Dear Congress/President: About My Tax Cut

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Thursday November 11, 2010 · 8:27 AM PST

2010/11/11 · 08:27

Dear Congress, Dear Mr. President,

I read today that the only way you see to pass a tax cut for the middle class is to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. In essence, what are currently "Bush tax cuts for the wealthy" will become "Obama tax cuts for the wealthy."

As you know, extending those tax cuts will cost the United States some $700 billion dollars, requiring us to borrow ever-more money to help finance the budget.

So, I'm writing to ask you not to pass the middle class tax cut.

AndrewMC

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Thursday October 28, 2010 · 6:47 AM PDT

2010/10/28 · 06:47

This past week one of Rand Paul's supporters stomped on a Jack Conway supporter.

This past week a Rick Waugh supporter got pinned down and mistreated by the local police in Louisa, Virginia, during an Eric Cantor event.

In a spread of diaries up and down the rec list Kossacks are screaming about the violation of rights. The oppression! The nerve of those mean old Republicans!

In one diary, Kossacks began to organize to flood the Rand Paul campaign with phone calls in protest.

Really? Seriously? Come on, people. Focus. This is exactly why we're getting our asses kicked.

AndrewMC

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Tuesday May 18, 2010 · 5:03 AM PDT

2010/05/18 · 05:03

I enjoy Bob Herbert's colums. I usually agree with him 100%. Today, however, is different. Today's column addresses an expanding fad in education: college credits in high school.

He opens with:

We hear a lot of talk about the importance of educational achievement and the knee-buckling costs of college. What if you could get kids to complete two years of college by the time they finish high school?

What if . . . Uh huh.

AndrewMC

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Monday April 05, 2010 · 7:09 AM PDT

2010/04/05 · 07:09

I love talking politics. Absolutely love it. I don't know that I'm a wonk, but I'd be willing to bet that if presented with a list of Congresscritters' names, I could identify the states for 75% of them, and could probably get the districts for 10%.

I love talking policy, too. Climate change, health care, you name it.

But I won't do it with my father-in-law. You see, he's pretty far to the right--so far so that he thinks Limbaugh is soft of liberals, that Beck doesn't go far enough, and that Ann Coulter ought to be on Mt. Rushmore.

So to keep the peace of the family, I refuse to talk politics with, or around him.

But this past weekend we got into it, and not about politics. But it was really about politics. And man was I seething.

AndrewMC

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Monday March 29, 2010 · 10:50 AM PDT

2010/03/29 · 10:50

So, it turns out that Eric Cantor has gotten an actual, real-live death threat.

TPM is reporting that:

A 33-year-old Philadelphia man was charged today with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) in a profanity-strewn Youtube video that has since been pulled down.

In the video, Norman Leboon says Cantor will "receive my bullets in your office, remember they will be placed in your heads. You and your children are Lucifer's abominations."

AndrewMC

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Monday March 22, 2010 · 8:28 AM PDT

2010/03/22 · 08:28

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

I will never forget that elections have consequences.

AndrewMC

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Friday March 19, 2010 · 4:10 AM PDT

2010/03/19 · 04:10

It's the seventh anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Get down on your knees and thank your deity that we were able to pull it off.

AndrewMC

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Monday January 18, 2010 · 1:42 PM PST

2010/01/18 · 13:42

I suppose this is my announcement that I am running for office.

Let me say straight off, this isn't a big office, or anything nationally prominent. I'm running for my local school board. It's a non-partisan position.

Like I said, this isn't a major office. But it does matter.

Follow me.

AndrewMC

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Sunday November 22, 2009 · 11:30 AM PST

2009/11/22 · 11:30

This is less a diary than a rant. I was in the midst of checking in for my fill of DailyKos when I noticed the following ad, which is a scrolling ad. I've just captured one of the panels.

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Huh?

Poll

109 votes Show Results

Should DK takes ads from the opposition

109 votes Vote Now!

Should DK takes ads from the opposition

Yes

45 votes

50 votes

Don't know

1 vote

Don't care

13 votes

Congress=Republicans according to WaPo

AndrewMC

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Friday November 20, 2009 · 6:39 AM PST

2009/11/20 · 06:39

I used to like reading the Washington Post. From my location on the far side of the moon [also known as "Kentucky"] it was the one lifeline back to civilization.

I much preferred it to the New York Times because I could always count on the Post to keep me up-to-date on politics around the country. Sure, there was the self-important puffery, but it was worth it.

So I was especially interested in this:

"Angry Congress Lashes Out At Obama"

Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.

Woah! Did I miss something? I usually follow politics pretty religiously. I mean, I'm more plugged in than the vast majority of people I know. So I was surprised to see this.

I should have known, however . . . .

AndrewMC

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Wednesday November 04, 2009 · 12:41 PM PST

2009/11/04 · 12:41

I find myself in an odd position. The 2010 state-level elections in my area will see an incumbent Democrat face off against a Republican newcomer. My district is pretty red.

This in and of itself isn't too odd, considering where I live.

What is strange is that the Republican is more liberal than the Democrat. He's what used to be known as a "Rockefeller Republican." He's socially liberal [pro-choice, pro social programs, pro-increased taxes for schools] but conservative in a few other areas.

The Democrat is anti-choice, belongs to a conservative Christian church, and holds some other beliefs that I don't agree with. I voted for him last time, but I held my nose.

None of that is all that strange. Follow me below . . .

AndrewMC

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Tuesday September 29, 2009 · 5:38 PM PDT

2009/09/29 · 17:38

Sometimes it's hard to be a progressive liberal. After a few days of getting hammered on just about everything--health care setbacks [not defeats], watching every loony Republican under the sun get face time on television, blogs, and in newspapers, and now seeing that Russ Feingold (A Democrat, one of our own) is going to hold b*llshit hearings on the incredibly pressing matter of how many "Czars" Obama has--this came across my bow:

A conservative politician in Georgia is telling his hometown police force to stop looking for the union label, or find new jobs.

Follow me below the fold for the best part of this.

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The Seventh Anniversary.

I Am Running for Office

What's with the anti-HCR advertisement, Kos?

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