Category: politics

70% of Tea Partiers oppose Ryan plan?

How lethal is the Ryan budget plan? 80% of voters oppose Medicare Phase-Out and 70% of Tea Partiers oppose it. In fact, the poll in question doesn’t even refer to full Medicare Phase-Out. It only refers to “cuts”. From How Lethal? | Talking Points Memo Tea party sticks to its guns in opposing a government take over of… Continue reading 70% of Tea Partiers oppose Ryan plan?

Let’s Not Be Civil

Whenever there’s something the G.O.P. doesn’t like — say, environmental protection — Heritage can be counted on to produce a report, based on no economic model anyone else recognizes, claiming that this policy would cause huge job losses. Correspondingly, whenever there’s something Republicans want, like tax cuts for the wealthy or for corporations, Heritage can… Continue reading Let’s Not Be Civil

Evangelical Liberty University received half a billion dollars in federal aid money – War Room – Salon.com

Liberty University, the evangelical private Christian school founded by dead apartheid-supporting bigot Jerry Falwell, received $445 million in federal financial aid money last year. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, by the way, received $420 million from the federal government. From War Room – Salon.com Any tea party members going after money that goes to unaccredited bible colleges? 

Shocker: Tea Party Congress members take tons of farm subsidies

Shocker: Anti-government activists are all welfare queens! But they accept the “wealthy white person” version of welfare, which is “farm subsidies.” (The “wealthy white person” version of welfare is also lots of other subsidies and tax credits and government spending.) From Salon.com Anyone surprised? Aparently taking money from 21st century economies in the Blue States… Continue reading Shocker: Tea Party Congress members take tons of farm subsidies

The Limits of First Principles

You could have the government do nothing, which would mean there are no exclusive spectrum licenses and everything is wide open. Or you could have the government marketize everything, which would mean you auction everything off to exclusive owners. But either way, that would be a choice and in making the choice you’d be “managing”… Continue reading The Limits of First Principles

NPR’s Misleadingly Edited Version Of O’Keefe Interview

National Public Radio’s “On The Media” gave conservative provocateur James O’Keefe a taste of his own medicine by employing the “black arts of broadcast editing” to create an “utterly dishonest impression” of his views. From NPR O’Keefes James O’Keefe With Misleadingly Edited Version Of Interview (AUDIO) | TPMMuckraker Shout the lies, whisper the corrections. This… Continue reading NPR’s Misleadingly Edited Version Of O’Keefe Interview

Is Thomas F. Steyer the anti-Koch?

For years, Mr. Steyer, a billionaire San Francisco hedge fund manager, assiduously maintained a low profile while becoming a major donor to Democratic candidates. That changed in 2010 when he led the successful fight to defeat Proposition 23, a California ballot measure backed by two Texas oil companies and a company controlled by Charles G.… Continue reading Is Thomas F. Steyer the anti-Koch?

Michele Bachmann Refuses to Walk Back Gangster Government Comments

Well, I said I do believe that actions that have been taken by this White House, I don’t take back my statement on gangster government. I think that there have been– actions that have been taken by this government that I think are corrupt From Video Cafe Whenever I hear people compare government to organized… Continue reading Michele Bachmann Refuses to Walk Back Gangster Government Comments

Clinton Sees An Early Payoff of U.S. Debt

Mr. Clinton, in an announcement from the White House, called on Republican leaders in Congress to “put politics aside and join me” in a budget proposal that would pay off dollars 3.6 trillion in debt by 2013. This, he said, would leave the United States debt-free for the first time since 1835. “What we’re doing… Continue reading Clinton Sees An Early Payoff of U.S. Debt