An army of stupid
and yet somehow, it is a formidable army."Barack Obama is racist". "Barter chickens for healthcare". "I read all of the newspapers that are put in front of me." "I can see Russia from my house" (ok,...
View ArticleHow many jobs could corporate ad spending pay for?
There has (rightfully) been a major focus on the fallout of Citizen’s United and the impact on foreign government/corporate cash being funneled into buying attack ads and influencing elections. One...
View ArticleNJ-Gov: Chris Christie has lost the benefit of the doubt
As many of you know, NJ Governor Chris Christie is one of the "new darlings of the right" and was campaigning for other candidates around the country, yukking it up with David Gregory on Press the...
View ArticleSetting the record straight on the social security tax holiday
Those who have read my writings know two things: (1) employment tax is my area of expertise and (2) I am no big fan of this Administration. And while I find a number of things very disturbing about...
View ArticleA blueprint for economic disaster
Make no mistake – the demonization of public workers is just the latest in a long series of distractions by the right wing and economic elite as they pick the pockets of the “other 95% of Americans”....
View ArticleMaybe you shouldn’t have supported trillions in unfunded wars
What “the great deficit debate” really boils down to is one thing: priorities.Deficits weren’t a priority when nearly all Republicans and a good number of Democrats voted for the ill conceived and ill...
View ArticleThe basic fallacy of "privatization"
I put “privatization” in quotes because it is really corporatization, and quite frankly is a much better term for the further theft of taxpayer dollars for the well connected corporate class.The...
View ArticleGov. Christie is the "bloodsucking public employee" he loves to hate
For those of you not following the latest abuse of office by Republican blowhard "rising star" Chris Christie, you can read a lot here about his use of a state police helicopter to go from a meeting...
View ArticleNJ's RGGI Pullout: the Latest Christie-Koch Wink-Nod?
Cross posted at/from Blue Jersey********As noted recently at Blue Jersey, the lead Iowa Republican funder who Governor Christie met with during “CopterGate” was Koch business partner Bruce Rastetter....
View ArticleReal Americans and Fake Patriots
(also in Blue)*****Ironically but not surprisingly, Sarah Palin and a good number of those on the right like to address their crowds, who have increasingly been playing dress-up as “patriots” (and not...
View ArticleKeeping America Safe
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the current terror threat and precautions is yet another reminder (and reason) for a discussion about “keeping America safe”. The hundreds of...
View ArticleChris Christie's Political Football
Please note that this diary was originally posted at Blue Jersey by a colleague and fellow front pager, the_promised_land. I have been asked to post it here on behalf of the Blue Jersey crew since...
View ArticleIf Christie says he isn’t ready to run or govern, why is he reconsidering?
Also in blue*****In all of the ego stroking, “messiah worship” of the Republican Party and their right wing financiers when it comes to the courting of Governor Christie to run for President – for lack...
View Articlethank you, "anonymous benefactor"...
I know I don't come around here much anymore, and I don't even know if this is going to be read by many since it is really a silly little diary....but...over the weekend, I got one of those "do not...
View ArticleIncome tax cuts are the problem, not the solution
Much has been made about income taxes and income tax cuts – not just by Republicans, who base their entire economic plan on less taxes (which of course will usually vastly benefit their base by every...
View ArticleLook what can happen to somebody who stood up to Chris Christie
-----hi folks - yeah, it's been a while and I know it is full on "top of the ticket time", but here is a pretty cool story about a teacher, a progressive with no prior interest in politics before...
View ArticleSetting the narrative in the event of an Obama victory
I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but there are a few things at play over the next day and it is obviously very important to get ahead of the narrative before some of the typical “conventional...
View ArticleWelcome to the 21st Century, losers.
As the Republican Party licks its’ gaping wounds with the loss on Tuesday and tries to figure out whether the path of lies or hate or greed or fear was more to blame (or whether it was the fault of one...
View ArticleWhy did Christie meet with Port Authority Chief days before “the email”?
It’s been forever since I posted and I know there are a million Bridgeghazi posts, but I didn’t see this in a quick scan.One thing that jumped out at me in looking over the stories of the newly...
View Article#Bridgeghazi: Why “motive” isn’t all that important right about now
Word is that it was payback for the Democratic Mayor of Fort Lee not endorsing Christie’s re-election or it was payback to NJ Legislative Democrats over the State Supreme Court or a development project...
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