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Personal Responsibility and States’ Rights
Noted GOP hypocrite and closet case Lindsey Graham has a sad:
Not all Republicans were celebrating Tuesday about the fine print of the $38.5 billion in cuts House Republicans managed to wrangle in last week’s 11th-hour budget showdown. Tea Party loyalists who wanted tens of billions more cut from this year’s spending were shaking their heads, [...]
Shiny Objects
The fact of the matter is that Planned Parenthood is nothing more than a shiny object.
The Democrats have already caved, by agreeing to $78 billion in cuts:
“The numbers have been agreed to, but it’s an opportunity for the right wing in the House to really sock it to women,”Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said. “I don’t [...]
They’ll Never Keep Us Down
Wisconsin
If you need ME to tell you to pay attention to the protests in Wisconsin, you are truly benighted. However, I highly recommend these two articles linked by Susie.
Meanwhile, a recall effort is underway targeting 8 Wisonsin Republicans: they can’t recall Walker til January, but you can bet that’s in the planning stages.
Go get ‘em, [...]
Government Shutdown Looms
Fluffington Post:
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) upped the odds of a government shutdown Thursday, saying he would not support a short-term funding bill if his near-certain budget battle between the House and the Democratic-run Senate takes longer than two weeks.
As the clock ticks down to March 4, when the current stopgap funding measure [...]
WI Governor Scott Walker is a Liar
Pinocchio: like Scott Walker, a puppet and a liar
MADISON, Wis. — Debate in the State Senate over Wisconsin’s controversial bill to cut collective bargaining rights for public workers ended, at least temporarily, on Thursday morning before it began. As the session was due to begin, Democrats failed to appear in the chamber, leaving the body [...]
On the Occasion of the Glorious Obama Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
the tax cut for the wealthy, which will almost certainly lead to cuts to human services and attacks on Social Security, is fait accompli. Quite a few Democrats said no to this piece of shit, but in the end, too many were too scared to vote the consciences, while many others are simply not on [...]
Read More..>>Open Letter #2: Senator Casey, Why Did You Vote Against Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure?
Senator Casey:
As I have discussed in previous emails and calls to your office, your decision to support the president’s extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans was a bad idea. I did not know that it actually endangered Pennsylvania residents however: why did you, a senator whose state is plagued with crumbling [...]
Obama is Coming for Your Social Security
Via Americablog, Obama wants to cut your Social Security. And once he blows a hole in the budget with these tax cuts for the wealthy, that’s exactly what he’s gonna do:
INSKEEP: Won’t Republicans argue — and, in fact, won’t reality argue that any cuts will have to be even deeper because this package that you’re [...]
Open Letter to Bob Casey, Friend of the Wealthy
[amended from the original, which was addressed to a very good legislative aide in Casey's office. Also, instead of providing links, I have embedded them.]
Dear Senator Casey,
I am aghast and disgusted that you voted for this destructive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.
Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. With a net worth of more half a [...]
