I'm starting a new rock band - Testifying Fetus.
We'll only play non-union gigs in Ohio.
We'll only play non-union gigs in Ohio.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Well, this is pretty good news.
Just how interesting would it be to discover a link between the Westboro Baptist Church and the brothers Koch? Half of the organizations founded and/or supported by team Koch are simply flares and chaff ejected to divert attention from the mother ship as it continues on its path of capitalistic bullying.
Smart money is on Koch. Smart people make up Anonymous. Let the competition begin.
Anonymous, the notorious collective of unnamed Internet activists, is declaring war on the controversial Koch brothers. In a press release this weekend Anonymous accuses the brothers and their financial empire of attempting "to usurp American Democracy," and call for a "boycott all Koch Industries' paper products." Anonymous accuses the Koch brothers of taking "actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin.
Just how interesting would it be to discover a link between the Westboro Baptist Church and the brothers Koch? Half of the organizations founded and/or supported by team Koch are simply flares and chaff ejected to divert attention from the mother ship as it continues on its path of capitalistic bullying.
Smart money is on Koch. Smart people make up Anonymous. Let the competition begin.
Saturday, 18 December 2010
Monday, 8 November 2010
I've been doing a slow burn since the election as the avalanche of excuses for why Dems lost the House and some key Senate seats has roared down the media mountain.
Thankfully, David Sirota has taken the time to summarize the issues at hand.
David lays out all the reasons why Dems lost. You should give it a read.
Thankfully, David Sirota has taken the time to summarize the issues at hand.
Go fuck yourself because all of your arguments are about what policies should be pursued to rescue Democratic politicians' electoral future, rather than about what policies are needed to rescue, say, the fucking country's future. Additionally, go fuck yourself because if you know so much about winning elections and if you are so sure conservadem-ism/Blue Dog-ism is the way to win said elections, how come it was the conservadems/Blue Dog candidates - not liberal candidates - who lost the most elections this year?
Also, go fuck yourself because the fact that you are even trying to create the same old bash-the-liberals debate exposes you not just as substantively wrong, but as professionally employed to despoil our culture with bullshit -- and specifically, with bullshit that you know is bullshit. That, really, everyone knows is bullshit.
David lays out all the reasons why Dems lost. You should give it a read.
Friday, 5 November 2010
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
I listened to part of Obama's post-election presser today, and I had to turn it off. I thought about what he was saying and knew I had a problem with it, but I couldn't quite put my finger on why.
Thankfully, there's Paul Krugman:
Thankfully, there's Paul Krugman:
Nobody cares about this stuff — they care about results. Nobody really cares about earmarks; they’re just code for spending less (less on somebody else, of course, not me). Nobody cares about civility and bipartisanship, which in practice are code for Democrats giving in to Republican demands. Nobody cares about parliamentary maneuvers: we can argue about the role of health reform in the election, but I bet not one voter in 50 knows or cares that it was passed using reconciliation (as were the sacred Bush tax cuts we must, must retain).
If Obama had used fancy footwork and 2 AM sessions to pass a big public works program, and this program had brought unemployment down, Republicans would be screaming about the process — and Democrats would have comfortably held control of Congress. Remember the voter backlash against the way Medicare drug benefits were passed? Neither do I.
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Could someone please tell journalists to write 1000 words on reality. I realize this might be more difficult than simply cutting and pasting press releases from the GOP, and columnists might not get invited to the cool parties anymore, but for crying out loud.
On a positive note, I'll bet half of Americans can name eight contestants on Dancing With The Stars.
The Citizens United decision was terrible on several levels. We're already seeing the effects of torrential special interest money cascading through this election cycle. I just want to veg out and watch an hour of television, but that means sitting through a monsoon of campaign ads full of lies, half-truths, selective interpretations, and negativity. I can't do it.
Money rules politics and government. It always has, and it always will. The system is engineered to ensure that never changes. I get it.
Thankfully, there are still a couple of folks who believe in transparency. Will Tom Perriello win? No idea. But I'm glad he's fighting the good fight.
Money rules politics and government. It always has, and it always will. The system is engineered to ensure that never changes. I get it.
Thankfully, there are still a couple of folks who believe in transparency. Will Tom Perriello win? No idea. But I'm glad he's fighting the good fight.
Monday, 18 October 2010
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Love Matt Taibbi:
But these Tea Partyers make themselves fair game with their preposterous absolutist stance on government. If you call Obamacare radical socialism and unemployment insurance a parasitic welfare state program—well, guess what, asshole, you’re going to get rung up when we find out you had your whole family living off state medical aid and farm subsidies.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Gin and Tacos has a plaintive piece on the absolute futility of expecting either party to solve the unemployment dilemma via more magical "job retraining" programs:
No, we can't.
The problem, of course, is that we can retrain people until the cows come home and it won't matter because the jobs aren't there. We keep adding more people to the game of musical chairs, and if the number of chairs doesn't increase it really doesn't matter how quick the players are. So when the White House announces the thousandth "job training initiative" of the last 20 years in response to the current levels of unemployment it is hard not to laugh. Retraining for what? The stated goal is to match the unemployed with the needs of the major companies behind the plans, including Gap and McDonald's. It's sad that people need to be retrained to reach the level of competence necessary to fold sweaters at Old Navy or supervise high schoolers at McDonald's. Anyone else wonder if the difficulty in filling those positions, if indeed there is any, has anything to do with the fact that an adult can't live off of the money they're paying? Can't quite "retrain" ourselves around that problem, can we.
No, we can't.
Saturday, 2 October 2010
Friday, 1 October 2010
Monday, 20 September 2010
Saturday, 7 August 2010
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