Yesterday, Paul Ryan told conservative radio show host Laura Ingraham that he agrees with Rick Perry that Social Security is a ‘ponzi scheme.’ When asked whether Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, Ryan told the conservative radio show ‘That is how those schemes work.’
It’s a campaign called ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and thousands of ordinary Americans have shown up to protest America’s greedy and fraudulent financial system. But where’s the media coverage?
The Supreme Court is giving Davis an opportunity to challenge his conviction on the grounds that seven of the witnesses against him have since recanted their testimony against him. But Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas disagree with the majority decision of their colleagues. Justice Scalia doesn’t seem to have a problem with executing innocent people because he believes that it is NOT unconstitutional.
On MSNBC this morning Chris Jansing interviewed Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) who is a multi-millionaire business owner. After being asked if he would lay off employees if his taxes were raised, Fleming began to whine about how much money he has left over after he pays his employees and feeds his family, a scant $400,000.
Paul Ryan is all for helping unemployed Americans get back to work, as long as they are willing to work for nothing. Ryan made his position clear today on Fox News.
Tea Party favorite Andrew Breitbart told a conservative audience in Massachusetts that conservatives outnumber liberals and have most of the guns. He also claimed that the military is ready to take action against liberals if violence ever erupted between liberals and conservatives.
Linda Harvey, the founder of Mission America, says that LGBT people don’t exist. She made the comments during her weekend broadcast while she was attacking the Gay, Lesbian, And Straight Education Network.
On Sunday, ABC’s Christiane Amanpour asked presidential historian Michael Beschloss if the Republican establishment was worried about Rick Perry capturing the GOP nomination for President. George Will took part in the discussion and had a surprising viewpoint to share.
Republicans rejected the one tax cut that can actually give some financial relief to middle class Americans. A payroll tax cut almost exclusively benefits middle class and poor Americans because it puts immediate cash back in their wallets which they spend on things they need the money for such as bills, food, etc
Representative Louie Gohmert has a jobs plan. Well, he has a plan anyway. Gohmert says his bill will create jobs. If we were in a dream world, perhaps. One thing Gohmert’s bill will do, is completely eliminate the corporate tax rate.
Newt Gingrich is another Republican who revels in bashing the poor. Gingrich told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that the uninsured should receive health care from charitable organizations and not government.
It looks like we finally know the reason why Republicans are refusing to fund FEMA, the federal agency that responds to natural disasters. Former Republican Governor Jeb Bush is set to lead a newly formed FOR-PROFIT natural disaster response company.
Once again, Republicans are putting the Christian Right Wing agenda first, instead of working on creating jobs that Americans desperately need. Joe ‘You Lie!’ Wilson and Buck McKeon sent a letter to Leon Panetta asking to delay lifting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ because they claim they haven’t received copies of the new regulations that will take effect after the policy is repealed.
Rush Limbaugh has ruthlessly attacked Michelle Obama on his radio show for years now. But now he has hit another low, by making fun of the First Lady’s weight.
Yesterday during a speech in Sun Lakes, Arizona, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney said that if he is elected President, he’d like a Vice-President who is a lot like former Vice-President Dick Cheney.
Apparently, Sarah Palin had an interracial one night stand with former NBA star Glen Rice back in 1987, a year before she married her husband, Todd. And before you write this off as just a rumor, you should know that Rice has confirmed this story to McGinness. The encounter occurred while Palin was a sports reporter fresh out of college. Rice was in Alaska for a college basketball tournament.
It’s so stupid that it can’t be true, right? Well, it is true. Fox News has hit a new low. In another desperate attempt to criticize anything the President does, the folks on Fox and Friends yesterday morning criticized President Obama for using a binder clip on his copy of the American Jobs Act plan he held in his hand during a speech outside the White House. Apparently, it wasn’t fancy enough for them.
Rand Paul has once again stuck his foot in his mouth. Despite the fact that Americans are falling into poverty in record numbers, Senator Paul, son of Ron Paul, says that the poor are getting rich. He also claimed that there is no correlation between poverty and death and that to claim that there was such a connection is nothing more than ‘socialism’ and ‘tyranny.’
Now it’s clear. Republicans are holding back on passing bills to help the country until a new President is elected. It’s all about holding the general welfare of the nation hostage. Republican Steve King of Iowa has admitted as much in a new statement made in the wake of President Obama introducing the American Jobs Act.
The fact is, there is not much difference in these cases. Either way, government is forcing a certain group of people to do something that they may not want to do. This exchange between the candidates is a fantastic example of the hypocrisy of the right wing. You can’t complain about government taking away choice, and then turn around and advocate taking away someone’s choice. But that’s exactly what Republicans want to do.
