Our friends at ThinkProgress had a great piece yesterday on how different states are setting out to address their budget shortfalls. It would seem that not all states are seeking to balance their budgets on the backs of the middle class while at the same time handing away billions in tax breaks to the corporate […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Arizona, Brian Schweitzer, Chris Christie, Dan Malloy, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Jan Brewer, John Kasich, Kansas, Larry O'Neal, Maine, Mark Dayton, Michigan, New Jersey, Nikki Haley, Ohio, Paul LePag, Pennsylvania, Republican governors, Rick Scot, Rick Snyder, Sam Brownback, ThinkProgress, Tom Branstad, Tom Corbett |
By Mark | October 30, 2010
Our friend Robert just submitted the following, and I thought that it warranted a place up here, on the front page. If you have anything to add on the subject of Tuesday’s election, please leave a comment. On election night, here are the things to look for up through 8pm on the US Senate races. […]
Posted in Politics | Also tagged election results, elections, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Robert, Senate, Vermont, West Virginia |
By Mark | October 24, 2010
It’s good to be reminded on occasion that there are sane, responsible Republicans… We were in the car last night, on our way to have dinner with friends in Detroit, when we caught an NPR report on how the upcoming elections are likely to affect climate change legislation, and I was really struck by how […]
Posted in Environment, Politics | Also tagged Bob Inglis, BP, cap-and-trade, Climate Change, Global Warming, global warming denial, Jim Demint, Juan WIlliams, Koch brothers, NPR, republican primary, sane Republicans, Sarah Palin, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the collapse of the Republican party, the future of journalism, those anti-science Republicans, Trey Gowdy |
Mother Jones, if you haven’t seen it yet, has a great piece on Congressman Bob Inglis. Inglis, a Republican from South Carolina, recently lost his reelection bid – something which he credits in large part to the Tea Partification of the GOP. Here’s a clip: …It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and […]
Posted in Environment, Observations, Politics | Also tagged accusations of socialism, American Conservative Union, anti-intellectualism, anti-Semitic, bicycles, Bilderbergers, Bob Inglis, conspiracy theory, Dan Maes, demagoguery, Denver, Federal Reserve, Glenn Beck, GOP, humans as collateral for banks, ignorance, insanity on the right, Joe Wilson, John Hickenlooper, Mike Cox, Peter Hoekstra, racism, Sarah Palin, Social Security number, tea party, Tea Partyfication, that evil Socialist Barack Obama, the celebration of ignorance, Trey Gowdy, United Nations |
A friend just sent me the following photograph, snapped on the grounds of the South Carolina State House. It’s of the engraving at the base of a Strom Thurmond statue. My friend thought that it was hilarious how crudely they’d sanded down the “four,” changing it to “five,” and added the name of the secret […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Other, Politics | Also tagged Banksy, Carrie Butler, Columbia, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, hypocrisy watch, men and their dicks, race, racism, segregation, Senate, Senators and their affairs, Strom Thurmond |
