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Don’t Confuze me with the Facts
Why do Democrats keep letting Republicans frame every issue, every debate and even Democratic identity? For thirty years, Republican think tanks have been making stuff up about everything from basic economics to climate change. They’ve proven that as long as … Continue reading
Hostage Crisis: The Budget
Republican House Speaker John Boehner, with regard to current budget negotiations, said, “We’re not going to roll over and sell out the American people like has been done time and time again in Washington.” Mr. Boehner, I have two words … Continue reading
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It Can’t Happen Here
In 1935, Sinclair Lewis published his political satire, It Can’t Happen Here. It’s about the takeover of the government by the fascist “corpos.” You can guess what corpo stands for. In 1935 people were desperate for change and Lewis’s book … Continue reading
Heigh Ho We’re Broke
Dedicated to John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, the Fox Gang, and Tea Partiers Everywhere. (To be sung to the tune of Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It’s Off to Work We Go) We’re broke, we’re broke, Your pension’s up in smoke, Let’s … Continue reading
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Let Them Eat Ketchup
About the time when Ronald Reagan declared that ketchup was a vegetable, I had an argument with my dad about the importance of the federal school lunch program. He, like many Republicans, was afraid that people who weren’t “truly needy” … Continue reading
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