Buffet Calls Murdoch Out

You wanna piece of me, Rupert? Bring it! In my previous post, Humpty Dumpty’s Class War Flunkies, I said this about the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet: As part of his campaign to grow the economy and reduce the deficit, Obama is proposing to tax millionaires and billionaires at the same rate as the middle class, the so-called “Buffet Rule.” …

Obama Grabs His Ankles Once Again (Update)

Whatever You Say! To the people who really care about him, who wish him well and want to see him re-elected next year, President Obama is such a disappointment, if not a downright embarrassment. Seriously, given his track record of capitulation, would you want to share a foxhole with this guy covering your six? While you were busy scrambling to …

For Whom The Bell Trolls

    Whenever I find myself holding hands with political Pollyannas, and someone foolishly yells “Red Rover Red Rover, send Chris Hedges right over,” I cringe, close my eyes, and wait for the impact of the Tasmanian Devil himself.  Seriously, this guy’s columns should come with a warning label: “Not to be read by anyone displaying signs of clinical depression or …

Rethugs Demand Dems Undergo Empathobotomy

Even before the GOP regained control of the House, they’d successfully cowed Democrats into accepting their terms on legislation ranging from health insurance reform to the extension of the Bush tax cuts. Since then, they have upped their game by extorting large cuts in the social safety net in exchange for extending unemployment insurance to the millions of workers laid off …

Moral Insanity: Psychopaths & Sociopaths

Sometimes I wish I believed in reincarnation. I mean, if all of history’s most prominent psychopaths had reincarnated at the same time, and through their manipulative talents came to occupy positions of power, there could hardly be a better explanation for the situation we find ourselves in today.

Atlas Mugged: Making The World Safe For Sociopaths

What do Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, the Teabaggers, and Lucifer have in common? (If you want to feel the backward, you must click it.) In Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel and current movie, Atlas Shrugged, the ideological template for those wishing to usher in a new Gilded Age run by billionaire plutocrats like the Koch Brothers, Atlas is meant to symbolize …

Ayn Rand’s Revenge

The Daily Show – Ryan’s Private Savings – Republican Deficit Plan Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart explores Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal to cut the deficit President Obama delivered his own promised deficit reduction plan yesterday. In a  speech titled  “The Country We Believe In,” he replaced his  Corporate Appeaser in Chief hat …