Displaying 571 To 600 Of 2,270 Comments An Open Letter to my Sons – November 5th, 2008 AB, that’s a really good idea! It never occurred to me for some reason to personally write him and thank him. I sent him a congrats postcard from our family for the ACA, but you are right, a letter is better. Thanks for the idea! » Posted By funksands On November 5, 2012 @ 10:36 pm Mainstream Media Mania – One Last Day To Drive Voters Crazy Watch election night on the BBC for an hour or so Sally, its very calming. » Posted By funksands On November 5, 2012 @ 11:05 pm The “MSM’s bachelor party for propoganda”. š Excellent line. I managed to avoid television and radio nearly all day today. I watched about 20 minutes this morning and everyone I watched seemed nearly manic. It was revolting. » Posted By funksands On November 5, 2012 @ 11:04 pm The Most Obvious Secret of the Election…Obama is Winning. No chance Mitt can win this without serious serious outside intervention beyond both his and Obama’s control. Everything is playing out like I thought it would way back in the early stages of the primaries. Romney crushes his opposition with money and slowly but surely his personal flaws would shed his disgruntled but resigned voters. I certainly had no idea how flawed he really was though. And the Senate and House races are very surprising. Hopefully this leads to even more energy to really crush the GOP rather than resting on laurels that don’t exist yet. It is very exciting though. » Posted By funksands On September 27, 2012 @ 1:12 pm Nate Silver tweet: Nate Silver ā@fivethirtyeight LOL By the way, his “Now-cast” has Obama at a 99% likelyhood of winning. Wow. » Posted By funksands On September 27, 2012 @ 11:03 am Weekend Music Thread – Hello, I Must Be Going Randy Newman – A few words in defense of our country [img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OldToIF5ZGs[/img] » Posted By funksands On September 23, 2012 @ 12:43 pm EXCLUSIVE: New Video Clip From Romney Fundraiser! Let’s break this down shall we? 129 million people voted in 2008 Presidential election. I don’t think Romney really meant people living on SS and Medicare are parasites, and he’d never admit to veterans being moochers, and most of the people not paying net federal income tax DO pay payroll tax, so they at least pay something. So… I can only conclude he means people on actual welfare. 4.4 million people on welfare. 50% of those are children, and I don’t think Obama is trying to corner the child vote = 2.2 million Let’s say 75% of those would vote for Obama (I’m being generous) Let’s say, like everyone else only 50% of those people show up to vote in November 825,000 divided by 129 million is .06% Yep that’s pretty darn close to 47%!! RomneyRyan math at work again. Lawrence O’Donnell was right: “The Romney campaign is being swallowed by stupid people.” » Posted By funksands On September 18, 2012 @ 8:54 pm [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3HuFU7CQAAK5hj.jpg:large[/img] » Posted By funksands On September 18, 2012 @ 8:35 pm With GOPTEA Congress Broken Fed to the Rescue Murph, Bank of America came out today and basically said that the Fed is planning on “unlimited stimulus” through 2014 or whatever it takes. » Posted By funksands On September 13, 2012 @ 7:38 pm Congress has forced the Fed to act by abdicating their responsibility to make policy and pass policy to affect unemployment. The Fed and the President are forced to act with their limited tools because Congress is utterly broken. For those that feel the Fed is acting outside its bounds, please refer to the Fed’s mission statement on it webpage: The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. It was founded by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. Over the years, its role in banking and the economy has expanded. Today, the Federal Reserve’s duties fall into four general areas: 1) Conducting the nation’s monetary policy by influencing the monetary and credit conditions in the economy in pursuit of > maximum employment,< stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates 2) Supervising and regulating banking institutions to ensure the safety and soundness of the nation's banking and financial system and to protect the credit rights of consumers 3) Maintaining the stability of the financial system and containing systemic risk that may arise in financial markets 4) Providing financial services to depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign official institutions, including playing a major role in operating the nation's payments system It is their job to do SOMETHING about unemployment even if Congress won't. It is Congress' own INaction that is to blame for the Fed's actions, which do indeed have a negative side to its stimulative effect. » Posted By funksands On September 13, 2012 @ 7:36 pm What Would You Like to See From Dems and Obama at the DNC? AB, I share your frustration. Like Susan below, I’d like to know the whole story behind the change, but its disappointing regardless. » Posted By funksands On September 6, 2012 @ 9:33 am I thought Chris Hayes made a very interesting point in the post-speech coverage at the convention last night: He basically laid out the observation that the good things that Clinton got done during his time in office also led to a series of compromises with the Republicans on a host of issues. Bad policy that had far-reaching impact on our government and society far into the future. Repeal of Glass Steagall, DOMA, DADT, NAFTA, GATT, Crime and Prison legislation…. While Obama’s really had to sacrifice little or nothing of lasting consequence to accomplish his victories. I thought that was an interesting observation. » Posted By funksands On September 6, 2012 @ 9:31 am Curious indeed. š » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2012 @ 4:36 pm Or this?[img]http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/7/V/b/1/bush_groping_merkel.jpg[/img] » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2012 @ 3:28 pm Or this?[img]http://thedailybackground.com/media/images/blog//ZZ24AE8608.jpg[/img] » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2012 @ 3:28 pm I was hoping they’d put Jerusalem back in the platform. Next maybe they’ll bring back trans-fat frying oil for my damn french fries. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2012 @ 3:24 pm Must be nice to be a former President and be invited to speak at your party’s convention Must be nice to be a former President that can travel freely around the world without dodging international arrest warrants Must be nice to be a former President that is not treated as if he is already dead by his party. