ON TAIBBI’S RANT
Read a brilliant column by Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone yesterday in which he savagely attacks the whole election process for the time wasted, the money spent and the unending hype produced. He goes on to advocate that the whole
Category: Politics
Krugman’s Lament
Paul Krugman, in Friday’s New York Times, brings up a point that I have railed about many times in this much less significant space. He comes at it from a different angle but it’s really the same rant. We
On Taibbi’s Rant
Read a brilliant column by Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone yesterday in which he savagely attacks the whole election process for the time wasted, the money spent and the unending hype produced. He goes on to advocate that the whole
Bits & Pieces #26
Did you know that 352 members of congress have left office since 1998? Did you know that 278 of them, 79%, have become lobbyists? That’s why nothing works for anyone but the rich. *** The seeming ease with which three
Not Presidential Material
The most important thing that Bill Clinton did in his speech at the convention was to remind voters, why they had elected Barak Obama. That is the key to any success that Obama will have in this election and just
The First Debate
If you are a Republican and if you’ve been looking, desperately, to the debates, hoping against hope that they will provide some kind of life preserver for you’re here-to-fore, bumbling, inept candidate, your prayers have been answered. I have
What Comes Next?
The question the Right loves to ask; how does Obama plan to create jobs if he manages to win the election. After all he has been only moderately successful so far and that success has not happened fast enough
The Problem with the Right
The problem with the right is that they rail against government’s intrusion in the corporate policies that are being used to defraud the American people while they encourage that same government to intrude itself into the bedrooms of men
The Smartest Tax
In a world full of problems the most complaints seem to hover around taxes, unemployment and the poisoned environment. Well, fellow complainers, you can relax. There is a solution out there that will solve all three problems. All we need
The Disappearing Concept of Truth in News
I’ve often been, rightfully, accused of labeling Republicans as liars. The fact is that although I believe they are the biggest liars, they are not the only ones and it’s getting so bad that you can’t watch any group