Corporations Are People Too! or How to Explain The Supreme Court's Derangement to Your Child   by Dr. Suits   On a winter's day in two thousand ten A decision was made by five crazy men Their words were all heard by the little boy, Trent Who then asked...
                                                      "Politics As Unusual"  We have been privileged to become witness to two political events in 14 months that most of us never imagined would happen in our lifetime. The elections of Barack Obama and Scott Brown. Two men who each in their...

Time For Action!

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We just had a 1-2-3-4 combination of punches and we're reeling. 1. The election of Brown and the loss of a Dem 60 vote majority in The Senate. 2. The concession that HCR will not be passed. 3. Pres. Obama's choosing "bipartisanship"...

Back to the Future

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It was one year ago Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States...or wasn't according to teabaggers who protested the mucking up of the oath by Roberts. Remember? The de-legitimizing of Obama's presidency literally began on the...
As I review the comments over at other "liberal" blogs, I see a pattern of commentary from those that I think of as Puritans. There is a prescriptive trifecta to "cure all our ills" in the body politic: 1) More parties.  ...
Click graph to enlarge I have heard many of the political pundits say that if the unemployment pictures does not improve we can expect one or more of the houses of congress to change hands, reverting back to a Republican...
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announced that he will retire after serving five terms in the United States Senate. Within hours of this announcement Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he would run in the hopes of winning the seat...
Whether Obama bashing, teeth gnashing, tea party crashing, or GOP trashing—it's time for progressives to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk. There be elections here! (Yes, I'm a trekkie.) And we have a chance to create...

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