What a bunch of losers we saw in the first Republican debate. It was shallow, obfuscating and ignored reality. We’ll start off by saying that we can’t even add Herman Cain and Ron Paul to a serious discussion. Cain is a total zero and Paul, as we know from what he has said in the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Lobbying'
A Time for Action
May 27th, 2011 · Comments Off · Lobbying, Politics, Wall Street
Normally, we all look to events for encouragement or emotional uplift that demands that we get up out of our chairs. Not everyone. Some people are motivated 24/7/365 against injustice, denial of human rights or intense need by some member or segment of society. When Haiti happened, for example, or when the monster earthquakes hit [...]
Tags: billionaire lobbyists·billionaires·Koch family·lobbyists·Nazi political philosophy·Neocons·Republican governors
Americans Want Jobs, Not Cuts in Medicare or Medicaid
April 16th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Economics, Lobbying, Politics, Populism, Wall Street, wars and militarism
Most people will tell you that they are angry with the President. They were angry with the President in 2010 when they voted for 29 Republican governors, Republican governors who—the idiots should have known—are about to destroy collective bargaining for public workers, like teachers, firefighters and police, drop millions of Americans off Medicaid, and eliminate [...]
Tags: a Populist jobs program·Democratic job creation·jobs·Neocon obstructionism·Neocon racism·Republican bigots·Republican obstructionism·Wall Street bankers
A Better Way to Balance Budgets
April 13th, 2011 · Comments Off · Health Care, Lobbying, Politics, taxes, Wall Street
The Republicans are not interested in balancing the budget. They are interested in cutting taxes. Does anyone deny that? We have a $14 trillion national debt and yet they cut taxes on the wealthy and added $800 billion to the national debt over the next two years. Only after that did they start talking about [...]
Tags: budget cuts·Budgets·National budgets·national debt·Republican budgets·the President's Budget
Michele Bachmann and Lies About Health Care Reform
April 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Health Care, Lobbying, Politics
The Republicans said that they wanted to repeal the health care reform bill. Then they said that they wanted to de-fund it. In other words, if we can’t remove it altogether, they said, we will simply not let anyone participate in any kind of better health. Why would a United States Congressman or Congresswoman want [...]
Tags: health care reform·Michelle Bachmann·Obamacare·repeal of health care reform
Republicans Are Corporatists–Not Populists!
March 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Corporations and Industry, Labor, Lobbying, Politics, Populism
One of the numerous Right Wing propaganda posts is called the “Patriot Post” by someone or some people who use the pseudonym “Sartre.” That in itself is hilarious. That could be an entire stand-up comedy routine. Nevertheless, “Sartre” writes a page or so about what he or they know of Populism. It is actually about [...]
Tags: Corporatism·Corporatism versus Populism·Populism·Populist policies·Robert LaFollette·Tea Party Republicans·Tea Party Right Wingers
GOP: Going Fascist on Unions and Middle Class
March 1st, 2011 · Comments Off · Lobbying, Politics, Populism
There is a good argument that those dozen or so Wisconsin legislators should have stayed in Wisconsin and taken the hit. In other words, some people would say that in a Democratic system, if you are in the minority, you can’t simply opt out and stop everything when you lose the majority. Anyone with the [...]
Tags: Fascist Republican governors·Governor Christie·Governor Scott·Governor Walker·Neocon Fascism·Neocon union-busting·Republican Fascism
What’s Wrong with America, Part III – Jobs and Infrastructure
December 30th, 2010 · Comments Off · Lobbying, Media, Politics
It isn’t rocket science, although this country is pretty good at that, but it is quite easily achievable. We can restore the great American Middle Class. What is wrong with America can be made right. Some things are missing that can be restored. First, jobs, and they will come from stimulating the economy and at [...]
Tags: Neocon economics·Neocon politics·Neoconservative obstruction·Neoconservative political tactics·Neoconservative politics
Junior (Senator) Goes to Washington
November 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Corporations and Industry, Lobbying, Politics, taxes
New (Junior) Senator Mark Kirk from Illinois made an interesting statement now that he is in political power for 6 years, unless impeached or recalled or…whatever. That statement contradicts the overall attitude of the State of Lincoln and Percy, and Dirksen and Simon and Durgin and Obama. Kirk’s attitude mirrors that of Goldwater, Reagan and, [...]
Tags: Neocon obstruction·Neocon Senator from Illinois·new Republican Senators·Senator Mark Kirk·Tax cuts for billionaires
The 500 Reactionary Rich
November 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Economics, Health Care, Lobbying, Media, Politics, taxes
We have a serious problem in this country. It is not hard to recognize or to understand. It is simple and it is ruining America. It could be solved with swift, violent action but, as we are a civilized society, we need to look to more civilized measures. Here is the problem. A handful…about 500 [...]
Tags: Fiscal responsibility·letting tax cuts expire·Neocons·Neonconservatives·Tax cuts for billionaires·war against the middle class
Understanding Political Reality
November 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Corporations and Industry, Health Care, Lobbying, Media, Politics
Life is not a game show. The realities of electing the moronic, semi-troglodytic President’s son as President…or having the Supreme-Court-justice son of a rumored Fascist appoint him…should have proved that. From $5 trillion in debt and a balanced budget to a $14 trillion in debt and a commission trying to figure out how to keep [...]
Tags: Health Care·Neoconservative politics·Politics·Republican tax cuts·Republicans·tea party candidates·the national debt
Propaganda, Elections, Taxes, and Losing America
November 6th, 2010 · Comments Off · Lobbying, Media, Politics
In a bold statement, Senator Mitch McConnell must have encountered a “senior moment” because he momentarily lost his talking points. He actually had the nerve to tell the truth before the video tape could be doctored, snipped or hidden. He told the American People the objective of the Republican Congress. He said that the Republicans [...]
Tags: billionaires and taxes·Mid-term elections·Neoconservative propaganda·Republican propaganda·rich and super-rich·tax cuts and economic growth·tax cuts for the rich·the Big Lie
The Truth About George Soros…And Other Matters
October 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Lobbying, Media, Politics
George Soros is in the news these days because, in 2004, he bankrolled a considerable part of the effort to contain the horrendous, near-cataclysmic Bush Republican agenda of free-lance war and devastation and American money markets run amok. And because he has continued to financially support other causes regarding freedom of speech and truth in [...]
Tags: George Soros·Glenn Beck·Republican politics·Right Wing Propaganda·Rupert Murdoch·Rush Limbaugh·tea party candidates·the Fox News Channel·the Tea Party
The Danger in a Republican Takeover of Government
September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Lobbying, Media, Politics
It is pretty clear now what is happening. The Republicans, so close to a literal takeover of the government under Bush and Cheney (see Presidential rule # 51) have decided that they will attempt a literal political coup. Some of the statements made by the new Tea Party Republican Senatorial candidates (they are all Republicans) [...]
Tags: Christine O'Donnell·dangerous Neocon Republican Candidates·Joe Miller·Marco Rubio·Neocon Republican coup·Republican Senatorial candidates·Republican takeover of Congress·Sharron Angle·tea party candidates
The Grand Illusion, Part II
September 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Lobbying, Media, Politics, taxes
Part II — Who is telling all those lies…and why? They met on the mall in Washington, that renowned place for great assemblies. They were baby-boomers and beyond and overwhelmingly white. (Maybe when you call a Liberal African-American President, raised by white grandparents a ‘racist” as Glenn Beck did, you may turn away people of [...]
Tags: Americans for Prosperity·Charles Koch·David H. Koch·Dick Armey·FreedomWorks·Glenn Beck·Koch Industries·Neocon rallies·Restoring Honor·tea party