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Tuesday Results Put Rick Santorum Back In The Republican Presidential Race by Ted McLaughlin on 02/08/2012 10:34 0 comments , 54 views The Republican race for the presidential nomination has been a very wild ride this year, even though only seven states have picked their delegates. Rick Santorum won Iowa with only a razor thin margin over Mitt Romney. But after Romney won big in New Hampshire, many pundits gave him the tag of the "inevitable" winner of the race. But he lost that tag in the very next state, as Newt Gingrich beat him soundly in South Carolina. Romney got his mojo back after winning big in the following two states -- Florida and Nevada. Once again he was crowned by many as the "inevitable" winner of the nomination. It only took three days for him to once again lose that crown. It seems that the political pundits once again underestimated the ... read more
We're Number One! by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 152585 views Political Cartoon is by Tim Eagan at caglecartoons.com. read more
Corporate Tax Avoidance At 40 Year Low by Ted McLaughlin on 02/05/2012 08:51 0 comments , 194 views We have been hearing about corporations avoiding taxes for a while now. This excellent piece from Think Progress shows just how bad corporate tax avoidance has become. Something must be done about this. Americans pay their taxes (except for the rich like Mitt Romney) and it's time for the corporations to pay their share also. Here is what Think Progress had to say about corporate taxes: In recent decades, corporate tax revenue has plunged, falling from about 6 percent of gross domestic product in the 1950′s to less than 2 percent today, due to a proliferation of corporate tax breaks and the use of offshore tax havens. According to the Congressional Budget Office, in fact, corporate tax receipts as a share of ... read more
Money Can’t Buy Willard Love by Jolly Roger on 01/31/2012 10:20 0 comments , 15292 views America simply does not want Willard. And that’s as true for Rushpubliscums as it is for any other Americans. In spite of his outspending Newt by a scale of about 5 to 1 in Florida, on the eve of the Florida primary election it looks like Newt may be able to pull off an upset. Or, at the very least, come so close to toppling Willard that he will remain a viable candidate for the Rushpubliscum nomination. Imagine that. Willard has actually made Newt Gingrich into a viable alternative. For in spite of all Willard’s money, he can’t erase his true nature entirely. Americans know that Willard is a shape-shifter who will say or do anything in order to be elected President, something that he apparently feels entitled to due to his ... read more
Political Devolution by Ted McLaughlin on 01/12/2012 08:29 0 comments , 16353 views read more
Corporate Whining Is An American Tradition by Ted McLaughlin on 11/03/2011 07:11 1 comment , 77851 views The cartoon above from the excellent site called Ampersand is very funny, but it also reveals a fundamental truth about corporations -- they will never give up any of their power or stop abusing their employees (or the public) until they are forced to do so. Anytime their abusive tactics are brought up, their response is always the same -- they can't stay in business unless they are allowed to continue doing whatever devious and abusive thing is being discussed. And their whining is never true. In fact, corporations have been whining for so long that it could almost be considered to be an American tradition. In the 19th century they were whining that allowing workers to unionize and to strike would put them out of business. But ... read more

Tuesday Results Put Rick Santorum Back In The Republican Presidential Race

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/08/2012 10:34 0 comments , 54 views

The Republican race for the presidential nomination has been a very wild ride this year, even though only seven states have picked their delegates. Rick Santorum won Iowa with only a razor thin margin over Mitt Romney. But after Romney won big in New Hampshire, many pundits gave him the tag of the "inevitable" winner of the race. But he lost that tag in the very next state, as Newt Gingrich beat him soundly in South Carolina.

Romney got his mojo back after winning big in the following two states -- Florida and Nevada. Once again he was crowned by many as the "inevitable" winner of the nomination. It only took three days for him to once again lose that crown. It seems that the political pundits once again underestimated the ...

We're Number One!

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 152585 views

Political Cartoon is by Tim Eagan at caglecartoons.com.

Corporate Tax Avoidance At 40 Year Low

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/05/2012 08:51 0 comments , 194 views

We have been hearing about corporations avoiding taxes for a while now. This excellent piece from Think Progress shows just how bad corporate tax avoidance has become. Something must be done about this. Americans pay their taxes (except for the rich like Mitt Romney) and it's time for the corporations to pay their share also. Here is what Think Progress had to say about corporate taxes:

In recent decades, corporate tax revenue has plunged, falling from about 6 percent of gross domestic product in the 1950′s to less than 2 percent today, due to a proliferation of corporate tax breaks and the use of offshore tax havens. According to the Congressional Budget Office, in fact, corporate tax receipts as a share of ...

Money Can’t Buy Willard Love

by Jolly Roger on 01/31/2012 10:20 0 comments , 15292 views

America simply does not want Willard. And that’s as true for Rushpubliscums as it is for any other Americans.

In spite of his outspending Newt by a scale of about 5 to 1 in Florida, on the eve of the Florida primary election it looks like Newt may be able to pull off an upset. Or, at the very least, come so close to toppling Willard that he will remain a viable candidate for the Rushpubliscum nomination.

Imagine that. Willard has actually made Newt Gingrich into a viable alternative. For in spite of all Willard’s money, he can’t erase his true nature entirely. Americans know that Willard is a shape-shifter who will say or do anything in order to be elected President, something that he apparently feels entitled to due to his ...

Political Devolution

by Ted McLaughlin on 01/12/2012 08:29 0 comments , 16353 views

Corporate Whining Is An American Tradition

by Ted McLaughlin on 11/03/2011 07:11 1 comment , 77851 views

The cartoon above from the excellent site called Ampersand is very funny, but it also reveals a fundamental truth about corporations -- they will never give up any of their power or stop abusing their employees (or the public) until they are forced to do so. Anytime their abusive tactics are brought up, their response is always the same -- they can't stay in business unless they are allowed to continue doing whatever devious and abusive thing is being discussed. And their whining is never true.

In fact, corporations have been whining for so long that it could almost be considered to be an American tradition. In the 19th century they were whining that allowing workers to unionize and to strike would put them out of business. But ...


