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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

September 08, 2011

Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Act

THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT

1. Tax Cuts to Help America’s Small Businesses Hire and Grow

Cutting the payroll tax in half for 98 percent of businesses: The President’s plan will cut in half the taxes paid by businesses on their first $5 million in payroll, targeting the benefit to the 98 percent of firms that have payroll below this threshold.

A complete payroll tax holiday for added workers or increased wages: The President’s plan will completely eliminate payroll taxes for firms that increase their payroll by adding new workers or increasing the wages of their current worker (the benefit is capped at the first $50 million in payroll increases).

Extending 100% expensing into 2012: This continues an effective incentive for new investment.

Reforms and regulatory reductions to help entrepreneurs and small businesses access capital.

2. Putting Workers Back on the Job While Rebuilding and Modernizing America

A “Returning Heroes” hiring tax credit for veterans: This provides tax credits from $5,600 to $9,600 to encourage the hiring of unemployed veterans.

Preventing up to 280,000 teacher layoffs,while keeping cops and firefighters on the job.

Modernizing at least 35,000 public schools across the country,supporting new science labs, Internet-ready classrooms and renovations at schools across the country, in rural and urban areas.

Immediate investments in infrastructure and a bipartisan National Infrastructure Bank, modernizing our roads, rail, airports and waterways while putting hundreds of thousands of workers back on the job.

A New “Project Rebuild”, which will put people to work rehabilitating homes, businesses and communities, leveraging private capital and scaling land banks and other public-private collaborations.

Expanding access to high-speed wireless as part of a plan for freeing up the nation’s spectrum.

3. Pathways Back to Work for Americans Looking for Jobs.

The most innovative reform to the unemployment insurance program in 40 years: As part of an extension of unemployment insurance to prevent 5 million Americans looking for work from losing their benefits, the President’s plan includes innovative work-based reforms to prevent layoffs and give states greater flexibility to use UI funds to best support job-seekers, including:

Work-Sharing: UI for workers whose employers choose work-sharing over layoffs.

A new “Bridge to Work” program: The plan builds on and improves innovative state programs where those displacedtake temporary, voluntary work or pursue on-the-job training.

Innovative entrepreneurship and wage insurance programs: States will also be empowered to implement wage insurance to help reemploy older workers and programs that make it easier for unemployed workers to start their own businesses.

A $4,000 tax credit to employers for hiring long-term unemployed workers.

Prohibiting employers from discriminating against unemployed workers when hiring.

Expanding job opportunities for low-income youth and adults through a fund for successful approaches for subsidized employment, innovative training programs and summer/year-round jobs for youth.

4. Tax Relief for Every American Worker and Family

Cutting payroll taxes in half for 160 million workers next year: The President’s plan will expand the payroll tax cut passed last year to cut workers payroll taxes in half in 2012 – providing a $1,500 tax cut to the typical American family, without negatively impacting the Social Security Trust Fund.

Allowing more Americans to refinance their mortgages at today’s near 4 percent interest rates, which can put more than $2,000 a year in a family’s pocket.

5. Fully Paid for as Part of the President’s Long-Term Deficit Reduction Plan.To ensure that the American Jobs Act is fully paid for, the President will call on the Joint Committee to come up with additional deficit reduction necessary to pay for the Act and still meet its deficit target. The President will, in the coming days, release a detailed plan that will show how we can do that while achieving the additional deficit reduction necessary to meet the President’s broader goal of stabilizing our debt as a share of the economy.

AMERICAN JOBS ACT OVERVIEW

The American people understand that the economic crisis and the deep recession weren’t created overnight and won’t be solved overnight. The economic security of the middle class has been under attack for decades. That’s why President Obama believes we need to do more than just recover from this economic crisis – we need to rebuild the economy the American way, based on balance, fairness, and the same set of rules for everyone from Wall Street to Main Street. We can work together to create the jobs of the future by helping small business entrepreneurs, by investing in education, and by making things the world buys. The President understands that to restore an American economy that’s built to last we cannot afford to outsource American jobs and encourage reckless financial deals that put middle class security at risk.

To create jobs, the President unveiled the American Jobs Act – nearly all of which is made up of ideas that have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans, and that Congress should pass right away to get the economy moving now. The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans. And it would do so without adding a dime to the deficit.

Tax Cuts to Help America’s Small Businesses Hire and Grow

New Tax Cuts to Businesses to Support Hiring and Investment:The President is proposing three tax cuts to provide immediate incentives to hire and invest:

Cutting the Payroll Tax Cut in Half for the First $5 Million in Wages:This provision would cut the payroll tax in half to 3.1% for employers on the first $5 million in wages, providing broad tax relief to all businesses but targeting it to the 98 percent of firms with wages below this level.

Temporarily Eliminating Employer Payroll Taxes on Wages for New Workers or Raises for Existing Workers:The President is proposing a full holiday on the 6.2% payroll tax firms pay for any growth in their payroll up to $50 million above the prior year, whether driven by new hires, increased wages or both. This is the kind of job creation measure that CBO has called the most effective of all tax cuts in supporting employment.

Extending 100% Expensing into 2012:The President is proposing to extend 100 percent expensing, the largest temporary investment incentive in history, allowing all firms – large and small – to take an immediate deduction on investments in new plants and equipment.

Helping Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Access Capital and Grow: The President’s plan includes administrative, regulatory and legislative measures – including those developed and recommended by the President’s Jobs Council – to help small firms start and expand. This includes changing the way the government does business with small firms. The Administration will soon announce a plan to accelerate government payments to small contractors to help put money in their hands faster. The President is also charging his CIO and CTO to, within 90 days, stand up a one-stop, online portal for small businesses to easily access government services. As part of the President’s Startup America initiative, the Administration will work with the SEC to conduct a comprehensive review of securities regulations from the perspective of these small companies to reduce the regulatory burdens on small business capital formation in ways that are consistent with investor protection, including expanding “crowdfunding” opportunities and increasing mini-offerings. Finally, the President’s plan calls for Congress to pass comprehensive patent reform, increase guarantees for bonds to help small businesses compete for infrastructure projects and remove burdensome withholding requirements that keep capital out of the hands of job creators.

Putting Workers Back on the Job While Rebuilding and Modernizing America

Tax Credits and Career Readiness Efforts to Support Veterans’ Hiring:The President is proposing a Returning Heroes Tax Credit of up to $5,600 for hiring unemployed veterans who have been looking for a job for more than six months, and a Wounded Warriors Tax Credit of up to $9,600 for hiring unemployed workers with service-connected disabilities who have been looking for a job for more than six months, while creating a new task force to maximize career readiness of servicemembers.

Preventing Layoffs of Teachers, Cops and Firefighters:The President is proposing to invest $35 billion to prevent layoffs of up to 280,000 teachers, while supporting the hiring of tens of thousands more and keeping cops and firefighters on the job. These funds would help states and localities avoid and reverse layoffs now, requiring that funds be drawn down quickly. Under the President’s proposal, $30 billion be directed towards educators and $5 billion would support the hiring and retention of public safety and first responder personnel.

Modernizing Over 35,000 Schools – From Science Labs and Internet-Ready Classrooms to Renovated Facilities:The President is proposing a $25 billion investment in school infrastructure that will modernize at least 35,000 public schools – investments that will create jobs, while improving classrooms and upgrading our schools to meet 21^st century needs. This includes a priority for rural schools and dedicated funding for Bureau of Indian Education funded schools. Funds could be used for a range of emergency repair and renovation projects, greening and energy efficiency upgrades, asbestos abatement and removal, and modernization efforts to build new science and computer labs and to upgrade technology in our schools. The President is also proposing a $5 billion investment in modernizing community colleges (including tribal colleges), bolstering their infrastructure in this time of need while ensuring their ability to serve future generations of students and communities.

