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It’s like the French Revolution, but in reverse

By Mark | January 31, 2010

Instead of following my heart tonight and writing about the colossally fucked-up narcissist John Edwards, I’ve decided to share a link to a BBC piece about why we Americans so often vote against our own best interests. (I love watching the relatively level-headed Brits trying to understand the Tea Partification of their former colonies.) The […]

Posted in Observations, Politics | Also tagged anti-intellectualism, authenticity, BBC, Davide Runciman, death panels, defunding public schools, Economics, elitism, fake sincerity, French Revolution, French Revolution in reverse, How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, John Edwards, public education, school vouchers, speaking from the gut, stupid Americans, Tea Partyfication, the concentration of wealth, voting against your own interests, What's the Matter with Kansas? | 18 Comments

It’s time to peel off the Obama decals and set the lobbyists on fire

By Mark | October 4, 2009

According to Reuters today, Obama is urging “a new spirt of compromise on healthcare.” What might that mean, you wonder. Well, Senator Jay Rockefeller seems to think it means big payoffs to the healthcare industry, in exchange for a hollow legislative victory. He estimates that, in the current draft of the healthcare reform bill being […]