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Same War – New Princess

Over the last few days the Republican men displayed the same disregard for science, ignorance of women’s bodies, distain for women, simple stupidity, political ineptness or some or all of the preceding.  What did change is that the Tea Party … Continue reading

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Meanwhile In Madison

With the radical regression in Raleigh and the scandals – real and imagined – in Washington much of everything else political has flown under the radar.  That has not deterred Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his band of Tea Party/Republicans … Continue reading

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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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The Banishment Of Pat McCrory

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would compromise your principles to obtain it?  De jure North Carolina Republican Governor Pat McCrory did.  In 2008 he narrowly lost the gubernatorial race to Bev Perdue, so for the 2012 … Continue reading

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Take One For The Team

The Republicans are presenting the Democrats with a wonderful opportunity to defy history by having a very successful 2014 election.  Normally the President’s Party loses seats in the mid-term; couple that with Democrats’ historic inability to get out the vote … Continue reading

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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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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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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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The Sequester Comes To A Small Town Near You

The right wing noise machine has attacked President Obama as a fear monger.  They claim the Sequester is a nothing and that Obama was just out to scare everybody.  The more enlightened among us knew that was just their spin … Continue reading

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Whipping Boy

I started this week’s Monday morning as I often do.  One of the first things I did was read Paul Krugman’s op-ed in the New York Times.  This one was entitled, The Story of our Time.  As a fellow Keynesian … Continue reading

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