Sarah Palin Movie Debuts to Empty Theater in Orange County
And this is in GOP Stronghold Orange County. Reagan country.
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Sarah Palin Movie Debuts to Empty Theater in Orange County
And this is in GOP Stronghold Orange County. Reagan country.
H/T: Lowy Interpreter From American Politics in a Single Graph
I think the GOP won this round. They got to push the odious by necessary task of extending the debt ceiling to Obama and can not stand on the sidelines and complain loudly. And this is all they want to do anyway. They are like arsonists complaining about the shoddy work the fire fighters are… Continue reading GOP Victory on Debt Ceiling
Jose Ranye, 37, bragged he’s the best picker in Americus, the largest community near the farm. His whirling hands filled one bucket in 25 seconds. He said he dumped about 200 buckets of cucumbers before lunch, meaning he earned roughly $20 an hour. He expected to double his tickets before the end of the day.… Continue reading we have turned good workers into criminals and turned criminals into bad workers
The fact that this kind of thing doesn’t seem to prompt much in the way of outrage from the very same people who are scandalized by increased regulation of light bulbs tells you a lot about American politics. For one thing, there are several giant industries willing and eager to put up lots of money… Continue reading Michigan Woman Faces Jail Time For Vegetable Garden
This video of Krugman on Keynes is worth watching.
here’s an unprofessional speculation: maybe it’s personal. Maybe the president just doesn’t like the kind of people who tell him counterintuitive things, who say that the government is not like a family, that it’s not right for the government to tighten its belt when Americans are tightening theirs, that unemployment is not caused by lack… Continue reading The Obama-Keynes Mystery
A normal Republican Party would seize the opportunity to put a long-term limit on the growth of government. It would seize the opportunity to put the country on a sound fiscal footing. It would seize the opportunity to do these things without putting any real crimp in economic growth. The party is not being asked… Continue reading David Brooks realizes GOP no longer a “normal” political party
Former President Bill Clinton lit into Republican efforts in several states to pass new restrictions on voting, comparing the measures to the oppressive Jim Crow laws of the past. From TPMDC Someone had to say it.
Mr. Biggs, former chief global strategist for U.S. investment banking powerhouse Morgan Stanley, demanded the U.S. government temporarily return to ideas used in the Great Depression as a way to get the country back to higher growth. “What the U.S. really needs is a massive infrastructure program … similar to the WPA back in the… Continue reading Hedge Fund Hippies