Month: October 2010

Shaking Off the Complacency

I am getting very tired of waking up to unimaginably bad news. In Wisconsin, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, complete nut-jobs are showing strong leads in the polls for U.S. Senate. To make matters worse, I read this from Nate...

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Wanker of the Day: David Brooks

David Brooks is living in a fantasy land. [Meg] Whitman is representative of an emerging Republican type — what you might call the austerity caucus. Flamboyant performers like Sarah Palin get all the attention, but the governing...

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Saturday Painting Palooza Volume 268

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Cape May transitional-style house . I’m using the photo seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 12 x 12 inch...

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Tax Hikes as Back Door Clawback

The debate in Washington continues to be centered around conservative policy prescriptions.  The popularity of tax cuts may be just a mirage, though, and the right kind of tax hikes might produce some genuine enthusiasm....

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Conservatives Just Killed 240,000 Jobs

Conservatives in Congress just fired 240,000 American workers. Conservatives in Congress just killed 240,000 jobs. Conservatives in Congress just essentially added 240,000 more Americans to the ranks of the unemployed. However...

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