Jonathan Bernstein says this is not a recommendation for Weiner just now: As far as constituents are concerned, that's where I get to the Gramm example. Phil Gramm was a Democratic Member of the House from Texas. During the first years of the Reagan presidency, Speaker Tip O'Neill believed that Gramm, a member of the budget committee, had betrayed Democrats through a series of … [Read more...] about NOT A Recommendation For Weiner
Revolving Door Alert: Evan Bayh
Will the Internet turn its collective attention away from Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and his Twitter blooper and pay attention to the all-too-regular Beltway Revolving Door? The latest participant: former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), who has signed on with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to travel the nation with former President George W. Bush White House chief of staff Andy Card, … [Read more...] about Revolving Door Alert: Evan Bayh
CURRENT WOES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REPUBLICANS
The nation’s economy is stagnant and many think it may tank again. The official high unemployment masks the even higher "unofficial" one most Americans see. The President appears to be out-of-touch with reality and continues to act as a tool of Wall Street. There is low voter approval for the Incumbent and most Democratic policies. With all this news, Republicans should be … [Read more...] about CURRENT WOES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REPUBLICANS
Jon Stewart’s Weiner Roast
Turns out the Congressman is not just a Weiner but, in the parlance of our people (his, mine and Jon Stewart’s), a “schmuck,” the difference between the male member as metaphor for “stupid, foolish, or detestable” or simply clueless, as the euphemism for a smaller organ his surname suggests. Then again, he may now have earned the highest rank in the Yiddish lexicon of penile … [Read more...] about Jon Stewart’s Weiner Roast
Rich Nations Try to ‘Dine with the Wolf and Cry with the Shepherd’ (El Khabar, Algeria)
Are offers of Western aid to the Arab revolutions a shell game designed to benefit the world's wealthiest nations at the expense of Arabs demanding freedom and justice? Columnist H. Sulayman of Algeria's El Khabar writes that the G8 countries are pretending to side with Arab peoples after decades of taking benefit from their oppression. For Algeria's El Khabar, columnist H. … [Read more...] about Rich Nations Try to ‘Dine with the Wolf and Cry with the Shepherd’ (El Khabar, Algeria)
Yankee Sanctions on Venezuela ‘Wound Dignity of Latin America’ (Aporrea, Venezuela)
Washington's decision to impose sanctions on Venezuela's state oil company for doing business with Iran have triggered fury in the Latin American Left. Tomas Borge, the last living founder of Nicaragua's Sandanista National Liberation Front, writes for Aporrea that the sanctions are just an old trick of the 'Yankee Empire', and that Venezuela has just as much a right to … [Read more...] about Yankee Sanctions on Venezuela ‘Wound Dignity of Latin America’ (Aporrea, Venezuela)
The Self Destruction and Collateral Damage of Anthony Weiner
So much for New York’s Rep. Anthony Weiner: it’s “buh- bye” to his blossoming career as a TV star, his self-depreciating jokes about his name that “killed” before roaring-with-amusement crowds, his hope to be New York City’s next mayor, his role as a high-profile Democratic Party surrogate and probably his House seat. So much for New York’s Rep. Anthony Weiner: it’s “buh- … [Read more...] about The Self Destruction and Collateral Damage of Anthony Weiner
Ecuador’s ‘El Oriente’: Will It Be Another Paradise Lost?
Some of the most idyllic and memorable times of my early youth are the days and weeks I spent in the late 1940s with my parents and sister in the Oriente of my native Ecuador. The Oriente is Ecuador's magnificent jungle region on the East side of the majestic Andes Mountains. It is the beginning of the Amazon rain forest basin -- some parts still pristine -- and one of the … [Read more...] about Ecuador’s ‘El Oriente’: Will It Be Another Paradise Lost?
