Tag Archives: Mitch McConnell

Obama tries, but wing-nuts reject his love

Posted on December 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

No irony about the sick state of American politics is funnier than the fact that wing-nuts, no matter how far to the right Barack Obama tilts, continue to vilify him as the Great Satan of socialism and the bleeding-heart champion … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, liar, New York Times, Obama, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged banksters, Barack Obama, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, gun laws, Mitch McConnell, Second Amendment, wing-nuts | 1 Comment

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Super Congress!

Posted on August 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Concerned that nations will soon fight over oil reserves? If you think that’s bad, wait until world population booms to 10 billion or so at the same time all the fresh water is drying up. But that’s long-term stuff. This … Continue reading →

Posted in enviromentalism, Great Recession, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Harry Reid, jobs programs, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Super Congress, supercommittee, tax hikes for the rich, the Human Tortoise | 1 Comment

Onion’s birthday joke, with an edge

Posted on August 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

The Onion’s Obama birthday joke was satire, but only in the lamest sense of the word: After months of heated negotiations and failed attempts to achieve any kind of consensus, President Obama turned 50 years old Thursday, drawing strong criticism … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, The New Depression | Tagged 50th birthday, Barack Obama, debt ceiling deal, Mitch McConnell, super-committee, The Onion | 1 Comment

First, Dems give away the store. Then they haggle.

Posted on March 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

This is what happens when you supposedly represent the interests of working people but are too timid, dishonest or stupid to fight for those interests: Republicans are poised to reject a White House offer, TPM has learned, that would cut … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Depression, health care, mid-term elections, Obama, Politics, taxes, unemployment | Tagged $30 billion, budget cuts, Congress, ecomomic recovery, Harry Reed, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Obama | 1 Comment

A holiday fairy tale about lame ducks

Posted on December 23, 2010 by oddmanout215

It’s depressing to think that there was no way to win that would not have involved giving away billions of dollars to people who don’t need it. But it’s kind of cheery to think we have a president who actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, mid-term elections, New York Times, Obama, Politics, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gail Collins, mid-term elections, Mitch McConnell, New Start treaty, Obama, tax-cut deal | 1 Comment

Obama’s bottom line: No, we can’t

Posted on December 8, 2010 by oddmanout215

If life were a Frank Capra movie, Barack Obama would have looked across the table at Mitch McConnell and said, “OK, Turtle Face, I’ll take this issue to the people and lay out the facts. You’re trying to blackmail Democrats. … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Depression, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, taxes, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Barack Obama, bonus tax cuts, Frank Capra, Harry Truman, Lawrence Summers, Mitch McConnell | Leave a comment

Ugly old white men still rule!

Posted on December 5, 2010 by oddmanout215

It is hard to believe, as the holidays approach yet again amid economic hard times, but Congress looks as if it may let federal unemployment benefits lapse for the fourth time this year. — Nov. 28 New York Times editorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, mainstream media, mid-term elections, New York Times, Obama, Politics, taxes, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Congress, grinch, Jin Bunning, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Obama, Richard Shelby, Roy Blunt, tax cuts for the wealthy | 1 Comment

‘Canadian health care?’ We should be so lucky

Posted on August 13, 2010 by oddmanout215

Robert Gibbs is the new poster boy for Dem cowardice Like many other Democrats, I puzzled for a few days over Robert Gibbs’s scornful remarks about the “professional left.” Is President Obama’s press secretary just another beefy bureaucrat who lost … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, mid-term elections, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Democratic Party, Democrats In Name Only, health care, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, MSNBC, Obama, Robert Gibbs | Leave a comment

Out of work, out of sight, out of mind

Posted on July 29, 2010 by oddmanout215

In the 1930s, the jobless were big news. Now they’re invisible. Media coverage of the unemployment problem pretty much ended on July 22, when President Obama signed a bill extending coverage to 2.5 million Americans whose benefits had been blocked … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, mainstream media, Obama, Philadelphia, Politics, unemployment | Tagged 99ers, Great Depression, jobless, Michael Thornton, Mitch McConnell, Philadelphia Unemployment Project, Rochester Unemployment Examiner, twittermarch, unemployment | 1 Comment