Greg Palast: "Off the Rails: Big Oil, Big Brother Win Big in the State of the Union"

PALAST TAKES APART THE "STATE OF THE UNION"

[Excerpt]"There was that tongue again. When the President lies he’s got this weird nervous tick: He sticks the tip of his tongue out between his lips. Like a little boy who knows he’s fibbing. Like a snake licking a rat. ... In his State of the Union tonight the President did his tongue thing 124 times — my kids kept count. ..." Read more Palast.

Also by Greg Palast today, from Tom's Information Clearinghouse:

[Excerpt] "... Here’s your question, class:
In his State of the Union, the President asked Congress for $300 million for poor kids in the inner city. As there are, officially, 15 million children in America living in poverty, how much is that per child? Correct! $20. ...

Here’s your second question. The President also demanded that Congress extend his tax cuts. The cost: $4.3 trillion over ten years. The big recipients are millionaires. And the number of millionaires happens, not coincidentally, to equal the number of poor kids, roughly 15 million of them. OK class: what is the cost of the tax cut per millionaire? That’s right, Richie, $287,000 apiece. ..." Read the rest.