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Spending Of Tax Dollars by Ted McLaughlin on 02/22/2012 09:13 0 comments , 52 views After looking at this chart, does it really make any sense that the Republicans want to cut health, housing, and education, while increasing military spending? read more
Republican 7-Step Plan by Ted McLaughlin on 02/21/2012 09:00 0 comments , 69 views Found at the blog called Under The Mountain Bunker. read more
We're Number One! by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 152733 views Political Cartoon is by Tim Eagan at caglecartoons.com. read more
Money Can’t Buy Willard Love by Jolly Roger on 01/31/2012 10:20 0 comments , 15407 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 , 16458 views read more
Corporate Whining Is An American Tradition by Ted McLaughlin on 11/03/2011 07:11 1 comment , 80101 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

Spending Of Tax Dollars

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/22/2012 09:13 0 comments , 52 views

After looking at this chart, does it really make any sense that the Republicans want to cut health, housing, and education, while increasing military spending?

Republican 7-Step Plan

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/21/2012 09:00 0 comments , 69 views

Found at the blog called Under The Mountain Bunker.

We're Number One!

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/07/2012 08:45 0 comments , 152733 views

Political Cartoon is by Tim Eagan at caglecartoons.com.

Money Can’t Buy Willard Love

by Jolly Roger on 01/31/2012 10:20 0 comments , 15407 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 , 16458 views

Corporate Whining Is An American Tradition

by Ted McLaughlin on 11/03/2011 07:11 1 comment , 80101 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 ...


No Love For Wall Street Willie In Texas by Ted McLaughlin on 02/21/2012 09:00 0 comments , 62 views Willard Mitt Romney (aka Wall Street Willie) may have won the Florida Republican primary, but it is doubtful that he can do so anywhere else in the South. Most Southern States are much more like South Carolina than Florida, which does not bode well for Romney. And whether you consider Texas a part of the South or the West (a case can be made for both), the same is true of the Lone Star State. According to a recent poll, Romney gets no love from Texas Republicans. In fact, he only finishes in third place. Here are the latest poll numbers for Texas (taken February 8th though 15th): TEXAS TRIBUNE/UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS POLL Rick Santorum...............45% Newt Gingrich...............18% Mitt Romney...............16% Ron Paul....... ... read more
A Brokered Republican Convention? by Ted McLaughlin on 02/21/2012 09:00 0 comments , 54 views (Picture above is of the 1952 Republican National Convention.) Just a few months ago, the idea of no candidate having a majority of the delegates as the Republican National Convention opened was a ridiculous thought. The conventional wisdom was that the nominee would be Mitt Romney, and all he had to do was go through the first few states to wrap up the nomination. But that didn't happen. The Romney record in the first states has been spotty at best, and the political pundits vastly underestimated the perseverance and depth of the anti-Romney movement in the Republican base. Romney could still stage a comeback and win the required number of delegates before the national convention, but recent events have made it more likely that . ... read more
How To Tell If Republicans Care About You by Ted McLaughlin on 02/20/2012 08:56 0 comments , 102 views Found at the excellent blog What Would Jack Do? read more
Interference by Ted McLaughlin on 02/20/2012 08:56 0 comments , 60 views Political Cartoon is by Jim Morin in The Miami Herald. read more
Rick Santorum signals the declining relevance of the Tea Party by Trefor on 02/20/2012 07:03 0 comments , 85 views Categories: Terrorist Teabaggers, Waiting for Obama, Our Israel Problem, That Old Time Religion, Environment, Human Rights, Energy, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq Rick Santorum's recent rise to the number one contender spot versus perennial front-runner Mitt Romney has frequently been described as simply being the last in line of a long list of not-Romney flavor of the months. As in, there is nothing particularly special or meaningful in his recent and likely transient rise. However, this fits into a larger pattern; namely, the decline of the Tea Party as a relevant operating force within the Republican party and a turn to the long running, conventional establishment vs. evangelical schism within the Republican party. As an archetypal member of that latter category, Rick Santorum may thus have more staying power than his predecessors. In 2010, the political story of the year was the Tea ... read more
The Church by Ted McLaughlin on 02/18/2012 08:30 0 comments , 79 views Political Cartoon is by Joel Pett in the Lexington Herald-Leader. read more
Wall Street Willie Still Losing Ground by Ted McLaughlin on 02/18/2012 08:30 0 comments , 77 views I have posted several times in the last few days about Willard Mitt Romney's (aka Wall Street Willie) problems in Michigan -- the state he grew up in. At least five polls are now showing that Rick Santorum has taken the lead in that state. Romney and his super-PAC are starting to spend big in Michigan, hoping to turn things around like they did in Florida-- but they need to act fast, because there are only 10 days left until Michigan votes on February 28th. And Michigan is not Wall Street Willie's only problem. The latest poll out of Arizona (which also votes on February 28th) shows Santorum is surging in that state also. Only a couple of weeks ago, Romney had a 24 point lead in Arizona. Santorum has now whittled that down to 8 ... read more
Congressional Republicans Believe Women Shouldn't Have Any Say On Contraception by Ted McLaughlin on 02/17/2012 08:22 0 comments , 134 views In their effort to appease social conservatives, who make up a large portion of their party's base of voters, congressional Republicans have long tried to keep women in a second-class status in our society. They have opposed equal pay for women and also opposed allowing women to have the right to make decisions regarding their own bodies. Now they are expanding the list of things in which they believe women should have no say to include contraception. The House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), is currently considering a bill to overturn President Obama's decision to provide free and easy access to contraceptives to all American women. The picture above shows the people allowed to testify before this ... read more
Does Obama have 2012 locked up? by Socratic Gadfly on 02/17/2012 05:29 0 comments , 101 views The Signal, Yahoo's under-the-radar political data-analysis blog, a lower-level comparison to Nate Silver's 58 blog at the New York Times, pretty much makes that claim. Two of its writers claim that, as of right now, he would win 303 electoral votes. Now, in the sense that's tighter than in 2008, he's got nothing locked up. But, in the sense the economy's still struggling, and could get better, while at the same time, whoever the eventual GOP nominee is has left a huge video trail to exploit, "locked up" might not overstate the case too much. Here's a few major takeaways. 1. Florida ever so slightly tilts GOP this time, compared to 2008; 2. Virginia is still in Obama's camp, barely, and so is New Hampshire; 3. Just like the ... read more
Barry Goldwater Was Right by vjack on 02/16/2012 13:19 0 comments , 199 views Link to original post read more

