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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Late Night Political Humor

“Donald Trump said he can’t make a final decision about whether he will run for president or not until this season of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ is over. Which is maybe the best excuse from a guy who might run for the presidency ever — I am unable to decide on whether or not I will run […]

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“It’s a good deal, but some poor people remain oddly unfucked”

Want a quick update on the budget wars? Or just surprised that the government didn’t shut down after all? Jon Stewart explains it for you:

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Welfare for the Rich

Just go read Matt Taibbi’s new article “The Real Housewives of Wall Street“. Do it now. If you don’t read it, then you should lose your right to complain about any government spending. The article details how the Fed has given out more than a trillion dollars in welfare to the rich. Free money, but […]

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The Result of Gridlock?

Ironically, if Congress does absolutely nothing, it will mostly solve the deficit crisis. Mainly because Bush’s tax cuts will expire automatically at the end of next year.

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Tortured Rule of Law

Obama taught constitutional law in Chicago, and campaigned on making respect for the rule of law one of the cornerstones of his presidency. He also promised to end the excesses of the Bush administration’s war on terrorism and increase government transparency. And yet, his actions say otherwise. His administration has gone after whistleblowers with a […]

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Not Intended to Be a Factual Statement

Even Stephen Colbert falls out of character and cracks up laughing: Colbert followed up by tweeting more statements not intended to be factual: Jon Kyl actually prefers Hydrox to Oreos. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl = ax2 + bx + c #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl developed his own line of hair care products just so he could test […]

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Is this what they mean by “exploratory committee”?

© Tom Toles He could look here!

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Late Night Political Humor

“We’re heading for a government shutdown. This is serious. Without the government who will fail to inspect our airplanes? Who will fail to secure our borders? Who will put us 14 trillion dollars in debt?” – Jay Leno “If Congress can’t agree on a budget by midnight Friday, the government will shut down. Democrats are […]

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I kinda like the old Romney

Mitt Romney announced today that he taking the first step in a run for the presidency. Interestingly, his announcement came in the form of a video. I think any time he states his positions during the Republican primary, we should examine how they compare to his life-long held positions. Luckily, we have an earlier video […]

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Language is a Virus

© Tom Tomorrow Exhibit A is Paul Ryan’s Republican Budget Proposal, which destroys Medicare as we know it, defunds organizations that tend to support Democrats, and increases the deficit by giving even more tax cuts to the wealthy.

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The Republican Con of Senior Citizens

When my mother became senile and we took over her finances, we discovered that she had been repeatedly conned by companies whose sole business seemed to be preying on the weaknesses of seniors. One company was pulling money directly out of her checking account for “magazine subscriptions” that were more expensive than if she were […]

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Political Theater

© Lee Judge Republicans are trying to defund any organization that tends to favor Democrats: labor unions (except those that support Republicans, like police unions), Planned Parenthood, NPR, teachers, the poor, etc.

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Late Night Political Humor

“Barack Obama has finally thrown his turban into the ring. So far the Republican field looks like a bunch of guys responding to a Craigslist ad for a free couch.” – Stephen Colbert “The White House said that President Obama will not focus on full-time campaigning for a long time. Yeah, he wants to wait […]

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For This They Threatened to Shut Down the Government?

The latest showdown between Obama and the Republicans was over an extremely small amount of funding for Planned Parenthood. The Republicans couldn’t help turning it into a red meat issue, screaming that they didn’t want the government paying for abortions. This was, of course, complete and utter nonsense. The government is already prohibited from paying […]

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Do we need a 20% Tax Cut?

To anyone who still believes the nonsense that cutting taxes for the rich will stimulate job creation or the economy, Politico points out that between the year 2000 and 2009, the real amount that people pay in taxes went down by 20%. That’s right, we cut taxes significantly, and what happened? Are we now awash […]

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