The Cain Mutiny September 28, 2011 My Buddy sent me this tiny comment on Herman Cain’s winning 37% of 3,000 some straw vote from conservative activists in a state with… Continue Reading
For crying out loud – Stop over-regulation 1 September 28, 2011 Don’t over-regulate the melon growers. Listen to the GOP. Get Government off the back of business. Continue Reading
About my Bigot Alerts September 27, 2011 If you missed the beginning of my bigot alerts you may not understand that the Bigot is ME not the Republican Party! How can… Continue Reading
South Carolina – another sterling GOP state [BIGOT ALERT] September 26, 2011 Not to be outdone by the Republicans of Mississippi the Republicans of the Secession state (sorry Rick Perry) have their own peculiar notions. Among… Continue Reading
Omnes divitibus et divitem pro se September 26, 2011 This is the Republican party’s new latin slogan for American coins. It sure beats E pluribus unum meaning – out of many, one. If… Continue Reading
Raising Cain September 25, 2011 This NPR story raises the possibility that a handful of Florida voters who went to the miniscule straw ballot actually think Pizza magnate Herman… Continue Reading
Obama trimming Republican big government law September 24, 2011 This ironic story yesterday deserved a snarky comment. I had to suffer through No Child Left Behind‘s initial implementation as a school board member…. Continue Reading
The government payroll [BIGOT ALERT] September 23, 2011 I’m kicking myself for letting an old habit lapse. I used to clip or hang onto old DNT’s that had info I was interested… Continue Reading
Minnesota Poor [BIGOT ALERT] September 23, 2011 This AP story about the growth of Minnesota’s impoverished in the Trib today was interesting. Those of us in St. Louis County live in… Continue Reading
The more truculent and territorial Israel becomes… September 22, 2011 …the more of a threat it is to the United States. Unless, that is, you are looking forward to the Rapture. Bill Clinton defends… Continue Reading
Remember how those greedy banks sent us into a depression? [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 The GOP with its mantra “no more growth killing regulation” wants to keep Wall Street unfettered so it can give us another financial collapse… Continue Reading
Reversing Democracy [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 This column in the Washington Post pretty well outlines the half dozen ploys by which the GOP is attempting to limit the voting population… Continue Reading
“I didn’t raise taxes. I didn’t raise taxes.” [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 I love Steve Lindstrom cartoons in the Trib. His is a very stripped down strip. No clutter just simple visual metaphors. Today’s was another… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan asks… September 21, 2011 …who owns the debt? Jason Peters relays facts collected by Harper’s Index: — Seventy-one percent of current U.S. debt was accumulated during Republican presidential… Continue Reading
The original Republican Party September 21, 2011 Shouldn’t there be something like “originalism” when applied to the philosophy of a political party? If that was the case then the GOP would… Continue Reading
The top GOP priority is defeating Barack Obama… September 21, 2011 …as for Americans answering the Gallup poll: Continue Reading
Saving a million over a lifetime vs. earning a million a year [BIGOT ALERT] September 20, 2011 I can’t find the Trib’s story on American’s giving up hope of becoming millionaires on the DNT website but this seems to be it…. Continue Reading
David Brooks: Its unreasonable of Obama to stop being reasonable September 20, 2011 I agree with Andrew Sullivan’s assessment of David Brooks criticism of Obama. It begins: He’s [Brook’s] venting at Obama today for finally absorbing the… Continue Reading
on taxing millionaires the way the rest of us are taxed [BIGOT ALERT] September 19, 2011 As the GOP rushes to defend lower tax rates on millionaire “job creators” I can’t help but think about a half a dozen job… Continue Reading
