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Moneyball
It is a classic good news/bad news situation in the news. This week is opening week for the national pastime and my favorite sport – baseball. Next week Congress returns from one of its many vacations. Baseball will provide hours … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, Arnold Schwarzenegger, B.A.T.F., BATF, budget, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Chuck Hagel, Congress, continuing resolution, Danny DeVito, Department of Justice, E.P.A., Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, House, House of Representatives, jobs, Justice Department, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, NRA, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Senate, Tampa Bay Rays, Tea Party, Treasury, White House
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Let The Insanity Continue
Last week the circus, a/k/a CPAC, was in Washington; well, National Harbor, Maryland to be specific. CPAC’s annual gathering is supposed to be the thinking seminar for the conservative base of the Republican Party. After the results of the 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2012 election, 2014 election, 2016 election, Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr, Ashley Judd, bigotry, Bowie Kuhn, budget, budget deficit, C.I.A., CIA, CIA Director, CPAC, CPAC 2013, deficit, Democrats, Donald Trump, education, Eric Cantor, Florida, Fox News, George W. Bush, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, House, House Budget CommitteeKentucky, immigration, Jeb Bush, Jerry Springer Show, John Brennan, Kentucky, Lullaby, Marco Rubio, Maryland, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, national debt, National Harbor Maryland, New Jersey, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, racism, Rafael Edward Cruz, Rand Paul, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Rush Holt, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Sarah Palin, Senate, Shawn Mullins, social mobility, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin
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Are You Serious?
Taking a cursory glance at the Ryan Plan 3.0 I am reminded of the first retort my youngest grandchild learned, “Are you serious?” It was cute, we all laughed and Olivia repeated it a time or two to get more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, Coprorate Income tax, defecit, Food Stamps, House, House Budget Committee, income tax, John Boehner, Medicaid, Medicare, Michigan, national debt, North Carolina, Obama, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Rick Snyder, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Senate, sequester, social safety net, Social Security, student loans, tax breaks, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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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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Tagged 14th Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Alan West, Americans for Tax Reform, anchor babies, Arizona, Aurora Colorado, balanced budget, Balanced Budget Amendment, C.N.N., Climate Change, CNN, Colorado, Connecticut, conservative, Constitution, Dick Cheney, discrimination, Drill Baby Drill, embryonic stem cell research, employment discrimination, F.I.S.A., FBI, FISA, Fox Business News, Fox News Sunday, gerrymandering, Government regulations, Grover Norquist, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Hate crime legislation, hate crimes, House, House Natural Resources Committee, House of Representatives, HR 1503, immigration, job discrimination, John McCain, Louie Gohmert, mass shooting, Medicare, Medicare Part D, personhood, photo ID, Planned Parenthood, politics, radical right, redistricting, regulations, Republicans, Rick Perry, right wing, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Sandy Hook Elementary School, sex discrimination, sexual discrimination, Sharia Law, stem cell research, Tea Party, terror babies, Texas, the pledge, Tom Delay, trans-Alaskan pipeline, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, United States Constitution, V.A.W.A., VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, voter ID, Voter suppression, Washington Post
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New Punt Formation
The dilemma facing the Republican/Tea Party coalition in the House of Representatives was how to extricate themselves from an untenable position they had placed themselves into without looking like they gave into President Obama. The solution was a variation of … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 27th Amendment, budget, Congress, Constitution, debt ceiling, economy, federal budget, filibuster, House, House of Representatives, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Senate, Tea Party, United States Constitution
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Give Them What They Deserve
Perhaps the best news about the fiscal cliff negotiations is that they are taking place under a news blackout. That means that something substantial may actually be getting done and both sides have no need to posture in public. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, Democrats, economy, fiscal cliff, health care, income tax, jobs, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, retirement age, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, taxes, unemployment
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What Are You Willing To Give Up?
Yesterday I attended the swearing in of a friend of mine as a County Commissioner. His opponent was a Tea Party/Republican who simply ran on a platform of taxes are too high and need to be reduced. That is a … Continue reading
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Tagged deductions, deficit, Democrats, fiscal cliff, House, income tax, Kentucky, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, money in elections, money in politics, national debt, New York Times, Obama, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Senate, Social Security, super PAC, tax deductions, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, Willard Mitt Romney
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Believe It Or Not: Defending John Boehner
There are two kinds of Republicans in the House of Representatives these days: the economically ignorant and the obstinately economically ignorant. The later presents the problem. The former group – of which Speaker John Boehner is a member – is … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 2012 election, Arthur Laffer, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, economy, filibuster, fiscal cliff, House, House Budget Committee, income tax, John Boehner, Kentucky, Laffer curve, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Ohio, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Senate, taxes, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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He Has Nothing To Lose – But Your Family Does
It’s a rhetorical line that every politician seems to utilize every election, “This is the most important election of our lifetime.” In 2012 that “line” is true – to date anyway. The two Parties have radically different views of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, big government, deficit, deregulation, economy, George W. Bush, House, House Budget Committee, Iran, Mitt Romney, national debt, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, private enterprise, Republicans, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, taxes, trickle down, unemployment, Viet Nam, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Favorite Son Law
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Pander In August – Lose In November
Throughout the comedy show known as the Republican Presidential Primary race the Romney campaign looked like a well oiled machine. It just kept chugging along at a nice steady pace destroying one challenger after another, always staying in the number … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 election, 2012 election, Charles Koch, David Koch, deficit, Democrats, Donald Trump, economy, George W. Bush, Herman Cain, House, House Budget Committee, House of Representatives, Jared Bernstein, Joe Biden, John McCain, Koch brothers, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, national debt, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, radical right, Republicans, Rick Perry, right wing, Romneyhood, Rupert Murdoch, Ryan Plan, Sarah Palin, taxes, Tea Party, turnout, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin
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