The greatest obstacle that we face in fulfilling the agreements of the Congress is the psychological barrier created by inertia, resistance to change, simulation or double standards, indifference and insensitivity, a barrier which we are obliged to surmount with constancy and firmness [...]
Posts Tagged ‘radical right’
February 27th, 2013 - 11:06 pm § in Politics
PRESIDENT ROMNEY SHOWS CAUTION … Bob Woodward kvetcches
Faced with the sequester by the Democrats, the President has announced that he is trying to conserve precious funds for the military. Two aircraft carriers are now docked because of concerns the Navy can afford nuclear fuel for them. Worse yet, the Department of Defense has decided not to deploy a[...]
February 15th, 2013 - 4:43 am § in Misc.
Minting the debt: The Platinum Solution
(this appeared as a letter to the Daily Kos) I’m the former Mint director and Treasury chief of staff who, with Rep. Mike Castle, wrote the platinum coin law and produced the original coin authorized by the law. Therefore, I’m in a unique position to address some confusion I’ve seen in the med[...]
January 30th, 2013 - 10:47 pm § in Hypocrisy
80 years since von Hindenberg apointed Hitler as Chancellor
Hitler only got 1/3 of the vote ,,,about what the Tea Party controls here.[...]
January 28th, 2013 - 12:32 pm § in The Ave Scene
Talking Points from Tim Eyman
* After two unanimous state supreme court rulings, opponents of statewide initiatives have accepted that pre-election legal challenges will fail to block the vote so they don’t file them anymore. Under I-517, it’ll be the same for opponents of local initiatives — they’ll know[...]
January 19th, 2013 - 11:39 am § in Misc.
GLOBAL WARMING: Deny This …
5:32AM Sunday Jan 20, 2013 SYDNEY endured its hottest ever day on Friday, with records smashed across the city and thousands of people suffering from the heat. The mercury topped 45.8 at Sydney’s Observatory Hill at 2.55pm, breaking the previous record set in 1939 by half a degree. The city[...]
January 19th, 2013 - 4:48 am § in Misc.
A Thoughtful Answer to Gun Control
The NRA wants more cops so we can have more guns? OK! But the NRA, and its ilk also want budget cuts? Carl Ballard at Horsesass may have an answer: Make Them Pay by Carl, 12/20/2012, 7:11 PM I’ve been thinking about what the state can do as far as gun control in the next […][...]
January 11th, 2013 - 12:54 pm § in Misc.
First Depardieu then Bardot .. What happend to Egalite?
Depardieu Accepts Offer Of Russian Citizenship To Escape Higher Taxes … Bardot threatens to become Russian if France kills elephants [...]
Mitch McConnel Sucks His Fist: No Taxes Mommy
“I’m in favor of doing tax reform,” he said, “but I think tax reform ought to be revenue-neutral as it was back during the Reagan years. We’ve resolved this issue. Look, we don’t have this problem because we tax too little. We have it because we spend way, way too much.” Hi[...]
RATIONAL REPUBLICANS: Does Bobby Jindal Have A Conservative’s Solution to Birth Control?
Could it be that post Romney there are rational Republicans? Contrary to Faux news and Rush Limbaugh, Romney did not lose because he was a bumbling ass or spoiled rich guy, he lost because the collection of radical Republican stands is irrational. Hopefully, I am rational .. though not a Republican.[...]