(Via Daily Kos)
No big mystery why the right wingnuts and Repuglicans want to cut funds for education. They want a dumb, scared electorate.
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We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
(Via Huffington Post)PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that -- in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House. (Laughter.)Um . . . what can you say anymore. Our Chief Exec is a man so utterly out of touch with the protocols of his office---hell, of what is essentially a RACIST comment---that he blithely says this kind of crap to someone who is coming to him to ask for assistance after a natural disaster.
PRESIDENT ARROYO: Yes.
PRESIDENT BUSH: And the chef is a great person and a really good cook, by the way, Madam President.
PRESIDENT ARROYO: Thank you