Making an Immediate Investment in Our Roads, Rails and Airports: The President’s plan includes $50 billion in immediate investments for highways, transit, rail and aviation, helping to modernize an infrastructure that now receives a grade of “D” from the American Society of Civil Engineers and putting hundreds of thousands of construction workers back on the job. The President’s plan includes investments to improve our airports, support NextGen Air Traffic Modernization efforts, and resources for the TIGER and TIFIA programs, which target competitive dollars to innovative multi-modal infrastructure programs. It will also take special steps to enhance infrastructure-related job training opportunities for individuals from underrepresented groups and ensure that small businesses can compete for infrastructure contracts.The President will work administratively to speed infrastructure investment through a recently issued Presidential Memorandum developed with his Jobs Council directingdepartments and agencies to identify high impact, job-creating infrastructure projects that can be expedited in a transparent manner through outstanding review and permitting processes. The call for greater infrastructure investment has been joined by leaders from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue.

Establishing a National Infrastructure Bank:The President is calling for Congress to pass a National Infrastructure Bank capitalized with $10 billion, in order to leverage private and public capital and to invest in a broad range of infrastructure projects of nationaland regional significance, without earmarks or traditional political influence. The Bank would be based on the model Senators Kerry and Hutchison have championed while building on legislation by Senators Rockefeller and Lautenberg and the work of long-time infrastructure bank champions like Rosa DeLauro and the input of the President’s Jobs Council.

Project Rebuild: Putting People Back to Work Rehabilitating Homes, Businesses and Communities. The President is proposing to invest $15 billion in a national effort to put construction workers on the job rehabilitating and refurbishing hundreds of thousands of vacant and foreclosed homes and businesses. Building on proven approaches to stabilizing neighborhoods with high concentrations of foreclosures, Project Rebuild will bring in expertise and capital from the private sector, focus on commercial and residential property improvements, and expand innovative property solutions like land banks. This approach will not only create construction jobs but will help reduce blight and crime and stabilize housing prices in areas hardest hit by the housing crisis.

Expanding Access to High-Speed Wireless in a Fiscally Responsible Way: The President is calling for a deficit reducing plan to deploy high-speed wireless services to at least 98 percent of Americans, including those in more remote rural communities, while freeing up spectrum through incentive auctions, spurring innovation, and creating a nationwide, interoperable wireless network for public safety.

Pathways Back to Work for Americans Looking for Jobs

Reform Our Unemployment Insurance System to Provide Greater Flexibility, While Ensuring 6 Million People Do Not Lose Benefits: Drawing on the best ideas of both parties and the most innovative states, the President is proposing the most sweeping reforms to the unemployment insurance (UI) system in 40 years help those without jobs transition to the workplace. Alongside these reforms, the President is reiterating his call to extend unemployment insurance, preventing 6 million people looking for work from losing their benefits and extending what the independent Congressional Budget Office has determined is the highest “bang for the buck” option to increase economic activity.

Reemployment Assistance: States will be required to design more rigorous reemployment services for the long-term unemployed and to conduct assessments to review the longest-term claimants of UI to assess their eligibility and help them develop a work-search plan. These reforms are proven to speed up UI beneficiaries’ return to work.

Work-sharing:The President will expand “work-sharing” to encourage arrangements using UI that keep employees on the job at reduced hours, rather than laying them off.

State Flexibility for Bold Reforms to Put the Long-Term Unemployed Back To Work:The President is proposing to provide additional funds to allow states to introduce new programs aimed at long-term unemployed workers, including:

“Bridge to Work” Programs:States will be able to put in place reforms that build off what works in programs like Georgia Works or Opportunity North Carolina, while instituting important fixes and reforms that ensure minimum wage and fair labor protections are being enforced. These approaches permits long-term unemployed workers to continue receiving UI while they take temporary, voluntary work or pursue work-based training. The President’s plan requires compliance with applicable minimum wage and other worker rights laws.

Wage Insurance: States will be able to use UI to encourage older, long-term unemployed Americans to return to work in new industries or occupations.

Startup Assistance: States will have flexibility to help long-term unemployed workers create their own jobs by starting their own small businesses.

Other Reemployment Reforms: States will be able to seek waivers from the Secretary of Labor to implement other innovative reforms to connect the long-term unemployed to work opportunities.

Tax Credits for Hiring the Long-Term Unemployed:The President is proposing a tax credit of up to $4,000 for hiring workers who have been looking for a job for over six months.

Investing in Low-Income Youth and Adults: The President is proposing a new Pathways Back to Work Fund to provide hundreds of thousands of low-income youth and adults with opportunities to work and to achieve needed training in growth industries. The Initiative will do three things: i) support summer and year-round jobs for youth, building off of successful programs that supported over 370,000 such jobs in 2009 and 2010; ii) support subsidized employment opportunities for low-income individuals who are unemployed, building off the successful TANF Emergency Contingency Fund wage subsidy program that supported 260,000 jobs in 2009 and 2010; and iii) support promising and innovative local work-based job and training initiatives to place low-income adults and youths in jobs quickly.

Prohibiting Employers from Discriminating Against Unemployed Workers: The President’s plan calls for legislation that would make it unlawful to refuse to hire applicants solely because they are unemployed or to include in a job posting a provision that unemployed persons will not be considered.

More Money in the Pockets of Every American Worker and Family

Cutting Payroll Taxes in Half for 160 Million Workers Next Year: The President’s plan will expand the payroll tax cut passed last December by cutting workers payroll taxes in half next year. This provision will provide a tax cut of $1,500 to the typical family earning $50,000 a year. As with the payroll tax cut passed in December 2010, the American Jobs Act will specify that Social Security will still receive every dollar it would have gotten otherwise, through a transfer from the General Fund into the Social Security Trust Fund.

Helping More Americans Refinance Mortgages at Today’s Historically Low Interest Rates: The President has instructed his economic team to work with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, their regulator the FHFA, major lenders and industry leaders to remove the barriers that exist in the current refinancing program (HARP) to help more borrowers benefit from today’s historically low interest rates. This has the potential to not only help these borrowers, but their communities and the American taxpayer, by keeping borrowers in their homes and reducing risk to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Fully Paid for as Part of the President’s Long-Term Deficit Reduction Plan.

To ensure that the American Jobs Act is fully paid for, the President will call on the Joint Committee to come up with additional deficit reduction necessary to pay for the Act and still meet its deficit target. The President will, in the coming days, release a detailed plan that will show how we can do that while achieving the additional deficit reduction necessary to meet the President’s broader goal of stabilizing our debt as a share of the economy.

