It is abundantly clear now that the Tea Party has scuttled every sensible compromise proposed by their own party to resolve the debt ceiling crisis. Speaker Boehner and President Obama were on the verge of signing a “grand deal”. But the Tea Party forced their own leader to reject it. Last night Boehner thought he [...]
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ARE THE TEA PARTIERS PATRIOTS OR TRAITORS?
July 29, 2011SHOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BE SHUT DOWN?
April 8, 2011Unless there is an agreement between the Republicans and the Democrats, the U.S. government will be shut down at midnight tonight. What is holding up the agreement? Not the size of the cuts. There is news this Friday morning that there is only a five billion difference betweeen the two sides. That can easily be [...]
SHOULD PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING BE SLASHED?
March 10, 2011I am a big fan of PBS (Lehrer report, Masterpiece theatre) and NPR (All things considered). But now public broadcasting in the States is in a mess. The government subsidizes public broadcasting to the tune of $400 million annually. however the Republicans have voted to cut off all funding. Not only that, but a senior [...]
