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By 12thMonkey on September 25, 2011
 At least that’s the line that all my wonky Republican associates are feeding me. He’s toast. Texas Toast, the joke is going. He’s simply not electable. No way, no how. On board the Romney train! Well, I’d rather pee rusty razor blades than vote for Romney in the primaries. To me, it’s McCain all over [...] → Continue Reading So, I’m being told that Rick Perry is done
By 12thMonkey on September 16, 2011
 It’s not really a myth, so exaggerated excuse seems about right. The Republicans are certainly trying to obstruct large portions of the President’s agenda, and they have been since he took office. But, I mean, they’re the opposition party. What do you expect? Although there’s a lot of grumbling about both parties being the same, [...] → Continue Reading The exaggerated excuse of Republican obstructionism
By 12thMonkey on September 16, 2011
 I’m sure it has something to do with those evil companies hoarding all of their money. The CEO’s won’t make any jobs for the regular people because they’re too busy rolling million dollar bills into cigars and smoking them. Or… What might surprise Americans, however, is how the President is setting up the U.S. economy [...] → Continue Reading Y’know, I just can’t figure why the economy is in the toilet….
By 12thMonkey on September 14, 2011
 You’ve got another thing coming. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has her eye on your paycheck, and she means to let you know it, too. During an interview on The Don Wade and Roma show on Chicago’s WLS radio, Schakowsky made it clear how she feels about you keeping the money you’ve worked hard for. “I’ll put [...] → Continue Reading Hold on. Wait. You thought that was your money?
By 12thMonkey on August 10, 2011
 There are a number of articles attempting to place the ongoing British rioting into proper context being written now. Mostly the context of oppressed people rising up against their oppressors–namely, the taxpayers who no longer have the cash to fund their welfare ride any longer. Nina Power in the Guardian, pushes that point of view. [...] → Continue Reading Riots in the US: Coming soon to a corner near you?
By 12thMonkey on August 9, 2011
 The London riots continue. Lots of flames and throwing things and crazy videos. In many areas, the police are completely overwhelmed, and are being pushed back routinely by aggressive rioters. Some of the highlights? Copycat riots in Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Liverpool and Leeds. Birmingham Children’s Hospital staff forced to barricade themselves in last night as [...] → Continue Reading London burns, and proves how useful the nanny state really is
By 12thMonkey on August 5, 2011
 A CWM is, for those of you who don’t know, one of the vilest, evilest, most selfish and greedy things on the planet. A Conservative White Male. Responsible for all the ills of the world, and as this article in Psychology Today points out, so pathologically stunted as to not even realize the harm it perpetrates [...] → Continue Reading Cool Dudes: Why CWM Deniers aren’t
By 12thMonkey on August 3, 2011
 Oh yeah, nothing to see here. It’s all good. So long as we’ve raised the debt ceiling, everything is all right with the world. Right? US debt shot up $238 billion to reach 100 percent of gross domestic project after the government’s debt ceiling was lifted, Treasury figures showed Wednesday. The new borrowing took total [...] → Continue Reading Stock up on canned foods… Borrowing now 100% of GDP
By 12thMonkey on July 25, 2011
You said this during your address to the nation this evening: Congress now has one week left to act, and there are still paths forward. The Senate has introduced a plan to avoid default, which makes a down payment on deficit reduction and ensures that we don’t have to go through this again in six [...] → Continue Reading Oh, about your speech, Mr. President. Some quick questions…
By 12thMonkey on July 22, 2011
From Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee, whatever the devil that is. But it’s cool.
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