by Digby | Sep 17, 2013 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
You've got to hand it to these misanthropic wingnuts. They don't suffer from a surfeit of self-awareness, that's for sure: At a sugar lobby symposium at a Napa resort, of all places, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) chose to champion the cuts last month, preaching of...
by Digby | Sep 13, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy, This Is The GOP
Amy Walter has the bad news for Republicans: As the GOP leadership in the House struggles to unite its fractious members around a deal to avoid a government shutdown or a default on the nation’s debt, polling from Pew out this week shows why that may be harder than...
by Digby | Sep 8, 2013 | Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
Not that this is exactly news, but Michael Bloomberg is a jerk. A very wealthy jerk. "This city is not two groups, and if it is, it's one group paying for services for the other." Yeah, well these rich assholes wouldn't have any of the "services" that helped them to...
by Digby | Sep 5, 2013 | Economy, The Jobs Challenge, The Sequester
I haven't heard much concern about the cost of this Syrian operation which is kind of surprising since the last four years has been a non-stop barrage of rhetoric about the need to cut government spending, from members of both parties. We've had epic unemployment...
by Digby | Sep 3, 2013 | Democracy
It has come to my attention that I haven't sufficiently praised the president for taking the wholly unexpected step of consulting congress on Syria. And I haven't. But I should. This piece by Walter Shapiro puts it into historical perspective and it really is a big...
