Progressive Politics from Memphis
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That Sound You Hear is a Waaahmbulance
Pronounced (WHAM-bewwww-Lance) Last week I was getting annoyed at the unrelenting Republican bashing of the stimulus package, now I just find it pathetic. They really don’t have anything else to hold on to do they? I mean, this is it. It’s tragic when a well-crafted mythology falls apart. Not so much for the society at…
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Unrequited “Post-Partisanship”
It’s time to take a look back a couple days to a post I wrote about “Post-Partisanship”. Now that the RNC has new leadership, one would think that, perhaps, for the sake of uniting the country, helping the economy, or some other high minded purpose that Republicans may want to lay off the obstructionist tactics.…
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Hurt Feelings…
Yesterday, in my long day of travel from the left coast back to Memphis, I was watching, with some interest the events unfolding with the RNC Chairman’s race. Most intriguing to me was the fact that Katon Dawson, who until recently was a member of a Whites Only Country Club stayed in the balloting and…
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Bonus – From the Latin, to Bone…Us
So, by now you’ve probably heard about the shameful bonus situation on Wall Street. The TARP bailout, which may or may not have been necessary, or effective, or even what it was originally sold as, looks to regular folks, like corporate patronage at it’s worst. The long hard truth of the matter is that you…
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Fiscally Conservative when it’s Convenient
Bonddad has a fun post at the Orange Devil about the Republican Party’s dedication to “fiscal dicipline”. The long and the short of it is that since 2000 the national debt has increased by over $4.4t. While the Republicans had control of the White House and the Congress, not to mention the budgeting process, the…
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“Post-Partisanship” or “Can’t Buy Me Love”?
Partisan:a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person. So what is “Post-Partisanship”? Is it a coming together? Is it an attempt to blur the traditional lines or roles of our current two-party system? What is the effect of pursuing “Post-Partisanship”? Is it compromise? Is it holding the hand of the opposition party to appear…