Archive for December 2nd, 2011

Tis the Season to Bash Feds

Filed in National by MJ on December 2, 2011 • 0 Comments

It must be the holiday season as it seems that the rethuglicans in Congress are once again taking aim at Federal employees. As a compromise to extending the payroll tax holiday that has been championed by President Obama, Senate ruthuglicans, led by Sen. Dean Heller (Tehadist – NV), introduced legislation to “pay” for the extension by freezing Federal salaries for an additional 3 years (on top of the 2 year freeze instituted last January) and cut 200,000 Federal jobs. And get this, these asshats also want to make sure that millionaires won’t be eligible for food stamps! Now when was the last time a millionaire either qualified or applied for food stamps?

Gloria (Gaynor) Cain Will Survive

Filed in National by MJ on December 2, 2011 • 1 Comment

s Herman Cain headed home on Friday to Georgia to face his wife for the first time since Ginger White alleged an affair with him, a new report surfaced stories of the couple having deep marital unrest long before Cain’s presidential campaign was rocked by allegations of sexual harassment.

Friday Open Thread [12.2.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 2, 2011 • 11 Comments

The U.S. labor market strengthened last month, adding 140,000 new private sector jobs and pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.6%. This marks a three year low for the unemployment rate.