Social Security - Enough GOP Lies A Chart Worth 10,000 words
The GOP says Social Security and Medicare are irretrievably broken with the private sector the only cure. The Social Security Chief Actuary calls the 75 -year vesting situation "challenging." There is...
View ArticleCut, Cap, Balance and Laugh
Sometimes it's worth the time to read legislation, before it's passed and after it's passed. Cut, Cap and Balance gave me a belly laugh, but only because I thought 234 clones of The Three Stooges had...
View ArticleKrugman on means testing benefits
As someone who receives Medicare and Social Security, I've tried and usually failed to adequately explain why I'm opposed to any form of means testing on either Social Security or Medicare....
View ArticleReagan -Truth and GOP Nuts
Truth is usually a good weapon against black propaganda from Republican extremists and few bits of fact have been more timely than the recent referral to Reagan's recorded comments on why Congress...
View ArticleTELL BLOOMBERG WHAT YOU THINK!
Bloomberg wants people to love him. He doesn't really want to shut the people down in the park. That's the message that's gotten from all the protests. Write Bloomberg a short note NOW and tell him...
View ArticleLimbaugh - The Pimp Who Threatens Free Speech
How do Rush Limbaugh and Clear Channel Broadcasting get off howling about threats to their First Amendment rights to free speech. Clear Channel and Limbaugh are entitled to free speech. So are all of...
View ArticlePaying your dues: Funding Blue
I've been around for a while, rarely writing diaries, but a diehard progressive dating back to before most of the young group was born. I'm trying to back up my political beliefs with a bit of money....
View ArticleRomney - Loose Lips
This is a very short diary, an image of what's been at work for the last few days. Perhaps it will get serious -- almost any day. As it is, we've got a good candidate at the top of the ticket and good...
View ArticleWhere Has (Bill) Clinton Been?
I don't mean by that to find any fault with former President Clinton who delivered a masterly lesson to people across the political spectrum. Afterward, he was factchecked by all manner of Politifact,...
View ArticleRomney's Tax Returns May Hide Much More Than Low Taxes
I'm a retiree who manages our mostly bread and butter investments myself. I also prepare and file my own tax returns including Partnership K1s which gives me a perspective, however limited, on the...
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Mitt's Lying Eyes - Caught Out
There was a deer in the headlights moment for Mitt Romney during Tuesday's debate, his anger at being trapped in a stupid failure of fact, putting his mouth well ahead of any known facts. Whatever you...
View ArticleNate Silver's 538 big change
We're all a little hyper about this election with good reasons. Romney's future is not one I want any part of. But the period since the first presidential debate at Denver has been tough on us minute...
View ArticleIn Paris, Obama Dominates Romney, The Empty Suit
We arrived in Paris early Monday after a sleepless night. I took a hard spill on an slanted moving walkway at CDG, and eventually arrived at our hotel, bruised and ready for a good day's sleep....
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