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What Republicans Like: The Down-Low
The Down-Low first originated in the African-American community to name the activity of married black men who have sexual relationships with the other men in a hidden, clandestine way. The term “on the down-low” has been co-opted by the white community to mean, well, the exact same thing. Let’s look at some Republicans on the […]
What Republicans Like: Recessions
Recession of 1902, 23 months, Republican, Roosevelt Recession fo 1907, 13 months, Republican, Roosevelt Recession of 1910, 24 months, Republican, Taft Recession of 1913, 23 months, Republican, Taft (1) Recession of 1918, 07 months, Democrat, Wilson Recession of 1920, 18 months, Democrat, Wilson Recession of 1923, 14 months, Republican, Harding Recession of 1926, 13 months, […]
The Conscience of a Liberal
For me, reading Paul Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal was a reaffirmation of my liberal beliefs: equality of rights, equality of opportunity and a compression of wealth. The books is filled with over 270 pages of facts and ideas, so it would be foolhardy for me to even try to encompass them is a […]
Unemployment Numbers: Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43
Hmm, the Bush’s Fubar Economy tag works for both Pa and Boy. Update: Here’s a chart to that shows in detail Clinton’s unemployment numbers. Update 2: Bush 43 Unemployment Detail.
The Comedic Gold of The Radical Right
In doing some research for Monday’s post about Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal, I came across this piece of comedy goal. Donald Luskin of the National Review wrote this essay in 2003 entitled, Krugman’s “Test of Patriotism”. Luskin opens with this paragraph: The liberal punditocracy is about to face the sum of all fears: […]
Hube’s Racism Is Showing Again
Hube spews his racist venom on the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committe’s report, Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans. First off, Hube’s little racist rant is hat-tipped to News Busters which is basically run by Brent Bozell, one of the infamous smear-taticians of the Radical Right. The Times of India photo above was included in the hat-tipped […]
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