Republicans Defend Tax Havens Against Obama Crackdown

Seeded on Tue May 5, 2009 8:30 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

the amount Obama's plan would reportedly save is a far cry from the estimated $1 trillion the United States loses to offshore tax havens over a ten-year period.

business, taxes, offshore, obama, tax-shelter, republican, poor, rich

Who Shredded Our Safety Net?

Seeded on Fri May 1, 2009 3:23 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

What starts with "f," ends with "k," and means "screw your workers"? That's right—401(k). —By James Ridgeway

business, corruption, pension, retirement, 401-k, idiocy, free-market, capitallism

Texas, Run by Secessionist Guv, Has Received More Federal Disaster Relief Than Any State

Seeded on Fri May 1, 2009 3:04 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

According to FEMA's website, Texas has been the site of 13 "major disaster declarations" since Perry took office following George W. Bush's departure in 2001.

texas, us-news, rick-perry, morons, seceede, confederate-states-of-america

Former Cheney Aide Suggests That Hersh's Account Of 'Executive Assassination Ring' Is 'Certainly True'

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:50 AM EDT (Think Progress)

HERSH: I know for sure…the idea that we have a unit that goes around, without reporting to Congress… and has authority from the President to go into the country without telling the CIA station chief or the ambassador and whack somebody.

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Alabama's prepaid tuition program put much more in stocks than most similar programs

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:23 AM EDT ()

But Alabama's program is in such a deep financial hole that it may be impossible to recover without tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers and state-mandated tuition freezes at colleges that already are short on cash, finance experts and other states' fund managers said.

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Filibusters skyrocket under Republican minority in 110th Congress.

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:15 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Yesterday, Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) slammed the idea of passing health care reform and other Obama priorities through a simple majority of the Senate, a process called reconciliation. "Now, if they do that, that, in effect is the nuclear war," Kyl said.

congress, senate, minority, politics, republican, filibuster, party-of-no

KFC Now Filling Potholes...With Ads

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:11 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)

In the latest sign that the economy is even more screwed than we thought: The city of Louisville, Kentucky has struck a deal allowing the fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken to fill in the city's potholes—in exchange for stamping the pavement as "Re-freshed by KFC."

economics, ads, us-news, kfc, kentucky-fried-chicken, potholes

Commentary: War on drugs is insane

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:02 AM EDT (CNN)

How many police officers and sheriff's deputies are involved in investigating and solving crimes involving illegal drugs? And arresting and transporting and interrogating and jailing the suspects?

us-news

Would Marijuana Light Up the Economy?

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 6:59 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)

The issue of taxation just cropped up in another intriguing way. The Drug Enforcement Administration caused a stir in San Francisco on Wednesday when it raided a locally permitted medical marijuana dispensary.

taxes, marijuana, economics, us-news, war-on-drugs, stimulus

Marijuana No Laughing Matter, Mr. President

Seeded on Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:30 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

But there's nothing comical about tens of millions of Americans being busted, frightened out of their wits, losing their jobs, their student loans, their public housing, their families, their freedom...

medical, marijuana, personal-responsibility, etc

Petraeus Rejects Cheney Comments, Says US No Less Safe Under Obama (VIDEO)

Seeded on Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:14 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

On CNN Sunday, General David Petraeus countered former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent claim that Obama's administration had made America less safe.

cheney, safety, war, obama, us-news, petraeus

Prince William can marry a white witch, a Jedi warrior or a scientologist, but is banned from getting hitched to a Catholic

Seeded on Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:09 PM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)

IT IS very odd indeed that Prince William is entitled to marry a white witch, a Jedi warrior or a scientologist, but he is BANNED from getting hitched to a Catholic.

marriage, royals, england, prince-william, u-k, world-news, prince-harry, anti-catholic

Middle-class conservatives are considering moving to Costa Rica if the country goes downhill under President Obama

Seeded on Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:01 PM EDT ()

