Wednesday, July 28, 2010 The Bush Economy, Unemployment and Suicide For a host of reasons, I have made it my policy for now not to go public with my own personal situation.  At least not yet. I deal with my own personal pain and suffering mostly by focusing on making a change and fighting for the countless numbers of others whose plight is far worst than my own. Last night I was in a DM chat with a twitter friend of mine when it suddenly got quite personal for both of us. It turned out that this twitter friend and I share many of the same challenges in life much of which is caused by the severe devastation of the Bush Economic Policies. Our chat went on for quite some time until late into the night. Finally, I told him I was feeling exhausted and need some sleep. I did my best to encourage him and told him to be strong and keep fighting for the change we ALL desperately need.       This morning I woke up and checked in on the twitter front. In my … [Read more...]

If only more Liberals would get the spine to call out those who would work against the benefit of the average American middleclass we would have a more humane and fair society. The reality is the average American has very few politicians, whether Democrats or Republicans that are on their side mostly because the average American is not engaged and truthfully educated on policies that materially affect them. Disengage and mis-vote at your peril.   … [Read more...]

Stewart strikes again. How can a funny man make so much practical sense in a humorous way. He is correct that every move the President makes will be negatively scrutinized by FoxNews and Conservative outlets. That said, he made an important point. Obama seems to be the best seller of Obama’s policies and accomplishments. That is not a good thing. He needs to effectively duplicate himself to people that will promote his policies forcefully and effectively. Afterall, Michael Jordan or Coby Bryant maybe the best individual basketball players to play the game, they alone could never get their team the championship. Mr. President, duplicate thy self.   The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Leader's Digest www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political … [Read more...]

  For several days now, Senate Republicans have ridiculed their Democratic counterparts for prioritizing campaign finance legislation over a bill that would benefit small businesses, arguing that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was putting electoral advantages over jobs for everyday people. On Tuesday, the DISCLOSE Act failed to get the needed votes for cloture, in the process providing the Senate the time needed to move on to other business. But when leadership brought a revised version of the small business bill to the floor on Thursday morning, they were met with united Republican opposition. Despite complaining about the delay in consideration, Republicans filibustered the measure by a vote of 58 (in favor of cloture) to 42 (against). GOP leadership argued that it wasn't against the aims of the bill per se. They objected mainly to Reid's refusal to allow consideration of amendments to the legislation. "It's not going to die," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell … [Read more...]

If we are serious about the budget deficit we will allow the Bush tax cuts on those making in excess of $200,000 per year to expire. The false talking point that this would affect a large number of small businesses was debunked by factcheck.org the first time McCain made this argument (http://bit.ly/c3JMGA). By simple experience, President Clinton had higher marginal tax rates with a robust economy and much more employment than Reagan. President Bush had one of the worst performances with some of the lowest tax rates and largest budget deficits. President  Jobs created  George W. Bush 3.0 million Bill Clinton 23.1 million George H.W. Bush 2.5 million Ronald Reagan … [Read more...]