Archive for 'Rants' Category

How to fund healthcare and create jobs by closing foreign tax loopholes.

A story on the BBC caught my attention last week:   China’s economy soars thanks to MASSIVE government spending on infrastructure   In a perfect example of “the tail wagging the dog”, the Republican minority… the very same group whose policies got us into this economic nightmare… are controlling the debate on how to revive [...]

Petition: Censure Senator Inhofe (UPDATED)

I‘m sure you’ve noticed that Republican hate-speech has become more and more strident in recent weeks. Here is a sampling of just the past few weeks:   o Former Vice President Dick Cheney claimed “Obama policies make U.S. less safe“. o Newt Gingrich: “I think people should be afraid” (regarding Obama’s policies and the closure [...]

Republicans don’t understand how torture and abuse radicalizes our enemies. (UPDATED)

Sometimes I just have to ask: “Do they REALLY not understand something so simple or are they being deliberately obtuse just to gin up support from their base?” Such was my thinking last week as former Vice President Dick Cheney went on his “Please don’t prosecute me” Tour to accuse President Obama of making the [...]

Soldier kills five troops. Why was he still there? (plus note on Cheney)

While this is NOT a story decrying the continuing sin of “Stop-Loss”, it very well could be as Sgt. John Russell, who shot and killed five of his fellow soldiers Monday while serving at Camp Liberty in Baghdad was on his THIRD tour of duty at the time. But this isn’t a story about Stop-Loss. [...]

If A=B and B=C, why doesn’t A=C? Condi Admits Bush Authorized Torture.

What should of been a major news event last week, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice actually argued that their use of “torture” was not “illegal” because things authorized by the President are, by definition, “not illegal”. (eerily reminiscent of Nixon’s, “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.“) No surprise [...]

April 15th: Give the “Tea Partiers” What they Want. Revoke their tax cut. (UPDATED)

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Who Could Forget the Bush Economy? Republicans of course.

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Time to Put this “Party of Lincoln” Nonsense to Bed Once and For All

On CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday, host Bob Schieffer asked guest John McCain about the fact so few African-Americans were in attendance during the Republican National Convention last week (video: comment at 15:00): Schieffer: I want to ask you about the “composition” on the Convention. There were 36 African-American delegates out of 2,300+ delegates there. [...]

Russert, Idiocracy and politics in general – A week for political introspection.

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Gas Prices: Why aren’t people madder? – A look at the Republcan double standard.

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The Death of William F. Buckley was preceded by the Death of Neo-Conservitism – Media omits Buckley’s denouncement from his obituary.

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I’m With Stupid. – Stupid over here… Stupid over there… Suddenly we’re surrounded by idiots?

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