Category Archives: politics

The President and the Ring

Posted on 2010 June 16 by mongreldogs

I hate to turn into just a site that reposts The Daily Show but sometimes they’re spot on.  The continued failure of President Obama to live up to his pre-election rhetoric on the rule of law is the most galling … Continue reading →

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Beautiful encapsulation of Glen Beck’s mendacity

Posted on 2010 June 6 by mongreldogs

Delivered, of course, by Jon Stewart: Mr. Beck lives in a cloistered world of paranoid delusion that is impervious to a priori evidence that contradicts his world view This is in response to Glen Beck telling his audience that no … Continue reading →

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Seconded…

Posted on 2010 May 24 by mongreldogs

This piece from the Atlantic captures my feeling pretty close to exactly, re: the recent Rand Paul flap on the Civil Rights Act and his alleged “courage”.  In particular, the conclusion: Now, after the police dogs, night-sticks and fire-hoses have … Continue reading →

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Stabilizing US Debt

Posted on 2010 May 20 by mongreldogs

Everyone says they could balance the budget if they were in charge.  Few understand what would be involved.  I just played a neat simulator that actually allowed me to explore what different policies would do. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to … Continue reading →

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A fantastic visual response to “Show us your papers” in AZ…

Posted on 2010 April 28 by mongreldogs

From the cartoonist Lee Judge ( http://media.kansascity.com/images/cartoons/judge/04-2010/judge_04272010_700.jpg)

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How to Lie with the Truth — and how to counter it

Posted on 2010 April 14 by mongreldogs

A meme spreading like wildfire throughout the rabid right is that “47% of Americans don’t even pay federal income tax.”  Clearly it’s time for another tax cut for the uber-wealthy in the interest of “fairness”. David Leonhardt wrote a piece … Continue reading →

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16,500 : a “mistake” so egregious as to be a lie

Posted on 2010 March 31 by mongreldogs

Where did the rabid right get the figure of 16,500 new “IRS agents” that (they claim) will be required to enforce the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act? They made it up. Really.  It came from nowhere.  In fact, … Continue reading →

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Deep pondering

Posted on 2010 March 30 by mongreldogs

Does this story serve to expose the hypocrisy of the Republican Party’s self-proclaimed credentials as the “party of family values” (in that the RNC paid for an evening at “a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex”)?  Or … Continue reading →

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Comment of the Day

Posted on 2010 March 27 by mongreldogs

There’s a thread at Lawyers, Guns, and Money linking to another story about some people who want to see “Confederate ancestry” recognized as a legitimate group for ethnic protection, and who are using Box 19 of the Census to do … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 2010 March 26 by mongreldogs

From a comment on Political Animal, in a thread about a brick-thrower who wants to “end socialism and the government takeover”, and has time to do so because he’s receiving disability checks from the government.  In describing the futility of … Continue reading →

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