From Left: Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Egberto Willies, Councilwoman Melissa Noriega Houston Mayor Annise Parker stopped by the "Top Houston Political Blogger Holiday Happy Hour" on Monday December 13th, 2010. In attendance as well was City Council At-Large Position 3 Melissa Noriega. Mayor Parker is a class act in that unlike many Democrats who seem […]

According to pragmatic Progressive Lawrence O’Donnell, Right Wingnut Rush Limbaugh, & “who knows where he stands today” Mick Romney, President Obama got the best deal in the New Tax bill. O’Donnell states that Liberals attacking the President simply have never negotiated a bill to understand how good a deal the President bested from the Republicans. […]

In times of austerity when Conservatives are continuously attempting to stifle support for programs to help those who have been unemployed for a very long time, observing Conservative Republican State Representative Joe Crabb spend $48,000 dollars, more than any other state representative in Texas is a complete disregard for the middle class. Of course Conservatives […]

Losing weight is no panacea. First one should never believe that somehow there are magic weight loss diet pills that one can depend on to guarantee weight loss. That said the best diet pills can be found at reputable vendors but you must examine these vendors on an individual basis. During the Holidays our main […]

Sitting a nice office with wooden floors was always my pleasure. Interesting enough after 13 years of seeing the same floor I sat down thinking about what would make a change that mitigated the monotony of constant. Suggestions from the family and a few budget conscious friend was area rugs. Area Rugs? I am not […]

Many in the left are being sanctimonious and overly pure. President Obama’s statement on the exact restrictions of social security as passed by FDR was factually inaccurate but most understand the premise of his argument. Going for purity has consistently failed. Incremental additions as occurred in many of our government programs are what have taken […]

The Gallup poll shows that the majority of Americans support the two year extension of the tax cuts. This is not surprising given the fear Americans have on their economic situation and causality. It is not that Americans support keeping the tax cuts for the wealthy in the abstract. Americans are hedging their bets. They […]

I love Keith Olbermann. Keith Olbermann has been instrumental in the Progressive cause and he has gone where many Liberals have been fearful of going. His criticism of the President on the tax cut deal was simply wrong and his tonality much too harsh. I blame the President for extremely poor messaging. I blame Keith […]

Yesterday, the President announced the framework of a bipartisan agreement to extend a set of tax cuts that were set to expire, restore unemployment benefits for millions of Americans, and pass additional measures to help middle-class families and create jobs. Now, he’s recorded a video to speak directly to OFA supporters about the deal. This […]