Dallas Morning News columnist Rod Dreher may have to fly to Costa Rica if he wants to see some of his friends.

travel, costa-rica, conservatives, obama, exodus

Army vet billed $3,000 for war wounds

Seeded on Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:52 PM EDT (CNN)

Erik Roberts, an Army sergeant who was wounded in Iraq, underwent his 13th surgery recently to save his right leg from amputation. Imagine his shock when he got a bill for $3,000 for his treatment.

iraq, army, medical, va, us-news, veterans

Rush Limbaugh - How Talk Radio Works

Seeded on Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:20 AM EDT (YouTube)

In these excerpts from one of his early interviews, Rush reveals how the talk radio sausage is made. Like any form of entertainment, the primary goal is to capture the attention of the audience and compel them to keep listening.

entertainment, liberal, republican, talk-radio, limbaugh, conservative

Thom Hartmann - Repeal The Reagan Tax Cuts!

Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:39 PM EDT (YouTube)

Thom discusses why taxing the rich will be better for the middle class and better for the economy. Check out www.airamerica.com! I think it's important to remember that Reagan did RAISE taxes on the middle class, pretty much DOUBLED the taxes on the middle class.

bush, ronald-reagan, us-news, tax-cuts, rich, wealthy, hartmann, war-on-the-middle-class

Chuck Norris claims thousands of right wing cell groups exist and will rebel against U.S. government

Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:26 PM EDT (Examiner)

Today in his syndicated column on WorldNetDaily Norris reiterates the point: "That need may be a reality sooner than we think.

politics, terrorist, norris, ring-wing

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Will Congress, Obama stop outsourcing jobs?

Seeded on Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:24 AM EST (The Buffalo News)

On Jan. 21, there will be a Democratic president backed by a Democratic Congress for the first time in 15 years.

bush, china, jobs, trade, clinton, politics, economics, obama

Hedge Fund Managers To Congress: Go Ahead, Regulate Us

Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:16 AM EST (MotherJones.com)

When Congress last floated the idea of regulating the hedge fund industry in 2006, proposing a bill that would have forced them to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the industry revolted and the bill died in committee.

congress, politics, hedge-funds, recession, financial-meltdown

The Significance of Nixon's 'Treason'

Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:41 AM EST (Consortiumnews.com)

A dozen years later, some of the veterans of Nixon's 1968 campaign were linked to a similar operation by the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign to interfere with President Jimmy Carter's negotiations to free 52 Americans held hostage in Iran, another Democratic failure that paved the …

iran, politics, nixon, republicans, vietnam, hostages, reagan, jimmy-carter, treason, lyndon-johnson

The Newest GOP Myth: We've Drifted from Our Principles

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:32 PM EST (MotherJones.com)

In the aftermath of a decisive defeat, Republicans and conservatives are nursing their wounds and wondering what went wrong. Many have come up with an easy answer: the GOP has drifted from its core principles; consequently, the voters have handed it the pink slip.

politics, corruption, economics, ethics, republican, principles, compromise, reaganomics

The Recession and the Freedom to Organize

Mon Nov 3, 2008 9:39 AM EST

The Recession and the Freedom to Organize By Dean Baker Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Photo Credit: CEPR

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labor, trade, politics, deficit, unions, great-depression, recession

Tax Cuts in Camelot?

Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:42 AM EDT

JFK lowered taxes, but supply-siders wrongly claim he's their patron saint. By David GreenbergPosted Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at 11:00 AM ET

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tax, politics, jfk, reagan, john-f-kennedy, democrat, reaganomics, supply-side, rebulican, demand-side

EVEN MORE: Welfare Executives at the Trough Part II

Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:05 AM EDT

It sure just blows me away really. These are the same people who 15 years ago were calling welfare recipients parasites, leeches, bloodsucking lazy slobs etc. Well, when I opened my newsreader today here's what I saw:

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business, wall-street, aig, goldman-sachs, bailout, corporate-welfare, republican-economic-failure, welfare-executives