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Do Attack Ad Falsehoods Cross Party Lines?

Posted by on January 17, 2012 No comments | 19 views

With the Republican Primaries heating up and the Super PACs running attack campaigns at full throttle, it’s no surprise that accusations of inaccuracies and even out right lies are being pronounced at campaign stops and even during the live, televised debates.

Last night, during the Fox news hosted Republican primary debates, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich accused each other’s Super PACs of blatant lies in their attack ads. While campaign finance laws make it illegal for a candidate to have any influence over the Super PACs and where they spend their money, each candidate did agree that it should be known that BOTH of the attack campaigns by each of their supporting Super PACs are stating wholly inaccurate falsehoods (a.k.a. LIES) about the other candidates.

My question is, now that each side admits that these campaigns are stating out right lies about their Republican competitors, do you think that these candidates and their supporters would also exaggerate and even lie about their accusations across party lines? Do you think they also lie about Obama? Democratic party policies?

Or will we claim that the lying stops at party lines, and when it comes to the Democrats, the claims are 100% fact-checked truths? I’m simply saying, if they actually admit they’re lying about each other, don’t you think the lies are even worse when referring to the other side?

For Conservatives, Freedom Is Of Utmost Importance…At Least Until It Affects The Bottom Line

Posted by on January 9, 2012 No comments | 41 views

The biggest Internet names are talking about joining forces in an effort to raise awareness for SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. This is a measure your lawmakers are contemplating passing into law while you’re reading this. Supported primarily by large record labels, movie studios and conservatives in Washington, SOPA would essentially allow judges to arbitrarily order any website to block any content it chooses.

Sound scary? It is. Read more »

GOP Punishing Americans (Update)

Posted by on December 21, 2011 No comments | 48 views

UPDATE 12/22/2011 – It was announced that John Boehner, House GOP leader and stubborn bonehead, has finally relented his weak and desperate position on the the payroll tax cut. It looks like, at least for a couple months, 160 million Americans will get to keep the 4.2% payroll tax rate. Score 1 for Obama and the 99%.

ORIGINAL STORY – John Boehner and the rest of the GOP left to take their holiday vacation time, but not before denying the rest of America the payroll tax cut extension. Read more »

America’s Middle Class Dies with Obama’s Jobs Bill

Posted by on October 12, 2011 No comments | 117 views

How can 53% of Republicans and 63% of Democrats support Obama’s Jobs Bill, yet the Republican controlled Congress refuses to support it? There are even a couple of Democrats that refuse to tax the rich their fair share.

I believe this is the beginning of the end of the American Middle Class Read more »

The Grand Dillusion

Posted by on August 8, 2011 No comments | 113 views

Another huge “down day” on Wall Street. Today’s excuse? The S&P credit rating drop. Everyone keeps saying S&P made a huge miscalculation and that America’s credit rating is still AAA. How can this be? We have a deadlocked government, two wars, a faltering global economy, and a hopeless unemployment situation.

But there is one thing that everyone, besides S&P, seems to agree on; that America is still a AAA credit bet. I believe in staying positive and moving forward and holding strong and all that, but at some point, when will we face reality?

The reality is things are not good. And nobody is able to do anything about it. Now, why should a credit rating agency ‘pretend’ along with the rest of us, that everything is fine. I think it’s time to stop pretending, hoping, and praying, and start doing something about it.
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