From the beginning of his administration, there has been a perennial flaring up of tensions between President Obama and the liberal wing of our common party. His compromise on the stimulus package at the beginning, followed by his choice to avoid nationalizing the banks, deals cut with instead of given to the auto industry, […]

  Wednesday, July 28, 2010 The Bush Economy, Unemployment and Suicide For a host of reasons, I have made it my policy for now not to go public with my own personal situation.  At least not yet. I deal with my own personal pain and suffering mostly by focusing on making a change and fighting […]

  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Leader’s Digest www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Last night Jon Stewart responded to Barack Obama’s much talked about appearance on "The View," or as Stewart refers to it, "a daily show about the misadventures of the world’s unluckiest […]

If we are serious about the budget deficit we will allow the Bush tax cuts on those making in excess of $200,000 per year to expire. The false talking point that this would affect a large number of small businesses was debunked by factcheck.org the first time McCain made this argument (http://bit.ly/c3JMGA). By simple experience, […]

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This story touched me for one specific reason.  The systemic unemployment will affect those over 45 years of age more that anyone else; this specifically because of the oversupply of young unemployed citizens as well as rampant outsourcing. Unfortunately many of those over 45 years old are the same people who are buying into the […]

Usually, high-powered insurance company lobbyists in Washington, DC takes a long, luxurious August vacation – but not this year.  This year the lobbyists have turned their sights to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in a blatant attempt to hijack reform.1 After spending millions of dollars and employing thousands of lobbyists only to lose […]

  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Wednesday that despite all their public criticism, Republican lawmakers tell him in private that they think the administration’s stimulus package has been a success. "I believe the economic recovery plan has worked," LaHood said, in an interview with the Huffington Post, "and I’ve had Republican members tell me […]