In Which ?

I read the various liberal blogs such as Hullabaloo and BooMan, I am left with the following thought, “It’s not if we are going to get screwed, it is just what orifice are they going to use?”

That Is Not Part Of Their Plan

McClatchy has this piece up. Lawmakers trying to reach a deal on spending cuts in order to raise the nation’s debt ceiling risk causing serious economic harm if they cut government programs too much in the near term, economists warn. Anyone who has been paying attention knows that it is NOT in the RepubliKKKans best [...]

Another Tide of Rising Expectations

During my undergrad years, I had a wonderful history professor, who while being rather left-wing, had the ability to bring history alive.  Truth be told, fifteen years prior, we were on opposite sides of the social equation.  I was career military.  I believed in the Viet Nam War and what the government said.  The prof [...]

Maybe I Was Hasty

On second thought, maybe I was a little hasty in my last post. Here is an anecdotal example of where a competent person who lacks supervisory experience can have difficulty with a common task. Mr. Chief broke her right leg in April of this year.  The cast was removed on 20 July, nine days ago.  [...]

I’ve Been Harping

on this for two years.  Or at least since the Dawn Johnson nomination was left to twist in the wind. From McClatchy: Does Obama’s inaction stem from his assessment that the United States is an ungovernable cauldron of uncompromising blue state/red state loyalties? Is his lack of leadership on the debt ceiling a political calculation [...]

Is There No Fight

If you fight a battle that you “know” you will lose, well the worst that can happen, even while losing, is to extract a few concessions from the winner. That is why this attitude disappoints me.  Again from BooMan: The White House long ago conceded that the House of Representatives has the power to compel [...]

Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy. This little piece by BooMan pretty well sums up the Rs in the House. There is just a deep, deep strain of crazy that’s developed within the Republican culture. The debate that’s going on amongHouse Republicans right now is so disconnected from reality. They’re debating whether they need to vote for Boehner’s bill because they’re [...]

Roseanne

I record and then watch at least part of Democracy Now with Amy Goodman every day.  On Monday, 25 Jul the only guest to appear was Roseanne Barr. The forty minute segment was not enough except to whet my appetite. Well, that appetite may be satisfied as “If you were wondering where Roseanne Barr had [...]

Are We Heading There?

Fascism – a radical, authoritarian nationalist political ideology. (according to Wilipedia) Over at Rense.com I find this interesting piece titled Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism.  It is an interesting read.  I will list a few to give you an idea, but you really need to read them all. 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Fascist [...]

I Did Not Cause This Problem

I was not involved in the repeal of Glass-Steagall.  My name is not Senator Gramm a Republican from Texas. I did not slice & dice mortgages nor did I set a criminally low tax rate for billionaire hedge fund managers. In short, “I did not cause this problem.” And me and other retired seniors and [...]