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Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Cain Default Factor
It is early evening of Tuesday November 29th as I begin this article and the word out of the Herman Cain campaign is that they are evaluating whether or not to continue. This is cause for concern inside the camp … Continue reading
Turn Them Into Whigs
I start out most mornings by reviewing my posting, often catching and correcting a typo, then very selectively reading the New York Times and the Washington Post. Thanks to the antics of the Wisconsin Republicans it may be necessary to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, Bev Perdue, cyberattack, Democrats, Dennis Clinard, dirty tricks, Edgewood College, education, gerrymandering, Green Bay Packers, Happy Hooker, health care, home rule, J.B. Van Hollen, Justice Department, Keith Gilkes, Madison Wisconsin, Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Monday Night Football, New York Times, North Carolina, North Carolina legislature, One Wisconsin Now, politics, Raleigh, Rebecca Kleefisch, recall, redistricting, Republicans, Scott Walker, taxes, Tea Party, teachers, union busting, unions, United Wisconsin, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression, Washington Post, Whig Party, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Wisconsin Legislature, Wisconsin State Senate, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Xaviera Hollander, You Tube
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2013 – An American Horror Story Part VIII
This is the eighth installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Al Gore, Alan West, Bain Capital, C SPAN, capital gains tax, Chuck Schummer, class action, cloture, CNN, Congress, Constitution, Consumer Protection Agency, corporate tax, Current TV, Darrell Issa, Dave Camp, Democrats, Department of Education, Dick Durbin, Dodd-Frank, economy, Elena Kagan, Eric Cantor, FBI, FDA, filibuster, Fox News, government, Harry Reid, House, House Budget Committee, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, individual tax, inheritence tax, IRS, Jeb Hensarling, jobs, John Boehner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Kevin McCarthy, labor department, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, obstruction, Paul Ryan, Peter King, Pew Research, political fiction, politics, Rand Paul, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Securities and exchange Commission, Senate, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, State of The Union, Super Bowl XLVII, Supreme Court, Tampa, Tea Party, Tom Prince, tort reform, unemployment, United States Constitution, Virginia Foxx
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Rated R – Fox News
I am a procrastinator, I admit it. For some time now I have wanted to add a Rated R section to the website. It is inspired by the economic boycotts that the union and civil rights movements used so effectively … Continue reading
Requiem Of The Not So Super Committee
Late Monday afternoon the Supercommittee announced it had failed to the surprise of almost no one who had been following it and the events that brought it into being. Its genesis was the debt ceiling increase deal. The Tea Party … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Congress, debt ceiling, defecit, Democrats, economics, government spending, Grover Norquist, jobs, Medicaid, Medicare, New Deal, North Carolina, Obama, payroll deductions, payroll taxes, politics, Renee Ellmers, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republicans, social safety net, Social Security, Super Committee, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment, unemployment benfits, unemployment compensation
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Do They Even Have A Clue?
Is it possible that prominent Republicans are so out of touch that they don’t even understand what the vast majority of Americans are facing on a daily basis? Is it possible that their base is so brainwashed that they don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 99%, Americans for Prosperity, Annette Spicuzza, Anthony Bologna, Fox News, Glenn Grothman, greed, Homeland Security, jobs, John Birch Society, John Pike, Linda Katehi, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, New York City, Newt Gingrich, NYPD, Obama, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, police, politics, Republicans, Rudi Guliani, Tea Party, terrorism, UC Davis, unemployment, Wisconsin
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You Can Even Lie About Your Name And Still Win
Last night CNN broadcast a Republican Presidential debate that it co-hosted with the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was the moderator but almost all the questions came from the Heritage Foundation and AEI scholars in … Continue reading
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Tagged 9-9-9, Afghanistan, American Enterprise Institute, CNN, Constitution, entiltement reform, entitlements, Heritage Foundation, Herman Cain, immigration, Iowa Caucus, Islam, islamophobia, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Pakistan, Patriot Act, Paul Wolfowitz, profiling, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Texas, United States Constitution, Wolf Blitzer
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The 9-2 Solution
There is an idiom of apparently untraceable English origin that says, “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” Perhaps that best describes the 112th Congress’ actions, or more accurately lack thereof, on the economy. A look at the numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Democrats, economy, Europe, foreign trade, government spending, Herman Cain, jobs, Max Baucus, Montana, politics, Republicans, Super Committee, Tea Party, Treasury, underemployment, unemployment
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The Banishment Of Jan Brewer
When does stupidity morph into a lie, and when does a lie morph into hypocrisy? Such is an exploration into the character of Arizona’s Tea Party/Republican Governor Jan Brewer.
Posted in Harry's Hell
Tagged Arizona, Bill Murray, Census, Colleen Coyle Mathis, education, Gabby Giffords, gerrymandering, Groundhog Day, guns, Homeland Security, House, hypocrisy, immigration, Jan Brewer, Janet Napolitiano, Joe Arpaio, John McCain, John Roll, Maricopa County, Obama, Papers Please, politics, redistricting, Republicans, SB 1070, SB 1108, SB 1113, SB 1168, Tea Party, World War II
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