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A very scary Perry Tale

October 2011

Gather ’round children, and I’ll tell you another “Perry Tale” But I must warn you: this one is really, really... Read more...

Something big is happening: occupy together

October 2011

As Ray Charles sang years ago, “Them that’s got is them that gets, and I ain’t got nothin’ yet.” A... Read more...

Occupy Wall Street

October 2011

To paraphrase a Bob Dylan song, “Something’s happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Ms. Bellafante?”... Read more...

The GOP loves the federal spending it hates

October 2011

Whatever else you think about tea party-infused Republican leaders in Congress, at least they’re consistent in their opposition to big... Read more...

Rick Perry's "truthiness"

October 2011

Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert points out that political statements and even political facts these days don’t have to be true... Read more...

Shouldn't Americans repair America's infrastructure

October 2011

Listening at last to his inner-FDR, President Obama is going straight at the Know-nothing/Do-nothing Republican Congress. At a recent rally... Read more...

Big Oil: 135 million. School children: 0

October 2011

When is it not enough to have too much? Apparently, when you’re a giant oil corporation. Big Oil’s avaricious honchos... Read more...

Playing politics with humanitarian aid

October 2011

“You saw the House act,” snapped Rep. Eric Cantor. Yeah, act like a petulant four-year-old! The GOP’s House majority leader... Read more...

Wendy's "improved" burger

September 2011

At first blush, you might think that “Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy” is the title of a pornographic movie. But, actually,... Read more...

Playing Washington's inside game

September 2011

Do you know any of the dozen Congress critters who’re on the superpowerful deficit-reduction supercommittee? I don’t mean do you... Read more...

The privileged v. the poor

September 2011

At last, Republicans in Washington have recognized that class war is ravaging poor and middle-class families all across our land.... Read more...

Who's in the room with the supercommittee?

September 2011

And then there were twelve. When the 435 House members and 100 senators failed in July to agree on a... Read more...

Obama Stands up, knocks GOP down

September 2011

Wow – someone must’ve slipped a dose of special Viagra to Barack Obama, for his backbone has suddenly stiffened! Finally... Read more...

You are causing America's depression!

September 2011

You know what’s wrong with the American economy, Bucko? You, that’s what. Yeah, yeah, it’s true that the reckless global... Read more...

The GOP's jobs debate

September 2011

Now, let’s turn the Hubble telescope to the far away galaxy where Rick, Mitt, Michele, and Goofy are contending for... Read more...

Starbucks' weak political coffee

September 2011

Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz recently caused a big stir by trying to turn his giant coffee chain into a political... Read more...

A new "Perry Tale" about Social Security

September 2011

Once again, the Texas-governor-who-wants-to-be-your-president is flitting hither, tither, and yon [Perry Tale Theme] spreading little “Perry Tales” about his record.... Read more...

Obama's "bold" jobs plan

September 2011

President Obama has joined the perky posse of national leaders who’re urging Americans to be more upbeat about the economic... Read more...

Leon Black's bounteous birthday bash

September 2011

Were you there? Elton John was. New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg was there, too, along with Sen. Chuck Shumer, junk... Read more...

The Enronization of presidential politics

September 2011

In the infamous Enron scandals of a decade ago, unregulated energy hucksters created an array of dummy financial funds so... Read more...

Another "Perry Tale"

September 2011

It’s bedtime, children. Get on your jammies, scootch under the covers, and I’ll tell you another “Perry Tale.” In this... Read more...

Billions in profits, zero in taxes

September 2011

Let’s play, “Scamming the System!” It’s the exciting and richly rewarding game that allows every American to use offshore income... Read more...

Perryism in action

September 2011

As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has been a five-watt bulb sitting in a 100-watt socket. When the hot and... Read more...

Goofy for president

September 2011

Some 50 years ago, the great satirist and comic strip artist, Walt Kelly, ran his main cartoon character –a possum... Read more...

DuPont's herbicide goes rogue

September 2011

In the tortured language of CorporateWorld, workers are no longer fired, they’ve just experienced an “employment adjustment.” But the most... Read more...