It Looks Like Voter Fraud Is Real by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 122 views As you probably know, the Republicans around the country have been trying to pass Voter ID laws -- laws that would require a voter to show a picture ID in addition to a voter registration card before they would be allowed to vote. Most people with a functioning brain know this is simply an effort to suppress the Democratic vote, but the Republicans still loudly proclaim it is an effort to stop widespread voter fraud. The problem with that is that Republicans have been unable to uncover any widespread voter fraud -- or small-scale fraud for that matter. But it now looks like the Republicans may have been right -- at least on a small-scale basis. Courts have recently convicted a couple of people of voter fraud. Of course the ... read more
Not A Typo by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 53 views Political Cartoon is by Steve Greenberg at steve@greenberg-art.com. read more
Color me skeptical on Romney win in Nevada by Socratic Gadfly on 02/05/2012 08:51 0 comments , 160 views Everybody is talking about how big the win was for Romney, but getting only 42 percent of the vote in a state that trails only Utah and Idaho in percentage of Mormon population, especially given his years in neighboring Utah, and this was NOT a "big" victory. That said, a few other things show up: 1. The non-Mormon part of the Nevada GOP is pretty libertarian; the fact that Paul couldn't crack 20 percent shows (yes, Paul-tards) that he has a ceiling that's not all that high. 2. The fact that Gingrich got more than 25 percent in a four-person race with a dysfunctional state organization shows that Romney and the GOP establishment count him out at their peril. There is no god and I am his prophet. read more
It's Nevada's Turn At Bat Today by Ted McLaughlin on 02/04/2012 08:25 0 comments , 130 views (The above cartoon is by David Horsey in The Los Angeles Times.) Today is the day that Nevada Republicans caucus to make their choice for the Republican presidential nomination. And as interesting as who will get the lion's share of Nevada's 28 delegates is wondering just how many Republicans will show up for the caucuses. There are about 400,000 registered Republicans in the state, but it is very unlikely that anywhere near that number will participate. In 2008, only about 45,000 Republicans attended the caucus (and Romney got 22,649 votes, or 51.1%). It will be interesting to see if they top that number this time. The turnout in Iowa and new Hampshire was about the same as in 2008, while the turnout in South Carolina was ... read more
Unemployment Shows Small Improvement by Ted McLaughlin on 02/04/2012 08:25 0 comments , 72 views The Labor Department released it unemployment figures for the month of January yesterday, and there was some definite improvement. About 243,000 new jobs were created, and unlike most months in 2011, that showed a real (although small) improvement. Too often last year, the number of jobs created did not top the number of new entrants to the labor force (about 150,000 a month), but January's number did. That's means the drop in unemployment from 8.5% to about 8.3% was a real drop (rather than a numbers game). This is good news for Democrats, since a falling unemployment rate means the chances for President Obama being re-elected is improved -- and it would be vastly improved if the rate could drop below 8% in the coming months. ... read more
Donald Trump Feeds His Ego by Ted McLaughlin on 02/03/2012 08:57 1 comment , 124 views The Republican presidential nomination has been chugging along nicely, with four states having voted and four more scheduled for the next couple of weeks. But this has been happening without the sizable ego of Donald Trump, and for Trump that is inexcusable. He's convinced that he the kingmaker in the Republican Party. So before a decision in the race became obvious, Trump quickly jumped on a jet, flew to Las vegas, and announced to the world his own endorsement for the nomination. There were those who thought that Trump would endorse Gingrich. After all, Gingrich was willing to attend Trump's ill-fated debate while Romney was not. But Trump's ego wouldn't let him endorse someone who was not likely to win, so in spite of all the ... read more
Silver Foot by Ted McLaughlin on 02/03/2012 08:57 0 comments , 112732 views Political Cartoon is by David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star. read more
Buying Victory by Ted McLaughlin on 02/02/2012 08:56 0 comments , 119 views (The above cartoon is by Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News.) Yesterday I remarked in a post that since Romney has been unable to win the hearts of Republican voters, he has decided to try and buy the election. I've also taken to calling him Wall Street Willie, because most of his money is coming from corporations and other denizens of Wall Street. Some of you may think I was joking. I wasn't. I believe both of those statements to be true. Let us first examine the charge that Romney bought the victory in Florida. In South Carolina, the Romney forces spent only slightly more than the Gingrich forces -- and he lost by a large margin. It became obvious that Romney has not won the hearts of Republican voters -- far from it. And going ... read more
Public Supports President's Proposals by Ted McLaughlin on 02/02/2012 08:56 0 comments , 110 views A few days ago President Obama gave his State of the Union speech, and in that speech he outlined several proposals he wanted to pass. The Republicans were quick to pan the president's proposals, even though they have none of their own (except to give rich people more tax cuts -- their cure for everything). But it seems that the Republicans are not in tune without the large majority of Americans. The folks that do the Gallup Poll decided to find out just what the public thought about the president's proposals. They found out that the president is in touch with what the people want. Even rank-and-file Republicans like most of the proposals (except for raising taxes on the rich). Here is a list of the proposals, with the accompanying ... read more
Is GOP Enthusiasm Dying Down? by Ted McLaughlin on 02/02/2012 08:56 0 comments , 105 views The Republicans took the House of Representatives away from the Democrats in the 2010 election -- and they did it because the Republican voters were highly enthusiastic about voting. They showed up at the polls while many frustrated Democrats and Independents did not. Until recently, there were those who believed the same thing could happen in the 2012 election. In the last couple of months, there have been some polls showing enthusiasm among Democrats has risen, and now rivals that of the Republicans. That is very good news for Democrats, but there may be something that is even better news than that -- that Republican enthusiasm about the upcoming elections in November may be waning. If that happens, the 2012 election could look a . ... read more

It Looks Like Voter Fraud Is Real

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 122 views

As you probably know, the Republicans around the country have been trying to pass Voter ID laws -- laws that would require a voter to show a picture ID in addition to a voter registration card before they would be allowed to vote. Most people with a functioning brain know this is simply an effort to suppress the Democratic vote, but the Republicans still loudly proclaim it is an effort to stop widespread voter fraud. The problem with that is that Republicans have been unable to uncover any widespread voter fraud -- or small-scale fraud for that matter.

But it now looks like the Republicans may have been right -- at least on a small-scale basis. Courts have recently convicted a couple of people of voter fraud. Of course the ...

Not A Typo

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 53 views

Political Cartoon is by Steve Greenberg at steve@greenberg-art.com.

Color me skeptical on Romney win in Nevada

by Socratic Gadfly on 02/05/2012 08:51 0 comments , 160 views

Everybody is talking about how big the win was for Romney, but getting only 42 percent of the vote in a state that trails only Utah and Idaho in percentage of Mormon population, especially given his years in neighboring Utah, and this was NOT a "big" victory. That said, a few other things show up:

1. The non-Mormon part of the Nevada GOP is pretty libertarian; the fact that Paul couldn't crack 20 percent shows (yes, Paul-tards) that he has a ceiling that's not all that high.

