Paul Eckerstrom and I had a great conversation after a recent Drinking Liberally session about his role in the Election Integrity movement and getting the audit legislation passed. If you want to learn how grassroots politics works at its best, I encourage you to take the time to listen in. Download eckerstrom.wav Paul (on the … Read more
A humorous take on the GOP’s obstructionist tactics, taking on a serious subject in a manner that even a political muggle can grasp:
The memorial service for Jesse will be at 9:00 Friday (8/3) morning at Adair Avalon Chapel, 8090 N. Northern Avenue, Tucson, http://www.adairfuneralhomes.com/Finding_Us.html. Graveside services will be at 1:00 Friday (8/3) afternoon at the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Cemetery, 1300 Buffalo Soldier Trail, Sierra Vista, AZ, http://www.azdvs.gov/veteranscemetery.htm Memorials may be sent to any of the following organizations: … Read more
Link: Republican Heaven, The Year 2020
by Patrick McGann
Welcome back from your little nap. Here’s America. How do you like it?
Having
achieved a "Permanent Majority" under the architecture of Newt Gingrich
and Karl Rove, Republicans have controlled both houses of Congress and
the White House for two decades.
Driven
by a robust demand for U.S. flag lapel pins (now mandatory by law), and
by highly profitable private prisons, where the pins are made,
Republicans are crowing this year! The nation’s largest prison
provider, Halliburton, announced its 20th consecutive year of record
profits. And after a prolonged period of consolidation, book publishing
is rebounding as Bible production ramps up to comply with the
replacement of all school text books with the King James version. Most
economists, still employed, credited tax cuts.
The
last phase of tax reform has been completed. Itemized deductions are
now allowed on the national sales tax for qualified individuals who
spend more than $100,000 on selected items, including jewelry, furs,
German and Italian automobiles over $75,000, boats over 25 feet long,
real estate, stocks and stock options, certificates of deposit, limited
partnerships, oil paintings by the masters, and small, medium and large
businesses. Going the way of the income tax, eliminated in 2012 — in
order to spur investment — property taxes have been eliminated on
first, second, third, fourth or more residences valued over $500,000
each. Said Senator Riley Stickem, R- Utah, "Now the tax burden is more
fairly placed on those who cause the costs."
James Spader of Boston Legal gives a masterful performance as a lawyer giving a summation of the case against the GOP’s vision for America: