Turnovers on Taxes

The democrats have been forced to play defense with regards to the Bush tax cuts.  Obama is between a rock and a hard place right now.  If they want to get a bill passed before the house changes hands, they need to get a bill through asap.  However, for it to make it through the senate, they need to add...

Please Allow Me to Clarify the Tax Cut Debate for You

Have you ever had one of those days where you just can’t think of anything to say? A day where the current events are just so boring/frustrating/infuriating that you want to just go back to bed? Nah, neither have I. In typical media form the t.v. talking heads and opinion page heavy weights have waited...

Obligatory Wikileaks Cablegate Post.

Still working my way through #cablegate, so for now am going to highlight several items posted by others that preliminarily stood out for yours truly (more below the fold): Sean Paul Kelley notes that, despite repeated overstatements by hyperbolic US officials regarding the (not-so) lethal outcomes of...

Why it is Necessary to Kill the Bush Tax Cuts for the Top 1%

It would seem that the debate surrounding the upcoming expiration of the Bush Tax Cuts and whether to extend them in the lame-duck has been lacking one thing, facts. I watched the arguments on the Sunday talk shows dominated by Republican talking heads repeating the same old unfounded mantra; increasing...

Discovery Friday #3: Pharyngula

I am committed to bringing you something new and worth reading every Friday in this weekly Comments from Left Field feature called Discovery Friday. Today’s discovery, Pharyngula, comes to us from Scienceblogs.com’s collection of incredibly informative and entertaining blogs. It is run by PZ...