One of the big economic headlines today is this: McDonald’s aims to fill 50,000 jobs in a day That’s right – with billions and billions served, the fast food king needs more people to slop out the burgers. In all honesty, this is a really depressing headline. I’m sure a large number of those applicants […]
The Senate’s longest serving member, Robert Byrd, died this morning at the age of 92. This really isn’t a big shocker. Byrd’s health has been deteriorating for years and given his age, it was pretty much expected that this was coming after the news of his serious condition yesterday. As far as a replacement for […]
Rand Paul used to claim he was a Libertarian, but now he is trying to distance himself from that association: Republican Rand Paul said Tuesday he differs with the Libertarian Party by opposing abortion and supporting judicious overseas troop deployment, distancing himself from the party his father once represented in a presidential election. The U.S. […]
This tweet links to a YouTube video honoring our veterans: With news that over 2,200 veterans died last year from a lack of healthcare coverage, the NRCC is exhibiting full blown hypocrisy by the overwhelming support against healthcare reform they exhibited this past weekend. Now is the time to change this. Show you honor our […]
I think I need health care right now because my heart just skipped a beat. More at Think Progress
The worse level since 1982, but that’s ok. We aren’t worried about jobs or our houses. All we need to worry about is if the Democrats and Republicans can get along. If we can’t get X numbers of Republicans to agree to the stimulus then that isn’t bi-partisan and no one in this country wants […]
Still a lot of unanswered questions and now a doctor has weighed in in an article in today’s NYTimes.
During debate for the bailout, McCain didn’t speak. Instead he entered into record a prepared statement. Barack Obama spoke for 13 minutes and all the networks covered it. The same would have happened for McCain, so why did he pass up this free PR? I was skeptical about the whole “drooping eye” thing about McCain. […]
The food industry lobbied Bush for less regulations and got it. What has that yielded? Lower prices? Hell no! Instead we have been plagued with one outbreak after another of food related illnesses. In turn that has cost the food industry millions of dollars in loss revenue. There are a few lessons to take from […]
It’s good to see justice done, but there is still a major injustice going on. These soldiers have been deployed for an extremely long time and their mental capacity has to start being judged. So yes this person deserves to be convicted, but we need to get these soldiers out of this war and start […]