Tea Party Advocates Spending Taxpayer Money to Save Tax Payer Money
Social chaos will only grow in this country if we continue to let a narrowly focused group of people continue to dwell on non-issues that do nothing to recover our […]
Monthly Archives: September 2011
A Campaign of Derision
So I get this campaign donation letter from the Republican National Committee, stamped “past due” on the envelope with my member status marked as “LAPSED” on the statement inside and […]
George Will: Tilting at Windmills
The only instance of “overreach” by anyone found in this story is not government’s but the renowned columnist’s efforts to use this as an example to belittle government regulation. Nothing […]
Are the Patients Taking Over the Asylum?
When some amongst us are calling for more of the very things that have thrown our economy into chaos and put our social standing in the world at a lower […]
So You Think You Want to Dump Social Security for a Private Retirement Account? Think Again.
There appears to be an attempt by those on the political right to divide and conquer voters amongst older and younger generations in an effort to eliminate the Social Security […]
Redistribution of Wealth
Back in December, 2009 when I first wrote this piece, the Tea Party element in this country was continually ranting against what they saw as the “socialist agenda” of Barack […]
Rick Perry Invokes “God” Status
How dare they over rule me. In an LA Times news report by David Savage we learn that the “U.S. Supreme Court stopped Texas officials Thursday evening from executing a Houston murderer who was sentenced to […]
John Prine’s “Spanish Pipedream”
I first heard this piece on John Denver’s 1971 album, Aerie. It was not until much later that I discovered it was written by country folk singer John Prine. Prine’s music, […]
Should We Be Concerned About Deeper Cuts to the Payroll Tax?
One of Obama’s points in his speech Thursday was that he would be asking Congress to cut more on the payroll tax from what was cut already in the compromise agreement between […]
Self-Interests, Special Interests and the General Welfare: Whose Holding Who Hostage?
“Everyone knows that in a hostage situation, the reckless and amoral actor has the negotiating upper hand over the cautious and responsible actor because the latter is actually concerned about […]
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