Showing posts with label StephenColbert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label StephenColbert. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Luis Gutierrez is Outed as a Payday Loan Patsy

Stephen Colbert nails Congressman Luis Gutierrez's involvement in the payday loan industry and his new Bill "regulating" the industry in an extremely favorable way. Colbert does a great job of this, he's amazing. The segment is about 3 minutes long, I edited it for you.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Benjamin Barber - How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole



I heard Benjamin Barber's speech on the great, great podcast Big Ideas. This guy is worth listening to. I mourn my free market idealism as it fades thanks to this guy, Naomi Klein, James Galbraith and the damn American economy these days...