The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
Nancy Pelosi gave Kevin McCarthy 5 seats on the House Jan. 6th investigation Committee and instead of being a gentleman, something of which he is completely incapable of being, and providing five functional members of his party (not an easy job), McCarthy
The recent building collapse near Miami set off a shit storm of accusations, lawsuits and criminal investigations that will last until all memory of the actual collapse is long gone. Everyone is looking for someone to blame and a way to
A couple of posts back I had one that was entitled “You Can’t Fix Stupid.” It was about our inability to deal with those who are actually and legitimately too ignorant to understand the realities of life or those who deliberately refuse
In the process of attempting to push through the greatest expansion in social spending maybe ever, Joe Biden has enlisted an eager Bernie Sanders to unite the progressive caucus behind Biden’s bi-partisan infrastructure bill and social legislation of much greater scale, that
Before the 2020 presidential election Donald Trump announced that if he lost it would mean that the election had been rigged. So we all laughed and agreed that Trump was truly insane. On January 6, 2021 a mob of Right Wing
The most fundamental right of any democracy is the right to vote. This week the Supreme Court failed to uphold that right when their politically motivated decision failed to rein in the anti-voting legislation that is sweeping across the country. Not only
Money! It’s the root of all evil and the one thing you always need to get something done. You want better healthcare; it costs money. You want infrastructure; it costs money. You want better education or a larger military; money! It’s
So President Biden announced a new bi-partisan bill had been agreed on this week and the shit hit the fan. I don’t know why it is tyat Democrats will never learn how to be politicians. Instead of nodding their heads in agreement
Biden and Putin had their meeting last week and the contrasts between how it turned out and the meetings between Trump and Putin are startling. This American President did not denigrate his own intelligence service, nor did he grovel or attempt
The debate over the reality of bi-partisan legislation goes on and on but it will never come to any kind of reasonable conclusion simply because the Republicans don’t want to see any kind of success by the Democrats, and passing a bill