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How to let the Government know you want their hands off Social Security…
… which does not contribute to the budget deficit… in fact the Government owes Social Security the millions they have borrowed from it that they should not have. If you want to weigh in, AARP (who have...
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Looks like Romney has sewn it up…
Having won in Wisconsin, Maryland and DC last night, Romney is being held up by all the pundits as the sure to be Republican Presidential nominee… even though he only has about half of the delegates...
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Attorneys General in 11 States call on Congress to reverse Citizens United...
Yesterday, 11 state attorneys general sent a letter to Congress requesting a constitutional amendment which would reverse the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United. This section of the letter...
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Quote of the Day – Obama at the Center… Where did the Republicans go?
“I think it’s important to remember that the positions I’m taking now on the budget and a host of other issues, if we had been having this discussion 20 years ago, or even 15 years ago, would have been...
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Quote of the Day – Paul Begala Predicts Romney’s VeeP Choice…
Thanks to Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire: Sen. Rob Portman “You heard it here first: Mitt Romney is going to select Rob Portman, the junior senator from Ohio, to be his running mate. I have no insight...
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Santorum is out… does not endorse Romney.
- David Horsey in the LA Times. After giving Mitt Romney a serious challenge for the Republican presidential nomination, Rick Santorum suspended his campaign on Tuesday. He made one of his better...
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So… do we have a new McCarthy in Congress?
Suppose we had a Congressman who started accusing the representatives that didn’t agree with him as being Communists? Well, apparently we do. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., has said “he’s heard” that up to...
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Robert Reich promotes his new e-book “Beyond Outrage”
“You need to be outraged, but you also need to move beyond outrage, and take action,” says Reich as he comments on what we can do to assure that the country does not fall into the hands of conservative...
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Pathetic Quote for the Afternoon
So whose fault is it that Newt isn’t on top of the Republican pack? Fox News? “I assume it’s because Murdoch at some point said, ‘I want Romney,’ and so ‘fair and balanced’ became ‘Romney.’ And there’s...
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Yesterday Romneycare was 6 Years Old in Massachusetts…
… and by all accounts it has been a success. “Massachusetts is a model for getting everybody insured,” said Romney when the law was passed under his Governorship. In fact, Romney also claimed at the...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – The politics of money…
Jim Morin in the Miami Herald: America seems to be based on the importance of money… - and - Ben Sargent in the Austin American-Statesman: …and it is easy to sell the rich folks’ budget to the...
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So, what is Romney planning to do if he gets elected?
Mitt Romney wants to shut down or amalgamate several US government departments if elected president, but has no plans to tell voters which ones in advance of November’s general election. However, he...
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Newt to NRA: Right to Bear Arms is a Human Right
Here’s why Newt isn’t going to get any farther (from the Newt Gingrich 2012 campaign site): Appearing before the National Rifle Association annual meeting this afternoon, Newt Gingrich called for a new...
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Business Week says Newt is wasting YOUR money….
If you thought you were as important as Newt Gingrich thinks he is, you might be asking for Secret Service Protection since you were a Presidential candidate who was likely to win. What? Newt isn’t...
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Newt’s dropping out on May 1st…
…according to CNN. It’s expected he will formally endorse Romney on that day as well. Having come up very low in the five primaries yesterday, Mitt is looking at no more money to survive with and no...
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Watching Romney, Boehner, Ryan and the rest of them on Television, I realize...
And not just a couple of mistaken notions here and there, but outright lies…some of them so far out that I couldn’t have imagined them if I tried. Why is it, then, that we let them keep doing it? Why...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – Without immigration, where will we get more poor...
Bruce Beattie, in the Daytona Beach News-Journal: … see, if we just take over our own problems, immigration is unnecessary… - and - Jeff Danziger of the L.A.Times: … now Arizona has the right (and I...
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Watching Mitt getting “endorsed” by Republicans who don’t really mean it.
Michelle Bachmann endorsed Mitty today… the same Michelle Bachmann who, just before she dropped out of the primaries, when asked if Romney could beat Obama, said “No.” Then there’s Newt’s endorsement...
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Thom Hartmann reports on Wisconsin Primary to unseat Gov. Walker…
Posted yesterday: You need to know this. Wisconsin voters hit the polls today for the first battle in a historic recall election in the state. Democrats will choose between one of four Democratic...
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Once again, I am embarrassed to live in West Virginia.
I have said many times in this blog that, with the exception of Shepherdstown and most of the Eastern Panhandle, I dislike being identified with West Virginia. Whether it is a supposedly Democratic...
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