Tag Archives: the poor

Yes Folks, They Really Think Like This

Posted on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 by Cindy Rose

My Guns Are My Business… Your Prescriptions, Gotta Register Those Tennessee, one of the southern bastions of right-wing idiocy, and currently under rule by a merry band of Teapublican lunatics, is as confused about the notion of personal freedom as … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Gun Control, Law Enforcement, LGBT Issues, LGBT Rights, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Programs, State Legislation, Tea Party, The Poor, Women in Politics | Tagged gop, gun control, Joe Carr, marriage equality, republicans, Shawn McClusky, Stacey Campfield, Sue Everhart, tea party, Tennessee Tanf, the poor, Tucson free guns

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Headlines from “The Party of Stupid”

Posted on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Dear Republicans, This is what your elected officials are spending their time on: Not Understanding the Constitution… Again Just a little over a week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit shot down Florida’s mandatory welfare drug … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Education, Government, Gun Control, Income Inequality, NRA, Politics, Republicans, Social Programs, State Legislation, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Poor | Tagged congress, divorce, education, gop, gun control, republicans, school vouchers, Stephen Fincher, tea party, Tedd Gassman, the poor, welfare drug testing

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If Only There Were Meds For Ignorance

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 by Cindy Rose

To quote Napoleon Bonaparte: “In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” I’ll take that a little further: In Republican politics, stupidity is the only litmus test. The stupid are on the march again in their never- ending attempt (however convoluted) … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Gun Control, LGBT Issues, LGBT Rights, Politics, Poverty, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republicans, Social Programs, Social Security, The Poor, Women | Tagged congress, gop, gun control, lgbt issues, Republican War on Women, republicans, the poor

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Part of Jindal’s Tax Plan: Poor Will Have to Die Quicker

Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Remember back in 2009, when Sarah Palin made up that nonsense about “death panels” in the Affordable Care Act and told her Facebook fans: The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Medicaid, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, Social Programs, State Legislation, The Poor | Tagged Affordable Care Act, bobby jindal, death panels, gop, healthcare, Louisiana, republicans, the poor

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Sister Simone’s Smackdown of the Ryan Budget

Posted on Thursday, September 6, 2012 by mlitman

One of the speakers last night at the DNC was a Catholic nun, Sister Simone Campbell, who is the executive director of Network. Network is a Roman Catholic Social justice organization. Given the Catholic Church’s stance on abortion, I was surprised … Continue reading →

Posted in Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Politics, Religion, The Poor | Tagged mitt romney, nuns on the bus, paul ryan, religion, sister Simone Campbell, the poor

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Atlas Debunked: Private Charity vs. Government Assistance

Posted on Monday, August 27, 2012 by Lucas Kawa

On CNN’s Your Money this weekend, Christine Romans ran a segment attempting to reconcile the economic and philosophical views of Ayn Rand. Her guest, Stephen Moore, was palpably elated to be included in the discussion of his self-proclaimed favorite book. … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, CNN, Mitt Romney, Social Programs, The Poor | Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, capitalism, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Christine Romans, CNN, food stamps, Meet The Press, mitt romney, Salvation Army, SNAP, social programs, Stephen Moore, the poor, Your Money

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No Sympathy for Ann, No Votes for Mitt

Posted on Friday, August 24, 2012 by mlitman

Women turned out in record numbers to support Barack Obama in the 2008 election. The percentage of women voting in presidential races has increased in the last three elections; 2000-61%, 2004-65%, 2008- 66%. In the 2008 election 35,900,000 women voted … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Politics, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy | Tagged Ann Romney, barack obama, healthcare, michele obama, mitt romney, multiple sclerosis, paul ryan, the middle-class, the poor, the wealthy

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Vetting Paul Ryan, Part 4: Ready To Lead Who Exactly?

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2012 by Cindy Rose

This final installment of the series looks at how a Paul Ryan Commander in Chief would affect the various voting blocs that make up the country; the Vice President is after all supposed to be “ready on day one” to … Continue reading →

Posted in AFL-CIO, Campaigns, Debt and Budget, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Election, Employment, Government, Healthcare, Income Inequality, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, LGBT Issues, Medicare, Minorities, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Politics, Poverty, Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Social Programs, Social Security, Students, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Veterans Issues | Tagged campaigns, congress, debt, economic justice, economy, education, election, gop, healthcare, jobs, lgbt issues, minorities, mitt romney, paul ryan, republicans, ryan budget, ryan v.p., social programs, tax cuts, tea party, the poor, women's health

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Cipher-Radical ’12

Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” –John Kenneth Galbraith Romney is known for his cringe-worthy Freudian slips. When he introduced Paul … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Defense Spending, Ethics, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Politics, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Voter Registration, Wall Street | Tagged Ayn Rand, budget, Choice, Cipher, Decision, mitt romney, paul ryan, Pick, Radical, Ryan Plan, safety net, tax cuts, taxes, the middle class, the poor, the rich, vice president

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Malkin Exposes GOP Disdain For Those Who Actually Earn Their Paychecks

Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 by Cindy Rose

Prissy little twit Michelle Malkin exposed Republicans’ collective sentiments regarding working class Americans on Fox News Saturday when she said: “The Romney types, of course, are the ones who sign the front of the paycheck, and the Obama types are the … Continue reading →