# packetlog >

The Bailout Blackhole

TEXT

** The Bailout Blackhole **
===========================
-- The stellar mass of tax-payer dollars breaks up into corporate bonuses as it nears the blackhole.
--

[Date: Nov 30, 2008]   

Betting the Farm On It

TEXT

** Betting the Farm On It **
=============================
-- $8 Trillion Dollar Rescue
-- They are betting the farm on it now.
-- Yep! And the farmers are included.

[Date: Nov 26, 2008]                

US Economy

TEXT

** US Economy **
===================
-- Everything looks OK now!  We've bailed out the rich.

[Date: Nov 19, 2008]  

Voting

TEXT

** Voting **
===================
--  Voting is a pretense the bemused  super-rich go through to perpetrate the belief that the poor also have a chance at governance.

[Date: Oct 25, 2008]         

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (in Politics)

TEXT

** Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (in Politics) **
=======================================================
-- You can never be certain about a politician's intentions ...

[Date: Sep 7, 2008]   

Take Us to Your Leader

TEXT

** Take Us to Your Leader **
============================
--  That's even better.  Because our leader is a C-Student, too.

[Date: Sep 8, 2008]  

How Angry Tax-Payers Lash Out at Their Government

TEXT

** How Angry Tax-Payers Lash Out at Their Government **
=========================================================
--  In USA, people post comments online (CNN, digg, reddit)
--  In third-world countries  ... people take to the streets ...
--  Question: Which of these citizens are more empowered?

[Date: Sep 23, 2008]   

American Votes

TEXT

** American Votes **
===================
-- Well-thought-out Votes (includes Naderites)
-- Not-so-well-thought-out Votes
-- My Church Said-so Votes

[Date: Sep 3, 2008] 

Mr. Robin Hoodlum

TEXT

** Mr. Robin Hoodlum **
========================
--  Meet Mr. Robin Hoodlum.  He robs the poor and bails out the rich of Nottinghamshire.

[Date: Oct 1, 2008]   

Politics

TEXT

** Politics **
===================
-- I think politics is the oldest profession, but, on the other hand, there is hardly any difference between the two.

[Date: Sep 2, 2008]     

The Lesser E

TEXT

** The Lesser E **
===================
-- Well, I'm going to vote for the guy who I think will do the least harm to our society, environment and the world.

[Date: Sep 6, 2008]                  

Stock Market

TEXT

** Stock Market **
===================
-- Stock market is one * more * place where the rich bilk the poor.

[Date: Aug 31, 2008]

If Politicians Were Honest

TEXT

** If Politicians Were Honest **
=================================
-- Making the energy companies rich beyond imagination.  That, frankly, will be my energy policy.

[Date: Aug 30, 2008]

Free Speech

TEXT

** Free Speech **
===================
-- Hey, we can say whatever * we * want!

[Date: Aug 30, 2008]

It's Disgusting

TEXT

** It's Disgusting **
===================
-- In the Weakest Link, it's disgusting to see these dumb people vote off the smart ones.
-- And in real debates hey voted off Dennis Kuicinich, too, along with Ron Paul.

[Date: Aug 29, 2008]

The Truth is Bitter and Unforgiving but Ultimately It Heals the Wound

TEXT

** The Truth is Bitter and Unforgiving but Ultimately It Heals the Wound **
===============================================================
-- Thinking America can fix itself by changing the system: that's hope. Thinking America can fix itself by changing a president: that's stupidity.

[Date: Aug 22, 2008]

Whitehouse Emails

TEXT

** Whitehouse Emails **
========================
-- How can these Whitehouse emails be lost?
-- Yeah! Doesn't NSA keep copies?

[Date: Aug 27, 2008]

Dick Cheney Tries to Solve the Problem of Software Outsourcing

TEXT

** Dick Cheney Tries to Solve the Problem of Software Outsourcing **
=====================================================================

[Date: Dec 4, 2007]

Joe on TV

TEXT

** Joe on TV **
===================
-- I just can't believe seeing Joe shaking hands with the President in the White House!
-- Did he wash his hands afterwards?

[Date: Dec 7, 2007]

Inspired by Paris Hilton

TEXT

** Inspired by Paris Hilton **
===============================
-- Inspired by Paris Hilton reading The Art of War, George Bush manages to read 2 1/2 pages of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

[Date: Dec 6, 2007]

SPECTRE HQ Moves to American Samoa (South Pacific Ocean)

TEXT

** SPECTRE HQ Moves to American Samoa (South Pacific Ocean) **
==============================================================
-- You forget, Mr. Bond, that waterboarding is sort of fashionable in this country.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

How the World is Run (At Least in Nepal)

TEXT

** How the World is Run (At Least in Nepal) **
===============================================
-- Straight A students become professionals. B students turn into bureaucrats and thus the only door left for C students is politics. And 20 years after high school, it's the C students who control our lives.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Once Upon a Time

TEXT

** Once Upon a Time **
================
-- Soviet Russia was ruled over by an evil political party ...
-- ... while USA was ruled over by *two* of them.

[Date: Nov 23, 2007]