Oh Lordy. This week, this debate, this year has been such a gold mine of buffoonery, misdirection and huge, steaming piles of Big Stupid that it's hard to choose a defining moment or two. So I'll just point to two representative tweets … [Read more...]
Archives for July 29, 2011
Take a Break from the Debt Debate: The Lowell Folk Festival! (Updatedx2 with video!)
Are you obsessively refreshing BMG and other blogs, and watching Twitter feeds and Facebook links, in order to keep up to date on the potentially disastrous debt ceiling debate? Want to stave off your political worries for a day or two … [Read more...]
Preserving Communities of Interest: Massachusetts Congressional Map
Massachusetts redistricting is well under way. The Legislative Committee on Redistricting has concluded its round of public hearings and is now scheduled to begin drawing maps over the next couple of months. In the spirit of Common Cause … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue: “Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined”
Onion: Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined WASHINGTON—Members of the U.S. Congress reported Wednesday they were continuing to carefully debate the issue of whether or not they should allow … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Scott Brown takes a position on something!!
Stop the presses! According to NECN reporter Alison King, Sen Scott Brown says he will vote for Majority Leader's debt bill if it comes to the floor today. Can this be? Can Scott Brown actually have declared publicly that he has a … [Read more...]
Open Thread for Dirty Joke Punchlines
Something to take your mind off of 'debt ceiling weekend'. Punchlines to dirty jokes that by themselves are not offensive. I'll Start - That's not my finger either honey - - Let's find my horse first, then we can ride out … [Read more...]
Redefining fiddling while Rome burns [updated]
Seriously, what does John Boehner think he's doing? He's spent the last two days in an embarrassing attempt to round up enough Republican votes to ram his lousy debt plan through the House. He keeps scheduling votes, and then he has to … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Patrick eases on slots – Debt compromise failure finger-pointing – Finneran on DiMasi’s law license problem
GAMBLING: As the Legislature gets ready for its August break, the T&G and Republican look to the coming gambling debate set for the fall. DEBT: Kerry: the U.S. House debt bill is "a waste of time." (WBUR) Brown: U.S. House failure … [Read more...]
Debate over the Debt Ceiling
Debate over raising the debt ceiling continues and August 2nd, the day the US will reach its credit limit, is days away. If we don’t take action, the federal government simply won’t have enough money to meet all of its obligations. I have … [Read more...]
On Running Your Own Government, Or, Why Pay The Military?
I have not been talking about the insanity around the debt ceiling and debt and deficit and the efforts of Republicans to drive us all off the cliff, but I am today – and I’m going to do it by allowing you to grab ahold of this problem and … [Read more...]