"Prostitutes Of Our System"

I don't usually post political stuff, but this was just too good not to... Jack

Keith Olbermann's "special comment" last night about rampant Congressional corruption in the face of proposed public-option health care reform was/is a classic. He stated the basics, which is that Republicans are paid big money for serving the insurance industry, Big Pharma, hospitals, HMO's and nursing homes. Same deal with Blue Dog Democrats. He named names... A little long, but this aired 3 times last night...

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Somali pirates living the high life

By Robyn Hunter BBC News

"They wed the most beautiful girls; they are building big houses; they have new cars; new guns," he says.
"Piracy in many ways is socially acceptable. They have become fashionable."
Most of them are aged between 20 and 35 years - in it for the money.
And the rewards they receive are rich in a country where almost half the population need food aid after 17 years of non-stop conflict.
Most vessels captured in the busy shipping lanes of the Gulf of Aden fetch on average a ransom of $2m. Read More

This sounds just like what is occurring on Wall Street & in Washington ... !