The Republican Definition of Tyranny: Our Democracy

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Wednesday February 03, 2010 · 7:51 AM PST

2010/02/03 · 07:51

In the latest twist to the ongoing quest for health care reform, Republicans have found a new loophole in the reconciliation route: filibuster through amendment. Republicans appear ready to tie up the Senate until the Democrats give up, all in the name of stopping an up or down, majority rules, democratic vote, which they now consider "tyrannical." Details below.

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Tuesday January 26, 2010 · 11:06 AM PST

2010/01/26 · 11:06

I'll let others rant about whether it is wise to cut, or freeze, some spending during a recession...for me, this seems like a good opportunity to highlight waste in government that could be cut without too much damage to jobs or recovery. Here's one: stop subsidizing Peru's asparagus farmers in the name of the "War on Drugs." More info below.

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Tuesday November 24, 2009 · 3:10 PM PST

2009/11/24 · 15:10

Ever since it was announced that Sarah Palin sold 300,000 copies of "Going Rogue" on the first day, I wondered where those numbers came from. After a little Googling it appears, according to Rush Limbaugh's assertions, that this number cannot possible be true, and, in fact, must be a lie.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 9:42 AM PDT

2009/09/09 · 09:42

Recently, I had the opportunity to listen to a Republican acquaintance's arguments against health care reform. I really didn't try to rebut her, because this is a person whose personal opinions are more treasured than things as trivial as factual reality. She made her points, I just nodded, grinned, bit my tongue, and took mental notes. Most of the argument wasn't even worth the effort to debunk, because it was irrelevant to the issues at hand. But it occurred to me later that her "government can't do anything right" assertion was pretty ironic in light of the fact that she spent her whole career working for the government as a public school teacher in the state of Michigan (and if you want to talk about socialism, isn't that what public schools are? Taxing everyone so that anyone can have a free education...but I digress)...

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Saturday August 22, 2009 · 9:06 AM PDT

2009/08/22 · 09:06

Kudos to Jon Stewart, responding to Betsy McCaughey’s point that Jon is a rich man:

"...I don’t mind being taxed a little more to help people...I don’t mind that – in fact, I welcome it because it’s a way for me to give back to the country that has allowed me to come this far."

Buy that man a beer. Finally, someone willing to say: "If it helps my neighbor, go ahead and raise my taxes. I don’t mind – in fact I welcome it." A modern Henry David Thoreau.

Thoreau? Huh? Isn’t he that dude who lived alone in the woods?

Yes, that Thoreau.

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