Why is the far right so successful?
I talk to people every day. People who are really pretty smart. I watch as people get angry at President Obama for seemingly having not only caused all of today’s problems but apparently sitting by and...
View ArticleThe rich get richer and the poor get poorer
It is almost dangerous to say this in public today (unless you’re ranting against the government) because people think this is some kind of communist manifesto against capitalism. They actually don’t...
View ArticleThe Devil is in the 13%
I had an interesting conversation with a fellow worker Friday. It went something like this: I don’t hate Obama I just hate his policies. Which ones? I asked (noting the plural in her statement). She...
View ArticleYour Money!
Funny that when the government builds a road with tax revenue it’s “your” money they are using
View ArticleFair and Balanced taxes
I did a little checking into some numbers concerning the “balance” of wealth in this country. The numbers you see below are based on a couple of assumptions: 1) The relative wealth of this country is...
View ArticleStandout Standup
After referring to the National Organization for Women as NAGs (National Association of Gals) and calling their president the “head babe” Rush Limbaugh went on to ask in exasperation, “How can I be...
View ArticleI am not a lawyer but I know
If you are not the government you cannot violate someone’s freedom of speech.
View ArticleSometimes no need to be nice
Paul Krugman article on Ryan budget discussion Right wing friend on Ryan budget. RWF: AT least they passed a budget - I don't like the fact that loop holes weren't closed. However where is the...
View ArticleI am severely disappointed, republicans
I am severely disappointed in the republican party! They have really dropped the ball. Maybe I can offer some direction towards their perfection in this particular election cycle.
View Articleprogressive Capitalism?
I in no way think that our government is perfect. Because the government in a democracy is nothing more than people representing a less than perfect populace with whatever fickle propensities a...
View ArticleRobots Don’t Buy Shoes
A plea for sanity Companies are obsessed with ever increasing profits. You are not successful if you maintain a good profit for your goods. In today’s business environment that is failure. Demand for...
View ArticleHere’s what scares me
I was having lunch with a co-worker and I was talking about marching in a Labor Day parade with my seven year old grandson and how much he liked walking along in the group of people carrying signs and...
View ArticleObama's Big Problem!
How do you debate someone who has no core convictions and can change their basic policy statements on the fly?
View ArticleToo horrid to bear
Too horrid to bear Today lost, frightened, silenced Voices of children
View ArticleModern Computer development
I know that this is not directly political but now days all politics is local and everything local seems to be political
View ArticleEvery kind of economic system is unsustainable
The rich get richer and the poor get poorerIt is almost dangerous to say this in public today (unless you’re ranting against the government) because people think this is some kind of communist...
View ArticleThese things outrage me as we prepare for Christmas:
1) 15.9 million children lived in food insecure households in 2012. 2) 8 billion dollars cut from food stamps (making the above much worse) a. Veterans and the elderly will be decimated as well 3) 1.3...
View ArticleThe new right wing Pope
It would seem that the right wing culture, not happy with the new Pope whom they feel is too much of a hippie, have chosen their own religious standard bearer in Phil Robertson.
View ArticleIncome inequity
Stop saying income inequalityIt’s income inequity. I don’t want anyone’s billion dollars. I don’t want everyone to be billionaires. I don’t want to give your money to the poor. I don’t want to give...
View ArticleI am sick of this creationist crap
The legislature in South Carolina just passed a law designating the Woolly Mammoth (which went extinct 50,000 years ago) as their state fossil. That is great except that one state senator in a fit of...
View ArticleMarco Rubio is confusing me a little
Actually I’m not confused at all and neither is he. He is obviously fishing for primary voters but still …
View ArticleDeath to Tsarnaev
It is not difficult to understand the anger and confusion over the heinous act of the Tsarnaev brothers especially in New England, especially in Boston. It is hard to find a criminal other than the...
View ArticleLet's see ...
