Neo-liberalism's role in contemporary American politics has flown somewhat under the radar of the public as a whole, and has almost completely escaped criticism from the left altogether. Aside from Ralph Nader's political campaigns, … [Read more...]
Balanced Budget Amendment Can’t Balance The Budget Because Statutory Spending Caps Are 3% Above Current Revenue Levels
So I am more than a little sick and tired of the overwhelming majority of media consumption I take in on a daily basis cover the debt limit debate. It is not like I just tune into cable new either, or just Huff Post, or the … [Read more...]
How Could Kurt Vonnegut Be A Man W/Out A Country, He Is More American Than Any American I Know
Back in 2007 I really did not care much about politics, I really did not care about much to be perfectly honest. The one thing that I did care about was the continuance of my perpetual opiate high, no matter how many people I hurt, … [Read more...]
Are Unions Really Evil After All?
Living in one of the more rural areas of Western Massachusetts, I am becoming accustomed to hear a large amount of conservative, anti-union rhetoric during the everyday political and public policy discussions that take place in daily life. … [Read more...]
I Would Like To Invite Any And All BMG Members Help With The Development Of A Information Sharing and Activist Resource Center For Residents of The Pioneer Valley
A group of progressive/liberal leaning bloggers and volunteers in various different community and non-profit organizations in the Pioneer Valley are in the process of creating a participation based hybrid public affairs/issue advocacy … [Read more...]
A Supplemental Strategy to be Teamed With Re-Invention of Keynesian Econ.
I came across a very insightful piece that is much more articulate in nature than some of the rants that are spewed from my mouth and keyboard on most occasions. It was posted at my craziest of relatives favorite source of communisms … [Read more...]
A New Formula for Economic and Political Success Part II
I would like to apologize for the sloppy editing and format presented in the first post on this issue, I was in a rush and did not streamline the most important aspect of the Andrew Levinson strategy memo effectively. That being said here … [Read more...]
A New Formula For Economic and Political Success
I found this Democratic Strategist Memo on the overstated resistance of Kenysian economic theory among American voters fascinating. I hope everybody else feels the same and agrees with or can improve upon the findings indicated … [Read more...]
X-Factor Involved in Beating Brown
Last night I posted a piece on the similarities between the life stories of Scott Brown and Deval Patrick, it recieved a fair amount of critism for my praise of Brown's pragmatism while in the Senate. I was basising my analysis primarily … [Read more...]
Patrick/Brown Books Eerily Similar Stuff
I recently finished the memoirs of Massachusetts two most popular political figures; the Patrick book describes a childhood of near poverty only alleviated by the presence of his maternal grandparents and the good fortune of caring … [Read more...]