Monthly Archives: September 2008

Louisianna Eugenics!

Of course, poor pretty much means black, so that’s an added bonus…oh, and you’ll notice it says nothing about giving vasectomies to men…
Think Progress » Lousiana lawmaker advocates eugenics: Sterilize poor women, encourage rich to procreate.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that state Rep. John LaBruzzo (R) said yesterday that “he is studying a plan to [...]

Jim Bunning: its unamerican!!

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning called the bailout “Unamerican”.
Now, if you don’t believe the bailout will work, that’s one thing…but I can promise you that only the rich care if it’s “American” or not (whatever that means). People losing their homes or 401Ks don’t have that luxury.
Btw, Bunning is a Republican, of course. The [...]

OneLessDesk followup

Dean Heckler has been a horrible tease to me.
In an earlier post about OneLessDesk, he mentioned that there will be a new, non-desk, product in a few weeks.
And so here I wait.
On the plus side, I think I’ll be able to FINALLY order my own by the end of the year (hey, just because I [...]

The Religion Of Free Markets

I’m watching CNN do an interview with Jim DeMint, the Republican Senator from South Carolina.
They asked him about what the government should do instead of the bailout.  His answer was bizarre.  Basically, his stance is that government continues to be too involved in the free market.  We should cut corporate taxes and capital gains taxes [...]

John McCain: Unable to learn or does he only care about the rich?

Think Progress » McCain: I’m glad I deregulated Wall Street.Yes, thanks John.  We really needed that deregulation after those horrible, lean years under Clinton from 1992 to 1998.Jeez, man, are you going to be just like GW and be unable to admit to a mistake???

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Bailout

For those of you keeping track…
We could have sent $200000 to 3.5 million homeowners, allowing them to keep their homes and avoiding this whole thing.
But since any given person losing their home doesn’t matter to the powers-that-be, that didn’t happen.
Politicians deserve the shitty reputations they get.

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The lobbyist issue

Obama’s running mate has associations with some lobbyists (like almost all people in congress).
McCain has 5 (or 7, depending on who you count) on his campaign payroll.
Yeah, that’s the same thing…

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Longer version of CNN actually doing the job

CNN actually does some reporting type stuff. McCain has fit.

Think Progress » Infuriated About Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance
Funny thing, though…this is more or less the kind of stuff they do on BBC’s World Service. They ask questions and expect answers.

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Why the polls don’t really matter.

At least some of them don’t.
If you go out and interview everyone in the US and 52% go for McCain and 48% go for Obama, it means NOTHING.  We don’t vote that way.  We vote through the electoral college.  Without knowing how the votes are arranged, you can’t tell anything.  Take a look at CNN’s [...]