August 2, 2010 – 4:17 pm
If I did drugs, I’d want some of what Stephanie Cutter is on Since the enactment of health reform legislation in March, several state Attorneys General have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.  Having failed in the legislative arena, opponents of reform are now turning to the courts in an attempt […]
August 2, 2010 – 9:08 am
As we head deeper into the silly season, which occurs every two years, it appears as if one of the cute little liberal talking points about the tax cuts of 2001/2003 were only for the rich has truly rotted liberals brains. Facts are pesky things which, after all these years, still elude liberals, and now […]
August 1, 2010 – 12:38 pm
For a change, someone, in this case, Laura Bassett, at the Huffington Post makes a good point: Dwindling Retirement Savings ‘Undiscussed Explosive Bomb’ Of Recession. After the obligatory story of one man’s problems, we get Stephens’ predicament is an increasingly common one. Aside from stagnant wages, soaring unemployment and plummeting home values, the major tragedy […]
August 1, 2010 – 8:59 am
The Fish Wrap Of Record chimes in about an important issue, and decides it just ain’t all that, because all you right wing wackos will be the majority of the voters who show up. No, really For all its symbolic import, the first plebiscite on the Obama health care law, to be held Tuesday in […]
July 31, 2010 – 3:50 pm
Obama is like the Terrell Owens of politics, albeit, without the same talent level as T.O. Plus, whenever I hear him speak nowadays, I’m starting to hear the voice of the Blueberry Girl from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie As we work to rebuild our economy, I can’t imagine anything more […]
July 31, 2010 – 9:35 am
So, Friday we found out that the economy grew at 2.4%, well below forecast “as a scarcity of jobs eroded consumer spending”, with ““The economy just muddling through.” Stocks fell off on this news. The Washington Post had this to say Saturday The recovery is fading, and a troubling new pattern is setting in: economic […]
July 30, 2010 – 6:17 pm
Let’s see if one is credibly charged with …improper corporate-financed travel to the Caribbean; failing to report a half-million dollars in assets on a financial disclosure form; failing to pay taxes on income of $75,000 from a villa in the Dominican Republic; using his congressional letterhead to solicit donations for a school named for him; […]
July 30, 2010 – 2:32 pm
If I did drugs, I’d probably want to know what Steny Hoyer is taking House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Wednesday that the expiration built into the Bush tax cuts is a “Republican tax increase†for “working Americans†and the Democrats have “no intention†of allowing it to go into effect. “We have […]
July 30, 2010 – 9:30 am
Funny stuff from the Democratic Underground, a bit of levity for a Friday morning I keep seeing the talking points around here about liberals wanting a pony, unicorn, whatever and since we haven’t gotten it, that’s why we’re unhappy with the Obama administration. I’ve also seen a similar talking point saying that liberals are too […]
July 29, 2010 – 12:09 pm
So much for transparency, responsibility, upholding the law, draining the swamp, and the “most ethical Congress EVAH!” CBS NY is reporting: Reports: Rangel Cuts Deal, Avoids Trial New York Congressman Charles Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial. Harlem friends of Rangel tell CBS […]
