New 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 WORKThis 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 […]
Read More WHO DIGS POOR FOLKS ANYWAY?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” […]
Read More OBAMA HAS LOVE FOR BLACK CAUCUS – AT THE MOMENTAny 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 […]
Read More SAINE AND MARBLE’S FRIED CHICKEN THEORY OF POVERTY
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