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An implied confession

Thursday, July 12, 2012

  It seems many Republicans are upset about the fact that Obama is successfully introducing the real Willard to the American public: Conservatives have lit up talk radio programs across the country, worrying whether Mr. Romney’s business record has been “Swift Boated,” referring to attacks waged against Senator John Kerry’s military record in 2004. The […]

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Curt Schilling at the public trough

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Life is a mystery. Curt Schilling, well known for being a vocal Republican, would never go in for a government guaranteed loan like Solyndra got, would he? After all, the government is not supposed to pick winners and losers, am I right? And yet… 38 Studios, the video game startup founded and funded by former […]

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Why a bill doesn’t become law

Thursday, April 19, 2012

When I read this article this morning, it struck me that it is in many ways emblematic of what is so wrong with the country at the moment: Colleges would be barred from spending taxpayer money on advertising, marketing, and recruiting under a Senate bill that targets for-profit institutions. The 15 largest for-profits, including Apollo […]

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Closing the barn door, etc.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

ALEC, having largely accomplished its mission of eviscerating gun laws and destroying the right of the poor, the elderly, and the black to vote, is now redirecting its efforts to its main mission of impoverishing the nation. Will all those corporations that dropped funding now feel it’s safe to go back and support ALEC’s agenda. […]

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New Normal

Monday, April 16, 2012

Headline at Politico: Senate kills ‘Buffett Rule’ The Senate never voted on the rule. It was filibustered by the Republicans. That is what should be reported.

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Joe McCarthy redux

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Allen West one-ups Joe McCarthy. At least McCarthy claimed to have the goods on his targets and claimed to have them written down. Well, two can play this game. I heard that Allen West has a gay Muslim illegal immigrant lover in Washington and another one in Florida. And I truly did hear it, because […]

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Romney: I won’t tell you what I’ll do, cause you wouldn’t like it

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

One way to avoid the need to shake your Etch-A-Sketch is to not sketch anything in the first place. Apparently, a sketch free campaign, at least on certain issues, is what Romney has in mind. As he explained to the Weekly Standard, in so many words, if he sketched out his plans, he’d lose. Poor […]

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First they take Tom Paine, now it’s John Locke

Saturday, March 24, 2012

A right wing blogger at the John Locke Foundation made a bit of news this week by posting a racist picture of Obama. I’m not writing about the racism, which is a bit like reporting the proverbial dog bites man (though, it would appear dogs bite men much less frequently than right wingers utter racial […]

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Yet another example of IOKIYAR

Monday, March 19, 2012

Another post from another liberal about the media’s failure to point out that most of what comes out of Romney’s mouth is a lie. For some reason, while reading this article, my mind flew back to another campaign that took place a long long time ago, in a political galaxy far far away. The time […]

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All the sharks, jumped

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

There was a time, on this blog, that I actually was capable of writing what passed, at least in my own mind if nowhere else, for satirical or humorously mocking pieces about Republicans, but I admit my powers seem to be fading. I’ve blamed myself, to myself, until today I had a revelation. It is, […]

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