Unemployment Hits 10.2%
on Nov 6, 2009 in Economy Jobs Money unemployment We’ve crossed the psychological barrier and this spells bad news for Dems unless they can turn it around in the next couple months. Because this is the highest rate since 1983 and you’ll be hearing that time and time again in the next mon...

Hear Ye, Hear Ye
on Nov 6, 2009 in Blogging Donklephant has been nominated for ‘Best Political Blog’ in the 2009 Weblog Awards. You can vote for the nomination here. Also, do check out some of the other categories, as there are many great blogs (and bloggers) that are nominated eve...

What Republican Resurgence?
on Nov 5, 2009 in 2010 Election Democrats Republicans It bugs me when either party peddles a false meme before a certain event, as was the case last night with the “GOP is making a comeback if we win anything” talking points. And yet today the media is grabbing it hook, line and sinker. But...

New York City Independence Party Breaks Records
on Nov 4, 2009 in News 142,817 VOTES FOR BLOOMBERG ON COLUMN C DELIVERS MARGIN TO CITY’S FIRST INDEPENDENT MAYOR New York, NY-The Independence Party vote for Mike Bloomberg yesterday broke numerous records and re-enforced its ongoing mandate for independent governanc...

Poll: Bush Still To Blame For Economic Woes
on Nov 3, 2009 in Barack Bush Economic crisis Economic recovery Economy Obama Polls As I’ve said numerous times before, voters aren’t stupid. They know who piloted our economic collapse last year and it’s going to be extremely hard for Republicans to convince them otherwise. Still, it is kind of telling that Republ...

Health Care Bill More Dangerous Than Terrorism?
on Nov 3, 2009 in Democrats Dumb Things Said By Smart People Health Care Republicans Terrorism Video Ahh, I “love” the political critters in the House. Why? Just watch… Here’s the thing, the reason these folks can get away with nonsense like this is because congressional districts have been so gerrymandered as to be almost...

Let’s Compare US Health Care Costs With Other Countries
on Nov 3, 2009 in Health Care Money The World The Wash Post’s Ezra Klein interviewed the CEO of Kaiser Permanente and found massive differences when looking at health care costs in the US and other countries. Yes, it’s not even close. Gee, I wonder why we’re going bankrupt...

Health Care Legislation Continues To Move Forward
on Nov 2, 2009 in Health Care Slowly, but surely, we’ll be getting health care reform in a matter of months. That is, if Democrats don’t overplay their hand. From NY Times: The Senate Finance Committee chairman, Max Baucus of Montana, described “a sense of inevitabi...

News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/31/09
on Oct 31, 2009 in News News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/31/09 Note  in the majority of voters in New Jersey are independent and will play the decisive role in Tuesday Gov election there. Mike Bloomberg, in coalition with the NYC Independence Party, carries out an...

What I’ve Been Doing Instead Of Posting…
on Oct 30, 2009 in Jobs You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been posting a lot in the past couple weeks and that’s because the day job has been VERY consuming…but in a good way. Basically, over the past year I’ve been working on developing a...