Tag Archives: Paul Ryan

“A Catholic Speaker of the House fires a Catholic chaplain for praying for the poor.”

As we talk quite a bit here about the hypocrisy of the so-called “Christian” right, I wanted to be sure to at least note the fact that, a little over a week ago now, when Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced that U.S. House of Representatives chaplain Patrick Conroy would be stepping down, […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

An anonymous Republican congressman on Donald Trump: “(He’s) an evil, really fucking stupid Forrest Gump.”

When I first read this, I didn’t think there was any way that it could possibly be real, but now I’m not so sure… Former Fox News pundit Erick Erickson claims to have spent yesterday evening grocery shopping with a Republican congressman who, as he made his way up and down the aisles of a […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

When markets thrive on stability, what did you think was going to happen when you elected Donald Trump?

As I know very little about how the economy works, or the extent to which the stock market effects the economy, or, really, anything else about money related matters, I try to steer clear of such subjects here on the site. For those of you who might be interested in discussing the Dow Industrial Average’s […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 23 Comments

Trump not only killed the Republican Party, but the Christian right as well

I wanted to write today about the fact that Republicans, having successfully passed a $1 trillion tax cut for America’s most wealthy, are now using the subsequent loss in federal revenue to justify devastating cuts to welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, but then two people wrote to me, telling me about how Donald Trump […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 81 Comments

Largest trade imbalance in nine years, biggest stock market drop in a decade, government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion… Is this the “tidal wave” of good economic news Trump was talking about?

As I took last night off, there’s a lot that we could talk about today. We could talk about he fact that our president, standing before a terrifyingly representative sample of what’s left of his base announced that those who refuse to applaud him are “un-American” and likely “treasonous”. Or we could talk about the […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 218 Comments

Connect

BUY LOCAL... or shop at Amazon through this link Banner Initiative Cherewick Header