Monthly Archives: July 2011

I don’t get all the details of the debt ceiling deal, but I do know it will be served with a side of Bush tax cuts expiring in 2012, if that doesn’t happen it’s just a shit sandwich.

The debt ceiling crisis has gotten out of control and the fiscal terrorists AKA republicans have shown they can’t be resonedWith, they can’t be bargained with and they will not stop until all brown people and most white people are … Continue reading →

Kevin Drum asks what republicans want from their debt ceiling tantrum and and realizes they just want to have a tantrum.

This post from Matthew YglesiasMakes an interesting point, while discussing the merits of taxing the wealthy he points out that while Americans have a lot of stuff we are not really living that well. I’m all for that, but I … Continue reading →

A lot of companies won’t even interview people that are Unemployed. The article in the link does a nice job explaining the stated reasons companies don’t want to hire the unemployed, but I think misses the big point. Many people … Continue reading →

Part of the reason Matthew Yglesias has been annoying lately Is that he may understand washington too well. And I think his prediction may be about right: — Debt ceiling hiked by $2 trillion and paired with $2 trillion in … Continue reading →

Just a reminder that there is no debt ceiling crisis. There’s a fake crisis started by Republicans and then embraced by the White House so that everyone gets to use the fake crisis to try to do unpopular things in … Continue reading →

Lately, it seems Mattew Yglesias may be a bit out of touch, This post is a good example. He is is arguing that homes are bad investment therefore people should be forced to put more money in 401k’s. The problem … Continue reading →

Even though Mitt Romney is the current frontrunner for the Republican nomination, he might have himself a Mormon problem. It’s interesting to me that the Mormon church has spent a good deal of time and money trying to ingratiate themselves … Continue reading →

Looks like micheal Vick is about to do something good Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is expected to appear before Congress today to support a bill that would make it a crime to attend a dogfighting or cockfighting event, according to … Continue reading →

At least one person is not real optimistic that the is not too optimistic about the debt ceiling getting raised bu the August deadline: In the meantime, there’s at least a possibility that literally no solution can assemble 218 votes … Continue reading →

I don’t think people really believed republicans were crazy enough to bankrupt the country, but as the deadline approaches that may change. people always seem amazed when their conservative friends live up to their insane statements. But they shouldn’t be, … Continue reading →

I don’t exactly get all the details but it sounds like republicans have given Obama the authority to raise the debt ceiling as long as they can whine about it. Gotta love the manly men of the republican party.

Looks like the debt ceiling compromise may be falling apart. Which is not too surprising, no self respecting tea bagger will ever vote to raise the debt ceiling, and will probably primary any republican that does vote for it. Smart … Continue reading →

Something new on the debt ceiling: As soon as this debt ceiling debate started, I figured the chances were incredibly high that Republicans would either take this to the wire or even refuse to raise the debt ceiling after the … Continue reading →

I don’t know what to make of this, but I am starting to think Isreal may be going off the deep end

I don’t see this happening, according to TPM the white house agrees to trillions of dollars in spending cuts in exchange for letting some of the Bush tax cuts expire. Not only does it seem like a complete sellout on … Continue reading →

I still doubt the debt ceiling will get raised anytime soon, and if it does it will probably require every Democrat to vote for it and a few republicans to help them out; I just don’t see it, no republican … Continue reading →