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1. over 12 years ago on Michael Ramirez

   GDP alone is not. For example, GDP in Israel is more widely distributed. GDP in Saudi Arabia is held by the family.

2. over 12 years ago on Michael Ramirez

   @Wraithkin

   Which is precisely why taxation at the local level is always the fairest. However, since they can’t convince the locals that a given spending program is worthwhile, they turn to the feds for funding. The feds then tax the people in neighboring states to cover it. Taxation without representation started this country and, I fear, will finish it as well.

3. over 12 years ago on B.C.

   You need a kinnect

4. almost 15 years ago on Wizard of Id

   One afternoon I watched on live TV as we all tried to understand what had just happened in Oklahoma. The Federal Building was in ruins and hundreds were dead. Our local news reporter went to a local mosque in North Los Angeles and interviewed someone there. “Why would Muslims have attacked a building in America’s heartland? Was it the dry, arid climate? Is there a large Muslim population there?”

   Only later was it revealed that the bombers weren’t Muslim at all… Now we cut back to the same reporter, at the same mosque, with the same person, only now, in the background, you can see a broken window and he is holding a brick in his hand and holding up a letter with hateful speech. The reporter is asking him, “Why do you think Americans automatically assumed there was a Muslim behind the attack?” This man had the same dumbstruck look on his face I am sure I had at that moment. Gee, I wonder why…

   If we had reporters who would start with the facts and build from there, they would deserve a lot more respect. Instead you have wild rumors (rape and murder in the Astrodome, anyone?) that are eventually overturned by the same reporters that brought up the rumors in the first place. We have reporters who argue with protestors at some rallies and join in with protestors at other rallies.

   So, why not turn to blogs for our news? More often than not (as is the case with Haiti right now), these are people who have actually been there for more than 10 minutes and are able to provide real “news.”

   I say, Hurrah for the blogger, Hurrah for the death of the corrupt media. Good riddance. I stopped watching and reading them over a decade ago.