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Resolved, Maybe
If you are a little confused about how the pending government shutdown was averted you have a lot of company. In fact until sometime after 11 a.m. on Thursday morning funding to keep the government running through Tuesday October 4th … Continue reading
My Two Dogs Are More Responsible
This may be the only time I will draw inspiration for the title of a posting from Jon Huntsman but I have to give credit to the man who is destined to be one of the asterisks of the 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, auto industry, Ben Nelson, Congress, debt ceiling, Democrats, Department of Energy, disaster relief, energy, Eric Cantor, F.E.M.A., FY 2011, government shutdown, House, John Boehner, Jon Huntsman, natural disaster, Nebraska, Republicans, Senate, Super Committee, Tea Party
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Told You So
There are few times in my life that I wished I had been wrong but this is one of them. I predicted that Congress would never come to an agreement on a budget for FY 2012 in time for the … Continue reading
The Apes Were Smarter
Congress is back in session today after a five week break. I wish I could say that I anticipated major legislation to put a dent into the unemployment numbers and get the economy moving faster toward a recovery. Instead I … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, budget, C SPAN, Congress, continuing resolution, debt ceiling, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, economy, FY 2011, FY 2012, House, Jan Schakowsky, jobs, John Boehner, Keith Ellison, Obama, Paul Ryan, Raul Grijalva, regulation, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Ryan Plan, Senate, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment
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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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Tagged 14th Amendment, Afghanistan, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, debt ceiling, default, Democrats, Department of Defense, FY 2011, FY 2012, Gabrielle Gifford, Gabrielle Giffords, Grover Norquist, Homeland Security, House, Iraq, jobs, Mark Meckler, Medicaid, Medicare, Nancy Pelosi, National Nuclear Security Administration, Obama, Pell Grants, Republicans, Senate, Social Security, Supreme Court, taxes, Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots, unemployment, Veteran's Administration
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Defending The Term Economic Terrorist
I have been among those who have referred to the Republicans as economic terrorists. Those are strong words that in some circles would be attacked as inaccurate or dismissed as hyperbole. The unfortunate truth is that they are neither, in … Continue reading
Playing The Fourteenth Card
In the last week or so there has been a plethora of discussion of Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment, some of it here. I thought it was time to look at the implications of the Executive Branch invoking it.
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, continuing resolution, debt ceiling, debt crisis, deficit, Democrats, FY 2011, FY 2012, House, John Boehner, John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, Obama, Republicans, Samuel Alito, Senate, Supreme Court, Tea Party
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The Best Budget Proposal You Didn’t Hear Of
The left spent several days praising President Obama’s budget speech mainly because in it he refused to destroy America and took a couple of shots at the piece of absurdity based on false assumptions Paul Ryan, (R, WI-1), and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, capital gains tax, CBO, debt ceiling, defecit, Defense Budget, Democrats, education, FY 2011, FY 2012, green energy, House, Iraq, jobs, Keith Ellison, Obama, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, Progressive Budget, Progressive Caucus, Rachel Maddow, Raul Grijalva, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Social Security, subsidies, taxes, The Path to prosperity, The People's Budget, Thom Hartmann
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The Banishment Of Jon Kyl
Republican Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl is the junior Senator from Arizona. He is an old man who has already announced his retirement, therefore I tried to avoid this day – but he has just gone too far.
The Obsession Is A Distraction
The thing that annoys me the most about the fights over FY 2011’s budget, raising the debt ceiling and FY 2012’s budget is the obsession over the number of dollars being cut from spending. The number of dollars borders on … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Adam Smith, AFL-CIO, budget, debt ceiling, debt crisis, defecit, FY 2011, FY 2012, Greedonomics, Henry Ford, macro-economics, NPR, Planned Parenthood, regulation, Republicans, Richard Trumka, social safety net, the invisible hand, Trico, unemployment, women's health issues
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