The Raytown farmer who posted a sign on a semi-truck trailer accusing Democrats of being the Party of Parasites received more than $1 million in federal crop subsidies since 1995. From Missouri farmer calls Democrats “party of parasites” This doesn’t surprise me one bit. In practice most people use terms like Socialism, Fascism etc to… Continue reading Missouri farmer calls Democrats “party of parasites”
Category: politics
Dr. Paul: Not board-certified
Libertarian ideology rejects most of the modern regulatory systems that protect consumers, because everyone should be responsible for determining whether the hamburger contains E. coli on his own. But does that do-it-yourself dogma apply to the regulation of medicine, too? If you’re Dr. Rand Paul, practicing ophthalmologist, the answer is emphatically yes. From Dr. Paul:… Continue reading Dr. Paul: Not board-certified
Evolution – Eschaton
Evolution We don’t torture. Enhanced interrogation is not torture. A few bad apples tortured. Expert interrogators tortured. The president ordered torture and he’d do it again. From Eschaton by Atrios Nothing more needs to be said.
The Principles of Rand Paul
No ideology survives the collision with real-world politics perfectly intact. General principles have to bend to accommodate the complexities of history, and justice is sometimes better served by compromise than by zealous intellectual consistency. This was all that Rand Paul needed to admit, after his victory in Kentuckys Republican Senate primary, when NPR and Rachel… Continue reading The Principles of Rand Paul
My Country, Tis of Me
What is most irksome about the Tea Party Patriots is their expropriation of the word patriot, with the implication that if you disagree with them, youre not a patriot, or at least youre less patriotic than they are. Without getting all ask-notty about it, I think a movement labeling itself patriotic should have some obligation… Continue reading My Country, Tis of Me
Paul Krugman calls out Cantor on budget cuts
The real story here is that the sums involved are ludicrously trivial; eliminating everything on Cantors list would amount to a rounding error on federal spending. … The truth is that it has always been like this. Ever since Reagan, the conservative approach has been to talk about the need for smaller government, but refuse… Continue reading Paul Krugman calls out Cantor on budget cuts
Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office
A four-month investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney found no evidence that the local ACORN office had engaged in any criminal conduct, despite the hype conservative media gave to tapes of a fake prostitute asking for help from the organization. From Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office – War Room – Salon.com The whole ACORN… Continue reading Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office
System FAIL
“GOP member: ‘I’d like this in the bill.’ "Dem member response: ‘If we put it in, will you vote for the bill?’"GOP member: ‘You know I can’t vote for the bill.’ "Dem member: ‘Then why should we put it in the bill?’ From System FAIL – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan This is… Continue reading System FAIL
One odd thing about health care reform
If people are against the health care bill because it is too progressive, why did it get less popular as it got less progressive? And why is the version of the bill with the public option more popular than the bill without it? If people are upset that it does too far, shouldn’t it have… Continue reading One odd thing about health care reform
the spending freeze
In his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama will unveil a three-year freeze on non-military discretionary spending, according to a senior administration official. The spending freeze is exactly what the GOP has been asking for. So what do you think are the chances that they will be positive about this? What are… Continue reading the spending freeze