August 2012
219 posts
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Example Tourist: Could you give us directions to Olive Garden? New Yorker: No, but I could give you directions to an actual Italian restaurant.
From President Obama's AMA on Reddit.
Redditor hmlee: I am recent law school graduate. Despite graduating from a top school, I find myself unemployed with a large student loan debt burden. While I'm sure my immediate prospects will improve in time, it's difficult to be optimistic about the future knowing that my ability to live a productive life -- to have a fulfilling career, to buy a house, to someday raise a family -- is hampered by my debt and the bleak economic outlook for young people. I know that I'm not alone in feeling this way. Many of us are demoralized. Your 2008 campaign was successful in large part due to the efforts of younger demographics. We worked for you, we campaigned for you, and we turned out in record numbers to vote for you. What can I say to encourage those in similar situations as I am to show up again in November? What hope can you offer us for your second term?
PresidentObama: I understand how tough it is out there for recent grads. You're right - your long term prospects are great, but that doesn't help in the short term. Obviously some of the steps we have taken already help young people at the start of their careers. Because of the health care bill, you can stay on your parent's plan until you're twenty six. Because of our student loan bill, we are lowering the debt burdens that young people have to carry. But the key for your future, and all our futures, is an economy that is growing and creating solid middle class jobs - and that's why the choice in this election is so important. The other party has two ideas for growth - more taxs cuts for the wealthy (paid for by raising tax burdens on the middle class and gutting investments like education) and getting rid of regulations we've put in place to control the excesses on wall street and help consumers. These ideas have been tried, they didnt work, and will make the economy worse. I want to keep promoting advanced manufacturing that will bring jobs back to America, promote all-American energy sources (including wind and solar), keep investing in education and make college more affordable, rebuild our infrastructure, invest in science, and reduce our deficit in a balanced way with prudent spending cuts and higher taxes on folks making more than $250,000/year. I don't promise that this will solve all our immediate economic challenges, but my plans will lay the foundation for long term growth for your generation, and for generations to follow. So don't be discouraged - we didn't get into this fix overnight, and we won't get out overnight, but we are making progress and with your help will make more.
“Through the darkness of future past,
the magician longs to see,
one chants out...”
– (via silentdraperunners)
Fire Walk With Me turns 20 today.
(via flavorpill)
The Dirty Etymology of Everyday Words →
nevver:
Orchid from the Greek orchis, which literally translates as “testicle”
Porcelain porcellana, which literally translates as a “cowrie shell” and the Italian cowrie shell in turn takes its name from porcella, because the shell’s shape is reminiscent of a small, female pig’s vulva
Vanilla from the Latin vagina, “sheath”
Seminar from the Latin seminarius, meaning “of seed” and the...
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it”
– Zora Neale Hurston (via dreamhampton1)
“Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women”
– Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted...
look at all the excellence in this reblog.
barackobama:
vh1:
meredifsteppy:
i cant tell whether vh1 or barackobama is my favorite blog and it is distressing me
Does the president ever reblog Darren Criss gifs? We think not. POTUS: Needs more Darren GIFs!
Hey, Darren: Should everybody register to vote and bug their friends to register to vote?
Your move, VH1.
