GOP robocalls give false voting locations to Democrats.
We’re tracking this right now on our voting-problems map.
November 6th, 2012
September 19th, 2012
May 13th, 2012
Each time I strongly criticize Barack Obama a few of my readers ask to unsubscribe. I’m really sorry to lose them but it’s important that those on the left rid themselves of their attachment to the Democratic Party. I’m not certain how best to institute revolutionary change in the United States, but I do know that it will not happen through the Democratic Party, and the sooner those on the left cut their umbilical cord to the Democrats, the sooner we can start to get more serious about this thing called revolution.
May 10th, 2012
February 21st, 2012
I’ve had many people ask me how I got interested in civil rights, and I said, “Well, just because I’m a person.
December 19th, 2011
More than 3/4 of Americans think corporations and the rich are too powerful
This is pretty interesting, especially since only 44% of Americans support the Occupy Wall Street protests (although just 35% disapprove). So, an overwhelming majority supports the principles behind the protests but not the protests themselves. Furthermore, only 29% approve of the way the protests are conducted. How the protests are portrayed in the media obviously influences these numbers. However, even though most believe the rich are too powerful, people still generally agree that hard work will get you success.
On the whole, Americans continue to say hard work leads to success; 58% agree with the statement that “most people who want to get ahead can make it if they are willing to work hard,” but this is substantially lower than the proportion expressing this view in previous surveys. Today, 40% agree that “Hard work and determination are no guarantee of success for most people,” which is up six points since March.
This Pew Research poll also touches on the poor congressional approval ratings (9%). The general conclusion is that the GOP is in big trouble. Republicans don’t want to see most Congress members reelected, Democrats and independents say GOP leaders are to blame for congressional failures, only 49% of Republicans approve of the job the GOP leaders are doing, and the Republican party is overwhelmingly seen as the most extreme and unethical party.
Check out all of the poll results here.
November 4th, 2011
How Wall Street Occupied America
During the prairie revolt that swept the Great Plains in 1890, populist orator Mary Elizabeth Lease exclaimed, “Wall Street owns the country…. Money rules…. Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags. The [political] parties lie to us and the political speakers mislead us.”She should see us now. John Boehner calls on the bankers, holds out his cup and offers them total obeisance from the House majority if only they fill it. Barack Obama criticizes bankers as “fat cats,” then invites them to dine at a pricey New York restaurant where the tasting menu runs to $195 a person.
That’s now the norm, and they get away with it. The president has raised more money from employees of banks, hedge funds and private equity managers than any Republican candidate, including Mitt Romney. Inch by inch he has conceded ground to them while espousing populist rhetoric that his very actions betray.
Let’s name this for what it is: hypocrisy made worse, the further perversion of democracy. Our politicians are little more than money launderers in the trafficking of power and policy—fewer than six degrees of separation from the spirit and tactics of Tony Soprano.
January 31st, 2011
National debt by U.S. presidential terms
Economic commentators have noted a pattern between changes in US national debt and US presidential terms over the last few decades. These commentators observe that changes in US national debt have been correlated with the policical ideology of the ruling administration.
Economist J. Bradford DeLong observes a contrast not so much between Republicans and Democrats, but between Democrats and “old-style Republicans (Eisenhower and Nixon)” on one hand (decreasing debt), and “new-style Republicans” on the other (increasing debt).[1] Similarly, Republican David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan, as op-ed contributor to the New York Times blamed the “ideological tax-cutters” of the Reagan administration for the increase of national debt during the 1980s.[2]
