Monthly Archives: July 2011

Here’s where compromise with the GOP gets you

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

We have a debt crisis. Unemployment is awful. The economy is turning into a dead shark. And Obama is still trying to compromise with the party that spent outrageously and cut taxes for eight years and put us in this … Continue reading →

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Domestic abuse

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

Paul Krugman recently wrote about the cult of centrism. But No More Mr. Nice Blog points out the situation is much worse: I agree that these people bear a great deal of the responsibility for our plight, but I don’t … Continue reading →

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The rise of the scorpion

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

So after days of arm twisting to get far right members of the Republican caucus to vote for a debt ceiling/spending reduction bill that had absolutely no chance of passing in what we call reality, John Boehner amended his losing … Continue reading →

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Debt zombies

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

The Rude Pundit refers to the debt ceiling debate as “That Time the GOP Destroyed the World’s Economy and Unleashed the Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse.” Here’s his post on the world reaction to the clown show that will destroy us all.

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No room at the asylum

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

There was supposed to be a vote in the U.S. House by now on the Republican budget/deficit plan. This morning, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Tanning booth) said the vote on his plan would be at 6 p.m. Then … Continue reading →

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Richard Milhous Obama

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

Bruce Bartlett at the Fiscal Times makes the following observation: There is no question that Barack Obama is one of our most enigmatic presidents. Despite having published two volumes of memoirs before being elected president, we really don’t know that … Continue reading →

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Some fly high, others are going to crash

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

I don’t know if the New York Times publishes these stories to piss people off, if it’s secretly saying the subjects of these kinds of stories are the epitome of greedy capitalists or if it’s making a direct appeal to … Continue reading →

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Inspiring a psychopath

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

The psychopath in Norway who bombed an Oslo government building then went on to an island where he shot to death a bunch of kids attending a youth rally wrote a 1,500-page manifesto. Here, in Anders Behring Breivik’s own words, … Continue reading →

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Stupid optimism

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

Haven’t checked in with the Rude Pundit in a while. Here’s what he has to say about the Republicans and the debt ceiling debacle: But stupid optimism is what makes us American. And it’s that stupidity that made so many … Continue reading →

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Tour de France

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Last year, I was at the finish line for the first stage of the Tour de France. It was in Brussels, and in the last few hundred yards, there was a major wipeout of bikers. I was probably 200 yards … Continue reading →

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