Category Archives: politics

Closer and closer to equality

By Dave | Published: August 13, 2010
Slowly but surely, we’re moving ever closer to equality for all. There’s still a lot left to do, but it’s encouraging.
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This rhetoric is depressing

By Dave | Published: August 9, 2010
Paul Krugman explains how America is going dark. We must place priority on reducing the deficit, say Republicans and “centrist” Democrats. And then, virtually in the next breath, they declare that we must preserve tax cuts for the very affluent, at a budget cost of $700 billion over the next decade. In effect, a large [...]
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Spotting a Republican

By Dave | Published: June 19, 2010
Hah (emphasis mine). A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.” The [...]
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Sports protesting AZ immigration laws

By Dave | Published: May 5, 2010
Image via Getty Images I love this! “I think it’s fantastic,” Nash said after Tuesday’s practice. “I think the law is very misguided. I think it’s, unfortunately, to the detriment of our society and our civil liberties. I think it’s very important for us to stand up for things we believe in. As a team [...]
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It’s a big deal

By Dave | Published: March 25, 2010
School House Rock gets the Joe Biden treatment. (Via Huffington Post)
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Yes, we did.

By Dave | Published: March 21, 2010
Victory! The Democrats pass the Senate health care bill and shoot down the Republican motion to recommit. I share Andrew Sullivan’s elation.
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How to fix the Senate

By Dave | Published: January 24, 2010
(Photo by Daniel McCullum) This resolution (H.R. 1018 IH), introduced into the House this week [PDF link], is something I could get behind! Requesting the Senate to adjust its rules to reflect the intent of the framers of the Constitution by amending the Sen- ate’s filibuster rule, Rule 22, to facilitate the consider- ation of [...]
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Goodbye campaign finance laws!

By Dave | Published: January 22, 2010
(Flag via Adbusters) Daily Kos has more about the Supreme Court’s horrible decision here. Basically, it overturns previous campaign finance laws and allows corporations to pour money into political campaigns In a stinging dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the ruling “threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the nation. The path [...]
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State of mind in Massachusetts

By Dave | Published: January 20, 2010
Drawing by Ted McCagg. A lot of people feel pretty burned by what happened in Massachusetts yesterday, myself included. Andrew Sullivan does a fantastic job explaining why many feel so shafted after last night’s special election. The glee with which the GOP is greeting the end of any access too health insurance for millions of [...]
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Two things you never talk about in an Irish pub

By Dave | Published: December 23, 2009
(Photo via Wikipedia) “There are two things you never talk about in an Irish pub: religion and politics…” Last summer, we traveled to Europe. The campaign to elect the next U.S. President was starting to ramp up and at that point, Barack Obama was a household name. This lead to an interesting conversation with a [...]
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