This afternoon was a treat. It was a bright sunny warm day with a bit of fall chill in the air (the shade).

We visited a jeweler and at Amanda’s recommendation (the jeweler), we ate at Paul Martin’s American Grill and had a surprisingly good lunch. Then we drove to a movie theater to see “Inequality for All” by that “pinko communist socialist” Robert Reich. We had gelato ice cream before the movie (as all decadent bourgeoisie should).

Robert Reich is a renound economist who served first in the Ford administration, taught at Harvard, was secretary of labor under Clinton, and now teaches at Berkeley. His thesis in this movie is that the gap between the rich (top 1%) and the middle earners (the middle class) has been growing steeply since the late 1970s. There are a number of charts and graphs that he presents in the course of the film, but it is the interviews, news clips, and his sense of humor that sets the movie apart from most documentaries. Some very interesting factoids come out in the film.

Two short segments in the film are taken from the John Stewart Show:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/08/jon-stewart-has-had-it-how-fox-talks-about-class-warfare/41474/

The first clip is very funny, but sadly the statistic says it all.

Ron