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Relax Mitt, Just Be Yourself (Guest Voice)
Relax 'Mitt,' Just Be Yourself by Tina Dupuy Mitt Romney's off-the-cuff comments are starting to seem like Barack Obama's bowling: Not good. Kind of spectacularly bad. Kitsch on a kind day. Romney keeps on rolling gutter balls in front of the cameras: "The trees are the right height." "I like being able to fire people." "I'm not concerned about the very poor." "I'm Mitt … [Read more...] about Relax Mitt, Just Be Yourself (Guest Voice)
Liberal White Guilt: The Essence of Tyranny
"The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity". -Jacob Burckhardt One of the reasons the above Liberal White Guilt ad campaign, and other efforts like it, is so excruciatingly bad is that it denies the reality of the biggest group of poor people with bad educations, limited opportunity, and dependency on government benefits in the United States: poor whites, … [Read more...] about Liberal White Guilt: The Essence of Tyranny
Star Power And The Presidency
Americans like their celebrities, their stars of stage and screen…and politics. The analysis of why that is can be left to others. Perhaps it is an inherent societal shallowness or a sense that stardom equates to powerful individuals or leadership. It doesn’t much matter, except to recognize that it exists. We want interesting, charismatic folks to serve as the objects of … [Read more...] about Star Power And The Presidency
Breaking: Commerce Secretary John Bryson resigns
Commerce Secretary John Bryson announced Thursday in a letter to President Obama that he is stepping down from his post, citing a recent seizure and medical leave of absence. Earlier this month, Bryson was cited in a felony hit-and-run car accident in Los Angeles after suffering a seizure while driving. Read more here: … [Read more...] about Breaking: Commerce Secretary John Bryson resigns
Romney Asks Florida Governor to Downplay Good Economic News
If you ever had doubts about how bankrupt politics is from truth this will erase it: There has always been friction between Mitt Romney and certain Republican governors over how best to frame the state of the economy. While the presumptive GOP nominee has argued during his campaign that the recovery is far too slow, the electoral implications for making that case in … [Read more...] about Romney Asks Florida Governor to Downplay Good Economic News
The Incredible Bottomless Congress
Congress is now debating a farm bill. One of its provisions, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, better known as food stamps), is on the cutting block. The reason? As the number of Americans receiving food stamp aid jumped from 26 to 45 million between 2007 and 2011 because of the recession, and the cost to the federal government soared from $30 billion to $78 … [Read more...] about The Incredible Bottomless Congress
Seems Nobody Is Interested In Reading About Mitt Romney
WASHINGTON - People are having trouble keeping two competing thoughts in their heads. That Pres. Obama isn't inspiring to very many anymore, but Mitt Romney is still seen as horribly out of touch and painful to watch on TV. The survey shows Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has yet to repair the damage done to his image during the Republican primary. Thirty-nine … [Read more...] about Seems Nobody Is Interested In Reading About Mitt Romney
Not Only Kids Are Bullied by Kids
Not only kids are bullied by kids. Sometimes adults are bullied by kids. … [Read more...] about Not Only Kids Are Bullied by Kids
The Farce and the Furious
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Iran Twice Threatens to Walk Out of ‘Complicated and Difficult’ Talks (Kommersant, Russia)
On Monday and Tuesday, the latest round of talks between the Iran what is currently being referred to as "the six world powers" took place in Moscow. According to this account of events from Russia's Kommersant, the Iranian delegation punctuated 'difficult and very strained' talks with threats to walk out that never materialized. For Kommersant, reporters Yelena Chernenko … [Read more...] about Iran Twice Threatens to Walk Out of ‘Complicated and Difficult’ Talks (Kommersant, Russia)
We’re Not Greece
. SAN FRANCISCO -- If the United States were still governed under the Articles of Confederation, might California be in the position of Greece, Spain or Italy? After all, California has a major budget crisis and all sorts of difficulties governing itself. Its initiative system allows voters to mandate specific forms of spending and to limit tax increases and also make … [Read more...] about We’re Not Greece
Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 1 (Guest Voice) Reason to Hope: A New Deal for Religion and Science
Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 1 Reason to Hope: A New Deal for Religion and Science by Robert Fuller [The 21st] century will be defined by a debate that will run through the remainder of its decades: religion versus science. Religion will lose. – John McLaughlin, TV talk show host Former priest John McLaughlin is hardly alone in his pessimism about … [Read more...] about Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 1 (Guest Voice) Reason to Hope: A New Deal for Religion and Science
Asses
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Pure Politics
I'm no big fan of Eric Holder - I think a Wall Street lawyer after the economic collapse was a really bad choice for AG. No banksters have been held accountable. That said Representative Darell Issa is a witch hunter - a really vile political hack. A modern day Joseph McCarthy more interested in media face time than truth or justice. Yes. Fast and Furious was a case study … [Read more...] about Pure Politics
If One Birther Argument Doesn’t Convince
If one birther argument doesn't convince, why not just flip it around and create a new conspiracy theory? Question: what about the grassy knoll? … [Read more...] about If One Birther Argument Doesn’t Convince
The Short and Sweet Of Fast and Furious
If you aren't up to speed on the Fast and Furious scandal, I don't blame you. The media was slow to the story, and the Justice Dept has dragged it out for months, but in a nutshell President Obama granted a last minute request by Attorney General Eric Holder to exert executive privilege over Fast and Furious documents to try and head off a contempt vote against Holder by … [Read more...] about The Short and Sweet Of Fast and Furious
Two New Bloomberg Polls Should Cheer Obama
And so the polling see-saw continues: two new Bloomberg polls should cheer President Barack Obama and the Democrats (but not enough to get confident): *Obama seems to be winning the War of the Out of Touchers. He's ahead in a poll and voters consider Romney more out of touch. Barack Obama has opened a significant lead over Mitt Romney in a Bloomberg National Poll that … [Read more...] about Two New Bloomberg Polls Should Cheer Obama
Handicapping The Supreme Court
With the Supreme Court due to rule on the Affordable Care Act either Thursday or Monday I thought I would take some time to do a little handicapping on what the ruling might be. Before I do so I would offer a bit of a cautionary warning. While I have not dealt with the US Supreme Court I have had experience with both state and federal judges. I have found that it is about … [Read more...] about Handicapping The Supreme Court
Institutionalized Misandry
No such thing, right? After recently seeing people give roaring approval to this cartoon, I've decided there's some folks I just can't take reading anymore. Yes, just like some feminists, some men's rights activists are obsessive and over the top and some ought to learn to behave better. But the complete dismissal of the male experience of sexual assault, which is far more … [Read more...] about Institutionalized Misandry