by joe | Jun 10, 2016 | Humor, News & Politics
Has voter fraud, establishment politics, and the slow parade of inferior candidates gotten you down? In case you’re not of a certain age, and you don’t who Buffalo Bob and Captain Kangaroo are — well, let me tell you — these guys rocked the...
by joe | Jun 9, 2016 | News & Politics
America elected its first black president after the disaster of the Bush presidency. In other words, because George W. Bush was such a calamity, a country struggling with deep real racial issues was ready to put Barack Obama in the White House. I’m not saying...
by joe | Sep 27, 2011 | News & Politics
From the New York Times Sunday Review: A fantastic historical perspective of how we got where we are now… Please read this… May Day celebration in Union Square, New York City, 1934. A protester at the recent demonstrations around Wall Street. September 24,...
by joe | Sep 20, 2011 | News & Politics, Uncategorized
Obama’s deficit proposal marks a move away from compromise By calling for a millionaire’s tax and threatening to veto any bill that doesn’t address revenue as well as spending, Obama tacitly admits than his push for a ‘grand bargain’ with...
by joe | Aug 1, 2011 | News & Politics
Do you get the feeling Obama and Democratic leaders have completely caved in? I mean, is the right wing of the Republican Party that frightening? Why have the Dems chosen to play dead and let the tea party-hard-cases dismantle 70 years of the American social safety...
by joe | Aug 1, 2011 | News & Politics
“…The world is watching in fearful — and sometimes gleeful — fascination as the Tea Party drives a Thunderbird off the cliff with the president and speaker of the House strapped in the back. The Dow is hiding under the bed with a glass of single malt. Can...