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Interesting Game Of Who Does The Least

Aug 9th, 2010 | By Mark | Category: 2010 Elections

This bugs me.
The GOP/T-Baggers have been crying about the “radical” agenda of the evil Obama/Pelosi Kommunist Kabal, and have been doing everything in their power to stop it, ie. filibustering everything in sight.
The Dems, for their part, have made their frustration with the obstructionist Repubican’ts palpable, yet at the same time boast how much they’ve [...]



ECON for the Simple

Jul 1st, 2010 | By Mark | Category: Economics

It’s time to invest in jobs.
It’s really not that hard.  Paul and Brad and their assorted brethren try to dumb it down for the masses, but too often eyes glaze over at even the mention of marginal rates and unemployment extensions, austerity versus stimulus, deficits and debt, stocks, bonds, markets and credit-default-swaps.
The basics are always [...]



If You Can’t Convince Them, We Can Still Force Them

May 29th, 2010 | By Mark | Category: 2010 Elections

“You’ve convinced me – now go out and force me to do it.” ~FDR
Bubba has certainly been in the news a bunch lately between his go-between role in the Sestak non-job offer nonsense and stumping for Blanche Lincoln, insulting her progressive opposition just for sport.
I was reminded of his excuse to the Netroots Nation crowd [...]



Reagan Sucked. Deal With It.

Mar 30th, 2010 | By Mark | Category: Republicans

…and another thing, the Berlin Wall didn’t fall until a full year after Bush The Elder was elected… thanks in no small part to Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms, Lech Wałęsa’s Solidarity, The Pope’s moral focus and the people of Easter Europe desire to make a better world for their children … well after Ronny Ray Gun [...]



Newt Twit

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By Mark | Category: Republicans

Not only is one of the heroes of the teabagger right racially insensitive (as evident by the quote below) but he’s just plain wrong on the history — a subject The Editors point out he got paid to teach.
Krugman:  
[H]ere’s what Newt Gingrich, the Republican former
speaker of the House — a man celebrated by many [...]



11th Dimentional Foreign Policy

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Mark | Category: Israel, White House Administration

Do you really think that when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama get together to send Joe Biden on a mission to Israel that seemingly blows up in everybody’s face that’s what really happened?  Say what you want, but these are truly shrewd people, and so is that dude from Philly, Benjamin Netahyahu.
Another shrewd guy is [...]



Who Does This? Really?

Feb 8th, 2010 | By Mark | Category: Republicans

The last politician to quote Pat Buchanan was Richard Nixon. Now we’ve got Sarah Palin.



Soc Sec & Immigration were not Bush Waterloos

Feb 1st, 2010 | By Mark | Category: White House Administration

George W. Bush FAILED MISERABLY on his two attempts at transformative change in this country.  He took his “man-date” after the ‘04 election and squandered what little good will he had on a pathetic attempt to privatize Social Security, planning to put Wall Street in charge of the nation’s social safety net — before we [...]



Run ED, Run (Update)

Jan 6th, 2010 | By Mark | Category: 2010 Elections, Democrats

UPDATE: DRAFT ED PETITION

Where would the Anti-Beck, Ed Schultz be more effective?  Should he run for the Senate as requested by retiring Senator Byron Dorgan and the party elders, that august body that deliberates the sweeping changes this nation so desparately needs at a glacial pace?  Or should he remain in broadcasting, fighting the culture [...]



New Church Jingle

Dec 8th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: Religion

I kid you not.  The 2nd Family Baptist Church here in the Glass City is using the Theme from Cheers in a local TV spot to help build the congregation: ♫ “You wanna go where everybody knows your name.” ♪♪

I’ve mentioned before that the ratio of Churches to Bars [...]