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Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.
Category Archives: tax policy
Alabama Republicans Raise Taxes on the Middle Class
So the new Republican legislative majority was swept into power by fed-up, anxious Alabamians and pledged to fill the state’s yawning budget hole. They didn’t do it by, say, raising taxes on out-of-state corporations and millionaires — oh no! The … Continue reading
Don’t Tax Me, Bro
California has a budget problem. So does Alabama. I wish Trevor Stokes, writer at my local newspaper, could use boldface in print: Frustrated residents, about 40 strong, gathered Thursday to protest a proposed property tax increase that education officials hope … Continue reading
Tax Day Blog
I’ll be covering an event within walking distance of my house today, carrying a US Army flag and recording the events for posterity. For me, tax day is a great day to be an American, and more so this year … Continue reading
Alabama Fail
I’ve written before about Alabama’s screwed-up, racist tax system. Now comes news that Alabama is not too big to fail: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It is hardly unusual these days for a government building to forgo a fresh paint job or … Continue reading
Self-Defeat and Extremism
Here’s Dick Cheney last weekend. Pay very close attention to the last thing he says in the video: I have to hand the Brass Balls award to Cheney. Invoking World War II as an example of the need for spending … Continue reading
Of Patriots and Taxes
Patriotism then: Patriotism now:
