© Clay Bennett Every time it snows, I hear some politician make fun of global warming. But for some reason they are being awfully quiet now. The point is that specific events of unusually warm or cold weather are not necessarily a symptom of climate change (weather is not the same as climate). But the […]
The NY Times has a fascinating inside look at how Super-PACs work, how the Democrats are playing catch-up against the Republicans. And why they have to catch up, even though they at a huge disadvantage. [The disadvantage comes from] the Democratic Party’s greater struggle with its prim self-perception. From the perspective of many Democrats, this […]
© Tom Tomorrow The ironic thing about all this is that we’ve had this fight before. The American Revolution was as much a fight against the original multinational corporations as it was against the British government. After all, one of the most famous events in the run up to the revolution was the Boston Tea […]
Ronald Reagan famously said “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem”. But I think he got it slightly wrong: Romney seems to be making a career of complaining about things he helped cause. So I would claim that Republicans are not the solution to our problem; Republicans are the problem.
A fascinating opinion piece in the Boston Globe really resonated with me. It discusses how Mitt Romney seems to be unwilling to pin himself down on any issue, and even if he sort-of does, he’s willing to change his tune depending on who is paying him to fiddle. From his response to the Supreme Court […]
The Romney campaign draws some Venn Diagrams, proving that they don’t understand how Venn Diagrams work: This is how a Venn Diagram works: Besides, everyone knows why unemployment is still high — Republicans have sabotaged the economy over and over again. They filibustered the American Jobs Act, stonewalled the stimulus, threatened a US default (and […]
Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele repeatedly claimed that 99% of Pennsylvania voters had a photo ID that would allow them to vote. But now that they passed their voter ID law, Aichele’s department did a cross check of the voter registration rolls against the database of people with state ID (typically driver’s licenses). […]
You may not be able to buy justice, but you can buy a few justices. One of the things overlooked in most of the reporting about the Supreme Court’s decision on ObamaCare is that the lead plantiff (and sole source of legal funds) in the case was the National Federation for Independent Businesses (NFIB), which […]
© Matt Bors Not only does the media treat everything as if it were political, it treats politics as a simple horse race. Unfortunately, reality is a bit more complicated. Health care isn’t just a fight between the Republicans and Democrats, it affects people’s lives. You would think that the media would realize that the […]
© Robert Ariail One surprise around the Supreme Court decision upholding ObamaCare is that it was Chief Justice John Roberts who cast the deciding vote, siding with the Liberals on the court instead of the Conservatives. Ironically, the reason he did this is a severe indictment of the conservatives, not just on the Supreme Court, […]
[Tired about all the lies and mischaracterizations being made about ObamaCare? Want to know what the bill actually says and does? Well, someone on Reddit posted a very concise and easy to understand description of the bill. I’m reprinting (most of) it here (he said I could). The same guy is also creating a post […]
“A government with the power to force us to buy health insurance can also force restaurants to serve black people.” – Bruce Bartlett on his Facebook page.
© Ruben Bolling The funny thing is that everyone pretty much knows what the Republicans are trying to do, but for some reason they keep voting for them. Is money really that powerful that it can convince people to vote not only against their own interests, but against the interests of their own country?
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.
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 […]
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