Invest in Exxon

Gas prices are still up and Exxon is still making a killing. They just posted record profits this quarter:

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-Jean Chen

A Different Kind of Immigrant

This is interesting... while thousands of working class Mexicans and their allies are taking to the streets, Indian immigrants who are highly educated have been waging a different kind of war on immigration policies. They've been working with lobbyists and getting to folks in Washington.

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- Jean Chen

Pink Salmon --- For the Record

Pink Salmon --- For the RecordPriya, How often are you blogging these days?

Clash Fan = Terrorist?

A South Asian man was stopped from boarding a plane because he was listening to the Clash song, "London Calling" on the cab ride over the the driver thought he might be a terrorist. Wha???

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- Jean Chen

Isn't it Ironic?

Check out what just happened in Kentucky:

"Gov. Ernie Fletcher declared today 'Diversity Day, then cut from the state government's hiring policy a provision that explicitly protected public employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation."

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- Jean Chen

Country Critics

So I guess it's now ok for country musicians to criticize Bush. This is from the Daily Dish:

McGraw Will Run for Office

Country singer Tim McGraw has decided to run for elected office, after being appalled by president George W. Bush's response to last August's Hurricane Katrina disaster.

McGraw and his wife, singer Faith Hill, are urging fans to vote Bush and the Republican party out of office during the next election.

And he has vowed to personally make a difference, just as soon as his children have finished their education.

He says, "I think that public service is a high calling.

"I would do it. I would never do it until my children are grown.

"If you're in a position to be able to make some changes and do some things that you think are right, if you have that opportunity it is an admirable thing to do."

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- Jean Chen

Give Me a Break!

The NY Times analyzed IRS data and found that Bush's tax cuts really only helped the wealthiest in the nation. Among the findings:

¶Among taxpayers with incomes greater than $10 million, the amount by which their investment tax bill was reduced averaged about $500,000 in 2003, and total tax savings, which included the two Bush tax cuts on compensation, nearly doubled, to slightly more than $1 million.

¶These taxpayers, whose average income was $26 million, paid about the same share of their income in income taxes as those making $200,000 to $500,000 because of the lowered rates on investment income.

¶Americans with annual incomes of $1 million or more, about one-tenth of 1 percent all taxpayers, reaped 43 percent of all the savings on investment taxes in 2003

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Ugh!!! I just paid my taxes and I wish someone would give ME a break.

- Jean Chen