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The Banishment Of Virginia Foxx
If you wanted a poster woman for a political crazy lady you would need look no further than North Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District and their Republican Representative Virginia Foxx. The scary thing is that she not only looks the part; … Continue reading
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The Banishment Of Louie Gohmert
This was a long time coming. It would be easy to dismiss Louie Gohmert as just another loony Tea Party/Republican, except that as a member of the House of Representatives he actually gets to vote on and propose legislation – … Continue reading
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The Next Act
The next act in the manufactured crisis that is Washington since the emergence of the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party will be a parallel tract drama involving the debt ceiling and the sequester.
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Tagged 14th Amendment, 2012 election, Budget Sequestration, Congress, debt ceiling, Democrats, fiscal cliff, government shutdown, House, House of Representatives, Jay Carney, John Cornyn, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, Republicans, Senate, sequester, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, White House
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What Debt Ceiling
In what appears to be an attempt to extract a concession he can take back to his caucus, John Boehner has thrown the debt ceiling into the fiscal cliff discussions. At least rhetorically President Obama has stonewalled him. Back in … Continue reading
The Banishment Of Ken Cuccinelli
If you are not a political junkie it is very possible the name Ken Cuccinelli does not ring a bell. He is not yet high profile but he will be very soon. That is not to say that he isn’t … Continue reading
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Proof Of Birther Racism
It has recently come to my attention that the birthers are still at it. I say recently because there are only 24 hours in a day and I prefer not to waste too many of them. After their complete exposure … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 2012 election, 2nd Amendment, Africa, African-American, bigotry, birthers, Bobby Jindal, Constitution, Cuba, Cuban-American, Florida, Hawaii, India, Indian-American, Louisiana, Marco Rubio, Obama, politics, racism, Republicans, Tea Party, United States Constitution
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Who’ll Be The Next In Line?
About sixty minutes into last night’s debate, after we saw Herman Cain’s campaign and what was left of Rick Perry’s campaign go down in flames The Kinks 1965 hit, Who’ll Be the Next in Line, started to run through my … Continue reading
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The Party That Stole The Holidays
The debt ceiling has passed the House 269 -161. The Senate is scheduled to vote on it at noon today and it is assumed to be a foregone conclusion that it will pass – now what? Let’s look at what … Continue reading
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What’s Going To Happen?
Most Americans are so busy leading their day-to-day lives that they really don’t concern themselves much with matters like the debt ceiling. They just assume – and up until now correctly – that their elected officials will take care of … Continue reading
Practice What You Preach
One of the things Americans hate the most in their politicians is hypocrisy. Most politicians are able to get away with it for years because it goes largely uncovered and people are simply too busy with their everyday lives to … Continue reading