Income inequality has been spiking in the United States particularly, but the industrialized world generally for thirty years, since the rise of Reagan/Thatcher conservatism. This isn’t a coincidence. What follows is my prescription for fixing the mess. Continue reading
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Wall Streeters rejoice! In addition to the socialist usurper Barack Obama, your firms will have a new scourge against whom they may throw their campaign dollars. You know, when they aren’t throwing them at executive jets stocked with hookers.
According to the always helpful ‘multiple sources’, the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to mount a campaign to take a Massachusetts Senate seat away from sometimes naked-in-a-magazine person Scooter Brown.
The real question is: Can she win? Well, duh, Massachusetts is beyond blue, Brown’s odd Tea Party backed win in 2010 not withstanding. Comment.
Welcome to another Republican Debate live blog! Tonight we are in Tampa, FL an appropriately crazy place for some crazy candidates. Tonight’s debate is cosponsored by CNN and The Tea Party Express. I guess the Tea Party is not as averse to The Lamestream Media as they pretend to be. Maybe they just wanted a little attention. Continue reading
The GOP is a mastermind coalition of terrific genius. Seriously. They are like the one true faction in identifying a problem, but not looking to solve it fairly and amicably or perhaps with honor and nobility. No, not at all. Instead of taking their message to the streets by producing the best campaigns they can muster, and letting the voting chips fall where they may in November 2012, the GOP plans to put Rick Perry, or Mittens Romney, or that crazy corndog, Michele Bachmann in the white house by basically taking the ability to vote away from millions of people in the next presidential election. Continue reading
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Tonight we have the pleasure of a double live blog from MonkeyBiz and Momof3Wildkids. As many of you know, they do not generally see eye to eye on these issues so this should be a lot of fun. Sit back, grab your white zin, and enjoy. Continue reading
On September 6, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed into law a four-year lifetime limit on cash welfare benefits. Yep, that means exactly what you might think. Someone who qualifies for and receives welfare benefits has four years, and then they’re done. Now, here comes the really interesting part. Benefits will begin to be phased out on October 1. Yep, in a few weeks, people who have been receiving welfare benefits will be ineligible for any future cash welfare benefits. Continue reading
Despite my conservative leanings, I don’t hold out much hope at being impressed by the motley crew that makes up the current GOP Presidential candidates. Ever since my boy T-Paw left, I’ve been rather discouraged and I don’t think my mind will be changed tonight.
Here is tonight’s lineup:
Rick Perry – I hope this slick Texan has been doing squats as he is going to be the bottom of a big pile on. Can he maintain his Lone Star swagger?
Mitt Romney -Will the sparks muss up this man’s perfectly coiffed hair? Continue reading
We have some talented bastards and bastardettes here. Earlier this week I asked you to contribute your best Condi + Qadaffi romance fiction and you came up big. Continue reading
We imagine John Boehner to be some sort of fat Congressional King laughing at all the political gymnastics he routinely puts the POTUS through. It’s like an ongoing game of “Wabbit Season/Duck Season” with these two! The latest: GOP Debate vs. Presidential Address. Continue reading