“ONLY DOLLARS GOT THE WEIGHT”

My thoughts about American democracy and Freedom of Speech’s current state after the Supreme Court recently obliterated long-standing campaign donation limits can be summarized with one sentence. The more money you have, the more freedom you get. Look at WaPo‘s article about the McCutcheon case if you want a longer explanation… song currently stuck […]

SHINY NEW WIRES WON’T FIX OBAMACARE

I still don’t get why we keep focusing on technology as Obamacare’s main problem, when technology problems are more likely the outgrowth of more fundamental issues. An early lesson I learned as a management consultant is that systems modeled after a crap strategy and equally bad business practices mean you will have chaos on […]

THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CLOSED – BUT THERE’S WORSE NEWS.

This government shutdown is pretty friggin’ amazing in that I’ve never seen such dysfunctional behavior in large organizations. But what’s more amazing to me is how America is on its way to completing a 16-year journey to nowhere. 16…years. That’s a lot of time when you consider the rest of the world is not […]

THE COST OF ZAPPING POVERTY IN AMERICA

The American Prospect published a debate-sparking article when it said that bringing every American above the poverty line would cost $175 billion, or 1 percent of the US Gross Domestic Product. We’re not talking about a lot of loot when you keep in mind that the US will spend $4 to $6 trillion […]

WE’RE CUTTING YOUR FOOD, B***HES. NOW WORK

US Congress voting to cut the food stamps program under the disingenuous title of Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act is not only heartless, but dumb. “Work Opportunity” is a real laugher since Congress has proven during the past half-decade it doesn’t know how create a job. But they now created a magical […]

WHO DIGS POOR FOLKS ANYWAY?

This quote by Democratic strategist Howard Wolfson during an interview with The Atlantic confirms for me why electing a Liberal like Bill De Blasio to be Mayor of New York City will not mean the magical disappearance of income inequality, and also serves as a reminder of why I don’t have a party […]

OBAMA HAS LOVE FOR BLACK CAUCUS – AT THE MOMENT

The US Congress appears close to crushing President Obama’s dreams for a punitive Syria military adventure, thus ostensibly rendering the President’s credibility to a state of suspended animation at best. Reading the bones on the ground, what’s Team Obama’s next brilliant idea to get as many “Yes, you may bomb Syria” […]

SAINE AND MARBLE’S FRIED CHICKEN THEORY OF POVERTY

Any politician who brings a box of Popeye’s chicken and a smirk to a State Senate hearing about reducing poverty as a “silent protest” in support of a colleague who correlates Black folks’ supposed fried chicken fetish with being broke is not even remotely serious about discussing anything. We have respective […]

IF WEINER ACTS LIKE A WEINERHEAD AGAIN…

I think a good summary of what many New Yorkers think about disgraced former Congressman and current – in spite of a new sex chat scandal – NYC Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner would be a conversation I had with my Mother on the topic. When news of Weiner’s behavior first broke in 2011, Mom had […]

CONGRESSMAN PETER KING FOR PRESIDENT!

(Laughing) The title of my post could have read: “Now confirmed to perform for the 2016 Party of No Brains Freak Show…” C’mon, team! Rep. Peter King wants to be the next American President?? Are we talking about the House’s go-to Homeland security “guru” who wants plant the seeds for a remix of the […]