Many liberals like me like to hate on John Boehner. To be honest, I think John Boehner is a good conservative loyal to the Republican Party. I think he is a good man that is trapped. He is trapped by an intransigent, non-compromising, selfish, and immoral Right Wing. While I do not believe in conservative policies I understand that there are many in this country who do and as such I am willing to meet somewhere in the middle, preferably the left side of the middle where most Americans are based on the policies and social programs they want. Boehner understands that we really need healthcare reform. He also understands that politics aside, much in the Affordable Care Act came from the Republican leaning Heritage Foundation. In fact the mandate is something Republicans suggested and were fighting for(Gingrich, Romney, etc. were all supporters) . Boehner is now preparing his crew for options. If the bill is overturned or the mandate removed he wants a plan to come up with a bill that includes all the parts … [Read more...]

I just saw this video in my Facebook feed and had to go to YouTube to find it. It is funny that I came across this today given that I just submitted a modified version of my blog post titled “The American Middle Class Will Revolt Against Austerity” to my local paper to place in the editorial section. From UPWORTHY BREAKING: You Know That TED Talk You Weren't Supposed To See? Here It Is. Nick Hanauer, self-described "super-rich" entrepreneur, gave a pretty compelling TED Talk about how the middle class—not the super-rich—are the real job creators. But TED, which has released over 100 different political videos in the past, thought this one was too partisan and chose not to release it. We didn't notice any flaming partisanship in it. We normally love TED, and were surprised they didn't think this talk was TEDworthy. Under pressure from the Internets, TED finally relented and released the video. Watch it and decide for yourself if it's really all that controversial to say that the … [Read more...]