Tag Archives | Republican

Oh, no! Not another conspiracy theory.

By on May 3, 2012 in Economics, General Discussion, Politics

Well, yes; I have another conspiracy theory. It is that those giants of industry who are supporting the Republicans in the coming elections will use their control of major employers to force a basically growing economy into retreat. They can do this through sudden layoffs, inventory reductions, reduction in advertising, shifting operations offshore, constraining resource [...]

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Romney and Paul.

By on February 25, 2012 in Politics

I was trapped in a hotel for a bit the last couple days and so I happened to see coverage of the last Republican debate on MSNBC. One thing they were talking about was that through the Republican primaries Ron Paul has served as something of an attack dog for Mitt Romney. I didn’t think [...]

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Shrum: The office of the presidency was a codicil in Romney’s trust fund.

By on February 24, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

Al Gore’s old campaign manager had me laughing with his pre-obituary on Romney’s election chances (The Increasingly Worthless GOP Nomination): http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/224776/the-increasingly-worthless-gop-nomination/1 and if the GOP seems to be self-destructing, and disqualifying itself in the eyes of women, minorities, Gays, and young people, it couldn’t happen to a nicer party. The only question remains: is Romney [...]

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NJ Governor Chris Christie Tells Warren Buffett To ‘Just Shut Up’ About Taxes.

By on February 22, 2012 in Economics, Politics

NJ Governor Chris Christie apparently doesn’t like Warren Buffett talking about taxes, and has told him to ‘just shut up, already’.   I had a few choice words for Chris Christie, but it may be that Eric decided they needed to be censored, since I tried to post this before and it disappeared within a [...]

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Krugman in action

By on February 17, 2012 in General Discussion, Human Behavior, Politics

Arkady is on record saying that Paul Krugman is his favorite pundit (or at least social commentator). Leroy also likes Krugman and tows the Krugman line on stimulus and monetary easing (that if anything Obama didn’t spend enough on his stimulus and Bernanke’s ZIRP has been good medicine for what ails the economy). I am [...]

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Nobody is rich in America

By on February 16, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

Among Republican politicians, a fake “every guy” facade is needed in order to be a stand-in for the insecure conservative base, which wants to dislike the “elitists” without realize that’s exactly who they’re voting for.  So, when campaigning, the Republican politicians keep a spare down-market car and wear JC Penny clothes, and avoid getting spotted [...]

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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback: The Anti-Robin Hood

By on February 16, 2012 in Economics, Politics

Interesting article on page A4 of ‘The Wall Street Journal’ today, titled “Budget Overhaul Splits Kansas GOP”.   Kansas Governor Sam Brownback wants to raise taxes on the poor in Kansas, while slashing them for the rich. This is apparently too extreme even for some ‘moderate’ members of the Kansas GOP, who are fighting him, [...]

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Red America and Blue America

By on February 14, 2012 in Economics, General Discussion, Politics

A number of years ago one of my right-wing buddies was whining about all the good American jobs being “stolen” by low-wage laborers in the third world.  The thing is, my buddy lived in a southern state, which had only recently “stolen” a bunch of jobs from my own state of Massachusetts, using the same [...]

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If Rick Santorum Is The Republican Candidate….

By on February 13, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

And he is leading in the polls, both nationwide and in Michigan, the next crucial contest. [And Michigan is the state where Mitt Romney's father was a popular governor, once upon a time in America...!]   But my question is: If Rick Santorum becomes the Republican presidential candidate, what does that say about the Republican [...]

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Ron Paul’s disproportionate coverage.

By on February 9, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

This is sort of a rant-in-absentia directed at some Ron Paul fans I know who complained bitterly that the mainstream media was ignoring Ron Paul because of his ideas.  That view of the world was always so off-base that I couldn’t understand how any intelligent person could hold it.  Regardless of what you think of [...]

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