Salon sizes things up thusly: “The summer of 2022 is hot and furious. We are dealing with a world literally on fire due to climate change. We are dealing with a world metaphorically on fire with a continuing war in Ukraine. We are dealing with monkeypox, a continuing pandemic, haters, baite[...]
Archive for the ‘Democrats’ Category
Can Buttigieg save air travel?
Canceled and delayed flights, lost luggage, and airport chaos are offshoots of the pandemic. Now everyone wants to fly, but airline staffing shrank during the pandemic, and the airlines can’t handle the demand. This is make-or-break time for Pete Buttigieg, who’s been given a president-l[...]
Is rationality returning to politics?
It sure needs to. There are some hopeful, albeit still small, signs. There are so many stories about crazy Republicans you can get lost in them. You have to look at the big picture. That’s where the hopeful signs are. Chief among them: Trump’s influence and grip on the GOP appear to be w[...]
Defund the Democrats? Really?
That’s how you get Trump again, or maybe DeSantis. A piece in Salon (here) begins, “After their disastrous failure on abortion rights, Democrats want us to give more money and vote harder. Forget it.” Before I started reading, I assumed the article was a pity party over the loss of[...]
Who’s to blame for inflation?
Republicans will tell you Biden is. Mark Zandi, a respected economist (bio here), breaks it down in the chart at left. Isn’t it obvious this is all Biden’s fault? Let’s go through it item-by-item. Russian invasion of Ukraine That’s 3.5% right there, and Biden admits it contr[...]
The Hunter Biden laptop trail
The purported Hunter Biden laptop, and at least some of the salacious material on it, apparently are authentic, Mother Jones says (in a story here). But the Chinese connection alleged by Trump backers is fake. “The effort to publicize compromising emails, images, and videos from the device in[...]
Is it okay for a black candidate to wear a noose in a campaign ad?
This campaign ad by Charles Booker, a Democrat who’s running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, is as hard-hitting as it’s possible to get. Some may question its appropriateness, but they should remember who he’s running against. Booker’s claim that his opponent, Sen. Rand Paul, &#[...]
Democrats want to tax oil company “excess profits” again
It happens every time. Gas prices are cyclical; they go up, come down. Nobody complains about cheap gas; but every time it goes up, Democrats want to slap “excess profit” taxes on oil companies. They talked about this in the 1970s, and now they’re talking about it again (see story [...]
Democrats should take any gun bill they can get
Something is better than nothing. This reasoning should guide Democratic leaders when they negotiate with Republicans on gun legislation. We all know what Republicans want: Unlimited access to guns of all types. But even they can’t ignore the public backlash from the latest school shooting (t[...]
Possessed by demons
Greg Locke (see rap sheet here), pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Juliet, Tennessee, claims, “You cannot be a Christian and vote Democrat in this nation.” He says “if you vote Democrat, I don’t even want you around this church. You can get out. You get out, you demon ̷[...]