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Protection?
Lately I often write about North Carolina. While Tea Party/Republican insanity exists in every state, in 2013 North Carolina appears to be the epicenter. The examples are literally too plentiful to all be chronicled in this space. Today I want … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Ford, Chris Whitmire, Constitution, First Amendment, Foreign Laws/Protect Constitution Act, George Cleveland, Great Recession, H 494, H 695, Harry Warren, Jacqueline Schaffer, Larry Pittman, Michele Bachmann, Michele Presnell, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, politics, religion, religious discrimination, religious freedom, Republicans, Rowan County Defense of Religion Act, secession, Sharia Law, Tea Party, Tenth Amendmant, United States Constitution
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What If Plan B?
The other day I was thinking about what really holds the Tea Party/Republican coalition together. The conventional political wisdom is that they need each other. The true Republicans standing alone are simply too few and too regional to have any … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960 election, 2008 election, 2012 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut, Dan Malloy, Democrats, George W. Bush, H.U.D., Hillary Clinton, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, Mario Cuomo, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Mitt Romney, New York, Obama, politics, Republicans, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Tea Party, Willard Mitt Romney
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If The Private Sector Ran Like The Public Sector
Using the last few days as an example, if corporate America displayed the same degree of responsibility that Obama’s Executive Branch displayed we would have much less corporate malfeasance. News of the IRS “scandal” broke on Friday, May 10th and … Continue reading
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Tagged 501(c)4, Douglas Shulman, George W. Bush, Grover Norquist, House Ways and Means Committee, I.R.S., Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Jack Lew, Lois Lerner, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, Republicans, scandal, Steven T. Miller, Tea Party, Willard Mitt Romney
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Sticking Power
To say it was a bad week for the Obama White House is an understatement – Benghazi, the IRS and the AP, just to name the top three “scandals”. While the President will never have to run for elected office … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, A.P., AP, Associated Press, Benghazi, Democrats, Harry Truman, House, House of Representatives, hypocrisy, I.R.S., Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Joe Biden, Obama, Obamacare, politics, Republicans, scandal
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A Morning Gift; An Old Lesson
What to write about is seldom a problem for me. The opposite is true with good stories often waiting a day or more to be published. Tuesday morning was a great example. At 8:33am my Blackberry buzzed with a blurb … Continue reading
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Tagged Benghazi, Blackwater, C.I.A., Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Cold War, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, jobs, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, Republicans, State Department, Tea Party, Washington Post, Willard Mitt Romney
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Ed’s Back – Really
In mid-March when it was abruptly announced that Ed Schultz was leaving his 8pm weeknights timeslot for a weekend gig many feared that MSNBC was effectively putting him out to pasture. This weekend our fears were confirmed. What was originally … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, CBS, Chris Christie, Chris Matthews, CNN, Ed Schultz, Fox News, Howard University, Karen Finey, Leo Gerard, Mark Sanford, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, New Jersey, NFL, Paul Ryan, politics, Rachel Maddow, Steve Kornacki, television, The Ed Show, United Steel Workers, Up with Steve Kornacki, Vermont, Voter suppression
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Internal Revenue Stupidity
There is a theory out there that House Speaker John Boehner is very, very bad at his job. It exists because there is a lot of evidence to support it. One of the things I expected in the 113th Congress … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 501(c)4, 9/12, Americans for Prosperity, California, Charles Koch, Citizens United, Crossroads GPS, Darrell Issa, David Koch, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, I.R.S., Internal Revenue Service, IRS, John Boehner, Karl Rove, Koch brothers, money in elections, money in politics, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Organizing for America, politics, Priorities USA, Republicans, Sheldon Adelson, Supreme Court, tax code, Tea Party
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Blinded By Their Own Baloney
For several years now one of the ways the Tea Party/Republicans have displayed their economic ignorance is by supporting the Fair Tax, which is basically a sales or consumption tax. I will not get into all the details here – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, consumer demand, consumption tax, Coprorate Income tax, death tax, Donald B. Marron Jr., Donald Marron, economy, Estate Tax, Fair Tax, George H. W. Bush, income tax, inheritance tax, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, politics, Reaganomics, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, sales taxes, Tax Policy Center, taxes, Tea Party, trickle down, unemployment
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You Stll Own It Pat
I saw this one coming like a 3 and 0 fastball. On Wednesday Republican North Carolina de jure Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement: “The issues surrounding the transfer of the assets of the Ashville water department to a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, Art Pope, Ashville North Carolina, Bev Perdue, Charles Koch, Charlotte, David Koch, Democrats, greed, HB 488, Koch brothers, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, Pat McCrory, politics, privitization, Raleigh, Republicans, SB 10, Tea Party, Wake County Schools
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