Skip to content

Category Archives: Politics

Fighting back in Great Britain

Monday, December 13, 2010

Last week I had jury duty. While we were in the “jury assembly room” we were, of course, subjected to the inevitable television, which appears to be the chief method used in this country to tranquilize people in waiting rooms. I suppose I should be thankful that we were spared the almost inevitable Fox channel. […]

Also filed in | | Comments (0)

Well, at least that’s over

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

We knew it would be brutal, but now that it’s over we can simply begin to reconcile ourselves to the fact that our country has collectively committed itself to continued economic decline, corporate rule, global climate degradation, and denial of science and reason. So it goes. We here in Connecticut can take cold comfort from […]

Also filed in Democrats, Local issues | | Comments (0)

This time, let the banks fail.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Friend Matt Berger has been sending links to multiple articles, such as this, on the foreclosure moratorium situation. It’s interesting that the banks, the press, and Obama’s people are pushing the meme that the law should not get in the way of the banks attempts to foreclose on mortgages which, in many cases, they may […]

Also filed in Economics | | Comments (0)

A bit more on Himes

Monday, September 20, 2010

Last week I wrote about the coming Democratic cave on the Bush tax cuts, and, among other things, I criticized Jim Himes for coming out in support of maintaining said tax cuts. I actually got a comment, the relevant portion of which reads as follows: Himes is in a difficult position when you look at […]

Also filed in Economics | | Comments (1)

Defending Social Security Disability

Monday, September 13, 2010

My friend Matt Berger passed on a link to an article at Slate by James Ledbetter called America’s Hidden Welfare Program, about the Social Security Disability Program. The program, according to Ledbetter, is a welfare program that encourages people not to work. Now, let us stipulate that I have a financial stake in this, as […]

Also filed in | | Comments (2)

Stupid or uninformed?

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Currently David Vitter, a/k/a Diaper Man, is leading his Democratic opponent in the Louisiana Senate Race. One would think that a family values guy who frequents prostitutes would be having a tough go of it, but apparently his criminal activity hasn’t made much of a dent, either on the law enforcement community or with the […]

Also filed in | | Comments (0)

Congressional progressives take a pre-emptive stand

Saturday, September 4, 2010

The Progressive Caucus is about to let President Obama know that they won’t co-operate if his phony deficit commission tries to gut social security: Democrats led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Raul Grijalva are drawing a line in the sand before the White House’s fiscal commission: If your report recommends cuts or other changes to […]

Also filed in | | Comments (0)

Time for some leadership

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Obama should fire Alan Simpson. It is rather incredible that he would have put someone on his deficit commission (a/k/a Catfood Commission) who had such a patently reactionary agenda, but it really is part of a pattern. The irritating thing about this “bi-partisan”, Pete Peterson dominated commission is that it is solely a creature of […]

Also filed in Economics, Obama | | Comments (0)

The Filibuster Redux

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

One of my right wing commenters (I always have one) posted a comment in response to my recommendation that we, one and all, sign Kos’s petition to end the filibuster. The comment was to the effect that you need 67 votes to change the filibuster rule. Kos isn’t stupid, and if he thought you needed […]

Also filed in | | Comments (3)

Irony free zone

Friday, July 30, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen are on the attack against Wikileaks, particularly its founder Julian Assange. While they are unable to point to any specific deleterious effect of the leaks (other than the exposure of the morass in which we find ourselves), they nonetheless are claiming that he has blood on his […]

Also filed in | | Comments (0)