity? So whenever you hear Republicans say that they are the party of traditional values, bear in mind that they have actually made Read more…

By Decaf, 13 years ago

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Single moms are “breeding more criminals” ~ Rick Santorum

Photo by by Gage Skidmore

In Rick Santorum’s own words:
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By Decaf, 13 years ago

Donuts ~ Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography

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Claiming that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is like…

Brilliant quote from the twitterverse… Claiming that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you’re on a diet. Twitter / @DavidRobert: Claiming that someone else ….

By Decaf, 13 years ago

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