The U.S. Response to 9/11 Cost Us Far More Than the Attacks Themselves | | AlterNet

The U.S. Response to 9/11 Cost Us Far More Than the Attacks Themselves | | AlterNet

The Religious Right Sugar-Daddy Who Brought Us Rick Perry | | AlterNet

The Religious Right Sugar-Daddy Who Brought Us Rick Perry | | AlterNet

How Rick Perry Has Been on the Public Dole His Whole Life | | AlterNet

How Rick Perry Has Been on the Public Dole His Whole Life | | AlterNet

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Then, in 1984, Perry hit the mother lode of government pay by moving into elected office -- squatting there for 27 years and counting. In addition to getting regular paychecks from taxpayers for nearly three decades as a state representative, agriculture commissioner, lieutenant governor and governor, he also receives platinum-level health care coverage and a generous pension from the state, plus $10,000 a month for renting a luxury suburban home, a covey of political and personal aides and even a publicly paid subscription to Food & Wine magazine.

by Jim Hightower of Alternet.

Boy! You Best Get Off the Sidewalk and Let the White Man Pass: Race and the GOP’s Petty Opposition to the Timing of Obama’s Speech on the Economy « SpeakEasy

Boy! You Best Get Off the Sidewalk and Let the White Man Pass: Race and the GOP’s Petty Opposition to the Timing of Obama’s Speech on the Economy « SpeakEasy