ONION: Point-Counterpoint Teach for America temp teachers for poor kids

I hadn't thought of it this way before, but it sure as hell is true.

Would you want to go to a lawyer or doctor or mechanic who was just "trying it out" for a year or two before going on to their real career as a teacher?

Then why give kids to teachers who are just doing it on a lark?

TOON: Derfcity--a tea bagger for every swing voter

Democrats Mock GOP For Protecting Own Health Care In Repeal Vote

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are mocking Republicans in the House of Representatives for voting to repeal the health care reform law and keep their own enhanced medical care.

When Congress passed the health care law, it required members of Congress to get their insurance on exchanges with the rest of the public. But in voting to repeal that law, Republicans and a handful of Democrats were also voting go back to the old system where the lawmakers get a sweeter deal than most of the rest of the country.

They also voted against a Democratic motion that said members of Congress who support repealing the health care law must also repeal the good stuff they get, such as lifetime care and insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions.

Democrats tried to demonstrate how Republicans distanced themselves from voting to protect their own deal by capturing a slew of GOP members on video saying they didn't vote to protect their own care, as seen below. The clip features a number of Republicans in tight races this year, as well as GOP budget guru, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/health-care-democrats-gop-repeal-vote_n_1675551.html

TOON: accused burglar incorporates self

I think he would need more time to make political contributions and appoint formar lawmakers to his board of directors or hire them as lobbyists before this would work.

Iceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy (US?)

Maybe it's time to put up a clock from the time of the housing bubble bursting or Hank Paulson's blackmail demand of $700 billion until a CEO of one of the top banks that wrecked our economy and the WORLD'S is indicted, convicted, and imprisoned.

We don't even have to hunt them down. They're hiding in plain sight. Maybe the problem is some of our politicians might be jostled during the arrest raids or these guys might not have signed the campaign contribution checks before they are cuffed.

At the very least, these guys should be treated as a greater threat to America and the world than Bradley Manning.

Exposing How Donald Trump Really Made His Fortune: Inheritance from Dad and the Gov't's Protection

This reminds me of what Molly Ivins used to say about Baby Bush, "He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple."

Trump inherited money that his dad made largely through gov't contracts and programs, and took advantage of laws like imminent domain to make himself richer.

No one makes it on their own. They build on what was given to them and using the structures the greater society provides. Those who say otherwise simply want to burn the bridges they crossed and ladders they climbed, so they don't have to pay to maintain them, and so they can enjoy their success more because so few can do the same.

When Romney says or does something stupid, we should say, "What did that MITTWIT do this time?"

He's not as breathtakingly stupid as Bush, but this is a political tone deafness that deserves special recognition of its own, and calling him a nit wit would be an insult to nits.

It would probably just take a couple of times to stick.

And unlike other insults like "Willard" and "Rmoney," this makes him look less qualified to be president since some people like money and rats.

PIC: Gandhi's 1939 letter to Adolf Hitler

It didn't work, but it is a reminder of who the winner was in the long game: the violent guy lost everything and the non-violent guy wearing a bedsheet won everything.

We aren't beat yet, and the more hysterical and violent the right gets, the more likely they are to be history's losers.

Syria, Libya, & Wes Clark on neocons list of countries to overthrow

Whenever the shit hits the fan in the Middle East, I think of this story Wes Clark has told a number of times over the years, especially when we suddenly become concerned about human rights in one of the countries on the list or their microscopic military is declared a threat to the most powerful military in the history of the world.

It seems like the means of our foreign policy have changed under Obama, but not the ends.

Ed Sec Arne Duncan says use more than test scores to eval teachers

Oddly, what he says here is roughly what happened before corporate education reform and NCLB.

I wonder if this is meant as a sop to teachers to kill any demands for policy change before the election, and then they can go back to teacher bashing after the election.