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On Doing Better Than 50%, Part Two, Or, Is “Made in USA” A Jobs Program?

August 22, 2011 By fake-consultant

When last we met, it was to discuss a Big Idea that the Obama Administration might apply to get some job creation going, despite a difficult Congress; the Big Idea was to look at the “Buy American” provisions that exist in our laws, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Buy American, congress, economy, elections, jobs, labor, Made in USA, unions, white-house

More than 500 Protestors Converge on Scott Brown Fundraiser

August 11, 2011 By massuniting

Scott Brown Protest

Scott Brown got more than he bargained for when he came to Tia's on the Waterfront in Boston last night for his $1,000-a-head "Young Professionals" fundraiser. [Clarification: the "private reception" was a $1,000 ticket; the "general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, ma-sen, massachusetts, scott-brown, senate

On Speaking To Power, Or, When Sanity’s Gone, There’s Always Satire

August 1, 2011 By fake-consultant

So everybody’s hearing the news, right? There is a tentative debt ceiling deal, and this Administration and Congressional Democrats seem to have won everything they wanted: Republicans get to have multiple “we don’t approve” votes before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #thanksalot, action, comedy, congress, debt, Debt Ceiling, democrats, economics, elections, humor, medicare, obama, politics, republicans, satire, snark, social-security, twitter, white-house, whitehouse

On Running Your Own Government, Or, Why Pay The Military?

July 29, 2011 By fake-consultant

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, Debt Limit, democrats, economy, elections, medicaid, medicare, politics, republicans, social-security

Scott Brown has a Choice: Medicaid or Millionaires?

July 28, 2011 By massuniting

Tuesday, August 2 marks a critical deadline for the United States economy: for the first time in our nation’s history, the government may default on its debts. And should that happen, the ripple effects will be felt by every American … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, congress, Debt Ceiling Debate, health-care, ma-sen, massachusetts, medicaid, scott-brown

Hitler Holds News Conference, Blames Balanced Budget Amendment For U.S. Defeat

July 26, 2011 By fake-consultant

(FNS - Washington, New Germany, April 17, 1947) America’s new Führer, Adolf Hitler, announced today that his official War History would in fact acknowledge that one of the biggest contributing factors to the defeat of the Allies was the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Alternative History, Balanced Budget Amendment, comedy, congress, constitution, democrats, economy, elections, humor, Mae Cadoodie, republicans, satire, snark, tea-party

Obama Wants To Attack The Middle Class? Take Congress Hostage!

July 9, 2011 By fake-consultant

By now you have heard that President Obama has chosen to throw Social Security and the Medicare and Medicaid Programs over the side of his proverbial fishing boat as bait to see if he can get Republicans to give him another really lousy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, congress, democrats, economy, elections, hardball, medicaid, medicare, obama, realpolitik, republicans, social-security, The Fear

On Hole Cards, Or, “Drill, Baby, Drill”? Why? Is Canada Out Of Sand?

May 25, 2011 By fake-consultant

In America, today, there are three kinds of drivers: those who look at the other gas pumps down at the ol’ gas station and think: “Oh my God, I can’t believe how much that guy’s spending on gas”, those who look at their own pump down at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Automotive, cars, congress, economy, election-12, energy, environment, green-energy, international, national-debt, science, transportation, white-house, wind-energy

On Redistribution, Or, “Afghanistan Peace Dividend Stimulus Lotto? OK!”

May 12, 2011 By fake-consultant

They tell us we’re dropping about $10 billion a month in Afghanistan so we can catch that Bin Laden guy...but eventually, we’re gonna catch him, and as soon as we do you can imagine that folks will be wondering why we’re still over there – … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afghanistan, congress, economy, environment, green-energy, iraq, labor, medicaid, medicare, pakistan, social-security, somalia, war, War on Drugs, white-house, Yemen

On Killing Medicare, Or, You Stand Up, They Run Scared

May 10, 2011 By fake-consultant

Oh, my, has there been a lot of news since we spoke last about the Potential Impending Death Of Medicare: obviously we’re going to have to talk about the implications of Osama Bin Laden’s death (but we’ll do that another day), President … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-for-americas-future, congress, economy, election-12, medicaid, medicare, social-security, white-house

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