Pic of the day:  The Representative from Florida’s 22nd district, Allen West. _____________________________ Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely are “vowed” to the service of mankind, yet can function only by pitting neighbor against neighbor. The all-seeing eye of a totalitarian regime is usually the watchful eye of the next-door neighbor. In [...]

Democrats say tax the rich, Republicans say cut the tax base, making us less able to pay for what we need. Democrats say save Social Security as it is, Republicans say save it by privatizing it, making us more prone to the predations of the open market. Democrats are pro-union, Republicans are  by and large [...]

Before I get rolling tonight, a viddy.  Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner Address the 112th congress.  I watched the above, and a fair bit more of the beginning of the 112th congress opening day in the House of Representatives.  I also watched some of the opening of the Senate, but not nearly as much.  I watched the very beginning of [...]

Maybe it’s me, but it feels like the years 2002 – 2005  all over again.  Just like those years, it feels like I should be angry (again) at the Republicans, and the American people who were duped into putting them in power, and the voters were duped. There were no weapons of mass destruction back then, and now the blame for [...]

I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did you see that? You saw this? She wrote “tax cuts” on her hand. A Republican so stupid she has to be reminded of the one thing–tax cuts! [...]