April 26, 2012
Republicans Look Desperate With New Obama ‘Celebrity’ Ads
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April 24, 2012
Tax Cuts, Especially For The Rich, Have No Significant Impact On Economic Growth
I have some news for Republicans and other fellow Americans who believe tax cuts for the rich will help the economy. If you think the rich are “job creators” and that their wealth will trickle down to the rest of us then you took the bait and swallowed it whole. The rich, along with their bought politicians, have you hook, line, and sinker. How much more evidence do you need that tax cuts, especially tax cuts for the rich, do not have any significant impact on economic growth? I don’t care what prominent Republican politicians and right-wing pundits are saying, it is entirely possible they are wrong. It’s also entirely possible they might not have your interests in mind when it comes to tax policy.
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April 23, 2012
Jon Huntsman Bluntly Reveals Why He Was The Only Sane Republican Candidate
Jon Huntsman threw some punches at his party in an interview at the 92nd Street Y in New York on Sunday night. His candor reveals him to be the only sane candidate in a GOP field filled with nonsense, hypocrisy and really bad ideas. Well, ex-candidate that is. Huntsman was disinvited from a Republican National Committee fundraiser in Florida after he said the following on MSNBC, “I think we’re going to have problems politically until we get some sort of third-party movement or some voice out there that can put forth new ideas. We might not win, but we can certainly influence the debate.” In his interview at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday, Huntsman said of the Republican Party and his ouster from the RNC Florida fundraiser, “This is what they do in China on party matters if you talk off script.”
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April 21, 2012
More False Equivalence In New York Times Article On Republican Focus On Social Issues
Michael Cooper writes in The New York Times: Concern in G.O.P. Over State Focus on Social Issues. In this otherwise fine article covering the potential political pitfalls for Republicans focusing on social issues instead of the economy, Cooper falls into the false equivalence trap when he says:
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April 20, 2012
There Is No Equivalence, Republican Rhetoric Is In A Class Of Its Own
Republicans will likely roll their eyes when you point out that there is no equivalence when it comes to left/right rhetoric. Both sides engage in hyperbole and insults but Republicans get away with a special kind of rhetoric that is in a class of its own. Eugene Robinson writes about this false equivalence in his latest Washington Post column: Republican rhetoric over the top.
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April 19, 2012
PA Sen. Pat Toomey: Only A ‘Small Segment’ Of Americans Are In Need
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) apparently believes the poverty problem in this country is overblown. At least that is what I interpret from his statement that Americans “who really need help” are only a “small segment of our society.” Toomey made these statements while unveiling the Senate Republican budget plan for 2013. Toomey and his budget cohorts have concluded that the current assistance programs “encourage dependency.” This is nothing new, many Republicans have made similar statements for years and decades. Every time I hear a Republican make a claim like this I ask, “where’s your proof?” Well OK, I haven’t asked them personally, but you know what I mean.
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April 19, 2012
The Catholic League’s Campaign Against Jon Stewart
On the April 16, 2012 episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a segment mocking Fox News criticism of the phrase “war on women,” Stewart said women should make use of “vagina mangers” for protection. A photo accompanied this segment showing a naked woman with strategically placed manger (see video below). The Catholic League claims this was a “unprecented assault on Christian sensibilities.” This is not to be confused with the unprecedented sexual assaults of minors by Catholic priests, well, because unfortunately those assaults were so numerous they could hardly be called unprecedented.
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April 17, 2012
Photo Essay: Space Shuttle Discovery Washington D.C. Flyover – Last Stop: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
On Tuesday, space shuttle Discovery completed its last trip atop a 747, flying from Florida to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.
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April 17, 2012
Gallup Poll: 47% Americans Say Taxes ‘About Right’, 46% Say ‘Too High’
A new Gallup poll shows less than half of Americans believe their taxes are too high. 47% of Americans say their taxes are “about right” while 46% say their taxes are “too high”, and only 3% believe they aren’t paying enough taxes.
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April 16, 2012
Video: Sen. Bernie Sanders Says U.S. Moving To Oligarchic Government
Speaking on the Senate floor on Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that the United States is moving away from democracy and toward an oligarchy. Sanders said, “the United States is departing from its democratic tradition, which has always included a strong and growing middle class, and is moving rapidly into an oligarchic form of government in which almost all wealth and power reside in the hands of the very richest people in our society, the top one percent.”
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