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Occupy Christmas
It doesn't matter whether or not you believe in God or which faith you follow if you do. Here's a question worth asking this holiday season: Would Jesus be an Occupy demonstrator? The Bible suggests that He would. Radio Free Heaven A few years ago I was driving...
Charles Krauthammer Gets Payroll Tax Extension Very Wrong
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. The fact that his conclusion and headline are correct doesn't mean that there not enough wrong in this column by Charles Krauthammer in today's Washington Post to put together a whole syllabus for a semester-long seminar...
Bitter Editorial Rant Kills Fact-Checker Model Ends Politifact As We Know It
Today Politifact Editor Bill Adair probably ruined his outlet's chances of ever being taken seriously again as an objective debunker of political spin. What a shame. There's a glaring need for somebody to play that role, and Politifact was in a unique position to fill...
Orange Face Saver
From the Speakers Office: Bipartisan legislation extending payroll tax relief for working Americans will now include a fix secured by House Republicans that ensures small businesses, already struggling in the current economy, won’t face added confusion and compliance...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/23/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The Next Fight For...
The Next Fight For The 99
Consider House Speaker John Boehner's U-turn on a temporary extension of a payroll tax holiday a temporary retreat. The tea-party Republicans who lead Boehner show no signs of actually moderating their agenda, and that will make next year's fight to continue the...
The Mad Doctor and the GOP
It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for the Republican party in the run-up to 2012. First, the party had a literal embarrassment of riches, in the form of a field chock-full of candidates with something for just about every major faction and minor fringe the GOP...
Instead of Working Through The Holidays GOP Shuts Down The House Turns Off The Cameras
Yesterday, a chief House Republican talking point was they really, really, really wanted a compromise on a payroll tax cut extension, and were "willing to work over the holidays" to get one. Then, right after voting to ignore the Senate-passed bipartisan compromise...
How The 1 Percent Thinks To Boehner 166 Payroll Tax Break Is Measly
For "renaldomacias" on Twitter, $40 extra a paycheck means "buying a full bag of groceries OR filling the car with gas to get to work. Without that $40, we'll be doing neither." BaldEmotions writes, "#40dollars a paycheck through the entire year is what it costs us to...
Payroll Tax Situation Wont Be Resolved Until Next Week
I haven't yet seen a good scenario for how the stalemate between the House and Senate on the payroll tax extension will play out. The most common thought was making the rounds yesterday was that the House would give in to the Senate and agree on the Senate-demanded...
