by Terrance Heath | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog
The "Tea Party To Businesses: 'Stop Hiring!'" story has really taken off. Even Stephen Colbert has covered it. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive I didn't get to be on "The Colbert Show"...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 20, 2011 | Blog, Economy
"Get a job!" It's the right-wing's favorite retort to protesters on the left. It goes back at least as far as the 1960's and 1970's, and implies that only "dirty hippies" who are too lazy to work — and would rather mooch off the government and be subsidized people in...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 20, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Telling people to "Get a job!" on one hand, while telling businesses to "Stop creating jobs!" on the other, and then blaming the unemployed for their jobless state sounds more than a little contradictory. If an individual person managed all three,...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 20, 2011 | Blog
It was a jaw-droppingly, mystifyingly obtuse, callous moment in an administration that's given us enough of them to fill what would have to be the world's most depressing bloopers reel. It also brilliantly captured a president and an administration who don't feel...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 20, 2011 | Blog
Just when I think conservatives can't surprise me any more, they surprise me with another jaw-dropper. And, no, I'm not talking about the recent Republican debate — though that yielded some real stunners, both from the candidates and the studio audience. I'm talking...