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Tax Cuts to Help America’s Small Businesses Hire and Grow

70

Cut employer payroll taxes in half & bonus payroll cut for new jobs/wages

65

Extend 100% expensing in 2012

5

Putting Workers Back on the Job While Rebuilding and Modernizing America

140

Teacher rehiring and first responders

35

Modernizing schools

30

Immediate surface transportation

50

Infrastructure bank

10

Rehabilitation/repurposing of vacant property (neighborhood stabilization)

15

National wireless initiative

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Veterans hiring initiative

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Pathways Back to Work for Americans Looking for Jobs

62

UI Reform and Extension

49

Jobs tax credit for long term unemployed

8

Pathways back to work fund

5

More Money in the Pockets of Every American Worker and Family

175

Cutting employee payroll taxes in half in 2012

175

TOTAL

447

* Proposal has a gross cost of $10bn, but a net deficit reducing impact of $18bn because of spectrum auction proceeds.

via whitehouse.gov

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RT @mattyglesias: Ben Bernanke delivered the real jobs speech this morning: http://t.co/msgL593

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Bridge To Work: Obama’s Plan For Long-Term Unemployed

RT @thinkprogress: Obama to propose “bridge to work” plan, “allows businesses to train workers for 8 weeks w/no obligation to pay or hir …
RT @CAPAction: MT @thinkprogress Obama’s “bridge 2 work” plan”allows businesses 2 train volunteer workers for 8 weeks. http://t.co/jgS3V …

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Rick Perry’s Inane Miscue on Galileo and Climate Change | ThinkProgress

RT @climateprogress: Rick Perry’s Inane Miscue on Galileo and Climate Change http://t.co/OlzfCyq

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President to Address Joint Session of Congress: Will reveal proposals for jobs, economy | C-SPAN Event http://t.co/aS2Nvrw

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In praise of … supernovae | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian

RT @guardianscience: In praise of … supernovae | Editorial http://t.co/VUFODRm

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Rick Perry: Just because global warming is a ‘fact’ doesn’t mean it’s real | Grist

RT @grist: Rick Perry: Just because global warming is a ‘fact’ doesn’t mean it’s real http://t.co/dLdyiqy

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! | ThinkProgress

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! | ThinkProgress http://t.co/aqEfwz5
RT @CAPAction: RT @adamshersh @thinkprogress @TPEconomy: #Jobs! #Jobs! #Jobs! http://t.co/MFdwjFW #p2

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Must-Read Tell All: “Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult” | ThinkProgress

Must-Read Tell All: “Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult” | ThinkProgress http://t.co/hCf7YVc

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Love Everyone Often 09/08/2011 | Joshua Oakley – Alchemy, Dreams, Stars, Visions, Magic

Love Everyone Often 09/08/2011 http://t.co/ZrFhLuB

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Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about “Obama spending” and “Obama deficits” and how the “Stimulus” just made things worse. Solution: Here are three “reality-based” charts to send to him. These charts show what actually happened.

Spending

Government spending increased dramatically under Bush. It has not increased much under Obama. Note that this chart does not reflect any spending cuts resulting from deficit-cutting deals.

Deficits

Notes, this chart includes Clinton’s last budget year for comparison.

The numbers in these two charts come from Budget of the United States Government: Historical Tables Fiscal Year 2012. They are just the amounts that the government spent and borrowed, period. Anyone can go look them up. People who claim that Obama “tripled the deficit” are either misled or are trying to mislead.

The Stimulus and Jobs

In this chart, the RED lines on the left side — the ones that keep doing DOWN — show what happened to jobs under the policies of Bush and the Republicans. We were losing lots and lots of jobs every month, and it was getting worse and worse. The BLUE lines — the ones that just go UP — show what happened to jobs when the stimulus was in effect. We stopped losing jobs and started gaining jobs, and it was getting better and better. The leveling off on the right side of the chart shows what happened as the stimulus started to wind down: job creation leveled off at too low a level.

It looks a lot like the stimulus reversed what was going on before the stimulus.

Conclusion: THE STIMULUS WORKED BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH!

More False Things

These are just three of the false things that everyone “knows.” Some others are (click through): Obama bailed out the banks, businesses will hire if they get tax cuts, health care reform cost $1 trillion, Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme or is “going broke”, government spending “takes money out of the economy.”

Why This Matters

These things really matter. We all want to fix the terrible problems the country has. But it is so important to know just what the problems are before you decide how to fix them. Otherwise the things you do to try to solve those problems might just make them worse. If you get tricked into thinking that Obama has made things worse and that we should go back to what we were doing before Obama — tax cuts for the rich, giving giant corporations and Wall Street everything they want — when those are the things that caused the problems in the first place, then we will be in real trouble.

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 8th 2011, #3 – Summify

Come check out my summary! http://t.co/MTkjL5X (w/ @sciam, @lloydmj & Coachforyou)

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Stop Blaming Obama for Your Lightbulb Problems – Chris Good – Politics – The Atlantic

Stop Blaming Obama for Your Lightbulb Problems – Chris Good – Politics – The Atlantic http://t.co/s24B6Rc

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Exclusive Audio: Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Seminar | Mother Jones

Exclusive Audio: Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Seminar | Mother Jones http://t.co/VBj2MXY

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Prisons burdened with small crimes and poor management, report finds | Minivan News

RT @UNDP: New study on prisons in the #Maldives reveals ways to reduce prison population by 2/3
http://t.co/w6ak6Ok v #minivannews

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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. ~ Leo Tolstoy– Julia Stege (magicalcactus) http://twitter.com/magicalcactus/status/111719660394790912

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Scientists Say Climate Change is Contributing to More Extreme Weather Now | Steve Fleischli’s Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

RT @NRDCWater: Do you think the freaky weather is climate change? Well, so do a lot of scientists, it turns out. See our take: http:/ …

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127 areas to be proposed as English marine conservation zones | Environment | The Guardian

RT @guardianeco: 127 areas to be proposed as English marine conservation zones http://t.co/sctDNlu

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How to ensure climate change finance is well spent | Neil Bird and Jonathan Glennie | Global development | guardian.co.uk

RT @guardianeco: How to ensure climate change finance is well spent | Neil Bird and Jonathan Glennie http://t.co/kQItxee

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Global steps vital to preserve worldwide soil fertility and avoid famine, UN warns

RT @UNEPandYou: RT @un: Global steps vital to preserve worldwide soil fertility & avoid famine, @FAOnews chief warns http://t.co/IBCqeel

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☮Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace. — Buddha (560-483 B.C.) #quote #Peace– Peace Quotes (PeaceQuotes) http://twitter.com/PeaceQuotes/status/111698596449107968

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chinas-rise-isnt-our-demise.html from nytimes.com – StumbleUpon

China’s Rise Isn’t Our Demise by: Vice President Joe Biden – NYTimes.com http://t.co/ahqVj2s

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 8th 2011, #2 – Summify

Come check out my summary! http://t.co/1qHtIFM (w/ @ekarff, @dmbrown111 & @bleustocking)

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U.S. food insecurity reduced, but still affects millions: USDA | Reuters

RT @SustainableNet: U.S. food insecurity reduced but still affects millions: USDA – Reuters http://t.co/e7bdTgj
– #FoodSecurity

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Deep-sea fish in deep trouble: Scientists find nearly all deep-sea fisheries unsustainable

RT @greenforyou: Scientists find nearly all deep-sea fisheries unsustainable #green http://t.co/WNjdNFW

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Just Trying To Help: Right-Wing Media Advise Obama To Use Jobs Speech To Resign | Media Matters for America

Just Trying To Help: Right-Wing Media Advise Obama To Use Jobs Speech To Resign | Media Matters for America http://t.co/LLid2A3

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Electability a Primary Liability for Perry – NYTimes.com

RT @fivethirtyeight: [new article] Electability a Primary Liability for Perry http://t.co/iOd7xep

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The Surprising Case For Post Offices | The New Republic

RT @tnr: The impending loss of your local Post Office won’t just hurt your mail carrier; it could end up hurting you http://ow.ly/6omdQ …

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Home page | UNiTE T-Shirt Competition

