Here's Rick Perry defending his "vulture capitalism" of Romney.
Newt did the same thing and folks on the right criticized him for it too. Apparently, all business practices are beyond reproach. Here's Romney defending himself against the vulture charge. Now, here's Romney criticizing Obama for "crony capitalism."
Is Romney's charge gonna stick with people on the Right? It presumes Obama is a capitalist, and they've been calling him a socialist for what seems like forever.
Some related readings.
It's been an interesting couple of weeks in identity politics. David Barton and Prof. Richard Beeman were each on The Daily Show discussing religion, the Founders, and the Constitution. Some basic Dead White Male stuff regarding what the Founders intended regarding the sepeartion of church and state. Cornell West made some, er, suprising, criticisms of Obama. And, a Black Studies Professor and a Harlem activist debate black history and black consciousness on Democracy Now. Check out some highlights below the fold.
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WASHINGTON -- In a bold gambit to put an end to the weeks-long budget standoff in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R) split his controversial budget-repair bill in two on Wednesday, allowing the Senate to pass the most hotly contested provisions while their 14 Democratic colleagues remained out of state.
The parliamentary maneuver, first reported by local press, allowed the anti-collective bargaining measure to pass with just Republican support. Under Wisconsin law a 3/5s quorum is needed for a statute that is fiscal in nature. No such quorum is needed for non-fiscal matters.
I thought the Tea Part crowd was upset that parliamentary tricks were used to pass the health care reform bill, but apparently they don't have THAT big of a problem with parliamentary tricks.
Still waiting for a response to the 300 resumés you sent out last month? Bad news: Some companies are ignoring all unemployed applicants.
In a current job posting on The People Place, a job recruiting website for the telecommunications, aerospace/defense and engineering industries, an anonymous electronics company in Angleton, Texas, advertises for a "Quality Engineer." Qualifications for the job are the usual: computer skills, oral and written communication skills, light to moderate lifting. But red print at the bottom of the ad says, "Client will not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason."
In a nearly identical job posting for the same position on the Benchmark Electronics website, the red print is missing. But a human resources representative for the company confirmed to HuffPost that the The People Place ad accurately reflects the company's recruitment policies.
So much for pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, huh?
I know that there are principled objections and disagreements over distributive justice. But, Sharron Angle doesn't really discuss them.
She pretty much argues against unemployment benefits because poor people are "spoiled." Of course, a lot of people that are unemployed are so because of no fault of their own.
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