“We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers”
That quote was by the Romney campaign’s Neil Newhouse. Romney aides have said their most powerful weapon presently is the welfare ad criticizing President Obama for the work feature, claiming it...
View ArticleAre you better off? Hell yes!
Four years ago, EVERY economic indicator of consequence was headed the wrong way. Indicators we like to go up (stock market, employment, home sales, auto sales, confidence) were headed down....
View ArticleThe answer to the question...in graphs
In April of 2001, I lost my job in the "dot-bomb" recession. I was living in Silicon Valley and had had a few "silicon valley" type jobs (read: I worked for technology companies), the most recent -...
View ArticleThe day after: Right Wing Themes and Memes
The best way I can describe Clinton's speech last night was transcendent. It was similar in feeling to when I've been to a concert and the band members were on some fifth wave of groove and the...
View ArticleWith Unlimited Money, Do Candidates Even Matter? The Senate Needs Our Help!
We can take some solace in the fact that some of the big money from the Super-PACs, Karl Rove, Koch brothers, invisible donors, and so on are being pulled from presidential ads in swing states. That’s...
View ArticleRec if you pay a higher tax rate than Romney
He said his is 13.9%. Mine is closer to 30%. He claims nearly half of Americans pay none.Do you? What is your rate?I am his income demographic and I pay more in percentage than him. So I must not...
View ArticleRec if you pay a higher tax rate than Romney
He said his is 13.9%. He claims nearly half of Americans pay none.Do you? What is your rate?I am his income demographic and I pay more in percentage than him. Mine is closer to 30%. So I must not...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Cliff: a primer and solution
Without new legislation, at the end of 2012, major changes are going to occur in our financial markets and economy due to the “fiscal cliff.” According to the Congressional Budget Office, this would...
View ArticleMSNBC beats Fox!
Congratulations MSNBC!! Two nights in a row, in the coveted 25-54 age demographic, MSNBC beat Fox News in the number of viewers.Huffpo has it here.I’ll be interested (and delighted) to see this trend...
View Article“Republicans Beclown Themselves With Sequester”
It’s delicious, isn’t it? The subject line of this diary is really a headline on RedState.com. A front page diary. The meat of the post is that Republicans were duped in voting for the Budget...
View ArticleConservative Websites Reaction to Current Events: A Summary
I scour the conservative blogs, so you don't have to.BigGovernment.com WaaahhhhhhaahhhhhhhaaahhhWahhahhhahahha, er, ehem.ToBeRight.com SobSniffSobSobSniffSniff, phhttttttttRushLimbaugh.com...
View ArticleNate's Now-Cast: Amazing Numbers!
There's very little to say about this, but "wow."Nate Silver's forecast for the president to be re-elected is now 81.9% probable (up 6.7% since September 19). His "now-cast" is 97.8%!!! Said another...
View ArticleComplacency Over
Complacency OverIf there a silver lining to tonight’s debate it is this: with all the good news about the polling in the past few weeks, with all the gaffes that the Romney campaign have kept making,...
View ArticleChair Lynching -- Interrupted
You've got to hand it to people in the San Francisco Bay Area. We're simply not as tolerant as other parts of the country to let hatred stand.Atherton, California is one of the most expensive zip...
View ArticleI sat on my couch and cried
Four years ago I sat on my couch and cried. I was flanked by my two children, then 9 and 7, who were hugging me as they were not accustomed to dad crying. Along with my wife, we were all watching as...
View ArticleThe Question I'd ask
If I had the opportunity to ask Mitt Romney a question, ah-la the Townhall debate format, face-to-face, this is what I'd ask:Mr. Romney, how would your very own tax plan effect your very own taxes?Lost...
View ArticleRomnesia: I like it!
I got to say, I like the new stump speech. It artfully calls Romney out on all his bullshit flip flopping without the president out and out calling him a liar.And it has the added benefit of being...
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One photo to show how much the economy has improved
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. An area known throughout the world for the high cost of living, especially in our real estate prices. When realtors drive prospective buyers around who are...
View ArticleChick-Fil-A : Bye-Bye
About a year and a half ago, Chick-Fil-A joined the Chamber of Commerce in Mountain View, California. This is notable only because there wasn’t a Chick-Fil-A in the area. Mountain View is located in...
View ArticleThe 47%, an influential conversation, and your help requested!
I had an interesting conversation with my father-in-law last night. The conversation went very well, but I need your help to finish it. Before I go on, let me describe the context:- He is a...
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