© Chan Lowe Mitt Romney has a personal wealth that is larger than the most recent eight presidents (Nixon to Obama) combined. Times two.
Republicans have repeatedly made a big deal out of voter registration fraud, but actual voter fraud (illegal votes rather than just registration) is relatively rare. But it seems like Republicans are working to change that too. The top elections official in Indiana, Secretary of State Charlie White, was convicted of six felony charges related to […]
Saturday, February 4, 2012
“Over the weekend, Herman Cain announced that he is endorsing Newt Gingrich. Well sure, adulterers like to stick together. You never know when you need an alibi. You cover for me, I’ll cover for you.” – Jay Leno “Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement from Herman Cain. It’s not unlike getting Carrot Top’s endorsement for […]
Saturday, February 4, 2012
I’m sure most of you have heard all about the recent kerfuffle between the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation and Planned Parenthood. This episode will likely be used in business schools in the future as an example of how not to do something. But there are a couple of take-home messages for all […]
Saturday, February 4, 2012
© Ted Rall In the future, the only campaigning politicians will do is asking large corporate donors for money.
Last week, new guidelines from the US Department of Transportation went into effect regarding advertising of airfares. The guidelines are designed to get rid of widespread deceptive practices in the transportation industry, most notably the practice of advertising impossibly cheap airfares and then tacking on huge mandatory fees just before you pay. It had gotten […]
“Everyone got what they wanted this week; liberals got a home run State of the Union from their President of the United States and conservatives got Heidi Klum back from Seal.” – Bill Maher “There was another Republican debate in Florida tonight. What is left to know about these candidates? Is someone going to confess […]
© Ed Stein [plus commentary from Ed Stein] In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Nick Carraway observes that “the rich are different from you and me.” Mitt Romney’s tax returns confirm it. The rich have access to deductions, evasions, loopholes and favorable rates we working stiffs can only dream of. The absurd truth is […]
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t said anything about Mitt Romney’s recent gaffe, where he said he didn’t care about the poor. That’s because despite his rather poor choice of words (pun intended), what he was really trying to say was that it is the middle class he really cares about. The […]
Thursday, February 2, 2012
An interesting opinion piece in the New York Times predicts that a little known provision of the health care reform act will mean that American health insurance companies will go the way of the dinosaurs by the year 2020. The provision in question sets up Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), which are paid not for preforming […]
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Romney debates himself: It is going to be a very interesting presidential election. UPDATE: CNN, CNBC, and others have forced the removal of this video from YouTube, despite the fact that it is clearly fair use. This really pisses me off.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
© Clay Bennett As expected, Mitt Romney won the Republican primary in Florida by 14 percentage points. Gingrich did not offer any congratulations to Romney, and vowed to fight on. At this point, I’m officially losing interest.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
“A new website just came out that’s designed to calculate how long it takes Mitt Romney to earn your salary. So from now on, whenever Mitt Romney is running late, he can call there and say, ‘I’ll be there in five teachers.’” – Conan O’Brien “What’s interesting is in the time it took you to […]
