Paul Krugman, New York Times, November 12 2010.The Hijacked Commission. How National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is the same old Republican bullshit advocating the…
Here’s the case.
Posted on 0 commentThis is taken from the November 12 2010 version of Huffington Post. It’s something that should be plastered on every billboard in the country. David Fiderer Author…
Veterans Day Shmeterans Day
Posted on 0 commentNot wanting to sound like Andy Rooney, but: I am sick of being told to “support our troops” or “thank a veteran”. Let me explain. Americans have…
What it all boils down to
Posted on 0 commentOr, as Thomas Paine put it in 1793: The Christian Mythologists, after having confined Satan in a pit, were obliged to let him out again…
Son of Man
Posted on 0 commentIt being Sunday, let us reflect on how utterly internally inconsistent the Bible is. For instance, right now, at the hour I’m writing this, millions…
Texas Considers Abandoning Medicaid
Posted on 0 commentI see in the Times that Texas is at it again. This time the conservatives there (what is it about that place?) are discussing dropping out of the federal Medicaid program as a means of getting the state out of a $25 billion hole.
White Southern Democrats Nearly Extinct
Posted on 0 commentWhen is it going to be okay — indeed, obligatory — for Democratic candidates to be forthcoming about the Republican Party’s historically documented effort to…
The fox and the henhouse.
Posted on 0 commentTHE FOX IS BACK IN CHARGE OF THE HENHOUSE.
Yes, the double entendre is intentional. It’s a rather extended one, so you may as well stop examining it now or you’ll get a headache, or maybe just stop wanting to examine double entendres any more, which I’m sure would be a pity.