No Plan B? Not Good News.

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Thursday December 20, 2012 · 7:01 PM PST

2012/12/20 · 19:01

Now that Boehner's Plan B has failed, the only thing on the table is President Obama's debt reduction plan - the one that includes reducing social security benefits by tying future cost of living increases to chained CPI. The failure of Plan B might actually move the Obama proposal forward, which would be terrible for low-income seniors. Speaker Pelosi has already announced that she can support it, even going so far as to claim that it isn't a benefit cut. Shame on her. That means we the voters and we the activists must make sure our voices are heard. I'm sending the following message to Congressman Tonko and Senators Schumer and Gillibrand. I hope folks who read this will consider sending similar messages to their representatives.

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Monday December 17, 2012 · 7:31 PM PST

2012/12/17 · 19:31

Every time there's a problem, the solution always seems to be, screw the poor. And now, President Obama seems ready to let that happen again in his debt negotiations with Boehner. This time it's the elderly poor who will suffer by reducing the index by which Social Security keeps up with inflation. Who will be harmed most by this? The folks who depend on social security exclusively or almost exclusively for their retirement income - the poor. There are so many other ways to save the same amount of money, even within social security. For example, why not cut off social security benefits to those with incomes over a certain level. Do wealthy seniors really need to keep receiving social security while poor seniors keep losing ground to inflation? This proposal is truly heartless and it will be very sad if Democrats go along.

A Test of Faith

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Saturday December 15, 2012 · 7:13 AM PST

2012/12/15 · 07:13

For many people, Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut will be a test of their faith and belief in God. In addition to the horror and agony brought on by the tragic event, they will ask themselves how God could let this happen. They will ask how can there be a God in a world where young children - the most innocent among us - are brutally and ruthlessly gunned down at an elementary school. I have an answer for them; there is no God. That answer frightens many people, but I have to ask, what is more frightening, a world without a God, or a world with a God that could have prevented Friday’s massacre but chose not to?

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Friday November 30, 2012 · 6:40 PM PST

2012/11/30 · 18:40

And all I can say is, 'Bout Fucking Time Someone Did! Politico is trash and Nate Silver, in the briefest of statements, makes that very clear. Read the article, enjoy the audio. There really isn't more to say.

Article at TPM

Mitt was not the Problem

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Thursday November 15, 2012 · 10:30 AM PST

2012/11/15 · 10:30

It looks like the right is blaming Mitt Romney for the resounding defeat of the Republican Party in the national elections. But the truth is, Mitt was not the problem. The right wing money machine had a number of candidates they could get behind in the Republican primary. They chose Mitt and they chose the message. Mitt did everything he was supposed to do and said everything he was supposed to say. And he probably did it better than any of the other Republican candidates would have.

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Tuesday November 13, 2012 · 5:56 PM PST

2012/11/13 · 17:56

Clip after clip, quote after quote, it appears that the Republican Party and all its cohorts really, truly believed that Romney was going to win this thing, and maybe win big. The visual, verbal and written expressions of disbelief from Romney, Ryan, Rove, Limbaugh, etc., are just overwhelming. But is it real? Were they "shocked", or to quote my favorite movie, were they "shocked, shocked!" that most voters chose Obama? More below.

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Monday November 05, 2012 · 5:49 PM PST

2012/11/05 · 17:49

Just a quick note to let people know what's going on here. I arrived Saturday with a friend to do canvassing/GOTV followed by poll watching on Tuesday. It's been tremendous

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Tuesday October 16, 2012 · 9:05 PM PDT

2012/10/16 · 21:05

My diaries are generally negative and critical of my fellow Democrats and lefties, not because I am a weak Democrat or lefty, on the contrary, I personally don't know anyone who is a more strident advocate of liberal and progressive causes. but my comments are often negative because it's not in my nature to be a cheerleader. Others do that very well. When I feel compelled to comment, it's usually because someone I support and believe in has let me down, usually in a very big way. But tonight, I feel so very, very compelled to share what I'm feeling after watching the second Presidential Debate. And let me start by saying, wow.

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Tuesday October 09, 2012 · 12:41 PM PDT

2012/10/09 · 12:41

There are parents who love their children even as they acknowledge their shortcomings. Then there are parents who feel compelled to pretend their kids are perfect, who rationalize any negative conduct or performance and who viciously attack anyone who dares imply their kids are less than perfect. "if you criticize my little boy, you criticize me - how dare you?!" Apparently that mindset isn't limited to parents.

The attitude among way too many folks here is that anyone who says anything remotely negative about the President is also attacking them and must be attacked back. Truth is irrelevant. Honesty is not only discouraged, it is demonized. And it doesn't matter if the writer encourages everyone to work harder to re-elect Obama, "he who dareth be negative deserveth the wrath!" Give me a freaking break. No need to click, there's nothing more below. I'm done.

Another word about the Pew Poll

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Monday October 08, 2012 · 9:16 PM PDT

2012/10/08 · 21:16

I should be in bed, but the Yankees/Orioles game is still going on so here I am watching the game with one eye and on the web with the other. I just read the TPM article about the Pew Poll and one statistic jumped out at me as critical to Obama's hope for turning this election back around. More after the squiggly.

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Thursday October 04, 2012 · 7:04 AM PDT

2012/10/04 · 07:04

Almost as disheartening as the debate itself and Obama’s poor performance is the overwhelming desire of Obama supporters to deny reality. He lost. Yes, Romney won through lies and deceit, yes, CNN rigged its poll, Yes Lehrer did an absolutely awful job with his questions and his failure to moderate, but the truth is Romney won, Obama lost, the polls will shift, the only question is by how much.

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Monday November 21, 2011 · 5:22 AM PST

2011/11/21 · 05:22

There's a very simple and elegant way to: 1) reduce and eliminate the deficit and the national debt; 2) ensure yearly balanced budgets without amending the Constitution; 3) fix our disjointed tax and spend systems of government; 4) make it easy for people to calculate their federal income tax; 5) make sure the rich pay their fair share; and 6) put our country back on the right track. It's the plan you'll never hear Congress or the Super Committee talk about.

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This tax plan

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This tax plan

Is a thing of beauty

4 votes

Is a good but flawed plan

2 votes

Is a good plan with no chance of passage

4 votes

Is unfair to the poor and working class

0 votes

Is unfair to the middle class

0 votes

Is unfair to the wealthy

1 vote

Is laughably stupid

3 votes

gets pie

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