Failing to Bail
My feelings are so mixed after this bailout bill failed today. I read the bill last night, and again this morning, and I have to tell you; it was a pretty good bill. Instead of handing $700 billion...
View ArticleBipartisanship With Petulant Children; Is it Possible?
Look, I'm all for President Obama seeking support from Republicans. After all, he is the president of all of the people, and Republicans are people, too. But for Chrissakes; at what point does he get...
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Ignorance of the Constitution is no Excuse!
Before they are allowed to take the floor of the United States House of Representatives, every member of Congress is required to take an oath. This is that oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that...
View ArticleReconciliation: What it is, and Why Reid Is Avoiding It.
There is a lot of talk about reconciliation when it comes to the health insurance reform bill in the Senate, but I get a sense that many who use the term don’t really understand the process. There’s...
View ArticleRepublicans: C***-Blocking the future; Even More Bills
The purpose of this series of posts (This is number four — scroll down for the others) is to give you ammunition. Ammunition for all of those friends and others from all sides of the political spectrum...
View ArticleAttack of the Extremists
If you follow politics to any extent and have for more than 20 years, then you have to realize that what has happened to the Republican Party is extraordinary. What has been happening to the country...
View ArticleReposted: Dems are not wimps! Some of the 375 bills they passed in 111th...
By request, I’m reposting this again, to remind everyone just how much damage the GOP has done with their abuse of the filibuster, and to remind some progressives of the major bonehead moves they made...
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We need a new corporate tax code, but without GOP input
Last week, fast food giant Burger King swallowed up Tim Horton’s, a chain of donut and coffee stores popular throughout Canada, and growing in strength throughout the northeastern United States. one...
View Article26 to Go: What Republicans have done, Part I
Here’s a (partial) list of things Republicans have done over the last four years, despite the fact that they continue to ask that you vote for them. (And for those who are supposedly on our side, but...
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Help Create a Network of Progressives for Common Sense
You can really tell who the professional left are these days. While the rest of us are seeing things like what’s happened in Baltimore… and New York… and Chicago… and Ferguson… and trying to learn how...
View ArticleCutting the Crap on “Smaller Government” and Taxes
Given things I heard over the weekend, I feel like there’s some crap cutting to do with regard to taxes and tax rates. It seems that the right wing propaganda machine has propped up the idea that,...
View ArticleFailing to Bail
My feelings are so mixed after this bailout bill failed today. I read the bill last night, and again this morning, and I have to tell you; it was a pretty good bill. Instead of handing $700 billion...
View ArticleJune 3, 2016 – Busting Myths and Cutting It
http://pleasecutthecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-03-PCTC-Podcast.mp3 This episode of the Podcast marks a new era. Not only will it be bigger and better than ever, but it will be as...
View ArticlePCTC Podcast – June 10, 2016 _ He’s NOT the Messiah!
http://pleasecutthecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-10-PCTC-Podcast.mp3 In this episode of the podcast, we celebrate Hillary’s win as the first woman chosen as a nominee from a major party...
View ArticlePCTC Podcast June 17, 2016 – The Three Prongs
http://pleasecutthecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-17-PCTC-podcast.mp3 In this episode of the podcast, I discuss in detail the three prongs in the salad fork of justice. The Orlando...
View ArticleThe Veracity of Truth – GOP Nuts and Black Lives Matter
http://pleasecutthecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-11-The-Veracity-of-Truth.mp3 In this episode of the podcast, re-Christened “The Veracity of Truth,” we talk about the GOP’s tax craziness...
View ArticleThe Veracity of Truth – PCTC Network Podcast #65 – What Principle?
http://pleasecutthecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-15-The-Veracity-of-Truth-65.mp3 In this episode of the podcast, I discuss the great foreign policy chops shown by President Obama, who is...
View ArticleThe Veracity of Truth #66 – GOP Pageant Day One
In this episode of the “Veracity of Truth” podcast, I discuss the current (zombie-like) state of the Republican Party, the insult inherent in the phrase, “Make America Safe Again,” given their record...
View ArticleThe Veracity of Truth #67 – The Disgusting GOP
http://pleasecutthecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-20-The-Veracity-of-Truth-67.mp3 In this episode, I talk about how disgusting the current GOP is and go over a little of Day 2 of the...
View ArticleThe Veracity of Truth #68 – The Trump Threat
http://pleasecutthecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-22-Veracity-of-Truth-68.mp3 This episode is all about Trump and the existential threat we face if he wins. His speech last night was...
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