Category Archives: Wall Street

Limbaugh’s Inane Self-Contradictory Blathering

Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2013 by Marc Belisle

Regarding the upcoming sequester, Rush Limbaugh said he is ashamed of his country. He alleges that this is because more people believe the Democrats’ version of how we got to this point than the Republicans’. Given that the GOP Congress … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Politics, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican War on Women, Rush Limbaugh, The Wealthy, Wall Street, Wars | Tagged ashamed, budget, cuts, George Orwell, lies, military spending, Obama, President Barack Obama, republican lies, rush limbaugh, sequester, shame, spending

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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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Constitutional Amendment Introduced to “End Corporate Rule”

Posted on Monday, February 11, 2013 by Cindy Rose

An Announcement from Move To Amend: Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Congress Ensuring Rights for People, Not Corporations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 11, 2013 Reps. Nolan & Pocan Respond to Hundreds of Local Resolutions Calling for “We the People” Amendment (Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Campaign Finance Laws, Congress, Corporations, Politics, superPACs, The Constitution, Wall Street | Tagged campaigns, congress, election, Move to Amend, Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. Rick Nolan, superPACs, We the People Amendment

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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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Freedom of Speech vs. Wall Street’s Interests

Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” –Henry David Thoreau You know that civil rights are in dire straits when Rage Against the Machine starts to seem eerily prescient. … Continue reading →

Posted in Banks and Finance, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Financial Bailouts, Government, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Occupy WallStreet, Police Brutality, Politics, Privatization, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street, Wars | Tagged citizens united, corruption, crackdown, DHS, documents, FBI, First Amendment, free speech, freedom of assembly, Freedom of Information Act, greed, occupy wall street, plutocracy, police, police brutality, wall street

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Boehner Weighs the Pros and Cons(ervatives): a Fiscal Cliffhanger

Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2012 by Marc Belisle

As Congressional Republicans trickle back into Washington after a nice, long, relaxing, luxurious holiday vacation, House Speaker John Boehner sits alone in his office, waiting to hold a strategy session on the looming fiscal cliff. Making a piggy bank gallop … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Debt and Budget, Immigration, Income Inequality, Mitt Romney, Mother Jones, Paul Ryan, Politics, Primaries, The Constitution, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street | Tagged barack obama, eric cantor, fiction, fiscal cliff, gerrymandering, Hastert Rule, house, Jan Brewer, john boehner, majority of the majority, michelle bachmann, Mitch McConnell, paul ryan, ronald reagan, satire, senate, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, tea party, Thomas Jefferson

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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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Bain Capital Closing An American Plant On Nov. 5th, And That’s The Good Part

Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2012 by Ken

1st, let me credit Daily Kos diarist TheNewDeal00 for posting this story in a diary titled The #Sensata Story Could Destroy Romney. That diary provides links to various sources which tell a story that is almost unbelievable with about 3 weeks left to … Continue reading →