Romney campaign takes credit for Auto Bailout Romney opposed

One of Mitt Romney’s top advisers said Saturday that President Obama’s decision to bailout Chrysler and General Motors was actually Romney’s idea. “[Romney's] position on the bailout was exactly what President Obama followed. I know it infuriates them to hear that,” Eric Fehrnstrom, senior adviser to the Romney campaign, said. “The only economic success that [...]

Ignoring the Media vetting a candidate is not the same as them ignoring vetting a candidate

Today, the website BuzzFeed published a clip of the speech along with an article explaining some past and current context for Obama’s remarks. The website claimed the clip was “not previously available online.” The editors at Breitbart.com responded that the video on Buzzfeed had been “selectively edited” and said that they would release the full [...]

Romney slams Santorum for following Romney’s Advice

Mitt Romney, January 28, 2012: In my state of Massachusetts, you could register as an independent and go vote in which—either primary happens to be very interesting. And any chance I got to vote against Bill Clinton or Ted Kennedy, I took. Mitt Romney, today: It’s outrageous to see Rick Santorum team up with the [...]

Post the Tough 1% Guy’s Real Name, Then We’ll Find Out What Happens in the Real World

Just when you may have thought the ongoing battle between the 99% and the 1% was dying down, it may have been reignited. A wealthy banker left a $1.33 tip on a $133 lunch at the True Food Kitchen restaurant in Newport Beach, California. To add insult to injury the word “tip” was circled on [...]

Climate Scientist stoops to using Denier tactics (i.e. lies) to expose Heartland Institute conspiracy against Climate Science

“At the beginning of 2012, I received an anonymous document in the mail describing what appeared to be details of the Heartland Institute’s climate programme strategy. It contained information about their funders and the Institute’s apparent efforts to muddy public understanding about climate science and policy. I do not know the source of that original [...]

The Way in which God works are not THAT mysterious

Part 1 The thrilling conclusion Previously covered here

An Exploration of what Mitt Romney doesn’t get about “it”

Some random dude on the youtube.

Says the guy who predicted the Iraq War might cost $50B and the Bush Tax Cuts would erase the deficit…

NYT: Indiana Becomes ‘Right to Work http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/indiana-becomes-right-to-work-state.xml “Seven years of evidence and experience ultimately demonstrated that Indiana did need a right to work law to capture jobs for which, despite our highly rated business climate, we are not currently being considered,” Mr. Daniels said in a statement that his office released after he signed the [...]

Buffet challenges GOP dollar-for-dollar on debt (Match this, Mitt!)

BOSTON — Warren Buffett is willing to put his money where his mouth is, if only congressional Republicans would join him. The billionaire investor, in the new issue of Time magazine, says he will donate $1 to paying down the national debt for every dollar donated by a Republican in Congress. The only exception is Senate [...]

Iran, Oil, Israel, the NDAA, and the 2012 Election : A Primer

Let’s start this off with a curious conjunction of news articles as presented by the Google News algorithm. And I also ran across this article over on Juan Cole’s site. Will his New Sanctions on Iran Cost Obama the Presidency? Posted on 01/03/2012 by Juan A sharp drop in the value of the Iranian currency [...]

Top Ten Myths about the Arab Spring of 2011

1. The upheavals of 2011 were provoked by the Bush administration’s overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq 2. President Obama was wrong to ask Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. 3. Muslim radicalism benefited from the revolutions in the Arab world.  4. Muslim religious groups spear-headed the revolutions. 5. The uprising in Bahrain was merely a manifestation of sectarian [...]

Postulating Perry and Racist Ron: Part 1: Republican Primary Update

Here is Part I of  a rundown on why the Republican field is considered so weak this election cycle (all of them have huge vulnerabilities….see title), and the evidence to back that up. First Up: Postulating Perry. Rick Perry is my governor.  This has been true since I moved back to Texas in 2004.  This [...]

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