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Category: GOP

  • Rep. G. K. Butterfield Lashes Out On Republican Misuse of Power

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement before a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on the Affordable Care Act, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) denounced the actions of Committee Republicans that sent an unwarranted investigative letter to 51 community organizations that received Navigator grants to help uninsured Americans enroll in the healthcare exchange…

  • Syria: No Right Answer But At Least Our Opinion Matters. Maybe?

    I don’t usually use Facebok as a measuring stick for anything, let alone something so  important as going to war with Syria.  But, I do see Facebook as a good example of how good, intelligent people can beat themselves up—over and other again—making the case for or against a United States military action in Syria. …

  • The Real Freeloaders; Somebody Hijacked God?

    Was Romney right when he was videotaped complaining that half of the United States was made up of freeloaders?  Those with their hands out asking…and getting… public assistance.  What if I showed you pictures of multimillion dollar properties where the owners never paid one thin dime in property tax.  Welcome to your local church.  On…

  • To Gov Pat McCrory: Responsibility Is A Two Way Street.

    North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 4 limiting North Carolina unemployment insurance to twenty weeks and capping the  maximum benefit to $350 dollars a week in the name of responsible government.  Interesting, because responsible government is surely an illusive creature in Raleigh these days. Wouldn’t it have been prudent and somewhat more responsible…

  • Perhaps the biggest recipient of that schadenfreude is Karl Rove.

    November 9, 2012  |   There’s been much schadenfreude on the left in the days after Tuesday’s election, and understandably so: Fox News, right-wing politicians, and conservative pundits all took an embarrassing beating. Perhaps the biggest recipient of that schadenfreude is Karl Rove. Rove has had a rough week, to put it mildly. After his infamous…