by Dave Johnson | Oct 3, 2013 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
Even as the government is shut down, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) corporate-dominance treaty rolls on. President Obama is supposed to meet with leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next week in Bali, Indonesia. He will discuss TPP. The...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog
Republicans are pointing to "glitches" in the new Obamacare websites as justification for shutting down the government. (PS looks like those "glitches" may have had some help.) I'm writing this at a coffee shop. I parked on the street and went to the device that you...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been severely impacted by the government shutdown. What does this mean to you and me? One of the core functions of government is protecting our safety. The CDC describes its mission this way: CDC works 24/7 to...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Republicans are exercising the one power that the American People have not yet been able to take away from them: the power to destroy. Conservatives are "giddy" over shutting down the government. This is who they are. "We’re very excited," said Rep. Michele Bachmann...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 1, 2013 | Blog
Holy smokes, who gave Republicans the keys to the car again? Just look what they did this time! Haven't We the People learned our lesson yet? We saw what they did to the country after Bush got elected. Remember the Onion headline: Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of...