Left I on the News A leftwing view of the day's news and the way it's presented in the media
"It's almost as if he's taking a bullet for everyone else."
- A "compensation consultant", commenting on the "modest" bonus of "only" $9 million dollars received by Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs. We're told by AP that such a "modest" bonus "appears aimed at quelling criticism of the bank's compensation practices."
"The truth must not only be the truth, it must be told." - Fidel Castro
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
"Philosophers only interpret the world, the point remains to change it." - Karl Marx
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." - Desmond Tutu
"We all live in a crowded theater." - Eli Stephens
