tea party logic

Yanked from crooks and liars. I’d really like to ask the woman holding the Cut Taxes not Defense sign one simple question. What do you think pays for our socialist, public sector funded army?

China Far Outpaces U.S. in Building Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants

But largely missing in the hand-wringing is this: China has emerged in the past two years as the world’s leading builder of more efficient, less polluting coal power plants, mastering the technology and driving down the cost. While the United States is still debating whether to build a more efficient kind of coal-fired power plant… Continue reading China Far Outpaces U.S. in Building Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants

A Short Citizen’s Guide to Kooks, Demagogues, and Right-Wingers On Tax Day

No one likes to pay taxes, so tax day typically attracts a range of right-wing Republicans, kooks, and demagogues, all of whom tell us how awful we have it. Herewith a short citizen’s guide (that is, a citizen’s guide that’s short rather than a guide for short citizens) responding to the predictable charges: From A… Continue reading A Short Citizen’s Guide to Kooks, Demagogues, and Right-Wingers On Tax Day