RT @UNDP: RT @sayno_unite: Educate yourself about the causes and consequences of violence against #women and girls http://t.co/jyFfwQu # …

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Solar Cheaper Than Coal by 2013 in Parts of Europe : TreeHugger

Solar Cheaper Than Coal by 2013 in Parts of Europe : TreeHugger http://t.co/FJ7unmR

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Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy Video

Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy http://t.co/8qZU8Ci

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Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy – YouTube

RT @GreenMuze: Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy http://t.co/0OZJ6B8

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The Onion nails core dilemma of tackling climate change | Grist

RT @grist: So funny because it’s true: @TheOnion nails core dilemma of tackling climate change http://t.co/KDIU9qA

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Nobel Winners Call on Obama to Reject Keystone XL | Mother Jones – StumbleUpon

Nobel Winners Call on Obama to Reject Keystone XL | Mother Jones http://t.co/R41MQSl

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Jobs Crisis – Newsroom: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

Jobs Crisis – Newsroom: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont) http://t.co/Aq5NBpp

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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order ~ Alfred North Whitehead– Jennifer Sertl (JenniferSertl) http://twitter.com/JenniferSertl/status/111626042673872897

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Elizabeth Warren’s Populist Revival – The Daily Beast

RT @thedailybeast: Elizabeth Warren’s Populist Revival: Possible Senate candidacy rebuke to Tea Party. http://t.co/Hi9Xwdj #cheatsheet

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Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty : The New Yorker

RT @SunFoundation: TX has a problem with lousy forensic evidence convicting people, including 1 man who might have been innocent – http: …

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Top 10 Reasons Why Green Jobs Are Vital to Our Economy

RT @drgrist: Romney: “[Obama] keeps talking about green jobs, where are they?” Answer: http://t.co/gGICWFf

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Al Jazeera’s journey across post-9/11 America – Americas – Al Jazeera English

RT @AJEnglish: Video: Al Jazeera’s journey across post-9/11 America http://t.co/xygA6Uv

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The Balanced Budget Amendment And The GOP’s Secret Fear | The New Republic

RT @tnr: Remember: the #BalancedBudgetAmendment is completely insane, as explained here http://t.co/iuqAPhi

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Romney adviser: Perry ‘has lost’ – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com

RT @thinkprogress: Romney adviser: “He’s lost. No federal candidate has ever won on the Perry program to kill Social Security. Never has …

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Did the U.S. Overreact to the 9/11 Attacks? Undoubtedly | Cross-Check, Scientific American Blog Network

RT @sciam: Did the U.S. Overreact to the 9/11 Attacks? Undoubtedly http://t.co/Zk5kD8e

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GOP Reagan Library Debate Live-Blog | ThinkProgress

RT @thinkprogress: Rick Perry calls for unmanned drones to patrol the border. Which Obama is already doing. http://t.co/CowUvbz
GOP Reagan Library Debate: video compilation of the craziest moments from tonight’s debate | ThinkProgress http://t.co/BIhpA1A

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yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/kh3xmtswj Shared by thinkprogress

RT @CAPAction: RT @marshallfitz nevr cease 2 amaze RT @thinkprogress: Hitler/Obama/Marx sign at #TeaParty rally in NM 2day http://t.co/X …

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 8th 2011 – Summify

. @NDHduz, Karl Knox & @aymanfadel thanks for summarizing my news! http://t.co/wXAEYJK

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Live-Blogging the Republican Debate at the Reagan Library – NYTimes.com

RT @thecaucus: Fact Check: Is Social Security a “Ponzi Scheme?” by @calmesnyt http://t.co/vF4dqjn

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PolitiFact | Education statements

RT @politifact: All of our fact-checks on education http://ow.ly/6ojY8 #ReaganDebate

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Santorum Gets It All Wrong on Poverty in America | Mother Jones

RT @MotherJones: Santorum Gets It All Wrong on Poverty in America http://t.co/btLU7Bf

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American fears: a decade after 9/11 – Americas – Al Jazeera English

RT @AJEnglish: American fears: a decade after 9/11 http://t.co/CxsWyeH

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Live-Blogging the Republican Debate at the Reagan Library – NYTimes.com

RT @thecaucus: Fact check: Bachmann on health care law: http://t.co/07LcEKj #ReaganDebate

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Sizing the Clean Economy: A Green Jobs Assessment – Brookings Institution

RT @LCVoters: Romney: “[Obama] keeps talking about green jobs, where are they?” Actually, there’s 2.7 million across clean economy: http …

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RT @politifact: Perry has said before that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. We looked at the evidence and rated that False. http://ow. …

RT @politifact: Perry has said before that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. We looked at the evidence and rated that False. http://ow. …

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Rick Perry Newsweek Interview on Federalism, Medicare, and 2012 Race – The Daily Beast

RT @SunFoundation: In an interview with The Daily Beast, Perry said SS and Medicare are unconstitutional – http://t.co/ORrcsWU #sunlive …

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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu– Bebe Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sarah (zbleumoon) http://twitter.com/zbleumoon/status/111598053097603073

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✦⌘✦ Music is the universal language of mankind. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow– Bebe Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sarah (zbleumoon) http://twitter.com/zbleumoon/status/111599506730123264

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“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” ~Helen Keller– DailyGood (Daily_Good) http://twitter.com/Daily_Good/status/111599652037599232

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Green Jobs Outnumber Fossil Fuel Jobs — and Are Growing Steadily | Business | GreenBiz.com

RT @LCVoters: #ReaganDebate Green Jobs Outnumber Fossil Fuel Jobs — and Are Growing Steadily http://t.co/rIvMRbe

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Angry White Man | The New Republic

RT @tnr: #RonPaul is officially the voice of the paranoid right. And, just to reiterate from a previous piece, #racist http://t.co/cTqM07a

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PolitiFact | Michele Bachmann says Obamacare will kill 800,000 jobs

RT @politifact: Bachmann said Obamacare would kill 800,000 jobs, per the CBO. That’s Mostly False. http://ow.ly/6oisk #ReaganDebate

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“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” ~ John Lennon– Lovyst Going (sno_buny) http://twitter.com/sno_buny/status/111590238098432001

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The next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. Molly Ivins #p2 #tcot– Shoq Value (Shoq) http://twitter.com/Shoq/status/111590506139631616

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Brian Williams recites the miserable record #Texas has on education, healthcare… #Perry responds with his phantom job growth (low wage)– The New Republic (tnr) http://twitter.com/tnr/status/111590538255417344

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Perry could play a car dealership owner in any US movie made between 1980 and now. #GopDebate #JustAHandshake– David Corn (DavidCornDC) http://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/111590774520557568

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I wonder if Perry will be asked about his pro-growth strategy of executing innocent people. #ittakesballs– David Roberts (drgrist) http://twitter.com/drgrist/status/111590958818279424

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Only 34% of Tea Partiers Say Climate Change is Real : TreeHugger

Only 34% of Tea Partiers Say Climate Change is Real : TreeHugger http://t.co/XgQDREs

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PoliticsGlobalWarming2011 from yale.edu – StumbleUpon

Politics & Global Warming: Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Tea Party| Yale Project on Climate Change Communication http://t.co/HV2tX8C

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In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.– Deepak Chopra (DeepakChopra) http://twitter.com/DeepakChopra/status/111583806909186048

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Only 34% of Tea Partiers Say Climate Change is Real : TreeHugger

RT @TM_Climate: Only 34% of Tea Partiers Say Climate Change is Real : TreeHugger http://t.co/bHxq5eo (via @jinnietemplin)

