Marriage equality advocates would like to think the DADT repeal would foreshadow one for the Defense of Marriage ACT (DOMA). While Suffredini sees who can serve in the military and who can marry as closely linked in this issue and … [Read more...]
Does tax deal + DADT repeal = win?
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Basketball Jones…
Football is also heavily scripted and entirely deliberate, very nearly robotically so. A recent study (can't find cite...) of a sampling of games showed that, on average, only 11 minutes of each 1 hour game clock is actual play. The rest is … [Read more...]
What would Jesse “The Body” Ventura do?
So while I think it is useful to debate the details of the decisions that must be made in these last few weeks of the year, I think the more-important analysis needs to focus on this question: Just how in the world did Obama and the … [Read more...]
On Pushing The Unwilling, Or, Laughter: A Tool Of Asymmetric Warfare?
"...Private Pyle has dishonored himself, and dishonored the platoon. I have tried to help him, but I have failed. I have failed because you have not helped me. You people have not given Private Pyle the proper motivation." --R. Lee Ermey, … [Read more...]
Capuano Forgets That Politics is a Team Sport
This is politics 101. Don't piss on the guy who bats clean-up for your team. Mike could vote against the compromise for all I care. However, long after the tax-compromise issue is history, this dumb quote will be used by the GOP, Fox News, … [Read more...]
Turnover or punt?
Today's presser:I've said before that I felt that the middle class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high end tax cuts. I think it's tempting not to negotiate with hostage takers unless the hostage gets harmed. Then, … [Read more...]
Death on Taxes: Dems’ Existential Threat
The right-wing position is, of course, based on a cynical fallacy: the claim that we should reward the rich so that they can fuel economic growth. This an utter sham. Rewarding the rich only rewards the rich, period, and the … [Read more...]
‘Compromise’ update
As predicted, the President has agreed to Republican demands that the wealthy continue to enjoy their low tax rates. President Obama struck a tentative deal with congressional Republicans yesterday to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts in … [Read more...]
On Asking And Telling, Or, 115,000 LBGT Troops? How Many Is That, Exactly?
"Dad, if I were you, I wouldn't tell that story. Now I have no doubt that there might be a lot of truth in it, but you know how funny these people are. You know you always used to tell us when we were children: "Never smarten up a … [Read more...]
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