We as Americans just voted into national office a glut of far right representatives who believe we are chosen by God, are the exceptional nation and are threatened by "THEM".
View ArticleWhere do you think it comes from?
The rich, where does the money come from? Is there some deep pool of money they have access to because they are luckier, smarter (in the case of Trump) or just more industrious than the rest of us?...
View ArticleActually Trump has it right
We can’t possibly compete with other nations whose work forces are nearly slaves working for pennies a day. So the only solution in his ever soooo wise and super knowledgeable, not to mention more...
View ArticleTalk about someone going to the bathroom
Does anyone really think that Trump would have any idea what to do if he accidentally actually became president??? Talk about someone going to the bathroom ... permanently ...
View ArticleI'll be back after the elections
This sites vilification of Clinton and deification of Sanders is very troubling. I thought we were against the republicans ,,,
View ArticleRadical Islam as Dog Whistle
There is a reason that reasonable people don't use the term 'radical Islam'. It is because this is just another dog whistle to the small but energetic group of people who want to believe that Muslims...
View ArticleNo one expected ...
No one expected England to drop out of the EU and trash their (and everyone else’s) economy.No one expected Trump to go this far.No one expects the US to go the xenophobic route that Europe is going in...
View ArticleAdvice to Hillary from a supporter on the emails
This is not a nuanced electorate. They do not care that the most emails in question were not classified when they were on you server but were retroactive classified months after you left; so there was...
View ArticleTrump is a time bomb that has already stopped ticking
The press conference with Trump was one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen. If there is a human being anywhere in this country that was comfortable with that, then we are heading into a...
View ArticleThe Swamp???
We must drain the swamp:That was a campaign promise that both Bernie Sanders and Heir Trump screamed at the top of their lungs. Well we know who ended up winning.Let's look at the swamp. For Bernie and...
View ArticlePaul Ryan and insurance
I have seen a few posts that have pointed out that when Paul Ryan said that people shouldn’t expect other people to pay for their health care, that he fundamentally misunderstood the whole concept of...
View ArticleThere is a TRUMPCARE plan B!
I just got notice form a source close to president Trump, who would like to remain anonymous. Trump will soon announce his new healthcare plan: Everyone will get everything they want and Canada will...
View ArticleTo all of those sanctimonious
To all of those sanctimonious ideologically pure jackasses who were too good to vote for Hillary. Look what you have done!!! Check the Supreme Court, check the Paris Agreement, check with your LGTBQ...
View ArticleThe fly on the wall
I sent a fly into the meeting with Putin and Trump. So here it is the fly on the wall:Spoiler alert, this fly is definitely a snowflake who voted for Hillary so you can take this with a grain of...
View ArticleMissing the point on taxes
Everyone is missing the point almost completely.Those who say that lowering the corporate tax rate will create jobs and those that say if you lower the tax rates CEOs will just pocket the...
View ArticleI ME MINE
If people think that the complete denial of science, morality, altruism and responsibility blatantly displayed by this current administration are going to be enough to remove this monster from office,...
View ArticleWhy is it so easy to overlook racism?
One thing too easily overlooked when seeing the undertones, or even blatant overtones in many cases, of white supremacy being so powerfully imbedded into far right philosophy around the globe, is...
View ArticleMost probably won't like this ... but
Slow down! Don’t stop, but slow down.Guaranteed college for allFederal jobs guaranteeHealthcare for allGun controlAbolish ICEThe “New Green Deal”Fair taxationCampaign finance reformImmigration...
View ArticleNew political terms defined
LEFT: Healthcare, education, fair wages, fair taxation, reasoned border control, reasonable gun control, keep NATO, find a way to stop us from becoming a Russian satellite, restore voter rights and...
View ArticleOUR immigration problem starts with OUR drug problem
You cannot blame anything else but our insane consumption of drugs and our asinine laws that support the money behind it. When heroin is illegal it is expensive and thugs that produce it become rich. I...
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