Occupy Wallstreet – by Lemony Snicket
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Politics
Glenn Beck’s reaction on his new book being outsold on Amazon on it’s first day
Glenn Beck’s reaction on his new book being outsold on Amazon on it’s first day
“…Our books are ALWAYS #1. And I find it REALLY fascinating, FASCINATING, that if you go to Amazon.com, Broke is number THREE… And then, the #1 book—TODAY at least—is Machine of Death. And it’s collected stories about, you know, people who know how they’re gonna die. Haowww! … This is the left, I think, speaking. This is the left. You want to talk about where we’re headed? We’re headed towards a culture of death. A culture that, um, celebrates the things that have destroyed us.”
—Glenn Beck, upset that some bootstrapping entrepreneurs bumped his book from #1 on its release day. The Glenn Beck Radio Program, October 27, 2010
For those curious, the book that out sold him: Machine of Death:A collection of stories about people who know how they will die
Jane Mayer interviews Billionaires who use their money to finance politics
Jane Mayer interviews Billionaires who use their money to finance politics
Jane Mayer writes for the New Yorker. She’s written two articles about Billionaires from different sides of the political fence who use their money to advance the political views.
The Koch Brothers is the more interesting one to me, as it explains how they’ve used their money to covertly fund the Tea Party and co-opt it’s politics for their own. It also talks about how David Koch has cancer, yet his company continuously battles to keep formaldehyde unregulated even though it’s one the most common cancer causing agents in use today.