And, Kudos to the Women’s Media Center and the Paley Center, who, along with the White House Project and the Maynard Center for Journalism Education, and all panel members, for convening this most important conference.

As the DNC Chair Mr. Dean said himself (too late in the game to sound sincere or even brave!) the level of sexist commentary in this campaign was incredible, and probably contributed to Sen. Clinton’s campaign deficit…Racist commentary, equivalent to the sexist commentary on Hillary Clinton, had it been levelled against Obama, would have been actionable and talking heads would have rolled. Anti-semitic and racist remarks have all but disappeared in the networks’ lexicon. But woman-bashing on-air by the resident misogynist frat-boys is braggable, having become the new national blood sport!

Let’s hope that Hillary’s 18 million cracks on the top ceiling will allow sufficient light to shine on those glaring gross inequities at the expense of women and girls–and perhaps cure the distorted Obamyopic bush-league vision of those who refuse to see the hurt and harm along the way…

Clinton benefited immensely from racism in this country and the old media establishment wants to whine on and on that Clinton was not treated fairly. Where’s the balance? Wake up, you’re doing serious damage to the cause of a female president!

Adjusted for inflation over the past 95 years (2,000%), this means that the first $60,000 in income (for singles) and the first $80,000 in income (for marrieds) is exempt from taxation. That exemption was $3,000 and $4,000, respectively, in 1913 (e.g., 2,000% = 20 x $3,000 = $60,000).

Somewhere along the line, this exemption was taken away from the middle and working classes, causing all our income to be subject to taxation…and initiating the shrinking and weakening of the middle class…while also adding proportionately to the ranks of the working class and poor.

To add insult to injury, during the 1980’s the president and congress made the astounding decision that our exempted income should not only continue to be taxed, but taxed at the same rate as those members of the privileged class whose incomes far, far exceed ours.

As set forth in the tax code of 1913, that same privileged class would traditionally pay America’s bills. At the same time, America’s untaxed working class would move into, and grow what would eventually be the greatest middle class in global history through capitalistic consumption.

Instead of paying America’s bills with tax revenue, the president and congress made the further astounding decision to borrow to pay those bills instead. Even more astounding was that the source of this borrowing would become the middle/working class social security trust fund, as well as foreign governments and investors when that trust fund was exhausted.

If we didn’t have the aforesaid tax burden (i.e., if our exemption was restored), we, the middle and working classes, could spend and consume the U.S. economy back into the black (i.e., back into “profitability”). After all, personal consumption is the primary foundation of a strong and vibrant capitalistic society.

Of course, the under taxed privileged class would raise holy heck if they even suspected that they might actually have to return to tradition and take financial responsibility for paying America’s bills…and reducing America’s debt, the latter having grown by leaps and bounds since the privileged class went on a tax holiday.

In closing…and getting back to the main point…with financial security back on the menu for the American middle class and working class, all of this business about age, sex and race would take a back seat to unity and cooperation.

Financially content people do not spend a lot of time drawing lines in the sand.

However, sometimes I think that politicians…and pundits & the press as well…would rather see our great nation divided than united, i.e., divided along the lines that are the apparent emphasis of this web log.

OK Jack