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BP could now be spending as much as $10 million a day on the clean up of its oil well leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Read The Story
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Harry Frankfurt
Princeton University
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern, or attracted much sustained inquiry. In consequence, we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves. And we lack a conscientiously developed appreciation of what it means to us. In other words, we have no theory. I propose to begin the development of a theoretical understanding of bullshit, mainly by providing some tentative and exploratory philosophical analysis. I shall not consider the rhetorical uses and misuses of bullshit. My aim is simply to give a rough account of what bullshit is and how it differs from what it is not, or (putting it somewhat differently) to articulate, more or less sketchily, the structure of its concept.
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Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to experience touch, or to hold another hand with. Or what about being born without legs? Having no ability to dance, walk, run, or even stand on two feet. Now put both of those scenarios together: no arms and no legs. What would you do? How would that effect your everyday life?
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Vice President Joe Biden calls Congressman Joe Barton's statements about the BP escrow fund and his apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward as "incredibly insensitive" and "incredibly out of touch" in response to a reporter's question at a White House Press Briefing.
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Just 10 minutes into the congressional testimony of BP CEO Tony "I'd like my life back" Hayward he got what he and BP deserved.......a heart felt apology from GOP Rep. Joe Barton of Texas on behalf of the Republican right wing.
For those who don't know who Mr Joe Barton is ...Aside from being a congressman representing the state of Texas, he is the highest-ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, a firm conservative who has a long record of backing oil industry interests, and the politician that has recieved the most campain contributions from the oil industry since 1990.....
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By now everyone has heard of the tea bagger movement and their country wide rallies advocating change in government... well these rallies have be infiltrated by fake tea baggers with funny signs, here are some funny images of some of these face tea baggers at the Boston Common Tea party.
Original post found HERE
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With the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico we maybe have in our hand the biggest environmental disasters ever.. ....and I can't help but to wonder how is the "drill baby drill" movement going for this two idiots Sarah Palin and Michael Steel........and what their conservative followers think now.
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I came across someone’s list of 2009’s Top 10 psychology studies, and thought it was very interesting reading. You really should click on this link and see the original post by David DiSalvo, but Below is his list.
1. If you have to choose between buying something or spending the money on a memorable experience, go with the experience.
2. First impressions are all about value. The subjective evaluation we make when meeting someone new includes–to put it bluntly–what’s in it for us.
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I strongly believe that people have to take responsibility for their actions, specially when it comes to our finances, and part of that responsibility is to educate yourself before going into debt. Most Americans do not have the slightest clue about the legality and structure of financial debt and the banks know it and use this "mass ignorance" to basically rob the American consumer (with the blessing of our government and and scum politicians of curse).
I came across this videos made by a guy named Aaron Englert and he has some very interesting videos on his website that help bring light to debt and finacial problems. They show you how to lower interest rate and how to deal with credit card debt.
all the videos seen here are property of Aaron Englert and www.debt-professor.com
(there are 5 videos in total so just click on read more)
Why is so hard to get out of debt.
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by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers
Law 1
Never Outshine the Master
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
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This Article is just as it appears in John Cole's balloon Juice
by John Cole
Since I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that the vast majority of this country is dumber than a sack of hammers, perhaps this will be on the level the public can understand:
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