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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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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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D.O.M.A. Must Go Down
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Defense of Marriage Act, (D.O.M.A.) case. Yesterday it heard arguments in the California Proposition 8 case. An oversimplification is to say that these two cases are about same-sex civil marriage. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Howe, Antonin Scalia, Bill Clinton, California, Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, Constitution, D.A.D.T., D.O.M.A., DADT, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Florida, gay rights, Hollingsworth v Perry, North Carolina, politics, Prop 8, Proposition 8, same-sex civil marriage, same-sex marriage, scotusblog.com, Supreme Court, United States Constitution, United States v Windsor
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Iraq – Ten Years After
Last week was the 10 year anniversary of the American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. This was a military misadventure born in deceit and mired in mismanagement that resulted in a less safe America and an even less stable … Continue reading
New Congress, New Nuts
Joe Walsh and Alan West exited the hall of Congress with the expiration of the 112th Congress which they helped make the least productive, (and perhaps most destructive), ever. The 113th promises to present America with some new nuts in … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congess, 113th Congress, 114th congress, Affordable Health Care Act, Alan West, asault weapons ban, assault weapons, Bill Clinton, Branch Davidians, Christine O'Donnell, Congress, Delaware, Democrats, Florida, Fox News, Georgia, GeorgiaCarry.org, Greta Van Susteren, gun control, gun free zone, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Guns and Ammo, health care, House, House of Representatives, Illinois, impeachment, Joe Walsh, Obama, Obamacare, obstruction, On The Record with Greta Van Susteren, politics, Republicans, Saddam Hussein, Senate, Steve Stockman, Tea Party, Texas, Waco, Waco Texas
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What Cliff?
Friday President Obama held his first meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss what has come to be known as the fiscal cliff. The word cliff implies some danger and doom. If there is imminent danger it is certainly not for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, budget, Budget Control Act of 2011, Budget Sequestration, Bush Tax Cuts, Chuck Schumer, Congress, defecit, Defense Budget, Defense Spending, Democrats, doc fix, fiscal cliff, fiscal policy, George W. Bush, income tax, Obama, payroll deductions, payroll tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, politics, progressives, Republicans, Schumer Amendment, Social Security, Super Committee, Tax Relief Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, Tea Party, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, veterans, veterans benefits
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Willard’s World – …And The Horse He Flew To See
Dogged for weeks by tales of his relationship with Bain Capital and other financial history which were only removed from the headlines by the tragic loss of life in Aurora, Colorado and promised further cover by the Summer Olympics Willard … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 2012 Olympics, Aurora Colorado, Bain Capital, Berlin, Bill Clinton, Boris Johnson, Colorado, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Democrats, dressage, England, Labour Party, London, Mitt Romney, Obama, Olympics, politics, Rafalca, Republicans, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Olympics, tax returns, taxes, UK, United Kingdom, Willard Mitt Romney
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Unfathomable Stupidity
There is only the slightest hyperbole in the following statement: Democrats should just let the Republicans keep talking; the job of self-incrimination they are doing far exceeds anything the Democrats could say to lessen the chances of a Republican victory … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 2012 election, Alalbam, Arizona, Bill Clinton, Chuck Grassley, Democrats, domestic abuse, domestic violence, gay rights, House, Illinois, immigration, Iowa, Jeff Sessions, Joe Biden, John Cornyn, Jon Kyl, Lindsey Graham, Mark Kirk, Mike Lee, Native American issues, New York Times, Oklahoma, Orrin Hatch, politics, Republicans, Senate, Senate Judiciary Committee, South Carolina, Texas, Tom Coburn, Utah, Violence Against Women Act, visas, war on women, women's issues, women's rights
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Reopening Another Front
I have come to the conclusion that the Republican Party thinks that the way to win elections is to declare war on various segments of the American population and then expect them to vote Republican. If that sounds insane to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Albert Einstein, American Enterprise Institute, Benjamin Franklin, Bill Clinton, budget, consumer demand, deficit, Democrats, economy, health care, health insurance, Heritage Foundation, House, Mark Twain, Medicaid, Medicare, national debt, Obamacare, Occupy movement, Paul Ryan, politics, repatriation, Republican, Ryan Plan, social safety net, tax code, tax rate, taxes, The Path to prosperity, war on women, Wisconsin
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The Banishment Of Roger Ailes
The first inductee into Harry’s Hell was Rupert Murdoch and I labeled him the facilitator of falsehoods. Today’s inductee is Roger Ailes the President of Fox News. If Murdoch is the facilitator, Ailes is the author. He is the architect … Continue reading
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