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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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Repeated Disinfection
Today I am writing about the United States Postal Service, or as most Americans prefer to refer to it, the Post Office. The reaction of most readers is probably, why? There is nothing new happening on that topic. That is … Continue reading
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Tagged 109th Congress, Bernie Sanders, California, Darrell Issa, Ed Schultz, George W. Bush, House, jobs, labor, MSNBC, organized labor, pension, politics, post office, post office closings, Postal Accountablility and Enhancement Act of 2006, Postal Reform Act of 2011, postal service, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Senate, U.S.P.S., unemployment, union busting, unions, United States Postal Service, Vermont, veterans, veterans benefits
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The Endorsement Of Tammy Duckworth
Some choices in life are difficult. Many high school seniors are deciding which college to attend next year. They may have narrowed it down to a handful of outstanding schools and ultimately one has to be the final choice. Often … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, abortion, Army, Army Reserve, Balanced Budget Amendment, Bush Tax Cuts, Climate Change, Congress, corporate tax, debt ceiling, deficit, Democrats, economy, Estate Tax, George Washington University, Georgia, Government regulations, gun control, House, Illinois, Illinois primary, Iraq, Joe Walsh, Max Cleland, Medicare, Occupy movement, politics, regulations, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, ROTC, Senate, Social Security, Tammy Duckworth, taxes, Tea Party, unemployemnt benefits, unemployment compensation, veterans, veterans benefits, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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The Endorsement Of Debbie Stabenow
Often voters say they are voting for the lesser of two evils. In Michigan this November the voters will be faced with the choice between good and evil when they vote for their United States Senator. In case anybody needs … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, alternative energy, auto industry, big oil, bigotry, Buffalo, Buffalo New York, car seats, Chicago, Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, Debbie Stabenow, Detroit, Dick Cheney, domestic violence, family, Greta Lakes, Heritage Foundation, House, Iran, Iraq, Kansas, lobbyist, Medicare, Michigan, Michigan State Legislature, Michigan State University, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin, New York Times, Obamacare, oil subsidies, Pat Roberts, permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Pete Hoefstra, Peter Hoefstra, politics, property taxes, racism, Rick Santorum, Rick Snyder, Senate, Social Security, taxes, term limits, unemployment, veterans benefits, weapons of mass destruction, WMD
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Johnny’s Last Dance
Don’t let the title of this article deceive you. Its subject is just what you anticipated – the State of the Union address. President Obama gave the address to a joint session of Congress with Vice President Joe Biden and … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, 2012 election, auto industry, Bill Clinton, class warfare, D.A.D.T., debt ceiling, Democrats, economy, education, Iraq, Israel, jobs, Joe Biden, John Boehner, John Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, obstruction, Osama bin Laden, politics, Republicans, social safety net, State of The Union, tax loopholes, taxes, unemployment, veterans benefits, Willard Mitt Romney
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2013 – An American Horror Story – Part IX
This is the ninth installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Al Gore, Alan West, Bain Capital, C SPAN, capital gains tax, child labor, child labor laws, Chuck Schumer, class action, cloture, CNN, Commerce Department, Congress, Constitution, Consumer Protection Agency, corporate tax, Current TV, Darrell Issa, Dave Camp, Democrats, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Dick Durbin, Dodd-Frank, economy, education, Elena Kagan, Eric Cantor, F.D.A., FBI, filibuster, Fox News, government, Harry Reid, Health and Human Services, HHS, House, House Budget Committee, House Judiciary Committee, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, impeachment, individual tax, inheritance tax, IRS, Jeb Hensarling, jobs, John Boehner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Kevin McCarthy, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, minimum wage, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, obstruction, Paul Ryan, Peter King, Pew Research, political fiction, politics, Rand Paul, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Security and Exchange Commission, Senate, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, State of The Union, Super Bowl XLVII, Supreme Court, Tampa, taxes, Tea Party, Tom Prince, tort reform, unemployment, United States Constitution, veterans benefits, Virginia Foxx
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The Endorsement Of Shelley Berkley
There are two overriding reasons to endorse Shelley Berkley for the United States Senate from Nevada: because she is Shelley Berkley and because she is not Dean Heller. Nevadans are faced with the classic choice of a candidate that represents … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 2012 election, abortion, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Balanced Budget Amendment, Congress, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Dean Heller, Democrats, education, environment, foreclosure, George W. Bush, Iraq, jobs, John Boehner, John Ensign, Lawrence Lehmer, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, NARAL, National Education Association, Nevada, Obama, Obamacare, payroll tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, politics, Republicans, Richard Cordray, Senate House, Shelley Berkley, Sierra Club, Social Security, unemployment, veterans, veterans benefits, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Still Living In Fantasyland
The date is Tuesday July 19, 2011. The setting is the United States House of Representatives. The background is that the United States of America is two weeks away from running out of money to pay its financial obligations and … Continue reading
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Tagged Balanced Budget Amendment, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Cut Cap and Balance Act, debt ceiling, default, deficit, House, HR 2560, Medicare, Obama, Republicans, Senate, Social Security, Tea Party, Treasury, United States Constitution, VA, Veteran's Administration, veterans benefits
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Be Careful What You Wish For
There are some people on the right flank of the Republican Party and in the Tea Party who are actually hoping the debt ceiling is not increased. This is either born of ignorance or insanity. I sincerely hope it is … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, debt ceiling, Joe Biden, Medicare, Republicans, Social Security, Tea Party, veterans benefits
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