Archive for July, 2010
Unemployment Benefits: Fictions, Facts And Figures
Republicans in Congress have continued to hawk the myth of the fat lazy unemployed, living high on the hog off their extended unemployment benefits instead of lifting a finger to actually seek work, despite all the jobs out there. Here’s a random sampling: Sen. Richard Burr: The wrong thing to do is to automatically today [...]
AP’s Thoroughly Misconceived PR Considerations Insinuation
AP, yesterday: With the newly installed cap keeping oil from BP’s fractured well out of the Gulf during a trial run, this weekend offered a chance for the oil company and government to gloat over their shared success — the first real victory in fighting the spill. Instead, the two sides have spent the past [...]
The Party of No Agenda
Originally, the derisive “Party of No” label the Republican Party earned for itself referred to the spectacularly determined display of no-fucking-way obstructionism they have put on since Obama was elected President. But it’s looking more and more like by the time the midterm elections are over — and the Republicans have gained much fewer seats [...]
Greenspan Throws A Curveball
Over the last week, various Republicans in Congress have distinguished themselves by arguing that the Bush tax cuts desperately need to be extended — without any effort to pay for them — because that’s what the economy oh-so-desperately needs. Forget job creation, forget any form of stimulus; the magic potion is tax cuts. And they [...]
Do Three Halves Make A Whole?
Maybe an asshole: If elected, Paul said he would vote to keep Kentuckians’ tax dollars at home to deal with issues instead of sending the money to Washington, D.C. When tax money flows to the nation’s capitol, half stays there, half is wasted and half of it goes to political cronyism, Paul said. Bookmark on [...]
Coburn On Taxes: An Instant Classic
Yesterday, I wrote about Senator Tom Coburn saying that “if we wanted to do new tax cuts, I think we ought to cut spending to pay for them” but it really wasn’t necessary to cut spending to pay for extending Bush‘s tax cuts. Since his original statement wasn’t entirely clear, yesterday on C-SPAN, he returned [...]
Delusionality And Mendacity: Republicans On The Bush Tax Cuts
Republicans of every stripe continue to spout utterly incoherent gobbledygook on the subject of George “Tax Cuts” Bush‘s tax cuts, the budget deficit and the national debt. Carly Fiorina — who used to be CEO of HP, was fired for incompetence, and decided that she was now qualified to be a Republican candidate for the [...]
Pure Distilled Republican Gobbledygook!
When Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl recently declared that “you should never have to offset” the cost of a tax cut, he wasn’t quite done embarrassing himself on the subject of tax cuts and the budget deficit. Yesterday, he offered this timeless piece of helpful clarification: The second highest ranking Republican in the Senate doubled [...]
The Entirely Misplaced Dead Seriousness Of Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich evidently fancies his chances as the next Republican candidate for President. This may be partly because of who he sees when he looks at the obstacles in his way: Gingrich has been mentioned as a possible 2012 presidential candidate along with other Republicans, including former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, Minnesota Gov. Tim [...]
Quote Of The Day
“One-term president” wasn’t the only thing Newt Gingrich had to say about Barack Obama. There was also this: “I think he will replace Jimmy Carter as the worst president of modern times,” said Gingrich. Gingrich apparently doesn’t feel very much need to stay on top of the news, not even political news. When it comes [...]