Richard Cohen: The GOP has become a cult
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed this the other day, the Washington Post's Richard Cohen thinks the GOP, like Charlie Sheen, needs an intervention. It has become a cult (I have been explaining this for years). A grand old cult – The Washington Post: Advertisement Someone ought to study the Republican Party. I am … Read more
David Brooks: This is not your father’s GOP
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a follow-up to yesterday's post, You can’t negotiate with those who refuse to take 'yes' for an answer, it appears that New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks has come to the same conclusion: Tea-Publicans are radical ideological extemists, steeped in anti-intellectualism, who are holding America hostage and are engaged in economic terrorism against … Read more
What will we tell the children? Atlanta schools edition
by David Safier Atlanta's Superintendent of Ed was named the 2009 U.S. Superintendent of the year, based largely on the district's phenomenal increase on state test scores. Somebody better take her medal back, now that 178 teachers and principals have been accused of being involved in cheating on tests, and 82 have confessed. In my … Read more
Debunking another GOP myth: The U.S. already has low corporate taxes (and corporations still don’t pay the taxes they owe)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During negotiations over raising the federal debt limit, congressional Republicans have been defending tax loopholes for corporations (corporate welfare subsidies), Paul Ryan Responds To David Brooks: We Won’t Cut Tax Loopholes To Reduce Deficit, Only To Finance More Tax Cuts, asserting that America has a high corporate tax rate that is stifling economic growth … Read more
The economic recovery has almost entirely benefited corporations
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the first time in the post-World War II era, there is not a post-recession recovery across all income classes. The concentration of the nation's wealth in the hands of the "two-percenters" is turning our Republic into a Banana Republic for the plutocrats of the corporatocracy. Think Progress reports that Since 2009, 88 … Read more
You can’t negotiate with those who refuse to take ‘yes’ for an answer
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen got it exactly right in a post last week. Political Animal – Those who won’t take ‘yes’ for an answer: As of last week, the White House was offering congressional Republicans a pretty sweet deal on debt reduction: Dems would agree to slice $2.4 trillion from the debt over the … Read more
Debunking another GOP myth: Domestic discretionary spending is NOT out of control
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It is an article of faith among Tea-Publicans that government has gotten too big, and spending is out of control — specifically, domestic spending on social programs. Like much of what Tea-Publicans believe, it is simply NOT true. CHART OF THE DAY: 'Out Of Control Spending' Not Really Out Of Control At … Read more
