I have been tied up the last several days helping my sister get her new house ready so I am a little behind the news. Today I find out the wingnuts have decided to launch their own response to Occupy Wall Street, a movement called the 53%. These are Republicans against the 47% of Americans […]
Another hit from the asshat Fox News Network: (h/t Cesca) Douchey is going from the report that said 47% of Americans didn’t pay any income tax last year. Of course they didn’t pay income tax because they didn’t make enough money, but they still paid sales tax, home taxes, state and local taxes, etc. But […]
There was so much outrageous crap coming from the right wing extremists yesterday that I totally missed this one: LIMBAUGH: Would you trust the money’s gonna go to Haiti? CALLER: No. LIMBAUGH: But would you trust that your name is gonna end up on the mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you […]
President Obama is getting more forceful in his fight for real health care reform, which is a much welcomed site. Yesterday he started invoking FDR and reminding people how the Republicans opposed social security. Then during the Johnson years they opposed Medicare. In both fights the GOP labeled the people pushing for change as “socialists”. […]
This CNN reporter deserves an award for her bravery and honesty: The guy going on about Lincoln was a classic. As Cesca points out, Lincoln helped create the income tax.
Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham has pleaded guilty in federal court to income tax violations. This from the AP: Rep. Cunningham Pleads Guilty Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax violations after an investigation of the California Republican’s home sale. Cunningham has been under investigation since his sale of his home to […]