The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
The current Republican party, especially in the last few years seems to have embarked on a program to solidify their reputation as the most bizarre group of potential inmates in the history of mental illness. A woman started the trend when Sarah
Got what was supposed to be an insightful poem from a friend of mine today. It was written in 1949, which, I guess is the point, but the point really was that it is yet another attack by the right
The latest news out of our justice community. The filing of a Freedom of information Act brief by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has revealed that the FBI was in possession of information indicating that certain leaders of the
The Republican’s, having given up small points like minimal tax increases for the top 1% think hay have avoided being stigmatized by the rest of us for allowing us to avoid the fiscal cliff, so they are now making big
In 2012 the chief aggression against the US military in Afghanistan was brought by Afghan troops who were supposedly on our side. What could possibly have caused such a phenomenon to develop? Think about it. For twelve years we have been occupying
The up and coming fight over the nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense should be a neat one. The Republican’s have drawn up their full neo-com battery of complaints and complainers in a pre-nomination attempt to influence the
No wonder northerners think of southerners as being retarded. Down in good ole Kentucky, they have a clown named Tom Riner, a state senator and also a Baptist minister who has managed to get a law on the books that
If you have any doubts about the rich and powerful taking over the political systems of not only America but the whole world, the front page of the NY Times on Monday Dec. 3rd will surely put them to rest.
In part 1 of this discourse, we indicated a few areas where the government could acquire additional funds that would help with the country’s expenses and also help lower the deficit. But funding alone won’t do the trick. As the Republican’s
Now that the election is over, the Fiscal Cliff has become the big topic of discussion and controversy. It would seem that Obama and Boehner, if left to their own devices, would be able to hack something out that would,