Disrespect and Lies From the Right Continue
Does everyone remember when Joe Wilson shouted “You Lie!” during a State of the Union speech? Or when Jan Brewer stuck her finger in the President’s face? How about when Bill O’Reilly interrupted Obama...
View ArticlePayroll Tax Holiday and Unemployment Leadership Win
Yesterday, both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate passed a full year extension of the payroll tax holiday, as well as extending unemployment benefits and a “Doc Fix” for Medicare payments. In the...
View ArticleObama Runs on Record, Republicans Run on Theology
Often I hear from conservatives stuck in their own little world that Obama can’t run on his record. This should be, by this point, obviously false. Not only can Obama run on his record, but he is...
View ArticleRush and the War on Women
Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIt shouldn’t be a surprise by now to many that Rush Limbaugh is full of crap. It also shouldn’t be a surprise that he’s an unrepentant fool and a misogynist. However, what is...
View ArticleUnemployment Numbers and Jobs, February 2012 Edition
Today, the unemployment and job numbers came out from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. 227,000 new jobs were added in February, and the unemployment rate stayed steady at 8.3% due to more workers...
View ArticleThe War on Women Continues – No Matter What You Call It
Recently, a CNN contributor named Hilary Rosen made a comment about Ann Romney, wife of Mitt Romney, in response to a comment made by Mitt Romney. Here is the quote from Hilary Rosen, about Mitt Romney...
View ArticleUnemployment Numbers, March 2012 Edition
Following the previous two articles on this topic, the trend of unemployment numbers across all metrics continues downward. The Bureau of Labor Statistics continually measures a standard unemployment...
View ArticleUnemployment Numbers, August 2012 Edition
Following the previous articles on this topic, the trend of unemployment began to get shaky in May 2012, but the overall trend continues downward. The Bureau of Labor Statistics continually measures a...
View ArticleThe Self Made Myth
A renewed focus on the idea of individualism and making it on your own seems to be in full swing on the Republican side of the aisle this year. The Republicans went so far as to convert an out of...
View ArticleRand Paul and the Cherry Tree
In an amazing example of retroactive continuity and facts replacement in politics, Rand Paul went on the ABC Sunday morning show ABC This Week and argued that “the size of growth of government is...
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