Today’s chapter of the year-long clown show known as the Party of No Brains primary elections—that’s GOP Presidential primaries for you uninitiated folks—featured New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announcing that he’ll enter the race for a chance to sit in the Big Chair. The Governor’s “Tell it like it is” approach to politics doesn’t fool […]
Read More DUMB JOCK RUNNING FOR PRESIDENTArmed with the understanding that corporate money has turned the US system of government into an oligarchy, and that the country’s Supreme Court confirmed this scheme through the Citizens United ruling, you shouldn’t be surprised about anything the Sunlight Foundation can add to your thinking—right? Prepare to have your mind blown. The Foundation’s research of […]
Read More REPORT: BIG FIRMS SPEND BILLIONS FOR GOVERNMENT LOVE, GET TRILLIONS BACKThis should blow your mind—Americans think terrorism should be President Obama’s top priority, according to a recent Pew Research survey. Let’s follow this logic for a moment… Americans consider terrorism a more pressing matter to address than the economy, race relations and scientific research. Meanwhile, you have a better chance at being iced from a […]
Read More WAR ON TERROR ALSO MEANS PLAYING WITH YOUR BRAINNew readers who wonder why I call American Democrats the Party of No Guts and Republicans the Party of No Brains can look to East-West Gateway’s latest Where We Stand report (pdf) on St. Louis Racial segregation for part of my reasoning. Go ahead and point out the PNBs’ legendary record of racial hang-ups to […]
Read More THE PARTY FOR SEGREGATION!Many of you are STILL in denial and think America’s struggle is based on Blue vs Red, but the latest Brookings Institution report about the decades-long destruction of business creation and survival should make you see a bigger picture. And be very pissed. Look at this chart featured in the Brookings report, Declining Business Dynamism […]
Read More SMALL BUSINESS DEATH MEANS DEATH OF MIDDLE CLASSMy 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 […]
Read More “ONLY DOLLARS GOT THE WEIGHT”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 […]
Read More SHINY NEW WIRES WON’T FIX OBAMACAREThis 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 […]
Read More THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CLOSED – BUT THERE’S WORSE NEWS.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 […]
Read More THE COST OF ZAPPING POVERTY IN AMERICAUS 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 […]
Read More WE’RE CUTTING YOUR FOOD, B***HES. NOW WORK