Fun With Infographics (STILL Worst Preznit EVA)
by matttbastard Michael Tomasky: The Boston Globe ran a chart last Sunday that I’d buy billboard space to reproduce in every decent-size city in America, if I were running the…
Barack Obama
What happened to Obama
A great read today on Barack Obama's presidency given the events of this week, "What Happened to Obama?" It's by Drew Westen, professor and author of the acclaimed book "The…
Americans Hate Congress Want Jobs
This New York Times poll is interesting. It shows that despite the media onslaught and the lies pumped out by the Republicans, nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that creating jobs…
Another Stop Along the Road to Damascus
by matttbastard The pullquote from one of David Frum’s latest eviscerations of contemporary USian conservative folly, a meditative riff on Susan Sontag’s infamous “Were our enemies right?” speech, was making…
After The Debt Ceiling: Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Economic Meltdown
It must have been pretty weak pixie dust, that debt ceiling agreement that was supposed to stave off imminent collapse, put America on a sound economic footing and bring sunshine…
The New York Times – "A Terrible Deal"
Today's New York Times editorial isn't pulling any punches about Obama's debt ceiling deal, calling it precisely what it is - a capitulation....The deal would avert a catastrophic government default,…
Republocrats Agree To Sodomize Americans, Fund Israel
...and I don't mean sodomy in the fun frolicky sense of the world. What I mean is that they've agree that the deficit will not be "fixed" by raising taxes…
Dear Mr. Obama
I read this with sad recognition:In other words: it makes no difference to us how much we stomp on liberals' beliefs or how much they squawk, because we'll just wave…
Obama – A Wall Street Democrat in Progressive Clothing
When we listened to his stirring speeches on the campaign trail, Barack Obama sounded genuinely progressive. Then he won the presidency and got down to business - Wall Street business.In…
Debt Ceiling Crisis? Obama Should Just do What Reagan and Bush Did
Ronald Reagan incurred more debt than all previous presidents combined, and was forced to raise the debt ceiling 17 times. No trumpets blared.George H.W. Bush, inherited this massive debt and…
Could US Debt Debate Fragment The Republicans?
Tea Party Republicans: ready to go all the way Republican House Speaker John Boehner must be wondering at this moment what to do with his rather large embarrassment of riches…
Global Warming Solved: Fire The Scientist
Remember how Obama said all that stuff about the importance of whistleblowers to keep government honest? Yeah, well, you might want to ask Bradley Manning the punchline to that particular…
US Debt War Will Lead To Recession
Hate to say it folks but there's about a snowball's chance in hell that the world won't have returned to recession by the end of this year. There are many…
United States Inches Toward Real Freedom
Well, I’m back from my vacation abroad, so let’s start up again with some short, but welcome news! New York officially started issuing same-sex marriage licenses yesterday, just days after…
The Tea Party movement – Defending the undertaxed from the overtaxed
Although the debt ceiling crisis playing out in Washington is an American concern, it is an issue with huge ramifications here in Canada and across the world. American historian Bernard…
Obama and Debt Ceiling Negotiations
The following cartoon says it all. What more will Repugs ask of him?
It’s Official – Obama Has No Spine
It's gone, surgically removed by specialists from the Republican congressional ranks. Now Obama has lost all chance of ever being able not to roll over on command.Elizabeth Warren is out.…
Obama’s Phoney Budget War
There's a fairly decent chance that the morons who run the American Empire will let the country slip into default at the beginning of August, causing a cascade of penalties…
Mushy Middles, Dirty Words and Why we Must Rebuild the Centre
When I posted on why Jack Layton should drop the "brothers and sisters" socialist talk if he hoped to survive the next four years, I received several comments and many…