No Love For Wall Street Willie In Texas

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/21/2012 09:00 0 comments , 62 views

Willard Mitt Romney (aka Wall Street Willie) may have won the Florida Republican primary, but it is doubtful that he can do so anywhere else in the South. Most Southern States are much more like South Carolina than Florida, which does not bode well for Romney. And whether you consider Texas a part of the South or the West (a case can be made for both), the same is true of the Lone Star State.

According to a recent poll, Romney gets no love from Texas Republicans. In fact, he only finishes in third place. Here are the latest poll numbers for Texas (taken February 8th though 15th):

TEXAS TRIBUNE/UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS POLL
Rick Santorum...............45%
Newt Gingrich...............18%
Mitt Romney...............16%
Ron Paul....... ...

A Brokered Republican Convention?

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/21/2012 09:00 0 comments , 54 views

(Picture above is of the 1952 Republican National Convention.)

Just a few months ago, the idea of no candidate having a majority of the delegates as the Republican National Convention opened was a ridiculous thought. The conventional wisdom was that the nominee would be Mitt Romney, and all he had to do was go through the first few states to wrap up the nomination. But that didn't happen. The Romney record in the first states has been spotty at best, and the political pundits vastly underestimated the perseverance and depth of the anti-Romney movement in the Republican base.

Romney could still stage a comeback and win the required number of delegates before the national convention, but recent events have made it more likely that . ...

How To Tell If Republicans Care About You

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/20/2012 08:56 0 comments , 102 views

Found at the excellent blog What Would Jack Do?

Interference

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/20/2012 08:56 0 comments , 60 views

Political Cartoon is by Jim Morin in The Miami Herald.

Rick Santorum signals the declining relevance of the Tea Party

by Trefor on 02/20/2012 07:03 0 comments , 85 views
Categories: Terrorist Teabaggers, Waiting for Obama, Our Israel Problem, That Old Time Religion, Environment, Human Rights, Energy, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq

Rick Santorum's recent rise to the number one contender spot versus perennial front-runner Mitt Romney has frequently been described as simply being the last in line of a long list of not-Romney flavor of the months. As in, there is nothing particularly special or meaningful in his recent and likely transient rise. However, this fits into a larger pattern; namely, the decline of the Tea Party as a relevant operating force within the Republican party and a turn to the long running, conventional establishment vs. evangelical schism within the Republican party. As an archetypal member of that latter category, Rick Santorum may thus have more staying power than his predecessors.

In 2010, the political story of the year was the Tea ...

The Church

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/18/2012 08:30 0 comments , 79 views

Political Cartoon is by Joel Pett in the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Wall Street Willie Still Losing Ground

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/18/2012 08:30 0 comments , 77 views

I have posted several times in the last few days about Willard Mitt Romney's (aka Wall Street Willie) problems in Michigan -- the state he grew up in. At least five polls are now showing that Rick Santorum has taken the lead in that state. Romney and his super-PAC are starting to spend big in Michigan, hoping to turn things around like they did in Florida-- but they need to act fast, because there are only 10 days left until Michigan votes on February 28th.

And Michigan is not Wall Street Willie's only problem. The latest poll out of Arizona (which also votes on February 28th) shows Santorum is surging in that state also. Only a couple of weeks ago, Romney had a 24 point lead in Arizona. Santorum has now whittled that down to 8 ...

Congressional Republicans Believe Women Shouldn't Have Any Say On Contraception

by Ted McLaughlin on 02/17/2012 08:22 0 comments , 134 views

In their effort to appease social conservatives, who make up a large portion of their party's base of voters, congressional Republicans have long tried to keep women in a second-class status in our society. They have opposed equal pay for women and also opposed allowing women to have the right to make decisions regarding their own bodies. Now they are expanding the list of things in which they believe women should have no say to include contraception.

The House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), is currently considering a bill to overturn President Obama's decision to provide free and easy access to contraceptives to all American women. The picture above shows the people allowed to testify before this ...

Does Obama have 2012 locked up?

by Socratic Gadfly on 02/17/2012 05:29 0 comments , 101 views

The Signal, Yahoo's under-the-radar political data-analysis blog, a lower-level comparison to Nate Silver's 58 blog at the New York Times, pretty much makes that claim.

Two of its writers claim that, as of right now, he would win 303 electoral votes. Now, in the sense that's tighter than in 2008, he's got nothing locked up.

But, in the sense the economy's still struggling, and could get better, while at the same time, whoever the eventual GOP nominee is has left a huge video trail to exploit, "locked up" might not overstate the case too much.

Here's a few major takeaways.
1. Florida ever so slightly tilts GOP this time, compared to 2008;
2. Virginia is still in Obama's camp, barely, and so is New Hampshire;
3. Just like the ...

Barry Goldwater Was Right

by vjack on 02/16/2012 13:19 0 comments , 199 views

Link to original post

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