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Storm Warning
Thursday evening I was literally in the process of clipping my BlackBerry onto my belt when it went off with an e-mail informing me that the meeting to which I was headed was cancelled due to weather. It’s June in … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, economy, executive order, Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Great Depression, Great Recession, high speed internet access, infrastructure, internet access, New Deal, North Carolina, politics, Republicans, Rural Electrification Act, Rural Electrification Administration, Sandy, Sharia Law, Superstorm Sandy, transvaginal probe, transvaginal ultrasound, ultrasound, unemployment, voter fraud, Voter suppression
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Austerity: A Bridge To Nowhere Good
The Tea Party/Republicans, who maintain just enough power in Washington to remain effective in their chosen role of obstructers, have succeeded in slowing our emergence from the Great Recession, (which their predecessors the “regular’ Republicans in great part created), and … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, austerity, Canada, Congress, deficit, economy, Europe, FAA, FAA patch, George W. Bush, Great Recession, I-5, I-5 bridge collapse, jobs, Mexico, national debt, politics, Republicans, Seattle, Seattle Washington, sequester, Tea Party, unemployment, Washington
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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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Bye, Bye Benghazi
It is Wednesday morning as I pen this article and one of the big anticipated news items of the day is the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on Benghazi. If the events of September 11, 2012 didn’t include … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, C.I.A., Darrell Issa, David Petraeus, Democrats, Fox News, Government regulations, Great Recession, Hillary Clinton, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, Republicans, right wing, State Department, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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Better Off Without Max
One of the best pieces of news this week is that Democratic Senator Max Baucus of Montana announced he will retire at the end of this term and not seek reelection in 2014. No, I haven’t gone over to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Affordable Health Care Act, Brian Schweitzer, Bush Tax Cuts, conservative, David Camp, Democrats, environment, George W. Bush, Great Recession, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, health care, House, House of Representatives, Joe Manchin, Manchin-Toomey Amendment, Massachusetts, Max Baucus, Michigan, Montana, Obama, Obamacare, Oregon, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, progressive, public option, Republicans, Ron Wyden, Scott Brown, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, single payer, Ted Kennedy, West Virginia
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Mortgage Or Maui
As frustrating as it may be, sometimes it is necessary to discuss policy with Tea Party/Republicans within the misconceptions that are their viewpoints. One of their “common sense” arguments about the deficit is that you have to run the federal … Continue reading
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Tagged 1937, 2014 election, deficit, Democrats, economy, education, Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, government spending, Great Depression, Great Recession, Hawaii, infrastructure, Maui, oil industry, politics, pump priming, Republicans, sequester, tax breaks, tax code, Tea Party, voter turnout
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Losers Creating Losers
Last week North Dakota’s Republican Governor Jack Dairymple signed a series of bills into law that, when they take effect on August 1st, will give his state the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Finding winners in this, except … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Amendment 26, Billings, Billings Montana, Constitution, Great Recession, Jack Dairymple, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, North Dakota Constitution, North Dakota Legislature, personhood, Personhood USA, politics, Roe v. Wade, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Tea Party, United States Constitution, war on women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Willard’s World – Pouring Gasoline On The Smoldering Fire
Friday a rather disappointing jobs report came out. It said the American economy only created about 80,000 jobs in June. That sent the right wing into hysterics and calling for the election of “business hero” Willard Mitt Romney. This sounds … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, asset-backed securities, credit derivatives, deregulation, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, Dodd-Frank Act, economy, Financial Times, George W. Bush, Great Recession, jobs, JPMorgan Chase, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, regulation, Republicans, Supreme Court, taxes, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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