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Minority Leader McConnell, Can We Talk?

Minority Lead McConnell, can we talk a minute? You are an educated man, so it is probably pretty hard to say some of things you say when defending the tax policies of the Bush Administration and...

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Borrow And Spend Republicans Unveil Tax Cut Package

There is something about Washington and taxes that seems to destroy the ability of law makers to do simple math. This seems to afflict Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats the worst. The Washington Post...

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Rounds 2 And 3 Of Republicans Screwing The Little Guy – Austerity

To hear the Republicans tell it, the problem with things, the reason they are likely to take over the House of Representatives tomorrow is all the spending that the Obama administration has engaged in....

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Speaker Boehner Stop Lying, Broke Nations Can’t Borrow

Bank Of Montreal by Galt Museum & Archives on The Commons, on Flickr We’re flat broke. What do you think of when you read that? Having been busted more than a few times in my life it means no money...

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Goverment Shut Down Looms, Time To End The GOP Hostage Habit

GOP Ostrich by stormbear, on Flickr There are many ways to fall into bad habits, but the easiest is when one tries a vice and then is rewarded for having done so. This is where the nation is with the...

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Robert Samuelson And The “Serious Trickle Down Fairy”

I am having a problem with a word, it is one that we’re hearing a lot lately, seriousness. Now having been ‘round the block a few times I have come to the conclusion that when I hear Right Wing talkers...

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Water Cooler – S&P Waves The Red Flag, Republicans Charge

Bull Fight 7 by George L Smyth, on Flickr Today the consequences of having a “Know-nothing” party as one of two political parties became even clearer (as if not paying for two war, and a major Medicaid...

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Debt Ceiling Fight Has Me Thinking of Gallipoli

Gallipoli 100 by Britrob I am a big movie fan. As part of the deal that brought cable to the town I grew up in (Ypsilanti represent!) and one of the very few perks of Dad’s time as City Attorney, we...

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Modestly Good Job Numbers, Are They Enough To Stop The Slide?

Support Unemployed Nomads by jon|k Hey what do you know? We actually had a modest gain in jobs this last month. The economy gained 117,000 jobs according the statistics released this morning. That is...

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AFL-CIO Outlines a Debt Reduction Plan that Would Actually Work

AFL-CIO Headquarters by samirluther Here we are in mid-September with 10 weeks of the “Super-committee” drama ahead of us. We’ll be waiting to see the posturing, the demands, the breath holding, the...

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