January 1, 2013
Happy New Year! – Happy Fiscal Cliff Dive!
We all survived the jump off the fiscal cliff! Well, at least the east coast.
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December 31, 2012
A Fiscal Cliff Deal? – Not Before We Jump
We are all jumping off the cliff at midnight. — Apparently there will be no vote tonight on a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Earlier today it was announced by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell that a deal on the tax side was reached, but a deal on the spending side is still pending.
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December 31, 2012
A Fiscal Cliff Deal? – Not Yet
I hate to be the pessimist in the room, but regardless of all the positive talk today about a potential fiscal cliff deal, nothing is done until congress votes on it. The details of the potential deal includes an extension of unemployment benefits, a patch of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) so that it doesn’t hit middle class families, and extensions of the earned income tax credit and college tax credit for 5 years.
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December 28, 2012
Fiscal Cliff: Obama Says It’s “Déjà Vu All Over Again”
In a late afternoon press conference on Friday, President Obama said:
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December 28, 2012
The “Fiscal Cliff” Tells Us Two Things About Republicans
All the dire language about the fiscal cliff tells us two things about Republicans.
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December 24, 2012
VIDEO: Let It Snow – Puppy’s First Christmas
Taking a break from the news for a few days. Here’s a video to warm your heart this Christmas.
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December 22, 2012
America’s Gun Culture: It’s Not Naive To Think We Can Change Minds
I know many gun owners and gun enthusiasts think liberals like myself are simply naive. — That we lack experience with guns. — That we lack the proper knowledge to talk about guns. — That we are silly to think we can change America’s obsession with guns. — But it is these same gun advocates who hold the naive belief that the “bad guys” will always have access to guns so we need to arm the “good guys.”
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December 21, 2012
My Response To The Highly Anticipated Wayne LaPierre, NRA Press Conference
Today was the day of the highly anticipated National Rifle Association (NRA) press conference in response to the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, CT. The NRA went silent for days after last Friday’s mass shooting, finally issuing a statement this past Tuesday that read:
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December 19, 2012
Gun Violence: There Is A “Newtown” Every Day In America, And We Ignore It
It seems we Americans only take notice to gun violence when a sufficient number of fellow Americans are gunned down in one place. And if that location is not the inner-city, then we pay even closer attention. And if the victims are children, well, that’s what it takes to even start a conversation in this country. That’s what it takes to start talking about proposing new gun safety legislation.
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December 18, 2012
Fight Guns With More Guns? – I Like Die Hard, But I Don’t Believe I’m John McClane
Some of the same pro-gun conservatives who blame liberal Hollywood for gun violence, strangely rely on Hollywood’s warped sense of reality when it comes to how best to defend against the next potential mass shooter.
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