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GOP Debate Watch | Obama for America | 2012

RT @BarackObama: We’ll follow along as the candidates backtrack, double down, and fail to mention important issues at all. http://t.co/o …

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Nobel Winners Call on Obama to Reject Keystone XL | Mother Jones

Nobel Winners Call on Obama to Reject Keystone XL | Mother Jones http://t.co/SzSL2kB

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Climate change news, comment and analysis | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Climate change news, comment and analysis | Environment | guardian.co.uk http://t.co/4XnwQk5

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My social summary is out! http://t.co/j1ec0Ds (w/ James Stanley, @PetRescuePolls & @QueerjohnPA)

My social summary is out! http://t.co/j1ec0Ds (w/ James Stanley, @PetRescuePolls & @QueerjohnPA)

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Love Everyone Often 09/06/2011 | Joshua Oakley – Alchemy, Dreams, Stars, Visions, Magic

Love Everyone Often 09/06/2011 http://t.co/RKhdRpm

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Love Everyone Often 09/07/2011 | Joshua Oakley – Alchemy, Dreams, Stars, Visions, Magic

Love Everyone Often 09/07/2011 http://t.co/j6Wqk2y

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Love Everyone Often 09/05/2011 | Joshua Oakley – Alchemy, Dreams, Stars, Visions, Magic

Love Everyone Often 09/05/2011 http://t.co/MJVR9Au

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Recent College Graduates Wait for Their Real Careers to Begin – NYTimes.com

Recent College Graduates Wait for Their Real Careers to Begin – NYTimes.com http://t.co/FJIIdDz

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Joshua Oakley: “As for the usefulness of p…” « Deck.ly

As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our day… (cont) http://t.co/YeYZsRl

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Joshua Oakley: “I have written my life in …” « Deck.ly

I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday, as I have thought of it, as I re… (cont) http://t.co/iFLikNi

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Joshua Oakley: “Why not be oneself? That i…” « Deck.ly

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to loo… (cont) http://t.co/e3ks8eQ

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As Climate Changes, Scientists See Irene as a Harbinger – NYTimes.com

As Climate Changes, Scientists See Irene as a Harbinger – NYTimes.com http://t.co/PjvMm8R

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Joshua Oakley: “Eccentricity is not, as du…” « Deck.ly

Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocen… (cont) http://t.co/VeFFv2Z

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 7th 2011, #3 – Summify

Thanks to H.R. Hunt, @killcpm & @isfeurope2 for curating my social summary! http://t.co/17tveWV

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Five GOP Presidential Candidates Have Proposed Eliminating Capital Gains Tax, A $1 Trillion Giveaway To The Rich | ThinkProgress

Five GOP Presidential Candidates Have Proposed Eliminating Capital Gains Tax, A $1 Trillion Giveaway To The Rich http://t.co/PfmN62i

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Edith Sitwell – Wikiquote

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. ~ Edith Sitwell (born 7 September 1887) http://t.co/QhTfe8e
It is a part of the poet’s work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees. Edith Sitwell (b. 7 Sept 1887) http://t.co/QhTfe8e

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REPORT: The American Middle Class Was Built By Unions And It Will Decline Without Them | ThinkProgress

REPORT: The American Middle Class Was Built By Unions And It Will Decline Without Them | ThinkProgress http://t.co/IXRIawG

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Horses ~ Patti Smith Group ~ Live in Stockholm (1976) Video

Horses ~ Patti Smith Group ~ Live in Stockholm (1976) http://t.co/HKse7ls

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Martin Luther King, Jr. – Wikiquote

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. http://t.co/oMdSimg.

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Horses ~ Patti Smith Group ~ Live 1976 – YouTube

I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/pVptFf8 Horses ~ Patti Smith Group ~ Live 1976

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In the Land of Denial on Climate Change – NYTimes.com

RT @ddimick: In the Land of Denial on Climate Change: http://t.co/mUodTyj (via @nytimes)

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Road to the White… | Facebook

RT @cspan: From @cspanwj: What do you think of @MittRomney’s #jobs plan? Share your comments on our Facebook page here: http://t.co/XWeeTZA

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CAMPAIGN HERO: Diana Vogtel, 350.org – Make a difference – The Ecologist

RT @the_ecologist: CAMPAIGN HERO: Diana Vogtel, 350.org – Make a difference – The Ecologist http://t.co/q8aJGRe

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US security measures ‘eroding civil rights’ – The 9/11 Decade – Al Jazeera English

RT @AJEnglish: Are America’s new security measures eroding citizens’ civil rights? http://t.co/npl2lWV #AJE911

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ESO – eso1133 – Young Stars Take a Turn in the Spotlight

ESO – eso1133 – Young Stars Take a Turn in the Spotlight http://t.co/U6A6qOi

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Can you write a great poem in a tweet? | Books | guardian.co.uk

RT @GuardianBooks: Thanks to everyone who joined in #tweetpoem. We have Storifyed some of our favourites here http://t.co/gtSBzX1 #books

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Dead Can Dance – Toward the Within – “Cantara” Video

Dead Can Dance – Toward the Within – “Cantara” http://t.co/DOPRtG1

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Dead Can Dance – Toward the Within – “Cantara” – YouTube

I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/DJGGfq7 Dead Can Dance – Toward the Within – “Cantara”

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Galaxies -A Trillion Space Telescopes Unlock Mysteries of the Universe

RT @dailygalaxy: Galaxies -A Trillion Space Telescopes Unlock Mysteries of the Universe http://t.co/SS5rf6R

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Eyes on the Solar System – StumbleUpon

European Space Agency: ‎”Eyes on the Solar System” 3-D environment full of real NASA mission data. Explore cosmos. http://t.co/eS2yFcm

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Rich State, Poor State: Which Ones Are Faring The Best (and Worst) During The Downturn? The New Republic

RT @tnr: Rich State, Poor State: the state of some parts of the Union is a lot better than others http://ow.ly/6nexw #slideshow #economy

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 7th 2011, #2 – Summify

Thanks for sharing great news! http://t.co/Tt2BAt9 @BreastCancerAid, @ddsnorth & @knoxkp

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Investors decide best thing to do is to all buy US debt, driving effective interest rate on 10-year federal bonds down to record lows. Funny– Kees van der Leun (Sustainable2050) http://twitter.com/Sustainable2050/status/111312572044673024

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The #GOP says it is for self-reliance, but it has gone out of its way to suppress alternative energy.– Joel Sax (EmperorNorton) http://twitter.com/EmperorNorton/status/111308826678001664

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Why Is The Middle East Still In Thrall To 9/11 Conspiracy Theories? | The New Republic

RT @tnr: 9/11 #conspiracy theories as popular as ever, especially in the Middle East http://ow.ly/6nesG #antisemitism

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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James– Karina Cox (karina_cox) http://twitter.com/karina_cox/status/111299490413162496

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@Quiteinsane We certainly have our share of them. I simply remind people that not all criticism is unpatriotic. Focus must be on policy.– Joel Sax (EmperorNorton) http://twitter.com/EmperorNorton/status/111257849912496128

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David Brooks’ myth-ridden flip-flop on green jobs | Grist

RT @grist: New York Times columnist @DavidBrooksNYT continues the paper’s vendetta against green jobs: http://t.co/boigEnq

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Contrary To GOP Claims, Small Businesses Say Taxes And Regulation Aren’t Holding Back Hiring | ThinkProgress

