November 24, 2015
Conservatives Sow A Special Kind Of Fear
Liberal or conservative, rich or poor, black or white, religious or not, all people have irrational fears, but it is the conservative who sows the most special kind of fear.
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June 27, 2015
Marriage Equality Fight Still Not Over After Supreme Court Ruling
Would you say the fight for reproductive rights is over in 2015? I didn’t think so. Much the same can be said for marriage equality, even after yesterday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling. Because no matter how much we may perceive a “rights issue” as finally reaching its pinnacle, in this case, capped by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling making marriage equality the law in all 50 states, it doesn’t automatically change the minds of the regressive opposition.
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March 24, 2015
House of Cards: Question For Big Government Supporters
A commenter on the IMDb (Internet Movie Database) House of Cards message board asks, “If you find this show to be a reflection of reality for U.S. politics, namely, that the vast majority of politicians are narcissists looking to secure their ‘legacy’ and are simply parading as caring compatriots, how do you rationalize maintaining or expanding the current bloated system?”
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December 23, 2014
Two NYPD Officers Murdered, But The Killer Only Gets Partial Credit
This past weekend saw the vicious murder of two New York City police officers, something you would expect to unify the law-abiding public, but as it turns out, the killer only gets partial credit for this heinous crime. Excuse me if I’ve misinterpreted the grandiose oratory of Fox News, right-wing media, and your conservative uncle. Because also deserving equal blame, in their myopic vision, is anyone who has ever questioned police tactics. Their estimation is two-fold. The killer is obviously to blame, but because he subsequently killed himself, the nearsighted now need the “unruly” protestors to stand in as proxy.
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November 30, 2014
Right-Wing Lies: Robert Reich On Corporate Tax Rate Reform
Robert Reich is always an interesting read, and he regularly offers up great mini articles in the form of Facebook status updates. Today Reich gives us four “right-wing whoppers about corporate taxes.”
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November 9, 2014
Why Did Democrats And Liberals Lose The 2014 Midterms?
Republicans now control the Senate, and in the House they increased their rank and file. So now the Democratic Party is apparently undergoing a post-election examination of what went wrong, just as the Republican Party did after the 2012 elections. So, why did Democrats and liberals lose the 2014 midterms?
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October 18, 2014
The Politics Of Fear And Ebola In America
I tuned into my local news last night, and as you might guess, Ebola dominated the broadcast. And maybe that would be acceptable if this coverage, using title graphics like “Ebola Outbreak,” and “Ebola Crisis,” was centered in West Africa. Nope.
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September 21, 2014
Republicans Outnumber Democrats On Sunday News Shows
Now I know why I so strongly dislike the Sunday morning news shows. The New York Times ‘The Upshot’ reviewed data collected by American University, combined with ideological scores calculated by Crowdpac, and concluded that since January 2009, liberal bias simply does not exist when it comes to the Sunday morning news shows. Okay, they didn’t exactly put it that way, that’s my wording, but what the The Upshot did find is that congressional members from the conservative side of the aisle made up 57 percent of appearances compared to 42 percent for liberal Senators and representatives.
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September 7, 2014
CHART: Obama’s Private Sector Job Growth vs. Clinton, Reagan
There are many inconvenient truths for Republicans and conservatives when it comes to President Obama’s achievements. For example, health care spending has slowed dramatically and Medicare is now spending $1000 less per beneficiary, thanks to the Affordable Care Act.
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September 2, 2014
Conservatives Offer Us Putin’s ‘Shortest Speech Ever’
Below is text of a supposed speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin. It continues to make its way around conservative circles on social media:
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