2. The fact that Gingrich got more than 25 percent in a four-person race with a dysfunctional state organization shows that Romney and the GOP establishment count him out at their peril.

It's Nevada's Turn At Bat Today

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/04/2012 08:25 0 comments , 130 views

(The above cartoon is by David Horsey in The Los Angeles Times.)

Today is the day that Nevada Republicans caucus to make their choice for the Republican presidential nomination. And as interesting as who will get the lion's share of Nevada's 28 delegates is wondering just how many Republicans will show up for the caucuses. There are about 400,000 registered Republicans in the state, but it is very unlikely that anywhere near that number will participate. In 2008, only about 45,000 Republicans attended the caucus (and Romney got 22,649 votes, or 51.1%). It will be interesting to see if they top that number this time.

The turnout in Iowa and new Hampshire was about the same as in 2008, while the turnout in South Carolina was ...

Unemployment Shows Small Improvement

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/04/2012 08:25 0 comments , 72 views

The Labor Department released it unemployment figures for the month of January yesterday, and there was some definite improvement. About 243,000 new jobs were created, and unlike most months in 2011, that showed a real (although small) improvement. Too often last year, the number of jobs created did not top the number of new entrants to the labor force (about 150,000 a month), but January's number did. That's means the drop in unemployment from 8.5% to about 8.3% was a real drop (rather than a numbers game).

This is good news for Democrats, since a falling unemployment rate means the chances for President Obama being re-elected is improved -- and it would be vastly improved if the rate could drop below 8% in the coming months. ...

Donald Trump Feeds His Ego

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/03/2012 08:57 1 comment , 124 views

The Republican presidential nomination has been chugging along nicely, with four states having voted and four more scheduled for the next couple of weeks. But this has been happening without the sizable ego of Donald Trump, and for Trump that is inexcusable. He's convinced that he the kingmaker in the Republican Party. So before a decision in the race became obvious, Trump quickly jumped on a jet, flew to Las vegas, and announced to the world his own endorsement for the nomination.

There were those who thought that Trump would endorse Gingrich. After all, Gingrich was willing to attend Trump's ill-fated debate while Romney was not. But Trump's ego wouldn't let him endorse someone who was not likely to win, so in spite of all the ...

Silver Foot

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/03/2012 08:57 0 comments , 112732 views

Political Cartoon is by David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star.

Buying Victory

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/02/2012 08:56 0 comments , 119 views

(The above cartoon is by Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News.)

Yesterday I remarked in a post that since Romney has been unable to win the hearts of Republican voters, he has decided to try and buy the election. I've also taken to calling him Wall Street Willie, because most of his money is coming from corporations and other denizens of Wall Street. Some of you may think I was joking. I wasn't. I believe both of those statements to be true.

Let us first examine the charge that Romney bought the victory in Florida. In South Carolina, the Romney forces spent only slightly more than the Gingrich forces -- and he lost by a large margin. It became obvious that Romney has not won the hearts of Republican voters -- far from it. And going ...

Public Supports President's Proposals

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/02/2012 08:56 0 comments , 110 views

A few days ago President Obama gave his State of the Union speech, and in that speech he outlined several proposals he wanted to pass. The Republicans were quick to pan the president's proposals, even though they have none of their own (except to give rich people more tax cuts -- their cure for everything). But it seems that the Republicans are not in tune without the large majority of Americans.

The folks that do the Gallup Poll decided to find out just what the public thought about the president's proposals. They found out that the president is in touch with what the people want. Even rank-and-file Republicans like most of the proposals (except for raising taxes on the rich). Here is a list of the proposals, with the accompanying ...

Is GOP Enthusiasm Dying Down?

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/02/2012 08:56 0 comments , 105 views

The Republicans took the House of Representatives away from the Democrats in the 2010 election -- and they did it because the Republican voters were highly enthusiastic about voting. They showed up at the polls while many frustrated Democrats and Independents did not. Until recently, there were those who believed the same thing could happen in the 2012 election.

In the last couple of months, there have been some polls showing enthusiasm among Democrats has risen, and now rivals that of the Republicans. That is very good news for Democrats, but there may be something that is even better news than that -- that Republican enthusiasm about the upcoming elections in November may be waning. If that happens, the 2012 election could look a . ...

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