Romney’s Lies and the Future of America
The first Presidential campaign debate of the 2012 campaign was generally seen by the political punditry as a victory for the contender.Not...
The Danger of a Nazi America
A lot of Right Wing radio commentators toss around the word “Nazi” these days and it seems that many of them have no idea...
Southerners Are Being Taken for a Ride
The Republicans, and the Tea Party founders, the Koch Family and about 30 other millionaire donors are taking the South for a ride.People...
May 1910 to May 2010–100 Years of…Progress?
By 1910, the United States had changed from a collection of states along the Atlantic Coast and a group of Southern slavery states to...
Facts About Global Warming
The fact is that the earth is warming. Glaciers are melting, and most importantly, the earth's weather patterns are beginning to change. Northwest United...
Unemployment, Job Creation, and Back-of-the-Envelope Economics
Do you want a job? Do you need a job or know anyone who does? Do you think that there are fewer jobs than...
Are You an American or Are You a Neocon?
The actions of John Kyl and Jim Bunning recently bring into sharp focus, as Dr. Paul Krugman, the Nobel Laureate has said, the differences...
David Brooks and Neocon Advice to the Elderly
“There you go again…” as a famous “B” movie actor once memorably said…memorable because he happened to be President at the time. Oh...
The Supreme Court: The Unthinkable May Have Happened.
For decades, if not for a century or more, we in the United States have been proud to believe that our Supreme Court has...
Reagan and the Biggest Lie
In 1980, Ronald Reagan had been preparing to become President, a role he had cherished, for at least ten years. He wanted it more...
What Campaign Finance Reform Means for Jobs.
The 2008 election for all federal offices cost over $5 billion. The campaign finance for President alone cost over $1 billion. The election...
How About This: Reform or Die!
Of course, we're all going to die some day anyway. But health care reform and Republican, that is Neoconservative Obstructionist, opposition, have a lot...
The Health Care Reform Battle and the Neocon Alternatives
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, the members in the House of Representatives of the Neoconservative Obstructionist Party spent an entire day doing their best...
The Neoconservative “Health Care” Bill: How Dumb Do They Think We...
Current political life is like a satire of our historical political life, only more wasteful and dangerous. The early days of our country’s formation...
The Republican Health Care Response–a Bill for Insurance Companies
First of all--although it is probably not necessary to put it on this blog--no one in the Democratic leadership in Congress, nor is the...