Category Archives: Progressives

Conservatives Have Much in Common with Nazis

Posted on Friday, April 12th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity … they all love to describe the people who dare to disagree with them as “Nazis”. But the fact is, conservatives have a great deal more in common with Nazis than anyone on the left.

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17th, 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 →

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Scarborough Gets It Doubly Wrong

Posted on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 by Ken

Paul Krugman was a recent guest on Morning Joe.  That appearance led Joe Scarborough to write an opinion piece titled Paul Krugman vs. the world.  Scarborough starts off on a bad note with an attempted bastardization of Krugman’s position on deficit spending:  Mr. … Continue reading →

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Democrats Will Choose Their Best Candidate in 2016 – Male or Female

Posted on Monday, January 14th, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Lately, some writers and groups across the web have begun to discuss the idea that because women were such huge Obama supporters in the 2012 election, they now expect something in return: a female presidential candidate in 2016. Politico’s Burns … Continue reading →

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Some Pointless Speculation Inspired By Charlie Crist’s Party Switch

Posted on Saturday, December 8th, 2012 by Ken

Charlie Crist, onetime Republican superstar governor of Florida, is now a Democrat.  Crist signed the papers at the White House and was given a terrorist fist bump by President Obama in celebration. It is crazy stuff like Fox personalities labeling the Obama fist … Continue reading →

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

Posted on Thursday, November 8th, 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 →

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If Obama Wins While Losing, Let’s Ditch The Electoral College

Posted on Saturday, October 20th, 2012 by Ken

Following the 2000 election there was a lot of sentiment, especially from the left, to do away with the electoral college system.  That outcry followed Al Gore winning the popular vote nationwide, but losing the Supreme Court vote 5-4 allowing George W. … Continue reading →

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Bill O’Reilly’s Women Issues

Posted on Friday, September 7th, 2012 by Cindy Rose

Republican pundits have an unrivaled ability to state the obvious, at the same time entirely missing the point, especially those employed by Fox “News”. Take Bill O’Reilly for example, I know there’s some functioning gray matter in there somewhere, but … Continue reading →

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Paul Ryan Is An Anarchist For Gods Sake, But He Doesn’t Know The Declaration

Posted on Sunday, July 1st, 2012 by Ken

According to Paul Ryan on ABC’s This Week, the health care reform law should be repealed because Government does not grant rights.  Those rights are handed down by God:    “What Ms. Kennedy and others were saying is that this is a new … Continue reading →

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Peter Dafazio To Republican: Why Do You Hate The Country So Much?

Posted on Sunday, June 10th, 2012 by Ken

Representative Peter Defazio is a senior member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the ranking Democratic member on the Highways and Transit subcommittee.  Defazio is a Democratic conferee in the negotiations between the House and Senate on the … Continue reading →

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