— Hugo Schwyzer, on the use of the term “male bashing” (via scarlettshazam)
(Source: michellehaimoff, via sequined-k)
Wall Street, the real victims
This Bloomberg article by Max Abelson is bursting at the seams with outrageous quotes from high-profile Wall Street executives responding to attacks on the wealthiest 1%:
- “Who gives a crap about some imbecile? Are you kidding me?” - Bernard Marcus, Home Depot co-founder, on Occupy protesters
- “It still feels lonely, but the chorus is definitely increased.” - John Allison, BB&T Corp. director
- “Instead of an attack on the 1 percent, let’s call it an attack on the very productive.” - John Allison
- “I am a fat cat, I’m not ashamed. If you mean by fat cat that I’ve succeeded, yeah, then I’m a fat cat. I stand guilty of being a fat cat.” - Ken Langone, Home Depot co-founder
- “You have to have skin in the game. I’m not saying how much people should do. But we should all be part of the system.” - Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone CEO, on low-income households not paying income taxes
- “If I hear a politician use the term ‘paying your fair share’ one more time, I’m going to vomit.” - Tom Golisano, billionaire and founder of Paychex
And my absolute favorite…
- “You’ll get more out of me if you treat me with respect.” - Leon Cooperman, billionaire and former CEO of Goldman Sachs’s money-management unit
“Firstly, acknowledge that the thing you like is problematic and do not attempt to make excuses for it.”
“Secondly, do not gloss over the issues or derail conversations about the problematic elements.”
“Thirdly you must acknowledge other, even less favourable, interpretations of the media you like.”
Langston Hughes didn’t write the poem “A Dream Deferred” just because he thought the words sounded pretty. “Dreams deferred” by the poverty of circumstance happens every day in America. And it doesn’t just happen to poor kids. The biggest detriment, being born to people not equipped for parenthood, is a burden many face.
If Lindsay Lohan can’t get over having a ex-convict, drug-addicted, rage-aholic father and a “cool” enabler mom when she had the benefit of fame and money, how can anyone be surprised that a poor kid would struggle with overcoming an overworked mother who thinks beating the crap out of you is the answer for everything while a non-existent sperm donor father travels in the wind?
I read, constantly, of people heaping pity on “poor Lindsay.” Or poor whomever wayward starlet of the moment is running around sans pants and good parenting. But the sympathy always seems to dry up for the Keishas and Keyshawns of the world. You’re just lazy. Why didn’t you get on that cross town bus and “exceptionalize” yourself out of a poor, messed up life?
[…]
I understand the impulse to believe that anything can be over-come if you just work hard enough. And the belief that this is a one-size-fits-all solution, no matter who you are, what your situation is and what you can physically handle. But the dirty open secret is that many don’t work hard at all to get what they want, and what we’re really talking about is fairness and creating a level playing field in a society where the breaks and rewards are afforded to a select few, and everyone else must navigate an elaborate system where class mobility is more American “dream” than American “reality.”
[…]
Telling someone they need to be exceptional to get out of an exceptionally bad situation isn’t new advice. It’s a tale as old as the Dickens novel “Great Expectations.” But even poor, beat down Pip had the help of a mysterious benefactor, secretly guiding his path out of poverty and parentlessness.
[…]
What do you get when even a calvary of one isn’t coming to save you?
"— Poor Black Kids Need To Learn To Read, Use Diigo Sez White Dude In Forbes (via thetart)
Here’s a freebie: The Onionator. You take the Onion skin (tee hee) and pick the most absurd real article you can find and flow the content in. Serve (with breath mints).
(via thenoobyorker)
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+1 for “gooch”—a usefully goofy, non-gender-specific term for genitalia that I can use to supplement ‘nads….finally!
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