I can’t help it. I’m posting too many clips from Jon Stewart, but he seems to be the last sane person standing during the debt ceiling debacle:
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
© Jen Sorensen How did the world end up upside-down?
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
I haven’t posted anything by Keith Olbermann for a while, but this rant of his on the debt compromise is really good:
James Warren has an excellent article in The Atlantic “Get Over It: This Is Who Obama Is“, which provides a reality check for those who are mad at Obama about the debt ceiling deal (even though it was written before the deal was done). Those people (I’m looking at you, progressives) who are angry at […]
[This post was written by David Freeman, one of our readers, about the Debt Ceiling compromise.] The Three Compromises That Proved It Is Folly To Negotiate With The Devil The Compromise of 1790 prevented (for a time) Civil War. The Compromise of 1820 (The Missouri Compromise) again delayed Civil War. The Compromise of 1850 delayed […]
This pretty much sums up what the world thinks of us right now: © KAL
Believe it or not, Public Policy Polling conducted a survey where they asked people “If God exists, do you approve or disapprove of its performance?” You’ll be relieved to hear that 52% approve of the job that God is doing. Only 9% disapproved. The rest were not sure or didn’t answer. If that seems like […]
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© Steve Breen Are the bookies taking bets yet on whether the US will default? I’m not sure I see a way to an agreement in time.
Much of our current stalemate in Congress is due to the anti-tax pledge created by Grover Norquist, who believes that even closing crazy tax loopholes for large corporations is a tax increase. © August Pollak
Civil war is breaking out between the more moderate, responsible Republicans and the “Tea Party” Republicans over the debt ceiling debate. Today, John McCain stood up on the Senate floor and accused conservatives of “deceiving” (i.e., lying) to their constituents and called their position “bizarro”. Even worse, House Republicans today called for the firing of […]
On his show, Bill O’Reilly takes strong exception to calling Anders Behring-Breivik, the man who has admitted to mass murder in Norway, a Christian (even though Breivik calls himself a Christian). According to O’Reilly “Breivik is not a Christian. That’s impossible. No one beliving in Jesus commits mass murder.” I just have one thing to […]
I didn’t think the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations could get any more bizarre. The Democrats now are to the right of the Republicans, but they must have missed each other in passing because they still can’t agree. Unbelievable.
© Lee Judge I guess the only freedom that matters to some people is the freedom to consume. UPDATE: And no, the government did not ban incandescent light bulbs.
Two articles give potential solutions to some of our political problems. Both attempt to limit, or at least modify, the power of our currently gridlocked political parties. In the New York Times is an article “Make Way for the Radical Center” that talks about a new startup called “Americans Elect” that is attempting to use […]
I get annoyed any time some pundit trots out the statistic that the corporate tax rate in the US is higher than most countries. The actual tax rate is not very meaningful when there are plenty of ways to shelter corporate income from taxes. Indeed, the US has one of the lowest effective tax rates […]
