Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
Tea Party nominees are Evangelical nuts with no economic solutions
The Tea Party appears to be scoring some major victories in the Republican Primaries this year, challenging & defeating a series of Republican incumbents across the country… not via mass popular appeal, but thanks to heavy Teanut turnout matched with anemic GOP turnout on Primary Day in races that attracted on average fewer than 19% […]
September 20, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Politics, Religion, Right-Wing Insanity
CEOs: “Reinvest those profits or we’ll tax your bonus!”
(Update: It was pointed out to me that I probably should have titled this Op/Ed: Corporations: “Reinvest those profits or we’ll tax them!” Because the real problem are Corporations paying NO taxes vs. CEO’s whose priority is Corporate Profits over their own. I apologize for any confusion. – Mugsy) While some may question my sanity, […]
September 6, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, myth busting, Politics
Name ONE thing the Tea Party stands for that helps People more than Corporations
Last Saturday was Glenn Beck’s “I Have a Scheme” rally (credit to Wonkette for the pun). Though it was dubbed “not a political rally”, no question that the 99% white crowd consisted almost entirely of Tea Party teanuts with politics on their mind. The theme of the rally was “Restoring Honor”. Restoring honor? This is […]
August 30, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Environment, Healthcare, Money, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity
Katrina devastation five years later shows folly of relying on Corporate America for recovery
Five years ago next Sunday, Hurricane Katrina made landfall just East of New Orleans. Despite warnings, the levees protecting the city gave way (thanks in part to the Bush Administration slashing funding for levee reconstruction). The city was devastated. Five years later, the New Orleans suburbs look like a ghost town, vacant lots overgrown with weeds & brush. […]
August 23, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me
Anatomy of a One-term President. A cautionary tale.
A litany of dumb moves, failures of leadership, kowtowing to Conservatives while fighting with his base, a military situation with no end in sight, a stalled economy, high unemployment where no ones job feels safe, and an inability to convince people of the urgency to get off foreign oil. A good man elected to replace […]
August 16, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, General, Politics
If I Were President. The mistakes Obama is making.
“If I were President…”. How many conversations have started like that? The other day, my mother… whom agrees with me politically… asked if I thought President Obama was doing a good job. There is a mood in the country (myself included) that is frustrated that President Obama doesn’t seem to “get it” on a range […]
June 14, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Environment, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me, War
How to fix everything: The oil leak, the Gaza blockade, unemployment
Why is it that for every dumb problem, there is an overly complex & doomed to failure “solution”? The Gulf of Mexico is quickly becoming choked with thick brown oil sludge as “fix” after “fix” fails miserably. As if things weren’t bad enough for Israel, last weeks “siege” of a cargo ship filled with “humanitarian […]
June 7, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Environment, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me
Who’s Better at Running The Economy? A look at the numbers.
One of the greatest stumbling blocks when comparing how well the U.S. economy does under Democrats vs. Republicans is the four years of the Carter Administration. Republicans like to point to the economic “failure” of Jimmy Carter and the economic “success” of Ronald Reagan. Democrats point to the economic “success” of Bill Clinton and the […]
May 17, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, myth busting, Politics
HOLY S###, Market plunges 350 points. – Not only below Clinton peak, but closing in on his last day in office.
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June 26, 2008
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics
Oil Rises $39 just since January 1st – That’s OVER $100 HIGHER than before the war.
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June 7, 2008
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Money, Politics
DOW plunges 735 points. Worst week since March 2003. Signs the war in Iraq is strangling the economy.
IE7/Firefox users: Please use RSS for a browser link that notifies you every time this Blog is updated! You must REGISTER before you can post comments. Apparently, the bloodletting was not over when the Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJIA or “DOW” for short) plunged 311 points last Thursday. Hype over the looming “14,000 point milestone” […]
July 28, 2007
Posted in: Economy, Middle East, Money, Politics, War