Tag Archives: lying

Romney’s proposed tax cuts don’t add up… but, if you say that, you’re probably just a liar

By Mark | September 16, 2012

Mitt Romney, knowing full well that the President is going to challenge him on his “facts” in their first face-to-face debate, which is scheduled to take place in three weeks, is going on the offensive, attempting to claim the mantle of truth-teller. In an interview a few days ago with George Stephanopoulos, Romney said that […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Albert R. Hunt, capital gains, charitable contributions, estate tax, George Stephanopoulos, gotcha journalism, income tax, liars, Martin Feldstein, Michael Graetz, mortgage deduction, Obama, Romney, tax cuts, tax loopholes, Tax Policy Center, taxes, the sad state of journalism | 15 Comments

Would the Republican leaders of yesteryear have engaged in birtherism?

By Mark | August 28, 2012

I find myself, for some reason I don’t quite understand, watching grainy, old footage of William F. Buckley this evening, instead of doing something that I might actually enjoy, like reading the motivational affirmations of Old Spice pitchman and rising action star Terry Crews. I think, subconsciously, the seed was planted earlier today, when I […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-intellectualism, birther, Chris Matthews, conspiracy theories, fear mongering, fear tactics, Gore Vidal, Hurricane Isaac, Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich, Nixon, Noam Chomsky, Pat Buchanan, race, race baiting, race card, rat fucking, reality deficient, Reince Priebus, RNC, Terry Crews, wedge issues, William F. Buckley, Willie Horton | 33 Comments

Michele Bachmann, saying “that’s the kind of spirit I have too,” launches her Presidential campaign near the childhood home of serial killer John Wayne Gacy

By Mark | June 27, 2011

Representative Michele Bachmann, who, if you’re not familiar with her, is like Sarah Palin without the intellectual gravitas, was on Face the Nation yesterday with Bob Schieffer to announce the launch of her Presidential campaign. Schieffer, to his credit, took the opportunity to call the Tea Party favorite out on the many lies she’s told […]

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged Bob Schieffer, demagoguery, Face the Nation, Iowa, John Wayne, John Wayne Gacy, Michele Bachman, Obama, PolitiFact, Republican lies, Strategic Oil Reserve, stupid Americans, The Onion, Waterloo | 22 Comments

On encouraging our students to use their imaginations

By Mark | October 8, 2009

Remember that story a few days ago about the 24 year old EMU student who bravely fought off the would be kidnapper that was waiting for her, in the back seat of her car, after class? Well, according to campus police, it never happened. The whole thing, it seems, was fiction.