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The biggest post-election losers… Or, six old white men that need to be set adrift on ice floes

By Mark | November 14, 2012

Bobby Jindal, the Republican Governor of Louisiana, when asked a few days ago to reflect on the election, said, “We cannot be, we must not be, the party that simply protects the rich so they get to keep their toys.” Sure, he’s probably lying, but I still think it’s safe to say that this comment, [...]

Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Albert Mohler, ALEC, American Crossroads, Americans for Tax Reform, anti-government, Ashley Judd, Bill Kristol, billionaires, Birthers, Bobby Jindal, bribery, Bush tax cuts, casinos, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Crossroads GPS, CrossroadsGPS, dark money, Dean Heller, Department of Justice, evangelical, fiscal cliff, Frank Wolf, Grover Norquist, immigration reform, Libertarianism, Macau, Megyn Kelly, Miriam Ochsorn, Mitch McConnell, Move to Amend, Nevada, Obama, organized crime, racketeering, Republican strategy, revolution, Romney, Romney. obstructionism, Saxby Chambliss, SEC, Securities Exchange Commission, Senate, Shaun Casey, Sheldon Adelson, Super PAC, tax the rich, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tea party, The Apprentice, The Simpsons | 34 Comments

Global climate change, as we’re seeing, is not a joke. The consequences are real. And we should scorn, mock and drive from our society politicians who fail to acknowledge that fact.

By Mark | October 30, 2012

I didn’t think it was possible for me to be any more pissed than I was during the Republican National Convention when I heard Mitt Romney say the following. If there’s any silver lining at all in what’s happening right now along the east coast, it’s that maybe, just maybe, people will begin to see [...]

Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Chris Christie, extreme weather, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, global climate change, Grover Norquist, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, Obama, Paul Ryan, Romney | 22 Comments

The apparent end of public education as we know it in Philadelphia

By Mark | April 25, 2012

We’ve talked at length on this site, over the past several years, about the coordinated campaign to dismantle public education in the United States. Sadly, Michigan is often at the forefront of this national conservative movement. Images of pregnant teenage girls being arrested as they try to keep their schools from closing and boys picketing [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Politics | Also tagged Al Sharpton, Ben Jealous, Bill Gates, Bush tax cuts, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, charter schools, education reform, Frederick Douglass Academy, Gates Foundation, Good Morning America is crap, Grover Norquist, Philadelphia, public education, Thomas Knudsen, wealth inequality | 37 Comments

The U.S. credit rating slips, proving that the debt ceiling agreement didn’t really fix anything

By Mark | August 5, 2011

We gave in to the Congressional Republicans on the debt ceiling debate on almost every issue. We agreed not to raise taxes on the wealthy. We agreed not to tighten loopholes that allowed them to hide their assets elsewhere. We said that, instead, we would slash government spending. We were told that there wasn’t a [...]