Contrary To GOP Claims, Small Businesses Say Taxes And Regulation Aren’t Holding Back Hiring | ThinkProgress http://t.co/T1STjY6

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Joshua Oakley: “If you trust in Nature, in…” « Deck.ly

If you trust in Nature, in the small Things that hardly anyone sees and that can so suddenly become huge, imme… (cont) http://t.co/bz1tXlW

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Massive GOP cuts to police, fire, first responders demonstrate that they have no understanding of the concept of risk mitigation. #p2– Devin (devbost) http://twitter.com/devbost/status/111284078233395201

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Jon Stewart Shames the Media for Over-Hyping Obama’s Speech Conflict

RT @Gawker: Jon Stewart Shames the Media for Over-Hyping Obama’s Speech Conflict http://t.co/CU5lCUn

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☮Keep thyself first in peace, and then thou wilt be able to bring others to peace. – Thomas a Kempis #quote #Peace– Peace Quotes (PeaceQuotes) http://twitter.com/PeaceQuotes/status/111283761164988416

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Ozone madness | Grist

RT @grist: In case you missed it – Ozone madness http://t.co/CVjimRR

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As I was biking I thought the birds were sending me kisses and the flowers were all bowing to me . It was a magical day indeed!– Lola S. Casanova (lolapowers) http://twitter.com/lolapowers/status/111276099626995713

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Koch brothers compare Obama to Saddam Hussein, declare 2012 will be ‘war’ | Grist

RT @grist: Most popular post today: Koch brothers compare Obama to Saddam Hussein, declare 2012 will be ‘war’ http://t.co/u163w3L

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We Need To Do More When It Comes To Having Brief, Panicked Thoughts About… – StumbleUpon

We Need To Do More When It Comes To Having Brief, Panicked Thoughts About Climate Change | The Onion: Commentary http://t.co/mrri4qV

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Farmers who don’t believe in climate change adapting to it anyway | Grist

RT @grist: Whatever their political leanings, farmers now adapt to climate change: http://t.co/PUyoXVC

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No matter what seems to be going on around you, in your heart you’ll know that you can do it.– Deepak Chopra (DeepakChopra) http://twitter.com/DeepakChopra/status/111254390521856000

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I don’t think we should treat criticism of the president as disloyal except when its only intent is to tear down the country just to get him– Joel Sax (EmperorNorton) http://twitter.com/EmperorNorton/status/111255361129938944

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RT @PCNEconomy: Working-age adults make up record share of US poor http://t.co/h3oe954

RT @PCNEconomy: Working-age adults make up record share of US poor http://t.co/h3oe954

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REPORT: 25 Corporations Paid More To Their CEO Last Year Than They Paid In Taxes | ThinkProgress

REPORT: 25 Corporations Paid More To Their CEO Last Year Than They Paid In Taxes | ThinkProgress http://t.co/SYalVFK

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The Coming of the Coal-Free Campus by Jen Horton — YES! Magazine

RT @energyaction: RT @yesmagazine: The Coal-Free Campus—students across the US are asking schools to clean up their act http://t.co/6y4j …

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Rick Perry: The EPA ‘won’t know what hit ‘em’ | Grist

RT @drgrist: Rick Perry: The EPA ‘won’t know what hit ‘em’ http://t.co/ENK2Iuv Beware the hair!
RT @grist: Rick Perry announced his intentions to make the EPA unapologetically pro-pollution: http://t.co/NJE9Kmx

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David Brooks’ myth-ridden flip-flop on green jobs | Grist

RT @SashaLyutse: Nice piece by the folks at grist. “@grist: David Brooks’ myth-ridden flip-flop on green jobs http://t.co/QQXo1mq”

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Rick Perry’s Record On The Environment: Is It Bad, Or Awful? | The New Republic

RT @tnr: #Republicans have a hard time with reality-based policy on the #environment and #science, but #Perry leads the pack http://ow.l …

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 7th 2011 – Summify

Thanks for sharing great news! http://t.co/8n43ONO @BradyMedia, @DavidBTwit & @MylaReson

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How a Radical Leftist Became the FBI’s BFF | Mother Jones

RT @MotherJones: Watch “Better this World” tonight on PBS. Truly awesome, gripping film. NYT called it “Oscar worthy.” Background: http: …

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Ron Paul Trust – YouTube

RT @tnr: Paul v. Perry: “America must decide who to trust: Al Gore’s Texas cheerleader or the one who stood with Reagan” http://ow.ly/6n …

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During Secret Retreat With Billionaires, Koch Lobbyist Admits Tea Party Group ‘Designed’ To Elect Republicans In 2010 | ThinkProgress

RT @thinkprogress: Koch operative admits they orchestrate Tea Party events to help GOP candidates http://t.co/35Yu964
During Secret Retreat With Billionaires, Koch Lobbyist Admits Tea Party Group ‘Designed’ To Elect Republicans In 2010 http://t.co/8ZNiWc6

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School ‘Reform’: A Failing Grade by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books

RT @nybooks: Diane Ravitch on how a small group of extremely wealthy men captured national education policy in the name of “reform” http …

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#Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson #quotes– Quotes About Life (Quotes_Life) http://twitter.com/Quotes_Life/status/111199902440239104

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When my horse is running good, I don’t stop to give him sugar. – William Faulkner #quotes– Quotes About Life (Quotes_Life) http://twitter.com/Quotes_Life/status/111223212335046656

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Just because you #love someone, doesn’t mean you have to be involved with them. #love is not a bandage to cover wounds. – Hugh Elliott– Quotes About Life (Quotes_Life) http://twitter.com/Quotes_Life/status/111229120008040448

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Romney Chart Falsely Blames Obama For Job Losses In 2007, 2008 | ThinkProgress

RT @kellabeck: Romney Chart Falsely Blames Obama For Job Losses In 2007, 2008 http://t.co/acvpUKH #tcot NOW are you embarrassed? Ever? #p2
Romney Chart Falsely Blames Obama For Job Losses In 2007, 2008 | ThinkProgress http://t.co/oH9y94m

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Maybe the Super Committee Should Do Something About Jobs | Mother Jones

Maybe the Super Committee Should Do Something About Jobs | Mother Jones http://t.co/1pBgYDr

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Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left “the Cult”: 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party | | AlterNet

Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left “the Cult”: 3 Things Everyone Must Know About Lunatic-Filled Republican Party http://t.co/RrifvC2

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“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” ~ Aesop #charityTuesday #quoteoftheday– Digital Hope (digitalhope) http://twitter.com/digitalhope/status/111186926719074305

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350.org’s Photos – Wall Photos | Facebook

RT @350: Spreading the @moving_planet momentum on facebook… arrows are gonna be a big part of the big day: http://j.mp/pQfvL0

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 6th 2011, #4 – Summify

.@biobad, @ekarff & @PetRescuePolls thnx for bringing me my top news! http://t.co/pGIqyzR

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Joshua Oakley – Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination

“As long as you remain within that field of the culture, of society, of greed, of envy, of…” http://t.co/6krnPVs

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I regard my critics as my friends even though I love saying “shut up” to them. It helps them enlist followers from my other critics.– Deepak Chopra (DeepakChopra) http://twitter.com/DeepakChopra/status/111112921513345026

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Joshua Oakley – Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination – Happy Birthday Robert M. Pirsig (Born September 6, 1928), American Philosopher and Novelist – Wikiquote

Happy Birthday Robert M. Pirsig (Born September 6, 1928), American Philosopher and Novelist… http://t.co/eANTIYG

