According to the deficit-hawk’s version of conventional wisdom, any time the government borrows it must be bad for the nation. The small government zealot goes even further and declares that anytime the govt spends at all, it detracts from private enterprise. These ideas have overtaken much of our national debate. […]
The lies used to promote high takes testing and the liars who gain from lying to promote testing.
A satirical and sardonic look at the Republican anti-government agenda and FEMA aid.
I’m starting to get a bit irritated with inconsistency in arguments these days. Somehow it bugs me more than even the flipflopping and outright lying. If your position is factually incorrect, at least make it internally consistent.
The one attribute Republicans hold that no other group in world history can claim, is that they can do no wrong. Seriously! As remarkable as this claim sounds, just look at their track record.
Republicans cut programs for the working classes and cut taxes for the rich. Is this the kind of nation we want to live in?
I keep hearing from bitter Republicans that we got bin laden because of the information from Gitmo detainees. Well, I saw the CIA director under BUSH on CNN today, and he said no. It was from other CIA sites. I’ve also seen other counter-terrorism experts say that we got a lot of information from various different sources.
Jan Brewer signs legislation intended to make it harder for same-sex couples to adopt.
The cries of ‘End the nanny state!’ can be heard from yachts, to mansions, to airport bathrooms around America. Where did people develop, or should I say ‘invent’, this idea that we live in a ‘nanny state’?
…It is well known that the Ryan Budget Proposal will have a real and negative affect in devastating the middle class, on whose backs the recovery is built and depends on. The hypocrisy…and no surprise… is that Paul Ryan is also a recipient of the same Social Security program he now wants to destroy…
What is the law regarding birth certificates that the ‘birther’ movement is clearly unaware of? This is it…
How Republicans win elections through fear and election manipulation and how they don’t go nearly far enough in keeping the unclean from voting.
The Tea Party confuse the debt ceiling with spending ‘on the Obama Agenda.’ The Tea Party implies that if the debt ceiling is not raised, then President Obama will not be able to spend any money on his agenda. The Tea Party ignores that most U.S. government spending is for programs mandated by law or for functions of the U.S. government that existed before Obama.
Republicans have been calling for a return to the Gold Standard, but is it a good idea?
What needs to happen for some Americans to understand that they are being bought and sold by big business?
February 12 is Darwin Day; a celebration of the birth of one Charles Darwin, a man who ignored dogma and, through the power of rational thought, was the first to write about the deceptively simple, yet amazingly intricate, process that is evolution.
How would you guess Ronald Reagan and the tea party are related? The Tea Party loves to celebrate the life and times of Ronald Reagan. To the so-called “conservatives” amongst us, Ronald Reagan is the patriarch of all modern conservatism. To be a “Reagan Republican” is about the highest […]
