———————————————————————————————— From now on, until the elections of 2012, every post will be lead by the following statement: Nothing proposed or examined here will be changed so long as there are Republican majorities in the House of Representatives and less than 60 Democratic Senators in the Senate. The Republicans…Tea Party or otherwise…all work for the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Neocon obstructionism'
“Red Tape” Is a Republican Red Herring.
September 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Economics, Health Care, Politics, Populism, Wall Street
Tags: health care reform·Koch family·Koch pollution·Neocon obstructionism·pollution and politics·regulation red herring·Republicans want to rid the Kochs of the EPA·why regulations are good
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
Telling Lies on Sunday
January 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off · jobs, Politics
Is it more of a sin to tell a lie on Sunday, the “Lord’s Day” than on any other day? Apparently not for Congress. They seem to have gone completely off the rails. They apparently think that “God,” that ephemeral entity that laid down rules thousands of years ago but who allowed humans to handle [...]
Tags: Dr. Stephen Carter·Meet the Press·Neocon filibusters·Neocon lies·Neocon obstructionism·Neocons·Republian filibusters·Senator Lindsay Graham·Senator Pat Toomey
The Economy Is In Big Trouble—Part II, Our Diminished Future.
February 12th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics
To understand your life in the future, you must understand that what happened in the last 8 years, particularly in the last year of the Bush Administration, as described in Part I, is irreversible. We cannot go back and sue all those Tom DeLays or Dick Cheneys, or even whatever number of Democrats joined in [...]
Tags: Bush recession·corporate campaign contributions·deficits·Economics·future of the economy·health care lobby·health care reform·jobs·Neocon obstructionism·Supreme court and corporate campaign contributions·the economy·the national debt·unemployment