Yes, We Still All Have Equal Rights When It Comes To Sleeping Under A Bridge
The other day on Public Radio a conservative economist was interviewed about the federal budget battle now going on in Washington. He was asked the usual questions and gave the usual answers. Until, that is, he was asked whether he didn't think that the rich should share the sacrifices that deep program cuts would impose on the poor. His answer to this question blew me … [Read more...] about Yes, We Still All Have Equal Rights When It Comes To Sleeping Under A Bridge
Dirty Weiner Tweets (Cartoon)
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Rethinking College and Work in the Future
I wrote a TMV post on 4/22/11 "Who Needs an Education Anymore" wherein I questioned the value of a college education in the 21st Century. Many other people have been thinking along the same lines for even longer, and in greater depth and clarity. An excellent post on this topic was published today by long-time blogger Charles Hugh Smith on his very informative and … [Read more...] about Rethinking College and Work in the Future
Ed Shultz to Weiner: Resign Now
I have often been critical of Shultz for his hyper partisan attitude but I have to give credit that he's calling out one of his own. Admittedly he may be doing so in this case for equally partisan reasons (IE Weiner is hurting his cause) but fairness demands I acknowledge the statement. Click here to watch the video courtesy of RCP … [Read more...] about Ed Shultz to Weiner: Resign Now
Weiner Scandal Goes Wide and Gets Wild
WASHINGTON - The tabloid plot thickens today, with TMZ jumping in to offer their version, taking over the National Enquirer role in a political scandal that late night comics like David Letterman aren't about to stop using. Rep. Weiner has failed the Jack Ryan politics 101 survival test: “Give them no place to go, nothing to report, no story.” It's the art of political … [Read more...] about Weiner Scandal Goes Wide and Gets Wild
One Reason for Poverty: Mental Burnout
Why are there so many poor, unemployed, uneducated and socially dysfunctional people in the U.S. – once the undisputed wealthiest and most advanced nation on earth? The U.S. has a huge number of demoralized, disengaged, and disheartened people. The recent economic news is nothing to celebrate when it may indicate a deeper economic and political crisis to come. On an … [Read more...] about One Reason for Poverty: Mental Burnout
Howcum The Powerful Sometimes Can’t Help But Help Themselves To The Help?
MR. WEINER, WERE YOU EVER FULLY ERECT? ~ Question shouted at press conference The recent falls of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominic Strauss-Kahn from their lofty perches and the imminent fall of Anthony Weiner from his begs the question as to why people who have everything -- money, power and prestige -- can't kept their hands off the help, whether they be secretaries, … [Read more...] about Howcum The Powerful Sometimes Can’t Help But Help Themselves To The Help?
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Romney Beats Economy Battered Obama
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll has a double whammy of bad news for President Barack Obama: (1) He is being politically battered by the economy and (2) former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now leads him in the poll: An announcement bump for Mitt Romney and a bus-tour boost for Sarah Palin put the pair atop the field for the Republican presidential nomination. … [Read more...] about ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Romney Beats Economy Battered Obama
“If you’re not famous…be thankful”
That's the title of this admittedly Christian and, I hope, charitable, take on what's come to be called Weinergate. … [Read more...] about “If you’re not famous…be thankful”
Quote of the Day: On the Mood of the Republican Party
Our political Quote of the Day comes from The New Republic's Walter Shapiro on the current mood in the Republican Party: As write-in queen Lisa Murkowski can testify, social media can be serve as a powerful tool for organizing brigades of pencil-pushing voters willing to make electoral history. Of course, the current none-of-the-above mood among many Republican … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: On the Mood of the Republican Party
Men Will Be Boys (Guest Voice)
Men Will Be Boys by Martha Randolph Carr Rep. Anthony Weiner, (D, NY) has admitted that the Tweeted photo of himself in the tidy whities is actually him. Apparently, there are other images of a shirtless Weiner sent to another young woman that have recently surfaced as well. Putting a face to the first image seems to have caught Weiner in his lies. There is an element to … [Read more...] about Men Will Be Boys (Guest Voice)
In the Mean Time (Guest Voice)
In The Mean Time by Hart Williams Horny makes you stupid. If you didn't know that, I salute you for your lack of libido and mind-altering hormones. I spent ten years in LA's porn underground, and so sexting and tweeting "raunchy" photos doesn't really do it for me. There's not much that I haven't seen, or that affects me with that visceral "ick" factor that seems the … [Read more...] about In the Mean Time (Guest Voice)