Blessed Are the Meek (Shame On You)

In honor of the 5th Anniversary of the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, Stephen baked a cake. I would advise you to pass if he offers you a piece of the cake. But to move on to the economy. Hurray for the Top One Percent. You see, 95% of income gains since recovery started have gone to the Top One Percent. That's good, but Fox News wants us to watch out for the Takers, the people who don't have jobs and still want to eat. Yep, they get food stamps just so they can feed their families. (Moochers) And they should feel shameful, according to Fox News. That's good incentive to get off welfare.

As part of "The Word," Stephen highlighted a disability called (warning: bad language in this link) Mood Disorder. Stephen also told us about a Portland citizen who is warning other citizens about fellow citizens. Who is this model of transparency and accountability? No one knows. He is most likely using a fake name and title. I guess that's the true test of patriotism.

As well informed as Stephen is about national and world events, he messed up a little bit when talking about the Miss America pageant and Nina Davuluri, the newest winner. That's okay. We did get to see some video of the crowning event and a little bit of the Bollywood fusion dance she did for her portion of the talent competition.

Stephen's guest last night, Andrew Bacevich, has a new book out, "Breach of Trust." The two talked military matters, democracy, citizenship, and national service. Andrew Bacevich says that putting a bumper sticker on your car thanking our military for their service is sometimes not that much of an effort. We have a few people who serve while most of us reap the benefits. This makes for a military system that is undemocratic. Stephen, as usual, has an answer. Our military should invade our military system to bring democracy to it. Stephen asked about a draft. Andrew Bacevich is in favor of national service of some kind. It was a very interesting dialogue about citizenship.