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CNN Takes The Tea Party Express

September 13, 2011

I remember listening last week to Fox radio while driving in my car. The topic at the time was how weak President Obama was for changing the date of his speech to a Joint Session from Wednesday evening, where it conflicted with NBC's GOP candidates debate, to Thursday evening where Obama's speech would be just [...]

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But What About The Children?

August 29, 2011

Cowpoke Governor Rick Perry on Saturday warming up the wingnuts by bashing Social Security… “It is a Ponzi scheme for these young people. The idea that they’re working and paying into Social Security today, that the current program is going to be there for them, is a lie,” Perry said. “It is a monstrous lie [...]

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Failed State?

June 8, 2011

Deregulated mortgage brokers, real estate appraisers, and Wall Street sellers of derivatives and credit default swaps loosely conspired to bring the largest economy in the world to it's knees. The only people punished were average Americans who lost homes and home equity, jobs, health care, retirement savings…and hope. Bogged down over 3 years in a [...]

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Social Security Off The Table?

February 15, 2011

Digby blogged yesterday about President Obama's six principles for reforming Social Security which were included in the president's budget proposal. • Any reform should strengthen Social Security for future generations and restore long-term solvency. • The Administration will oppose any measures that privatize or weaken the Social Security system. • While all measures to strengthen [...]

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Judicial Divisions Threaten Nation

February 2, 2011

U.S District Judge Roger Vinson. Florida federal Judge Vinson's ruling to appease Tea Partiers hopeful of dismantling federal government power…..is found here. The ruling is so radically biased that it even takes the time to please TP'ers by including a silly and inapplicable throwaway comparison to…..wait for it…..the original Boston Tea Partiers. Just what we [...]

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Coming To The Defense Of John Boehner

July 5, 2010

The austerity gods are effing ignorant….or duplicitous…or perhaps both….. From one of the co-chairs of Obama's highly touted, yet still total bullsh*t, Deficit Commission….. Are you willing to recommend cuts to Social Security? ALAN SIMPSON: We’re not going to cut Social Security—we’re going to stabilize it. None of the ideas that have been presented will [...]

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The Long Awaited GOP Ideas

February 5, 2010

During the health care "debate", many Republicans rose to their feet, grabbed the nearest megaphone, and shouted that Democrats were threatening Medicare. Those collectivist Democrats, if one was to believe Republicans, were going to "eliminate services" for seniors on Medicare. At least that's what "real Americans" like ex-governor Sarah Palin and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley [...]

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Lies Main Media Want You To Believe

February 22, 2009

Villager offering yesterday about Social Security, this time from Ceci Connelly and Lori Montgomery of the Washington Post…. It starts off with a small lie…. First as a senator and then as president, Obama has presided over the fastest, largest outlay of federal money since World War II. Over the past 12 months, the government [...]

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