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2012 @ 3:13 pm Wow, what a start to the Convention! The mood and tone couldn’t have been more different. It’s like everyone participating was champing at the bit to get at it. Much different than the forced death march that Romney’s campaign has been. The second day is always a bridge and often gets forgotten in conventions, but I hope that today Democrats talk about what they learned over the last four years. Talk proudly about the victories, and yes admit a few mistakes too. I’m very curious about Warren’s speech today. I think it could go a lot of directions with different tones. I hope she comes out and lays out the groundwork of how we re-align how business gets done in this country. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2012 @ 9:05 am Republican Support for Natural Disasters [img]http://media1.policymic.com/site/articles/13514/photo.jpg[/img][img]http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/168/cache/festivals-civil-war-reenactment-2_16822_600x450.jpg[/img][img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/–6uhetHcAMg/T_4uAK5gOTI/AAAAAAAABIs/ui56k9yXqak/s1600/incrediblefam.jpg[/img] Each of these fantasy role-players would like to run your government. Which is the most dangerous? Choose wisely. » Posted By funksands On August 28, 2012 @ 9:29 am Lifelong Republican Leaves Party KQ, thanks for this. I’ll take it and pass it on. He makes points that many on this site make time and time again, but its nice to hear it from a professed ex-Republican. He does bring up a good point that I think sometimes gets lost in the daily wash of numbers Ask yourself which country you’d rather be in right now? A) 2.9% GDP – 8.3% unemployment B) 1.4% GDP – 5.4% unemployment What good is it to have the the most profitable, productive workforce in the world if they can’t fully enjoy the benefits of their efforts? Other countries have figured out that there is a balance between a society that exists to generate functionless pools of profits and a lumbering welfare state. » Posted By funksands On August 21, 2012 @ 2:53 pm Saving Privatizing Ryan…As A Last Desperate Resort Ad, I’ve got a companion piece to that poll. I had a client walk up to my street fondu cart today and announce without prompting. “Well, I guess I’m voting for Obama. I’m from Wisconsin, but that guy Ryan is a shifty son of a bitch. Not only that but my brother loves him and my brother is an idiot.” š » Posted By funksands On August 13, 2012 @ 12:27 pm Ad, great piece. You have captured Ryan’s lack of essence nicely! Paul Ryan is simply Newt Gingrich before everyone realized how full of shit he was. However, Ryan is also a black-belt “concern troll” without the self-destructive tendencies that Gingrich has. Don’t underestimate him, but fearing a paper tiger like this guy is foolish. » Posted By funksands On August 12, 2012 @ 8:36 pm The Right Wing’s Psychotic Version of God No, just the “most atheistic”. Big difference. He can’t even be an asshole without sounding stupid. » Posted By funksands On July 20, 2012 @ 6:05 pm This taint on the taint of humanity deserves a trip to Hotel Lobotomy. This guy owes his seat to Tom DeLay’s redistricting gerrymandering in 2003. Want to hear what he WENT ON TO SAY? GOHMERT: Well, itās always a problem and there are some people who require medication ā¦ But you know, I might mention something else that hadnāt been public yet. Most of us that follow the military, love the military know that we have had an extraordinary increase in suicide rates in the military and itās just heartbreaking ā¦ There was a study commissioned, 6,000 personal of index profiles and what they found, and I donāt āknow if theyāll make it publicā¦but all of the people who have committed suicide within their two percent studied, were part of their 2 percent most atheistic members of the military. Weāve lost our faith.” This is why we can’t have nice things as a country anymore. » Posted By funksands On July 20, 2012 @ 5:04 pm Ad, at best if he releases his returns it will show that he’s utterly detached from the financial interests of the nation he wants to lead. Exploiting every legal, sorta-legal, and shady-legal loophole in the tax code might be a fine way to spare your self the indignity of paying capital gains, income and estate taxes, but it certainly does not show Regular Joe that you have some understanding of his situation. » Posted By funksands On July 15, 2012 @ 12:35 pm Here’s my question that I haven’t heard asked yet by anyone on the MSM (though admittedly I may have missed it). So…who WAS running Bain from 1999-2002 if it wasn’t Romney? Who WAS in charge of day to day decision-making? » Posted By funksands On July 15, 2012 @ 12:32 pm Figuring Out The Far Right Republicans Jeez Sue, what a list. I’m going to have to shower after reading it. You totally nailed it. The conservative GOP exists merely as a conduit of money and power to the top .00005%. Seen in that light, their actions make sense. The radical faction of the GOP (good distinction) have motives that are murkier, harder to pin down, and far more troubling. The only advantage to fighting this faction is they seem to broken up into many many more splinter groups. Am I wrong? Great piece. » Posted By funksands On July 9, 2012 @ 3:15 pm Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Ah, the simple joy of frustrated RWNJ’s. Thanks Sally. » Posted By funksands On June 28, 2012 @ 8:26 pm All you Libs know that now Healthcare Queens are going to start crawling out of the woodwork. I bet they’ll have 3-4 heart attacks a year to game the system. Don’t say you didn’t see this comin’. » Posted By funksands On June 28, 2012 @ 8:24 pm I think I agree with 3 of the 4 points. I don’t know enough about the waiver system to agree or disagree, but I take the Dems at their word that they’ll bog that down forever if they need to. I’d really like to hear something definitive about the mandate and now that it has been called a “tax” does it indeed now qualify to address through reconciliation? » Posted By funksands On June 28, 2012 @ 8:23 pmComments Posted By funksands
Romney’s winning in the Gallup poll if you reweight the sample to have more Romney than Obama voters.
= 1.65 million
= 825,000
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