Archive for October, 2010
Conservative Halloween Costume Ideas.
After last weeks massive list of 101 Examples (not “Reasons”, which anyone can make up, but actual physical “examples”) to not allow Republicans to regain control of Congress, I was sorely tempted to do a follow up, with even more examples of Republicans calling to privatize… not only Medicare and Social Security, but the V.A., and the fact […]
October 25, 2010
Tags: Conservative Tea Party cheap budget patriotic stupid funny Halloween costumes costume ideas contest · Posted in: Politics, Right-Wing Insanity
The List: 101 Examples Why Republicans Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Regain Control
Pre-election Special Edition Starting back in early August, and every week since then, I’ve concluded each Op/Ed with a list of examples of why Republicans should not be allowed to regain control of Congress this mid-term election. Beside just being generally nuts, they have made it clear what they intend to do should that happen: […]
October 15, 2010
Posted in: Politics
Was the September Jobs Report a Preview of a Teabagger Congress?
Last Friday, the White House released the disappointing unemployment figures for the month of September, with unemployment stuck at 9.6% following a net loss of 95,000 jobs. I stress “net” because even though the private sector gained jobs, the number was offset by the elimination of hundreds of thousands of government jobs (as columnist EJ Dione […]
October 11, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Money, Politics
Under President Obama, Bush’s $700B TARP will cost ONE TENTH as much
In October of 2008, President George W. Bush passed the $700 BILLION dollar “Troubled Asset Relief Program” (TARP) to rescue an economy on the brink of collapse. Last night (Sunday, 10/3), that program drew to a close. In less than two years under a Democratic president with Democratic Congress, the economy recovered to the point […]
October 4, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics
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