The Sunday morning news and opinion programs draw very few crowds. As with many things having to do with politics…only unimportant things like…life….and….death, the American people are more involved with people who sing, dance, tell awful jokes or appear on situation comedies where the entire universe of people laughing is relegated to the laugh track. [...]
Entries from August 18th, 2010
The Sunday Not-So-Funnies
January 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Media, Politics
Tags: ABC's THIS WEEK·Ariana Huffington·Fox News·George Will·Krugman·Meet the Press·news and opinion·propaganda·Right Wing Propaganda·Roger Ailes·Sunday morning talk shows·Sunday news and opinion programs·This Week
The Don Seigelman Travesty: How Neocons Corrupted the Justice System
January 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Courts and the Law, Politics
I think anyone would agree that if a former Governor of a state, one who is running for a return to office and is ahead in the voting is falsely indicted by the local U.S. Attorney for the opposite political party, it is a very significant issue.
If a governor can be indicted on false [...]
Tags: Alabama political corruption·Courts·justice department·Karl Rove·Lunatic fringe·political corruption·Right Wing·Seigalman case·Seigelman·U.S. attorneys scandal
Neoconservative Obstruction and How to End It.
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
Since 2007, there has been a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and a slim majority of 51-49 took over in the Senate (although Senators Tim Johnson and Robert Byrd were often unavailable.) Consequently, the Neoconservative Obstructionist Party began to use the filibuster to shut down legislation. The filibuster requires that the majority party [...]
It’s About Jobs…and the Economy…and How We Got Here!
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Economics, Politics, jobs
Americans need jobs. Yes, you can say that the Gross National Product has increased a certain amount or fallen back a certain amount. You can say that our exports have risen as a percentage of our Gross National Product. You can say that the index of home values has risen against the year-over-year index. You [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Bush tax cuts·government spending·jobs·manufacturing·national debt·stimulus·the economy
The Supreme Court: The Unthinkable May Have Happened.
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Courts and the Law, General, Politics
For decades, if not for a century or more, we in the United States have been proud to believe that our Supreme Court has made decisions, for the most part, without the influence of partisan politics, public pressure, or historical tradition. No political party, no group of protestors or no matter the number of years [...]
Tags: campaign contributions·corporate campaign contributions·Neoconservative·Right Wing·Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Says: Corporations, Yes–Americans, No.
January 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Courts and the Law, Culture, Politics
Yesterday, January 21, 2009 may have been a watershed moment in the short timeline of American history. Many say it was. If they are right, and you are among the vast middle class, no matter how benevolent your employer or how prudent your personal economics, your future is in jeopardy.
The Supreme Court yesterday voted [...]
Tags: corporate campaign contributions·Supreme Court·Supreme court decisions
What’s the Matter with Massachusetts?
January 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Politics
Scott Brown, the Republican member of the Massachusetts state legislature, who appeared nude in Cosmopolitan Magazine, is the new Senator from Massachusetts. He claims to be something like a Republican-Independent-Populist-Neoconservative-tea-bagger. His claim to populism is apparently that he owns a pickup truck. He apparently also likes baseball and football, as did George W. Bush. [...]
Tags: Brown-Coakly election·health care debate·Massachusetts politics·Neoconservatives·obstruction·populist·Scott Brown·senate majorityk health care reform
Look For the Union Legacy.
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Culture, Economics, jobs
America is a society that is governed by the principle of majority rule. In a free society, some form of majority rule is the most logical application of governance. For centuries, workers have organized under the same principles of majority rule in order to use the collective power of the group to create greater leverage [...]
Tags: anti-union·FDR and Unions·National Labor Relations Board·Reagan and unions·strikebreakers·strikes·union avoidance·union organizing·unions
Wall Street Just Doesn’t Get It!
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Economics, Politics
There is no question that the financial industry is out to lunch and they have been for years. The Chamber of Commerce, on CNBC, literally came out and likened the angry statement by the President and the new legislation that will regulate banks…to an Alice in Wonderland moment. They think that the President and the [...]
Tags: Federal Reserve·financial community·jobs and the recession·Kudlow·Roskam·Wall Street·wall street bonuses
Forty Republicans, Five Democrats and Health Care Reform
January 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Economics, Health Care, Politics
We now have a health care plan that passed in the Senate and one that passed in the House of Representatives. Holding up true reform were all the Republican Senators, who clearly showed who their constituents are…the lobbyists. They make no bones about it. They voted against any thing to do with health care reform. [...]
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Nazis and Neoconservatives…Are There Valid Comparisons?
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Culture, Politics, wars and militarism
For some time now, we have seen comparisons between various groups, various individuals and the Nazis. The comparisons are almost always totally imperfect. First of all, Nazis were murderers. There are no murderers among contemporary politicians unless you consider it an act of murder to start a war on false premises, a war that kills [...]
Tags: Bush administration·Hitler·Nazi·neocon·Neoconservative·Right Wing
Death and Taxes
January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Economics, Politics
The Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute plus Grover Norquist’s group, whatever he calls it….basically “We Don’t Want to Pay ANY Taxes, Inc.” have all made loud squeals about President Obama’s intention of raising the highest taxation rate, from whatever it is now to a top rate of 39.6% and 36% respectively for the top [...]
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Profiles in Obstruction # 1: Senator James DeMint
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Health Care, Politics, jobs, wars and militarism
It is too easy to simply make fun of or ridicule James DeMint. And of course many would say: who are any of us mere mortals to criticize men or women who have become Senators? These are supposedly successful people in their own right, business people or former Congress persons who have demonstrated to their [...]
Tags: DeMint·Lunatic fringe·Neocon Republicans·Neoconservative·obstruction·religious right·Republican obstruction
Reagan and the Biggest Lie
January 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · General, Media, Politics, wars and militarism
In 1980, Ronald Reagan had been preparing to become President, a role he had cherished, for at least ten years. He wanted it more than his acting career. Reagan had stumbled into acting. He had the two essential requirements, for a motion picture actor of his early days… a pleasing face and a distinctive voice. [...]
Tags: Add new tag·conservatism·Ronald Reagan·social safety net·voodoo economics