I’ve only spoken with former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich once. It was late ’93 or early ’94. I was living in a suburb of Atlanta, and working at Kinko’s. I’d worked an early shift that day, and, driving back home to my apartment, I decided to stop at a little park along […]
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Newt Gingrich and the war against Robert Mueller
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alabama, Atlanta, Callista Bisek, cheating, deep state, Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, FBI, Georgia, hiking, impeachment, Jeanine Pirro, Jerusalem, Kinko's, Louie Gohmert, Mark's chances to change history, Middle East, Newt Gingrich, open marriage, Robert Mueller, Roy Moore, Russia, Russiagate, Sean Hannity, sex scandals, Sheldon Adelson, Vatican 15 Comments
Obama’s fiery response to the Republican budget
President Obama delivered an uncharacteristically fiery speech the other day, at an Associated Press luncheon. You’ll find the video below, but, first, here’s a clip from an editorial about the speech that ran in yesterday’s New York Times. President Obama’s fruitless three-year search for compromise with the Republicans ended in a thunderclap of a speech […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Rail, Uncategorized Also tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bush tax cuts, class warfare, defunding public schools, Eisenhower, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, federal budget, Franklin Roosevelt, G.I. Bill, George Bush, Head Start, Henry Ford, infrastructure, John Boehner, land grant colleges, Lyndon Johnson, Medicare, National Academy of Sciences, New Deal, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Paul Ryan, prosperity, research funding, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, safety net, Social Darwinism, social security, standing up to the Republicans, tax the rich, taxing the poor, the collapse of the Republican party, the conservative agenda, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to the middle class, trickle down economics 4 Comments
On almost catching a Newt in the act of mating
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Posted in Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Politics Also tagged asshole Republicans, Atlanta, Bill Clinton, Callista Bisek, cheating, disgusting behavior, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, impeachment, Kinko's, leaving sick wives, Monica Lewinsky, Newt Gingrich, Presidential politics, Sope Creek, Stephen Colbert, Windy Hill 21 Comments