Next Time A Republican Says We Should Cut Taxes...

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Wednesday April 01, 2009 · 5:25 PM PDT

2009/04/01 · 17:25

A Republican representative repeated the tired line today that "the U.S. has the second highest corporate tax rate in the world".

He said this while trying to defend some new Republican tax proposals, and he added that if we don't cut the corporate tax rate we're sure to lose more jobs overseas. There's just one small problem with his argument.

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Monday March 30, 2009 · 10:39 AM PDT

2009/03/30 · 10:39

As you may have read, a video promoting Bobby Jindal for president in 2012 used various celebrity and non-celebrity voices without permission (see subject line, although I'd also watch the video because I didn't list them all). I found this video and sent it to Cenk of The Young Turks, and he was amused to say the least. Why? Well, to say that his words were taken out of context would be a gross understatement.

The TYT audio in the Jindal clip comes from this video back in June. As you can see, yes, Cenk did mention Jindal's scholastic accomplishments, there's no question about that. The only problem is they didn't include Uygur's conclusion.

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 9:23 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 09:23

NOTE: The election is fast approaching, yet an astounding number of people aren't aware of some critically important facts. Hopefully this email can change some of that, if we share it with enough people. I ask that you don't assume that just because you may know these facts that most potential voters do.

1)-If you make less than $112,000 a year as an individual (not household income, individual income) you will pay a lot less in income taxes under Obama's proposed tax plan than under McCain's. You make up part of the 80% of Americans in this category.

If you make between $112,000-$227,000 a year as an individual you will still pay less taxes under Obama's plan than you do right now.

If you make between $227,000-$603,000 a year as an individual you will pay $12 (twelve dollars) more per year than you do right now.

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 11:43 AM PDT

2008/08/26 · 11:43

Michael Moore has now joined Rachel Maddow, Darcy Burner, Bernie Sanders, Harry Reid and Arianna Huffington!

In other words, he's now joined them in the archive section of Meet The Bloggers (the new weekly show hosted by Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks put out by Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films).

I watched Moore's appearance last Friday and I think he made some really interesting points. For example, he gave his take on why Democrats are being so nice to John McCain. I totally agree with him in that it's time to take the gloves off. If the DNC last night is any indication, Moore's message is being ignored (so far).

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Friday August 15, 2008 · 3:57 PM PDT

2008/08/15 · 15:57

For months now we've heard all kinds of guilt by association attacks on Obama. Now the old ones are back along with some new ones from the laughably biased book 'The Obama Nation'.

Rather than debunking these associations one by one, I'm going to ask a simple question of anyone who is concerned about Obama's associations (real or imagined):

Can you name ONE policy position or proposal from Obama that is or has been in any way negatively influenced by people like Reverend Wright or William Ayers?

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Wednesday August 06, 2008 · 12:01 PM PDT

2008/08/06 · 12:01

So the latest rumor according to the Enquirer is that John Edwards has some kind of love child. But you know what? Who cares? It’s not like I would ever have voted for a guy who spends $400 on a haircut. Obviously he's off my list if he ever runs again at some point.

I need a president I can relate to. Someone I could drink a beer with, or enter my wife into a pickle sucking contest with.

Not some pansy who spends hundreds of dollars for something he could've gotten for $20.

But seriously, how could I relate to an arugala eating elitist like Obama?

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 8:45 AM PDT

2008/08/02 · 08:45

Earlier this week I posed the question "What Do John McCain and John Edwards Have In Common?"

'Remember how Republicans across America (come to think of it, it wasn't only Republicans) brought up the Edwards $400 haircut day after day after day?

Well guess what? John McCain has been wearing a $520 pair of Italian loafers. I guess this means all of those people who just couldn't stop talking about 'pretty boy' Edwards being "out of touch" because he had and spent money are going to be consistent and bash McCain, right?'

Much to my surprise, CNN actually did a segment on this very topic.

ihavenobias

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 9:41 AM PDT

2008/08/01 · 09:41

Stupid me. 1 day late.

Now my interest rate went to the default rate of 28.99%. That's almost TWENTY NINE PERCENT. I'm so pissed and yes, that includes at myself for screwing up and making the payment a few hours later than I should have (didn't show up until the next business day).

And again, I can blame myself for not paying full attention to the terms and conditions. It's true, I signed the papers I signed and nodded yes, etc.

With those disclaimers out of the way, WTF? I called to have my rate lowered and the woman on the phone said they review it every 12 months. In other words, I'd have the possibility to have it lowered in a year.

I asked her why they don't offer a one time exception (hell, once a year), or why the penalty is so God Damn high (why not charge a fee or increase the rate by 1%). I added that her corporation doesn't care about the individuals and the bad economy (that they in part helped to create), they care about increasing their profits as they are legally obligated to have as their top priority. I said it was absurd and unacceptable.

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 12:09 PM PDT

2008/07/30 · 12:09

What Do John McCain and John Edwards Have In Common?

Not much other than their first name. Then again they both spend a good deal of money to look stylish.

Remember how Republicans across America (come to think of it, it wasn't only Republicans) brought up the Edwards $400 haircut day after day after day?

Well guess what? John McCain has been wearing a $520 pair of Italian loafers. I guess this means all of those people just couldn't stop talking about 'pretty boy' Edwards being "out of touch" because he had and spent money are going to be consistent and bash McCain, right?

ihavenobias

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Tuesday July 29, 2008 · 3:26 PM PDT

2008/07/29 · 15:26

So I just heard that John McCain might be open to raising social security taxes.

As if we didn't already have plenty of good reasons to vote for Obama, McCain decided to add one more.

As much as conservatives claim to love Reagan, why would McCain raising the social security tax rate bother them? After all, Reagan doubled the social security tax while giving the wealthiest Americans the biggest tax cut in American history.

In order to help make up from the loss of revenue from the tax cuts for the rich (rich people who pay less taxes than those in the middle class by the way) Reagan raided the social security trust fund and spent hundreds of billions of dollars.

On top of that he STILL had to borrow more money than all presidents (from George Washington to Jimmy Carter) combined, thus tripling the national debt.

ihavenobias

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Thursday July 24, 2008 · 12:26 PM PDT

2008/07/24 · 12:26

As many of you have probably heard, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper will no longer be hosting the most popular movie review show in American history, At The Movies.

This has predictably created some waves and reaction has been mixed. In fact I'd say overall people are skeptical of this move, but that's to be expected considering what a popular, long running show At The Movies has been.

Now there will be "two Bens" (Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz) hosting the show. Here is a clip from last night of Ben Mankiewicz and Cenk discussing this on The Young Turks.

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Monday July 14, 2008 · 5:10 PM PDT

2008/07/14 · 17:10

(And yes, that headline was sarcastic)

Lou Dobbs was talking about how at least McCain and Bush are doing something about our crazy gas prices by calling for more off-shore drilling, unlike Obama and the Democrats in Congress who are fighting against the will of the people and not providing the relief from high prices that everyone wants and demands.

Oh Lou, you damn fool...it will NOT provide relief. At best, from what I recall, we might hope to have "relief" in the form of gas that's 1-10 cents cheaper per gallon 7-10 years from now, give or take.

Lou pretends to be the populist that cuts through the BS and doesn't stand behind any particular party. If you believe that, great. But someone needs to explain how the basically symbolic gesture of off-shore drilling is going to have any significant, tangible impact (aka, "relief").

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