Seriously, what a silly diary. And now back to the point of this rant: this is why I quit caring about Dkos. All the fucking emo “OMG he’s not doing it the why I want.” Well get yourself and 199 other progressive congresscritters elected and we can talk about that. Until then Obama is the [...]
Leary disseminates the usual blather. “Many experts” agree with the need to raise the retirement age and reduce benefits. Only one “expert” is quoted, a conservative hack from the American Enterprise Institute, Andrew Biggs. Clearly, Leary is lazy. Many Social Security experts agree that raising the retirement age is one of the solutions that must [...]
Jerome a Paris makes an excellent point which I’ve long felt to be true. But where is the “fucking nuts” left that scares the right to death and makes them want to compromise with Pelosi at all costs? Where are the people arguing for 90% marginal tax rates on the rich, and cancelling the banking [...]
I look forward to her losing her seat to a Republican in 2010. From HuffPo on why the banksters own us all, The Cash Committee: How Wall Street Wins On The Hill: Then Waters chastised Kosmas for skipping out: “Even yesterday when we were engaged with consumer advocates, one member got up and left and [...]
I get spam: Jason – This afternoon, the House passed a bill 223-to-202 tightening financial regulations and ensuring we put Main Street first. For eight long years, President Bush and his Republican allies ignored growing risks in the financial markets. The Republicans failed to regulate financial markets leaving the big banks to take huge risks [...]
I get spam: On Tuesday, Barney Frank helped us to launch our Main Street Democratic Fund to help Democrats who vote in favor of tough financial regulation. Now, we’re ready to launch our next phase. Our ad team wants to produce hard-hitting new spots taking on Republicans who are voting with the lobbyists trying to [...]
As usual, I agree with kos on this. The DNC can seriously bite me. I’m certainly not funding obstructionist, corporatist hacks. Really? All we have to do is send the DNC $5 and we get ponies? The same DNC that is enabling corporatist Democrats to water down and destroy any hope for health care reform? [...]
Basically what kos said. I’m not funding Blue Dogs. Not interested. So here’s the bottom line — skip any donations to the DCCC. Their first priority is incumbent retention, and they’re (necessarily) issue agnostic. They’ll be dumping millions into defending these seats. Instead, give to those elected officials who best reflect your values. If you’re [...]
What else is new. In other news, today is Thursday: Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration stood by a behind-the-scenes deal to block any Congressional effort to extract cost savings from them beyond an agreed-upon $80 billion. If legislation passes, we’ll see what happens to that [...]