Ron Paul is one of those politicians who says no for a living. As a representative of Texas, Paul has surprisingly voted against quite a few pieces of legislation that would shock many Americans.
Occasional human being and pretend presidential candidate Michele Bachmann took a swipe at Occupy Wall Street movement Sunday, saying that the movement is far less likely to gain traction with Americans than the Tea Party.
Republican strategist Frank Luntz, whose sole job is to massage and twist facts so as to neatly coincide with the GOP corporate agenda, is naturally worried about the political ramifications of Occupy Wall Street.
Former perennial democratic longshot presidential candidate and Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) may have just given a jolt of Mountain Dew Code Red to Ron Paulites in his efforts to do what libertarians have tried endlessly to do: get rid of the Federal Reserve.
Never quite the gentle giant, Christie ripped into President Obama following the aftermath of the supercommittee’s failure to reach an agreement on debt reduction last week.
Matters pertaining to the Federal Reserve has largely been relegated to Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul, but Alan Grayson breathed new life into the Fed’s sordid dealings during an appearance on Countdown last night.
I often speak about my belief that the roots of modern conservatism back up to the run-up to Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in 1981.
Flash forward to 2008 and the GOP once again relied on its misguided belief that it is the king of killing terrorists. The GOP plan of attack on then-candidate Barack Obama was simple: pound him relentlessly as soft on terrorism, weak on foreign policy and antagonistic toward the military.
First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden were booed at a NASCAR race that they were attending in support the troops. Limbaugh defended the booing fans by calling Obama “uppity.”
Not too long ago, a Tea Party leader sent a message to Tea Party groups to not hire people so that the economy can fail. Their goal for doing so is to make President Obama fail. The message urges small businesses to refrain from hiring until President Obama is out of office. At least one business, U.S. Crane LLC, is doing just that.
CBS released the approval rating of Congress last week and the Republican strangled Congress hit a new low in popularity. The number of Americans who like Congress is now at 9%.
In a time of unprecedented economic quality and unemployment (see Occupy Movements), in which the top one percent control 42 percent of financial wealth while 15 percent of the country is on food stamps and unemployment is still hanging at 9.1 percent.
Santorum whined that if ‘you’re lower income, you can qualify for Medicaid, you can qualify for food stamps, you can qualify for housing assistance,’ then said ‘suffering is part of life and it’s not a bad thing, it is an essential thing in life.’
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez of Idaho Falls, Idaho drove to Washington with an assault rifle and other weapons after telling people in his home state that he “needed” to assassinate the president, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Washington.
So you know how the right-wing has been trying to control if not totally abolish free speech when it runs counter to their corporate agenda? Well, if today’s eviction of the protestors in Zuccoti Park serves as any indication of the plutocrats shaking in their $2000 eagle-feathered boots, then ejecting a woman for wearing a t-shirt you don’t like is a confirmation of that fact.
By trespassing, we are saying that mega-corporate occupation of the power and wealth of this nation is illegitimate. We are here to take our power back and do our best to divest from an economic system that harms us and our fellow citizens
It’s true that this movement is, in part, about handouts, but it’s not the Occupy Wall Street protesters who are seeking handouts.
Elizabeth Warren, the former Havard professor and progressive Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate released her first television advertisement on Sunday that directly targets the undue influence Wall Street has on government decisions.
Michele Bachmann is still alive and apparently running for president, which means she’s obliged to say insane things. Whether she’s touting the benefits of waterboarding (listening to Bachmann speak apparently violates the Geneva Conventions as well) or pulling a Palin and lashing out at…
With economic turmoil widespread across the country and the globe, urban communities and cities find themselves dealing with disturbing unemployment numbers. This has everyone brainstorming solutions to deal with high unemployment rates in cities such as Baltimore.
