Category Archives: Deregulation

Someone Call Rick Perry A Waambulance, STAT!

Posted on Monday, April 29, 2013 by Ken

Texas Governor Rick Perry is disgusted, by the following cartoon from Jack Ohman of the Sacramento Bee. Perry wrote a letter to the editor demanding an apology, and his Lieutenant Gov. thinks the Sac Bee should fire Ohman. Thankfully the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Debates, Deregulation, Governors, Politics, Rick Perry | Tagged deregulation, Jack Ohman, Stuart Leavenworth, The 1st Amendment

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

Posted in ALECexposed, Arizona Shenanigans, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Border Security, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Employment, Ethics, Financial Collapse, Government, Gun Control, Human Rights, Immigration, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Liberals, NRA, Politics, Poverty, Progressives, Racial Issues, September 11, State Legislation, Students, superPACs, Taxes, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street, Wisconsin Recall | Tagged barack obama, campaign finance, campaigns, CCA, citizens united, corporate greed, corrections, crime and punishment, Democrats, detention, drug policy, drugs, economics, GEO Group, healthcare, immigrants, immigration, jail, justice, law and order, laws, minorities, policy, prison, prisoner abuse, private prison industry, republicans, state legislation, students, wall street, war on drugs

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Gerrymandering, Jury-Rigging and Judicial Rewriting Are the Wave of the Future, Conservative Soldiers!

Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 by Marc Belisle

Greetings and salutations, fellow captains of industry and our Republican lapdogs! I’m wiring you this electronic mail-o-gram from the deck of my mega-yacht Duchess’ Bounty. What wizardry is this, you may ask, that such a feat is possible from the … Continue reading →

Posted in ALECexposed, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Election, Election Fraud, Employment, Ethics, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, Government, Healthcare, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Koch Brothers, Politics, Primaries, Privatization, Racial Issues, Republican Campaign Donors, Republican Leaders, Satire, State Legislation, Stimulus, superPACs, Supreme Court, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street | Tagged ALEC, Charles and David Koch, constitutional, Electoral College, gerrymandering, judicial challenge, satire, vote rigging, voting rights, wall street

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Atlas Whined

Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists, Affordable Care Act, AFL-CIO, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Government, Income Inequality, Karl Rove, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Liberals, Move Your Money, Occupy WallStreet, Politics, Poverty, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy | Tagged boycott, class war, Denny's, Hostess, income inequality, John Metz, John Schnatter, Karl Rove, Papa John's, romney, Sheldon Adelson, Walmart

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It’s D-Day in the Class War

Posted on Sunday, December 2, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“We cannot negotiate with those who say, ‘What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.’” –John F. Kennedy On November 6th, 60 million Americans waited in line to yank the monkey wrench from Congress. We reappointed our Democratic general … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Industry, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Democratic Leaders, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Employment, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, George W Bush, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Lefty Sites, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Occupy WallStreet, Outsourcing, Politics, Poverty, Primaries, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Ronald Reagan, superPACs, Supreme Court, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, U.S. Treasury, Wall Street | Tagged boycott, D Day, demand economics, economic justice, economy, Franklin Roosevelt, george w bush, Hayek, Hostess, income, income inequality, Keynes, labor, Obama, occupy wall street, romney, ronald reagan, scott walker, supply-side, tax cuts, taxes, The Fiscal Cliff, the fiscal cliffs of Normandy, trickle-down, union-busting, unions, voodoo economics, Walmart

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The GOP Needs to Move Further Right and Suppress the Vote Better: A Modest Proposal

Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2012 by Marc Belisle

It would appear that many of these “voters” gathered the wrong message from our pitch. As he poured my wine, Reginald observed that Romney, old boy, convinced the commoners he’d had such an illustrious career in the private sector that … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Blogs, Campaigns, Capitalism, Chris Christie, Corporate donors, Corporations, Debates, Debt and Budget, Democrats, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Election, Election Fraud, Electronic Voting, Employment, Ethics, Financial Collapse, Healthcare, Housing Crisis, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Lefty Sites, LGBT Issues, Liberals, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Politifact, Poverty, Primaries, Privatization, Progressives, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Republican Campaign Donors, Republican Leaders, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republicans, Same-Sex Marriage, Satire, superPACs, Supreme Court, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, Teachers, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Voter Registration, Voter Suppression, Wall Street, Women's Health, Women's Rights | Tagged 2012, Ben and Jerry, chris christie, citizens united, David and Charles Koch, donald trump, Dream Act, election, fox news, latinos, Lilly Ledbetter Act, mitt romney, Pell grants, Rupert Murdoch, Sheldon Adelson, Super PACs, tea party, Vote, vote suppression, women, young voters

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Closing Argument: Humanity vs. Crosses of Gold and Iron

Posted on Saturday, November 3, 2012 by Marc Belisle

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are the zombies of old discredited brands of conservatism, animated by a new strain of radical absolutism. In our past, American heroes have exposed their ilk as fraudulent imperialists. I predict that on Tuesday 60 … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Auto Industry, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Blogs, Congress, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debates, Debt and Budget, Defense Spending, Democratic Leaders, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Election, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Mortgage Crisis, National Security, Oil Companies, Paul Ryan, Politics, Primaries, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street | Tagged 1%, 2012, 4 more years, 47%, 99%, Affordable Care Act, auto bailout, bailouts, barack obama, budget, Closing argument, cross of gold, cross of iron, Debate, Dwight Eisenhower, election, middle-class, military, mitt romney, Obamacare, pentagon, tax cuts, tax policy, wall street, Willaim Jennings Bryan

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The Romnzi Scheme

Posted on Monday, October 8, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” –George Orwell ThinkProgress reported that Mitt Romney, his son Tagg, his campaign and campaign surrogates all have significant … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debates, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Tax Cuts, Taxes, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Think Tanks | Tagged Allen Stanford, economic justice, economic policy, economy, lies, mitt romney, Orwell, Ponzi Scheme, Republican scandal, Solamere Capital, Tagg Romney, tax cuts, tax policy, taxes, trickle-down

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Can You Tell Me How to Get to Wall Street

Posted on Thursday, October 4, 2012 by Marc Belisle

Last night, Romney said in the debate he would cut PBS from the federal budget, even though he likes Big Bird. Well, kids, Big Bird is a fan of the blog, and he sent me his new lyrics for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Campaigns, Capitalism, Climate Change, Debates, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Employment, Energy Policies, Environment, Mitt Romney, Republican Propaganda Machine, Satire, Wall Street | Tagged barack obama, Big Bird, cut PBS, Debate, Denver, mitt romney, pbs, Romney likes Big Bird, satire, Sesame Street theme song

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Live-Blogging The Warren/Brown Debate

Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012 by Marc Belisle

Tonight, I’m live-blogging the Massachusetts Senate debate between GOP Senator Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. This is one of the closest-fought races in the country, and a very clear choice. And we’re out of the gate. First question … Continue reading →