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Tag: John Boehner

  • The Self-Satisfied Strutting of the Idiocracy

    The Self-Satisfied Strutting of the Idiocracy

    …When all’s said and done, one factor in all this is is becoming more and more obvious and yet no one will say it out loud: It’s not merely a Right vs. Left political conflict in America anymore, it’s a Smart vs. Dumb thing! Idiocracy is NOW. via Dangerous Minds…

  • Language Log » House of Turds

    Language Log » House of Turds

    Thanks to  my friend Rose K. for pointing out this discussion at the Language Log. All of the comments are worth the read, and for once are not a collection of idiocy that makes a person regret going down into the comment section. The illustration in the online version of…

  • Summer To Do List: Tank The Economy | Esquire

    Summer To Do List: Tank The Economy | Esquire

    As I have noted again and again, op/eds and reporting at Esquire are so far beyond the majority of what is found at major networks and a good portion of newspapers. What are you doing for the rest of the summer? If only your plans were as solid as House Majority…

  • The Flying Monkey Caucus

    The Flying Monkey Caucus

    Charles P. Pierce certainly is fired up over at Esquire. Rightfully so: The Republican Farm Bill drops food stamps for the poorest while keeping plenty of subsidies for big agribusiness. Earlier this week, [Speaker John] Boehner pretended he was leading the House when Steve King and the flying-monkey caucus pretty…

  • There is no fiscal crisis. And macroeconomics is not a morality play.

    Nice overview of how things stand vis. the “fiscal cliff.” The Puritanism that surrounds how most people talk about debt–esp. government debt–really irritates and shows the lasting influence of Christian dogmatism on our sociocultural situation. Sometimes I cannot tell if a person who rants about the US federal deficit is…

  • Why Republicans Can’t Propose Spending Cuts — Daily Intelligencer

    When the only cuts on the table would inflict real harm on people with modest incomes and save small amounts of money, that is a sign that there’s just not much money to save. It’s not just that Republicans disagree with this; they don’t seem to understand it. The absence…

  • Booted from plum committee seats, three GOP reps want answers – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs

    Let’s see… They regularly voted against how the party leadership needed t hem to vote. They often spoke about GOP leadership as unworthy of their position when even the hint of compromise with Democrats looked possible. They are more concerned about their ideological dogma than about the legislative process. They…