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Fundamentalists worship Jesus as a God, because that’s a lot easier than following His extremely liberal teachings.– John Fugelsang (JohnFugelsang) http://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/111104666695241728

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How Tiny Solar Trucks Can Save American Cities : TreeHugger

RT @EnvDefenseFund: How Tiny #Solar Trucks Can Save American Cities: http://t.co/0DRz1Fp #Energy #Climate

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Opening Doors to U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Environment | WRI Insights

RT @worldresources: Opening Doors to U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Environment http://t.co/NWyDKmM

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Happy Birthday Robert M. Pirsig (Born September 6, 1928), American Philosopher and Novelist – Wikiquote – Alchemy Wisdom Future World Balance Truth Stars

Happy Birthday Robert M. Pirsig (Born September 6, 1928), American Philosopher and Novelist – Wikiquote http://t.co/oCAW5gq

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Scott Olson Interview: Skyride, Rollerblade, Shark Tank, More – The Daily Beast

RT @thedailybeast: Entrepreneur Scott Olson Creates New Invention That Will “Revolutionize the Way People Move About Our Planet” http:// …

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In The Future, The Only Jobs Left Will Be Green | ThinkProgress – StumbleUpon

In The Future, The Only Jobs Left Will Be Green | ThinkProgress: Climate Progress http://t.co/88welRL

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If we could use even half of the energy and knowledge that runs the American sports empire for only a few hours, we could do anything.– Torey Lightcap (fathertorey) http://twitter.com/fathertorey/status/111097022970462210

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Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy Video

Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy http://t.co/4TYbxnk

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Must-Read Tell All: “Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the… – StumbleUpon

Must-Read Tell All: “Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult” – Climate Progress http://t.co/g5mHtWx

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Rick Perry: The EPA ‘Won’t Know What Hit ‘Em’ | ThinkProgress

Rick Perry: The EPA ‘Won’t Know What Hit ‘Em’ | ThinkProgress http://t.co/Ty0KSAD

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Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy – YouTube

I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/IroCpDd Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy

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Bingo. Key to real discussion. RT @zoesullnews: @umairh Got it. [Institutions] should exist for common good, not just that of the powerful.– umair haque (umairh) http://twitter.com/umairh/status/111087903651799040

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Rick Perry: The EPA ‘Won’t Know What Hit ‘Em’ | ThinkProgress

RT @ClimaTweets: [Climate Progress] Rick Perry: The EPA ‘Won’t Know What Hit ‘Em’: Speaking at a campaign stop in his home state … htt …

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ARCADE: Literature, the Humanities, and the World

RT @StanfordArcade: Why the Humanities are Indispensable: I wrote this at the request of a colleague of mine here at Stanford. She … …

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On one side we demonize markets, on the other, governments. It’s a nice little game of divide and conquer that ignores the real issues.– umair haque (umairh) http://twitter.com/umairh/status/111084471440244736

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Music to Wonk Out To – Ta-Nehisi Coates – Entertainment – The Atlantic

RT @LOLGOP: MORE STIMULUS! RT @normative: Paul Krugman digs Arcade Fire, wants more indie rock recs. http://j.mp/riYPPw

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Stimulating History – Ta-Nehisi Coates – National – The Atlantic

RT @TheAtlantic: RT @tanehisi: No, “everyone who mattered” didn’t believe the stimulus was “mind-boggling large.” http://j.mp/nlWuNy

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Climate change news, comment and analysis | Environment | guardian.co.uk – StumbleUpon

Climate change news, comment and analysis | Environment | guardian.co.uk http://t.co/agyHVhN

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At Strategy Seminar, Koch Refers To Obama As ‘Saddam Hussein’ To Be Defeated In ‘Mother Of All Wars’ | ThinkProgress

RT @thinkprogress: At Strategy Seminar, Koch refers to Obama as “Saddam Hussein,” calls for his defeat in “mother of all wars” http://t. …

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Romney Claims Obama Was The ‘Only President’ To Cut Medicare, Ignoring Reagan’s Reductions To The Program | ThinkProgress

RT @TPHealth: Romney Claims Obama Was The ‘Only President’ To Cut Medicare, Ignoring Reagan’s Reductions To The Program: http://t.co/w892wUi

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Rupert Murdoch and Dick Cheney Back an Oil Shale Company With Faulty Wells. We’re Shocked! | ThinkProgress

RT @climateprogress: Rupert Murdoch and Dick Cheney Back an Oil Shale Company With Faulty Wells. We’re Shocked! http://t.co/xoH0ckz

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Fact-Check: Romney’s USA Today Op-ed Vs. Reality | ThinkProgress

RT @TPEconomy: FACT-CHECK: Romney’s USA Today op-ed vs. reality http://t.co/Wd4aVej

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 6th 2011, #3 – Summify

My top news stories: http://t.co/ZKvm9lj thanks @gm2dm, @ubermoe & @kiki3290

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solar-cheaper-coal-2015-europe.php from treehugger.com – StumbleUpon

Solar Cheaper Than Coal by 2013 in Parts of Europe http://t.co/UynAJIW

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morning-checkup-september-6-2011 from thinkprogress.org – StumbleUpon

Morning CheckUp: September 6, 2011 | ThinkProgress http://t.co/wkTAYOy

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justiceline-september-6-2011 from thinkprogress.org – StumbleUpon

Justiceline: September 6, 2011 | ThinkProgress http://t.co/0OgsN0Y

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Summer Reading List: 10 Essential Books for Cognitive Sunshine | Brain Pickings

RT @brainpicker: Summer is almost over – but you can keep it alive with my summer reading list for cognitive sunshine http://j.mp/k1XMvo

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Warren Presents Herself to Labor Activists as Fighting for Middle Class : Roll Call Politics

RT @rollcall: Miss this? RT @jm_dc: Elizabeth Warren speaks; Labor applauds. Dateline Boston: http://t.co/9mVuNHa

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More Solid Proof That Obamacare Is Working – Forbes

More Solid Proof That Obamacare Is Working – Forbes http://t.co/DXPgse1

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To Those Who Consider President Obama a Disappointment; You’re Just NOT Paying Attention! – Please Cut the Crap!

RT @MiltShook: Look; if you’re gonna whine abt Obama, go after overall record. http://t.co/6ffmgI4 Sending me a link showing me one “fai …

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David Brooks Is Being Ignorant on the Economy Again | Beat the Press

RT @DeanBaker13: David Brooks really doesn’t like #greenjobs http://t.co/M0dMVr8

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RT @ZahidaKhan: “A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.” – Anonymous– Mark Welkie (manyko2) http://twitter.com/manyko2/status/111044404566962176

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Recent College Graduates Wait for Their Real Careers to Begin – NYTimes.com

RT @the99percent: Meet Generation Limbo: highly educated 20-somethings, whose careers are stuck in neutral: http://t.co/Lo5F81V

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Hotels can go green in energy consumption under new UN scheme

RT @UNGtB: Hotels will be able to contribute to #climatechange reduction while increasing their profits under a new #UN scheme http://t. …

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Daily Kos: Toothache Kills Unemployed Man With No Insurance

Daily Kos: Toothache Kills Unemployed Man With No Insurance http://t.co/GoC5cDy

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I wish all Nwk Public school students, faculty & staff a great 1st day of school. RT @rigrundfest: America Succeeds Because Teachers Succeed– Cory Booker (CoryBooker) http://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/111035770504101889

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Joshua Oakley – Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination

“I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that… http://t.co/NPhyaG3

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Congress Returns from Recess to Focus on Jobs and Spending Cuts – NYTimes.com

