We Need to Wake Up…
I just don’t get it…it’s like a really bad movie…every day in the news there is some clip featuring a random stereotypical, toothless, back-woods bamma complaining about how the nation is being...
View ArticleThe Will of the People
‘Do The Right Thing‘ isn’t just the name of an old Spike Lee movie; it’s a strong sentiment and a wish directed from the American people toward their elected officials.Recent polls strongly suggest...
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Taxpayer Funded Benefits For Congress
Taxpayer-funded benefits for members of Congress is a topic I have been bitching complaining about for ages. It’s a point of contention for me that the people who sit as the supreme overlords rulers...
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For The Economy’s Sake…
…Let the Bush tax cuts expire. Congress will, at some point, have to make a decision before their next taxpayer subsidised vacation on whether or not to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest...
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Panama Meets The Teabaggers
I’m not a proud American, I didn’t do anything necessarily to be proud of. I just happened to be born within her borders, but I like it here, some places more than others however. I am a humble...
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Rick Perry’s God Problem
Rick Perry got me thinking the other day. He had an encounter with a fourteen year old bisexual girl that went like this: “This is about my faith, and I happen to think that there are a whole host of...
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Eh, You Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Medicaid!
With the current war on vaginas and uteri in full swing, I imagine moderates and progressives across the US and the globe are wondering, “What in the bloody hell is going on in America?” It’s...
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Let’s Call a Spade a Spade: Why Paul Ryan Is Anything But Nice
Since Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his presidential running mate there has been a barrage of commentary surrounding the seven-term Congressman from Wisconsin. Quite naturally there has been much...
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Remembering Lyndon B. Johnson Amidst Today’s GOP
On this day in 1908, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born. With all of the GOP’s documented anti-democratic voter suppression efforts underway across the country, this quote from President Johnson came to...
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S#!t Just Got Real
There is a lot of talk these days about the sandwich generation — people of a certain age who have both children and aging parents whom they care for. Some, like myself, may only have parents to care...
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Paving the Way to a Legacy: Beyond Inauguration Day
With the eyes of the nation focused on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, Barack H. Obama will be sworn in for his second term as the 44th President of the United States. Whether we agree with his...
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“It’s a Sad Day for Conservatives,” a.k.a Good news for healthcare reform
The attention-grabbing title, “I am very disappointed in Governor Rick Scott” was enough to let me know that I would soon have something to smile about. Red State’s Eric Erickson’s morning...
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Part I-The business of lobbying
Whether we like it or not, lobbying is part of our government. If it’s an issue that we like (education?) or one we don’t care too much about (taxes?), the fact remains that there is probably a...
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Lobbying Part II: Where’d the money go?
K Street—the lobbying capital of our country. If you want something done, no matter what it is, you’ll be able to find someone on K street to lobby Congress on your behalf. But, is this a benefit to...
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ObamaCare in Plain English: What it Means for You
This article was originally published in the Blue Street Journal. Since then the questions and misinformation about Obamacare haven’t faded and, in fact, there will be some changes as the law is...
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Is Single-Payer the Answer to Our Broken Health Care System?
The current state of health care in the U.S. is broken. Between the issues that arose with Obamacare and the mostly defunct ideas behind Trumpcare, the average American finds the system overwhelming...
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How Our Political Discourse Today Leaves the Elderly Out
Today, the way we talk about politics is heated, to say the least. Many political discussions devolve into name-calling and cherry-picked numbers from both sides of the aisle. And almost all of those...
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Income Disparities for the Elderly Affect their Health and Quality of Life
Economic conditions and income inequality in the United States have been a heavily debated topic over the past several decades, especially since the post-recession economy has further made the most...
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Why Does the US Tax Expatriates?
Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.” A lot has changed in the hundreds of years since that quip was first spoken, but Ben’s sentiment...
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Why Destigmatizing Medicaid is So Important
Public health insurance, which includes both Medicare and Medicaid, covered 34.4% of the American population in 2018. Even with those numbers, there’s still a strong stigma against receiving public...
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