Think this is overstating the issue? Well, listen to Suze Orman explain how banks are completely screwing students: If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that somebody doesn’t want anyone other than the rich to get a higher education. UPDATE: Daily Kos published this same infographic, along with links to further information and raw data.
Mitt Romney is now comfortable contradicting himself in the same statement. Today, after the Supreme Court ruling on the ACA (ObamaCare), Romney said: Obamacare raises taxes on the American people by approximately $500 billion. Obamacare cuts Medicare — cuts Medicare by approximately $500 billion. And even with those cuts and tax increases, Obamacare adds trillions […]
One of my favorite sites, electoral-vote.com has a good history of Health Care reform in the US, which they printed before the Supreme Court decision was announced. Here’s an extended quote: President Harry Truman tried and failed in 1945. President Lyndon Johnson, the master of the Senate, twisted enough arms and other body parts to […]
I am very happy that the Supreme Court upheld the ACA (ObamaCare). Although it was a close decision (5-4, with the conservatives wanting to overturn the entire law, not just the individual mandate). Interestingly, the swing vote in this case was Chief Justice John Roberts, not Anthony Kennedy (who typically plays that role). Ironically, even […]
© Scott Bateman Transcript of Romney’s remarks: This is so much fun. It’s so much fun running for president, I gotta tell ya. It is fun being here with you. This is kind of historic, you know that? To all be together on a, on a morning like this and uh, to be in the […]
I love it when the media actually does their job. Fortune Magazine investigated the whole “Fast and Furious” scandal. You know, the one where Republicans are accusing ATF of allowing guns to be sold to Mexican drug cartels, two of which guns were used to kill border patrol agent Brian Terry. I knew something didn’t […]
“The Supreme Court has decided not to fine broadcast networks for fleeting expletives or momentary nudity. It looks like ‘Wheel of Fortune’ is about to get a lot more interesting.” – Conan O’Brien “Today the Supreme Court ruled that TV networks can show momentary nudity. So, by popular demand, ‘The View’ is now a radio […]
© Tom Tomorrow Why is it that it is ok to say the words “penis”, “erection”, “erectile dysfunction”, but not the word “vagina”? A study of the use of the words “penis” and “vagina” on network television (counting scripted shows only) found that the word “penis” was used 116 times in the 2010-2011 season, but […]
What the Republicans said three months ago when gas prices rose above $4/gallon: Mitt Romney, March 18, 2012: “He gets full credit or blame for what’s happened in this economy, and what’s happened to gasoline prices under his watch, and what’s happened to our schools, and what’s happened to our military forces. All these things […]
“There is a record heat wave back east, close to 100 degrees in New York City. The temperatures are higher than President Obama was in high school.” – Jay Leno “Obama campaign unveils new ad to target Hispanics. It’s basically the president saying, ‘Yo soy el hombre who killed Osama bin Laden’.” – Conan O’Brien […]
[reprinted from The Onion.] Americans Pool Together $945.23 To Counteract Corporate Money’s Influence In Politics WASHINGTON — Spurred into action by the surge of Super PAC donations ahead of November’s general election, the American people this week collectively managed to raise $945.23 to offset the influence of corporate spending on politics. “Today we take a […]
© Garry Trudeau To me, the big question is: does Mitt Romney realize the difference between running Bain Capital and running the country? He got bored even running the State of Massachusetts, or maybe it just didn’t make him enough money.
[reprinted from the Booman Tribune] I think Mitt Romney broke his own recored for telling the most lies this week. I don’t think Steve Benen even had to try that hard to find 30 enormous whoppers. Most of them have to do with statistics and the budget. Some just grossly mischaracterize what the president has […]
(did I say billions? I meant trillions) Dubya threw money at the banksters. Obama threw even more money at the banksters. We were told we “had to do it” or our economy would collapse. And that all that money we threw at the banks would trickle down to us. Hah! We fell for that one […]
Michael Tomasky has an interesting article about the biography of Mitt Romney, and the ironic fact that the life of the man who might end up our next president is almost completely a liability — his childhood, his career, his faith, even his mostly undistinguished stint as governor. It seems like the only thing that […]
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