Tag Archives: class

Fry-Cooks or Dilettantrepreneurs?… Artists and Liberal Artists… What do you want to be when you grow up?

Rona Economou dropped some serious coin on education and professional training
~ likely at least ~ US$ 200K…
This is where she works:

“The sweet smell of success? So this is really better than working at Mickey D’s?”
Maybe she would have been better off keeping that tuition money and getting the kind of free professional management training McDonalds… Read the rest

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Hypocrisy Illustrated | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: No titles of nobility?

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution – No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States.
And no title is. Directly. But it does seem obvious that a social class exists in America that equates to nobility, and this class is sanctioned by the state. To be noble is essentially to be… Read the rest

Posted on August 1, 2011 by change | Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments

8 Reasons To Hate Rich People

The personal finance magazine Kiplinger’s– which usually contains stories like “Ten Hilarious Tax Deductions” and “How To Get A Bond Fund Out Of Her Clothes” goes off the path to offer “8 Outrageous Executive Perks.”
It’s a traffic getter, I’ll admit– and when it gets featured on the front page of Yahoo it affords 2135 people the opportunity… Read the rest

Posted on April 5, 2011 by TheLastPsychiatrist | Tagged , , , , , , | 30 Comments

“Here’s why you should always buy into your office lottery pool”


That’s the title of the news article. Not: “here’s what happened.” It’s a recommendation.
A bunch of employees down at the NY Homes and Community Renewal Agency play the lottery regularly. This time, they win– and get to split $300M.
That might seem like a non-story, and after March 29 it should have died.… Read the rest

Posted on April 1, 2011 by TheLastPsychiatrist | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments