Christmas Dragnet
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I'll stick with the novelty Christmas songs for now. Advertisement For those of us of a certain age, we grew up listening to the irreverant comic genius of Stan Freberg. He was a voice actor for many Warner Brothers cartoons, but he made his name with satirical comedy recordings beginning in the … Read more
Bipartisan deal on payroll tax holiday/UI benefits extension
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tea-Publicans are opposed to the payroll tax holiday middle-class tax cut, and they are really opposed to any extension of unemployment insurance benefits for the unemployed. It does not benefit their clients, the one percent. We finally found a tax break that Tea-Publicans do not like. President Obama asked Congress to send him a … Read more
The Omnibus Budget: Tea-Publican tyranny thwarted
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen breaks down the Omnibus Budget deal approved on Thursday and being voted on this weekend in Congress. Political Animal – Removing right-wing riders: Late Thursday, policymakers struck an agreement on funding the government through September, averting a government shutdown that would have begun last night. The House easily approved the … Read more
SOPA on Hold
Posted by Michael Bryan Hard to call it victory, since the beast is not dead. But we do have a temporary reprieve until at least late January. The House Judiciary Committee has placed SOPA on hold to take additional testimony regarding whether the bill would introduce security issues in the underlying structure of the internet. … Read more
Grijalva’s Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act
by David Safier Raúl Grijalva and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have put together the Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act. The bill is a natural progression from the People's Budget Grijalva took a lead role in writing earlier this year. Here is how he summarizes the bill: The bill, which … Read more
Dominick the Donkey
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am an aficionado of Christmas songs form the "golden era" of the 1950s and 1960s, but I must confess that I never heard of this Christmas song until the other day when it was mentioned on a cable televison news show out of New York. Apparently this song is popular back East, … Read more
Tea-Publicans hold American tax cuts hostage to Canadian Keystone XL pipeline
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The framing for the 2012 election is "Whose side are you on?" it is clear that Tea-Publicans are on the side of multi-national corporations, not the American people. The septegenarian Ninja Turtle, Mitch McConnell, says he will block the payroll tax holiday unless Democrats cave in to Tea-Publican demands to approve the … Read more
