REWIND - A Week of Quotes & Cartoons

SUNDAY

Quote of the Day
October 16, 2011

'The frustration in America isn't so much with
inequality in the political and legal worlds, as it was
in Arab countries, although those are concerns too.
Here the critical issue is economic inequity. According
to the C.I.A.'s own ranking of countries by income
inequality, the United States is more unequal a society
than either Tunisia or Egypt.'

Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
October 16, 2011
ttp://tinyurl.com/442s4tg

Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/3zlauu7
Real Demands
Ben Sargent

MONDAY

Quote of the Day
October 17, 2011

'As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow,
the response from the movement's targets has gradually
changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by
whining. (A reader of my blog suggests that we start
calling our ruling class the "kvetchocracy.") The
modern lords of finance look at the protesters and ask,
Don't they understand what we've done for the U.S.
economy?

'The answer is: yes, many of the protesters do
understand what Wall Street and more generally the
nation's economic elite have done for us. And that's
why they're protesting.'

Economist Paul Krugman
New York Times
October 16, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/5t734zd

Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/3hgyjmy
Evel Kinievel
Rob Rogers


TUESDAY

Quote of the Day
October 18, 2011

'The Bronx is the poorest urban county in the nation
for the umpteenth year running. My patients come to
clinic every day and I feel I can't give them what they
need. They need jobs. They need education. They need
health care for all. And I just give prescriptions-it's
not enough. When I go to work in the morning.people in
the Bronx are lined up waiting for food stamps and
unemployment..My patients live in the shadow of Wall
Street. The wealth that comes to this city when banks
get bailed out do not come to my patients. That is why
I am here supporting health care for the 99 percent.'

A Bronx doctor describing the links
between the economic crisis, poverty,
food insecurity, unemployment,
lack of education and poor health,
speaking at an Occupy Wall Street
General Assembly organized by physicians
practicing in the borough.

AFL-CIO Blog
October 18, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/3dsphwp

Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/3ub2kfu
The Fat Cat
Bennett -Chattanoga Time Free Press

WEDNESDAY

Quote of the Day
October 19, 2011

'Allowing the destruction of the euro is to take the
risk of the destruction of Europe. Those who destroy
Europe and the euro will bear responsibility for
resurgence of conflict and division on our continent.'

French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Financial Times
October 19, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/3rt2han

Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/3zw4hv6
Showing Sense
Jeff Danziger

THURSDAY

Quote of the Day
October 20, 2011

'With thousands of people being mobilized across the
country, it would be a travesty not to use the power of
the people to force some concessions that will ease our
economic pain. We can choose from a smorgasbord of
economic injustices to address: mass unemployment,
rampant home foreclosures, slashes in social services,
defunding of public education, increases in health care
costs, etc. People will need to graduate from chants
and signs to a political agenda that spells out what
must happen to "Make Wall Street Pay for the Crisis!"

'This is a broad based, intergenerational, multi-racial
movement that could bring meaningful changes in this
country, especially as we head into the 2012 elections.
Let's work towards minimizing empty rhetoric and
pockets and maximizing our political power and economic
victories.'

Jamala Rogers, BlackCommentator.com
Editorial Board member, leader of
the Organization for Black Struggle
in St. Louis, Black Radical Congress
National Organizer and an
Alston-Bannerman Fellow

Black Commentator
October 20, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/3qjfh8n

Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/3g4b7nf
What are They Asking For?
Hurwitt
HurwittGraphics.com

FRIDAY

Quote of the Day
October 21, 2011

'Gadhafi's era is irreversibly finished. That is
certain. But will democracy prevail in Libya? We'll
have to wait and see. Much suggests that this question
isn't very important to the NATO countries which helped
along the change in power. As long as it appeared to be
opportune for them, they accepted and armed both
Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein as allies. As soon as it no
longer appeared opportune to them, they began pointing
out the -- indisputably -- disastrous human rights
records of both leaders. They could always count on one
thing though: The public at home would accept any
change of course because, at the end of the day, they
weren't terribly interested in what was going on in
far-away countries.

"The idea that Libya has been 'liberated' because the
West has unflinchingly pushed for adherence to human
rights is absolute nonsense.

'The (West) first took an interest in the hurdles
facing democratization in Egypt when they started to
effect Christians in that country. Earlier, politicians
really didn't care that the country was still in a
state of crisis, that civilians were being tried in
military courts and that the military still has a hold
on power. Furthermore, before the so-called 'Arab
Spring,' many had decided that Arabs, because of their
culture and mentality, weren't ready for democracy.

'It won't take long before Western politicians begin
... saying the same thing about Libya if it suits them.
Those trying to build a democracy would be well advised
not to rely on the West's solidarity. This applies
globally.'

The leftist Die Tageszeitung (Germany)
October 21, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/424ty25

Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/3bfum8m
Robin Hoods?
Ben Sargent

SATURDAY

Quote of the Day
October 22, 2011

'Advisers to the President have told me they believe
that financial reform issues are too difficult for the
public to follow. I disagree. I think the millions of
people who do their banking at Citibank, Bank of
America, Chase, Wells Fargo and so forth would
appreciate it if the government could hang a "No
Gambling Allowed" sign over the entrance.
Gambling-within reason-is the province of investment
banks. We need an updated version of Glass-Steagall as
soon as possible, lest the amoral greedheads who runs
the proprietary trading desks at the big banks blow up
the economy yet again.'

Joe Klein
Time
October 22, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/3uuu765

Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/42myu8k
Reincarnation
Matt Bors

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