RT @nytimespolitics: The Caucus: Congress Returns from Recess to Focus on Jobs and Spending Cuts http://t.co/z4Y4iZ6

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President Hu: China to increase forest area by 40 mln hectares

RT @carbonmeme: China to increase forest area by 40 mln hectares – Xinhua http://t.co/WPfm6jZ

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Philosophical Quotes

RT @mister_quotes: The world is the totality of facts, not of things. ~ Wittgenstein http://t.co/8ruL4Lq
RT @mister_quotes: Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. ~ Sartre http://t.co …

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Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. ~Friedrich Nietzsche– Aimee Pilz (awakeningaimee) http://twitter.com/awakeningaimee/status/110994696452571136

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I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it. ~Charles Schulz– Aimee Pilz (awakeningaimee) http://twitter.com/awakeningaimee/status/111017317638471680

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Blooming & blossoming– Aimee Pilz (awakeningaimee) http://twitter.com/awakeningaimee/status/111023354043039745

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Global hotel chains team up to lower carbon footprint – Green Tech – Green Tech | siliconrepublic.com – Ireland’s Technology News Service

RT @worldresources: Reading – Global hotel chains team up to lower carbon footprint (@siliconrepublic) http://t.co/5bXeTri

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Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man: Thomas Paine– Spiritual Truths (TheGodLight) http://twitter.com/TheGodLight/status/110911107799056385

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Joshua Oakley: “”History is a great teache…” « Deck.ly

“History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of th… (cont) http://t.co/TVfEnmc

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New rule: Television networks need to stop making shows that try and put a happy ending on America’s enormous wealth disparity and instead make a show called “Shine my shoes, fuckface.” Video

New rule: Television networks need to stop making shows that try and put a happy ending on… http://t.co/j2ERpwg

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-Bill-Maher:-Beat-the-Rich-with-a-stick from dailykos.com – StumbleUpon

Daily Kos: Bill Maher: Beat the Rich with a stick http://t.co/21AftAT

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Bill Maher on Beating the Rich with a Stick – YouTube

I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/RBHZqEz Bill Maher on Beating the Rich with a Stick

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#CosmicConsciousness Religion has an obligation to not contradict the known laws of science– Deepak Chopra (DeepakChopra) http://twitter.com/DeepakChopra/status/111005434172805121

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Wise people serve others, putting the needs of others above their own. The ultimate result will be that you find more happiness.– Dalai Lama (DalaiLama) http://twitter.com/DalaiLama/status/111005773353582593

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#CosmicConsciousness Science has an obligation to not reduce rich human experience to raw data.– Deepak Chopra (DeepakChopra) http://twitter.com/DeepakChopra/status/111005964454461441

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Environment Petition: Stop the Tar Sands Oil Keystone XL Pipeline | Change.org

RT @DeepakChopra: RT @ISF_HongKong: PLEASE see this and RT! http://t.co/ka48CBH

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confessions_of_a_gop_operative_who_left_%22the_cult%22%3A_3_things_everyone_m… – StumbleUpon

GOPer: “If you think Paul Ryan & his Ayn Rand-worshipping colleagues aren’t after your Social Security & Medicare ….” http://t.co/NNB43Zp

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 6th 2011, #2 – Summify

My top news stories: http://t.co/vdbXJFn thanks H.R. Hunt, @claylaugier & @backlinkstoday

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Funkadelic – Rockpalast ’85 Video

Funkadelic – Rockpalast ’85 http://t.co/mlPHHhA

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Remember Them: Champions for Humanity

RT @thichnhathanh: Remember Them: Champions of Humanity. Opens on Tuesday. http://t.co/t6iWIuR

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Obama fixed the economy. What’s in bad shape is jobs. It took 10 yrs 4 jobs 2 comeback in depression & would have been longer if not 4 WWII– Picasso Kat (Picassokat) http://twitter.com/Picassokat/status/110910863162093568

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@billmaher The GOP has taken a bad dream and turned it into a long horrifying nightmare.– Diane Dinnigan (DianeDinnigan) http://twitter.com/DianeDinnigan/status/110910660321349632

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“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”_____Ernest Hemingway– p harr (pharr2) http://twitter.com/pharr2/status/110910730261372928

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“Peace already exists within each of us, if we only allow ourselves to feel its comfort.”-Robert Alan– Tan Kwan Hong (TanKwanHong) http://twitter.com/TanKwanHong/status/110906296181587968

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☮Peace is the only battle worth waging. — Albert Camus (1913-1960) #quote #Peace– Peace Quotes (PeaceQuotes) http://twitter.com/PeaceQuotes/status/110703978106466305

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☮Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom. — The XIVth Dalai Lama #quote– Peace Quotes (PeaceQuotes) http://twitter.com/PeaceQuotes/status/110722298801176576

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Daily Kos: Mission accomplished: Tea party Republicans took the economy hostage and killed job growth

Daily Kos: Mission accomplished: Tea party Republicans took the economy hostage and killed job growth http://t.co/PS3Xob2

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Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the Tar Sands Action Video

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the Tar Sands Action http://t.co/RqLj5E7

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 6th 2011 – Summify

Thanks for sharing great news! http://t.co/psfrho0 Mattison, @jbaby56 & @joybrk

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USEPA Labor Day Message – YouTube

I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/LZu32NK USEPA Labor Day Message

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The Human Cost of Energy: Scientific American

The Human Cost of Energy: Scientific American http://t.co/vrrdecr

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Bills Republicans Have Blocked | Addicting Info

Bills Republicans Have Blocked | Addicting Info http://t.co/GRf90xS

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“My friends are my estate.”~ Emily Dickinson #Quote– Shire  (ShiCooks) http://twitter.com/ShiCooks/status/110835728921018369

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Fox Doctors Hoffa Speech To Fabricate Call For Violence | Media Matters for America

RT @mmfa: Spread The Word: Fox News doctored that Hoffa speech to fabricate call for violence. http://t.co/A8VROk4

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For Labor Day, Celebrating the American Clean Energy Industry | Josh Mogerman’s Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

RT @NRDC: For Labor Day, Celebrating the American Clean Energy Industry http://t.co/ROlhUWE

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Happy Labor Day: 10 Great Things Courtesy of Labor Unions – Culture – GOOD

RT @SashaLyutse: Because it’s easy to forget sometimes “@kate_sheppard: Happy Labor Day: 10 Great Things Courtesy of Labor Unions http:/ …

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NRDC: Renewable Energy for America

RT @NRDC: See America’s renewable energy projects and how much energy they generate. Check the map: http://t.co/rzLXdN0 #cleanenergy

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American Clean Energy – a set on Flickr

RT @NRDC: Great photos of #wind & #solar on @Flickr, use tag nrdccleanenergy to share yours: http://t.co/C5Cd6AK

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In The Future, The Only Jobs Left Will Be Green | ThinkProgress

RT @climateprogress: In The Future, The Only Jobs Left Will Be Green http://t.co/614l1UR

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Obama Administration Delays Life-Saving Smog Standards | Frances Beinecke’s Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

RT @NRDC: By blocking ozone standards Obama sided w/ polluters & the extreme forces who deny the value of government safeguards: http:// …

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Joshua Oakley’s Summary, September 5th 2011, #4 – Summify

My top news stories: http://t.co/dwoS7ge thanks @Mercypolitics, @jburak1101 & @P2Blogs

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Live Aid ♫ – YouTube

Live Aid ♫ – YouTube http://t.co/ausa6cj

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