Archive for the ‘Money’ Category
Quick vid: Teabagger morons bussed in to counter protest in Wisconsin
Last Sunday, ABC World News Tonight covered the Union Protests in Wisconsin, and followed it up with… what I’m certain they believed was… a “balanced” comparison of two people on either side of the protest. The first, a teabagger being bussed in from 110 miles away (by whom, ABC never says), the second, a teacher who […]
February 23, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Jobs, Money, Politics, Rants, Right-Wing Insanity, Taxes
Cause and Effect: Republicans have yet to figure it out
Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion is that “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. Sir Isaac may have been talking about the physics of motion, but his law has proved 100% accurate in the world of politics as well. Problem is, Republicans haven’t quite figured out this age old law […]
February 21, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Taxes
The Budget. Conservatives LOVE Welfare (but hate the poor)
Two weeks ago, I finally created a Twitter account for the blog: @MugsysRapSheet. When you first create your account, you are given the opportunity to add people based upon your interests. As a self-described Conservative watchdog, I decided @KarlRove was among the people I should follow. The first “tweet” I received from “Turd Blossom” was: Did […]
February 17, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Healthcare, Money, myth busting, Politics, Rants
Egypt in danger of becoming Obama’s Iran.
Republicans LOVE to bash Jimmy Carter. Ridiculing him as an “abject failure” has become sport on the Right. So much so that I took the time last year to write a column clearly demonstrating that, when you look at the numbers, NO ONE holds a candle to the abysmal failure that was the George W. Bush Administration. The […]
January 31, 2011
Posted in: Economy, General, Middle East, Money, Politics
A Tale of Two State of the Union addresses: 2007 and 2011
Special Edition: I prepared for this review of President Obama’s second State of the Union Address by rewatching President Bush’s 2007 State of the Union Address (the things I do for you people). I chose that particular address because it was the first following his 2006 mid-term “thumpin’” at the polls where voters swapped control […]
January 26, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Money, Politics, Taxes
Moral Imperatives
This past week saw the passage of two historic pieces of legislation: the repeal on the ban on openly gay people serving in the military (aka: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – DADT), and extension/expansion of the 2002 Bush Tax Cuts. But just because these bills have now passed, doesn’t mean there isn’t still work to […]
December 20, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, General, Money, Politics, Taxes
Maybe we should ask him for his Birth Certificate?
Last week President Obama proudly announced a “compromise” he had unilaterally reached with Republicans on whether or not to extend the Bush Tax Cuts before they expire at the end of the year. The “compromise” is thus: Republicans get everything they want… a two year budget-busting extension of the Bush Tax Cuts that comes up […]
December 13, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Infrastructure, Money, Politics, Taxes
President Obama seeks to secure his 2012 defeat.
President Obama announced to the White House Press Corp Tuesday morning that he is urging Democrats in Congress to cave in to the tyranny of the minority and agree to extend the Bush Tax Cuts for the Top 2% for two more years (ie: the year he leaves office) in exchange for a one-year extension […]
December 8, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Infrastructure, Money, Politics, Rants, Taxes
Mr. President, before you extend those tax cuts, you should know who’s getting them.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called them, “Our most effective and productive small businesses.” Congressman Mike Pense (R-IL) decried, “Raising taxes on ‘job creators’.” The Republican Party is adamant about extending the Bush Tax Cuts to “everyone”, including those making over $250,000 a year (the “Top 2%”) because… they claim… “they are the job creators. […]
December 6, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Infrastructure, Money, Politics, Taxes
Some thoughts on ‘Compromise’.
The latest post-election polls all say that “3 out of 4 voters want Congress to compromise” to get things done faster. Brilliant move then voting in some of the most uncompromising partisan ideologues in American history. We’re BOUND to see things start movin’ now! (grumble… morons… grumble). When Republicans say they want ‘compromise‘, what they […]
November 22, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Money, Politics, Taxes
How to give Republicans their tax cut without destroying the economy
Republicans say “corporate tax cuts create jobs, increase tax revenue and reduce the Deficit”. It’s total bullshit of course. It’s what George H.W. Bush called “Voodoo Economics” 30 years ago when he ran for president in 1980 against Ronald Reagan. You can’t find a single example of it happening anywhere in history, but that doesn’t stop them from repeating […]
November 15, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me
Ten Reasons Why I’m Still Smiling after the Election.
Okay, I know it may seem like there’s very little to be happy about after last Tuesday’s “shellacking” (as President Obama put it) in the polls (which wasn’t nearly as bad as some were predicting), and I too certainly fear for the next two years and all the chaos we are likely to see as […]
November 8, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Money, Politics
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