Archive for April, 2011
Restoring My Faith In The Free Market
The Atlas Shrugged adaptation is not only tanking at the theaters, it’s doing so poorly that the producers will have to pay some theaters to keep showing it.
Given: Anybody who thinks…
…that a “long form” birth certificate will shut up Republican nutbags has a screw loose.
Why Gay Rights Supporters Should Oppose Senators Cloutier and Connor in 2012
Three years. In Cathy Cloutier ‘Have A Great Day’ time, we’re talking 1095 not-so-great days, give or take. Senator Dori Connor and Senator Cathy Cloutier cost gays three years of equal rights, free of discrimination. How is it, you may ask, that two senators who have sought and received endorsements from gay rights groups ended […]
More Like This Please — Paul Ryan Is Trying to End Medicare
This is being played in various markets (including Ryan’s in Wisconsin and accompanied by a huge robocall effort to talk to votes over 45 in Republican House Districts) : [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbvfGlI_xLg[/youtube] And from the DCCC (this is very good from them — too long for a commercial run, but incredibly clear about the GOPers who ran […]
Dean Baker Writes to Senator Carper On Social Security
Dean Baker’s (from the Center for Economic and Policy Research) letter to Tom Carper, reprinted with permission.
The War Is Over (If Mitt Romney Writes An Op-Ed)
Mitt Romney writes an op-Ed but makes some stupid factual errors.
Chip Flowers Fumbles the Implementation of his “Economic” Program
Over the weekend, you may have noticed that a discussion started in the Friday Open Thread comments about how State Treasurer Chip Flowers’ first attempt to expand the duties of his office has run into something of a brick wall. If you look at the comments there, you’ll note that the Flowers’ Fan Club is out in force again, and they are hanging their defense of Chip Flowers on arguments that rely alot on conspiracy theories and not much on the facts on the ground.
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