It was bound to happen. The reality is the parties are more the same in one respect; they do not govern for those who elected them. President Obama ran on protecting and saving the social safety net and creating the environment for job creation. While he has been stymied by the intransigence and obstructionism of […]
President Obama Takes Bitter Pill–Will Republicans Match Their Austerity Rhetoric
We have had many wealthy presidents. How many however have given back some of their salaries in solidarity with the times. These are times when many are suffering. After-all, the sequester is in effect and while initially it began with a whimper, it is starting to have material effects on many Americans. The New York […]
Mark Sanford, The Runaway South Carolina to Appalachia to Argentina Governor Wins (VIDEO)
Mark Sanford the ex-Governor of South Carolina won the Republican Primary runoff against former Charleston county council member Curtis Bostic. It was not even close. With 96% of the precincts reporting, Sanford had 57% of the vote and Bostic had 43% of the vote according to the Huffington Post. It will be a very entertaining […]
NRA Is Winning And I Told You They Likely Would
When Wayne Lapierre gave his “press conference” a week after the massacre, my initial reaction was that it was bizarre. I immediately wrote a blog post & videoed a CNN iReport titled “NRA’s Wayne Lapierre Press Conference–Love Your Children? Then Arm The Schools (VIDEO Commentary)” stating as much. In the post I said that “The […]
Republicans Coming To Their Senses – Another Senator Justifiably Caves
It is easy to make the marriage equality issue a Red versus Blue, a Republican versus Democratic debate. While it is not completely fair, the current stance of the Republican Party versus the Democratic Party makes it a necessary narrative. After-all, President Obama has evolved over the last year, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has evolved […]
A Prominent Republican Urges Republicans To Leave The Reservation
David Brooks is the columnist every Liberal and Conservative alike has found ideological reasons to hate. There are times he is completely wrong and partisan, like the time he accused the president of not having a plan to replace the sequester. He apparently forgot to use that famous tool called Google or to visit the […]
David Stockman: “get out of the markets and hide out in cash” Corruption Of Capitalism
David Stockman was appointed as Director of the Office of management and Budget (OMB) by President Ronald Reagan. He was committed to the supply-side economics doctrine along with the curtailment of a strong social safety net. Stockman wrote a prescient op-ed in the New York Times today titled “State-Wrecked: The Corruption of Capitalism in America”. […]
Sarah Palin, Dick Morris, & Right Wing Cohorts – Con Artists? (VIDEO)
Have you ever wondered why Right Wing personalities that one would otherwise believe is intelligent continue to spew absurdities? Does anyone believe Sarah Palin or Sean Hannity believes President Obama is a socialist or palled around with terrorists? They know better. They come up with these statements to raise the ire of gullible low information […]
Jon Stewart – Americans Should Be Ashamed of Our Treatment Of Veterans (VIDEO)
I am ashamed of myself for not doing my small part to make this an issue that is publicized and one to fight for. America should be ashamed of itself for this willful ignorance. Most importantly President Obama should be ashamed of himself for not leading effectively in solving the problem of veterans getting the […]
Jon Stewart To GOP – Good Luck in 2020 (VIDEO)
It is hard to believe that the GOP is taken seriously as a legitimate party. The party can be broken down into four distinct factions, the racist faction, the ‘alternate state of reality’ faction, the evangelical fanatical faction, and the impotent faction. At any given time most Republicans tend to play a part in two […]
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