We are the 99 Percent

Interesting way to illustrate the problems real people are having out there in the real world. 74 pages so far. No reason someone should lose everything if a loved one gets sick or possibly dies. Is not the loss enough to endure?

http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

Influence Score

The Christian Science Monitor explores one possible future for the introspective members of our society. Companies preach diversity but what does that imply? Is it strictly based on nationality and gender or should it also encompass personality traits?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/1007/Introverted-talent-in-America-burried-by-the-influence-score

Occupy Wall Street

People actually starting to protest inequality here in the US. Hopefully, will lead to something positive and not just rage against almost anything and everything. Hope there are sufficient numbers to sustain this sort of thing indefinitely. Should be a very interesting Republican convention if so. This is assuming the protesters are allowed to truly protest. On occasion you see events where protesters are permitted to only be in one small space in the city and not meander around. Democrats might be more sympathetic to their right to protest so they could be more visible at the Democratic convention. Then people could possibly assume the protesters are more upset with the Democrats agenda rather than with the Republican.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2011/1005/Occupy-Wall-Street-Why-this-revolution-isn-t-made-for-TV

http://www.occupytogether.org/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/25/occupy-wall-street-protest?fb=optOut 

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/05/1022996/-Dozens-of-unions-and-community-groups-joining-Occupy-Wall-Street-for-march-this-afternoon?detail=hide&via=blog_1

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-29/give-marx-a-chance-to-save-the-world-economy-commentary-by-george-magnus.html

Warren Buffett: Heretic!

Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world is calling for taxes on the wealthy to be raised. Aren't the wealthiest of us all generally the most selfish, what gives?
Statistics have shown that nations with the greatest disparity in wealth have higher infant mortality (US rank 47), lower life expectancy (US rank 50), and to quote from Paul Solman's series on economic inequality states:
"If you actually look at how people do in different societies, the chances of moving up socially for poor children are much higher in the more equal countries. And, in the U.S., the chances are particularly low. We sometimes say, if you want to live the American dream, you should move to Finland or Denmark, which have much higher social mobility."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dionne-why-conservatives-hate-warren-buffett/2011/09/28/gIQAxmne5K_story.html?hpid=z3

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec11/makingsense_09-28.html

Climate Change

Article by Mother Jones on organizations working together to discredit climate change science. If you see a spokesman for any of these groups on television or at a conference consider very carefully what they are saying. Odds are that the true reality is the polar opposite of what they espouse.

http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/09/chart-climate-change-spin-cycle

Home of the Brave?

Good article about America's obsession with fear and those profiting from it.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Walter-Rodgers/2011/0927/Is-America-still-the-home-of-the-brave

More on Anonymous

A threat to national security they are! Since when is bringing light to the dark corners of our world a bad thing? Do those labeling Anonymous a threat have something to hide? What sort of world would it be with complete transparency?

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/221207/fbi-arrests-lulzsec-and-anonymous-hackers