SueN: I went to that link and read the article. The more I read, the more I began to wonder if this wasn't a gag. Some of the points mentioned seemed kind of incredible... especially the points about the "dangers" and "uses" of DHMO. Some points sound like DHMO should be very dangerous...like "death if you inhale it...even at small amounts", severe tissue damage, found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lessions, causing dogs to become vicious, associated with killer cyclones and hurricanes and El Nino. and then, it goes on to say this stuff is used just about everywhere...at work, in homes, etc. It is used in cult rituals, Church of Scientology, KKK, NAACP, members of Congress, in bath houses in SF and NY, in Hitler's death camps, Japanese and Chinese prison camps during WWII, by terrorist organizations, and it just goes on and on about the wide number of places it is used.

Food additives including baby food, cough medicines and other meds, oven cleaners, shampoos, shaving creams, beer, coffee...and even after washing food the DHMO is still in the food.

This is so absolutely crazy that it is almost funny...is this a gag?

Sports people take this stuff to increase their endurance?

It's just typical of someone who tries to say that because he is using his real name that he is, somehow, more believable than someone who doesn't. Many people realize that there are a lot of weirdos out there that could target you if they know your real name. Most people don't want to take the chance of using their real name because it makes it so much easier to find out where they live and a lot of other personal things about them. It's really not so hard to find out a lot about people, anyway, even if they do use a fake name on-line. They eventually say a lot about themselves in every place they go on the internet that can eventually lead to a real name and address and a lot of other stuff. But, at least, using a fake name helps to keep most people from knowing who you are. There is nothing unsavory about this practice of using fake names...in a world full of crazies...one has to try to protect oneself from them. If I had a Phd in Social/Personality Psychology, I'd probably be trying to analyze just about everyone based upon my education...but I'm not so I can't....except in my own primitive way...like he's nutso...she isn't...she's pretty intelligent but has some very deep psychological problems...that kind of thing.

Over 98 percent of all Americans earn less than $250,000 per year. FACT!!!

Quote politifact.com quoting the IRS:Using statistics from the IRS website, we found that 137,988,219 tax returns out of 140,494,127 -- or 98.2 percent -- reported adjusted gross income of less than $250,000 a year in 2009, the most recent data available.

http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/apr/10/barack-obama/ho...

And although these figures hold true for 2009...the trend has been that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. So, I seriously doubt that there are now, in 2014, less than 98% earning less that $250,000 per year. So those who are earning $250,000 or more per year, the top 2%, would fit more into the category of "wealthy elite".

And our corporate media loves to keep it going.

That's the new line "They found WMD" It's a lie, and it's a predictable part of their propaganda. It's been long enough they can make the claim over and over and their based wants to believe it and this lets them. And Thom let her say it, almost like he's in on it.

The only way to fight that kind of propaganda is to repeat it back as much as they do "No they didn't, you're rewriting history"

The united states of suckers. We fall for it every time. Fear is our motivator.

The problem also is that the Congress is full of self consumed millionaires who really don't think they are representing all of their constituents but a select group of their cronies from the country club! Just as they love to vote themselves payraises and grant themselves ( like yesterday) nice long vacations, let's not fool ourselves that they will willingly tax themselves and all the rest of their buddies ! Until we get a group of politicians that have some morality and empathy toward the needy, this will be a continuing cycle. Or maybe when a million people take this to the streets!

The corporatization of America (and the world) and The Second Gilded Age are the results of bipartisan efforts. We need democracy, not corporatocracy.

I will hold back my comments concerning today’s topic, primarily because it would just be an echo to what has already been said by DHBranski and AIW. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the free trade agreements have devastated our ability to provide an adequate amount of jobs to keep our population working and providing for themselves and their families, even single parent families. Free-trade in reality means free to ship our jobs to low pay markets around the world, to maximize profits for the Corporations and the Wealthy. Why produce a good here, when you can make it in Mexico, Vietnam or China (or Canada) and ship it here with little or no tariffs. Now we are faced with a secret trade agreement pushed by Obama and his goonies. Even Congress has had difficulty in actually seeing and reading the “secret document” or the TPP as it is called. As long as CORPORATIONS are viewed as people and MONEY is free speech according to the Supreme Court, you can forget about anything changing in our political arena. Whether you call it liberal or conservative, it all comes out sounding, smelling and being the same agenda in Washington, MONEY TALKS AND IT OWNS OUR POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON. I have generally refrained from commenting on this blog site, mainly because it just ends up being nothing more than a verbal brawl. But, after reading what Kend had to say concerning single parent families, which has not changed much over the last year or more, except for the fact he actually agreed that taxing the wealthiest Americans could benefit our society! That is definitely a switch from his stance in the past that taxing the wealthy would not help, but would drive the rich out of our country and into countries like his beloved Canada which has lower income taxes.

Kend, I take personal offense to your attitude towards single parents! I, my friend was and still am a single parent. I raised my daughter, my only child and did a damn good job of it by myself. My daughter not only has high morals and cares about her fellow men, women and children, she is also highly educated. She has earned a B.S. in child psychology, but also holds an M.S. in education. She has chosen to teach the youngest of children in a low income area of the Southland and has been commended on her efforts and work in reaching out to children in need, many from two parent families, from her colleagues, acting Principals and Vise-Principals. She has married a well educated man with an M.S. in History and they are the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy, Aiden Kenneth. So my friend, before you start your slurs and generalizations about how single parents are one of the main problems in our society, think before you rattle off any more of your offensive babble. Of course I do take into account that you are speaking from a damn frozen lake most of the year and that must affect your logic on many levels all year long, even during the summer, which is what we experience all year long… Your not so friendly friend, K.W.

Funny how the billionaires started their "Taxed Enough Already " movement at a point in history when they have been taxed by far the least. In fact I believe guys like Romney may be paying well under 10% given how easy tax fraud has become. Obviously the Tea Bagger movement has been used by the Fascists as a way to redirect the gullible masses away from the giant sucking sound of all the wealth as it goes into the pockets and offshore bank accounts of a few nut jobs who would destroy our democracy and country for a god damn buck.

As to the topic of the day, I agree with Branski that Reagan wasn’t the only culprit. The Clintons played a significant role in the meltdown of this economy with their endorsement of so-called “free” trade. Every president since Reagan has furthered the damage to the working class of this country, to the commons and our social safety net. Including Obama, with his aggressive efforts to fast-track the TPP.

Branski, I still reject any notion of today’s corporatized media as a “liberal” media, unless what you mean by that is “neoliberal”. Call me old fashioned, but I still embrace the dictionary's version of what "liberal" means, which is polar opposite of "neoliberal". - AIW

A wealth tax? Won't happen soon, but it would be nice to see this idea make it to national TV. It would get shot down but the real victory would be more people taking notice. Baby steps. Bring it up again.