Just when you think that new lows can’t be achieved, the GOP outdoes itself yet again. This time it’s all about the Obama campaign’s little reminder ads that basically just say that Mitt Romney would NOT have gone into Pakistan to get Osama Bin Laden. In fact, he was rather adamant and clear about NOT doing it. So what, now he can’t be held to his words? Ich don’t think so. I don’t care what kind of flak people throw on Obama about this. This issue is FAIR GAME and it’s about time the GOP got a dose of its own crack. But enough of what I think, let’s see what Jon has to say about it… 
And be sure to watch the clip that follows this one too.
). Self-made, independent, humble roots, a youth loaded with incredible challenges. Despite being a mother of two at a VERY young age, she rose to the top merely on her own merits, becoming president of Harvard. She has obviously never forgotten where she came from.
All about the private equity scam… by Robert Reich
Ok, so many times when I get into political discussions with some of my euro-pals, I get questions about how plutocrat fat-cats like Mitt Romney got so damn rich in the first place. Well for one thing, it surely helps to have a rich dad. Hucksters like Romney, and even the scummiest of them all Donald Trump both did. Mitt was able to parlay his fortune however, by playing the classic money game called “Private Equity Funding”.
It all sounds on the up and up, but don’t be fooled. It’s a classic scam that allows greedy scumbags to make a business of exploiting perfectly good and profitable companies for their own selfish gain. Usually at the expense of their workers, and Joe Taxpayer.
One of the reasons I’m posting this, is to have a convenient link to send friends to when the subject arises, as it inevitably will in this election year. Another reason is because it is by far, one of the clearest, succinct, and factual explanations about the subject I have yet to see. Well done, Dr. Reich.