It is too bad that the Texas legislature is implementing laws regulating abortion providers that are not necessary: “Rep. Jody Laubenberg, insisted the bill is intended “to protect the health and safety of every woman who undergoes an abortion.” Under questioning from Rep. Jessica Farrar, she refused to answer whether the state had data to show that women need the…
Category: Current Events
The Keystone XL Pipeline — “Great Idea!”
There are several hurdles that oil companies in Canada have to overcome in order to build pipelines from the source of tar sands oil in Alberta, Canada, to either Canada’s eastern or western coast, where it could be refined, sold and exported to Asia, Europe and elsewhere around the world. From a New York Times article, “Indigenous groups must be…
Gay People and Ugly Bigotry
To those who favor discrimination (employment, familial, religious, civil/legal, financial, marital, etc.) against gay people: The bigotry that some heterosexual people feel and demonstrate against gay people is absolutely no different than the historical bigotry many white people have felt and demonstrated against black people, or other ethnic groups. Ever heard of the Three-Fifths Compromise? It said that black people…
Guns in America
I agree with people who believe that law-abiding people should not have to exert extraordinary efforts to protect themselves from people who would harm them with guns. It is fairly obvious that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Part of this “people need to defend themselves” rhetoric comes from the NRA and its surrogates. And it’s…
Reporting on Mitt Romney in October
According to reporting by The Nation, Mitt Romney and his wife benefited to the tune of millions of dollars through the auto industry bailout that he railed against. According to Forbes, there is so much that Romney has not shared about how he would like to see the $5 trillion tax cut he has proposed be paid for that it is…
Doing the Job
During his recent RNC speech, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said, “When someone can’t get the job done, you have to let him go,” and his audience cheered. The facts are these: When President Obama became president the economy was in the worst recession since the Great Depression, hundreds of thousands of jobs had been lost, each month, for many…
Has Obama Made Unemployment Worse?
Republican Presidential nominee Romney and Vice Presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan have repeatedly said that President Obama inherited a bad economic and employment situation and that he “made it worse.” However, the facts demonstrate that this is simply not true, particularly in terms of employment. An excellent opinion article in the New York Times explains this.
Has Romney Been Criticized for Being Wealthy?
Mitt and Ann Romney have said they’ve been criticized for being wealthy and successful. They have both whined about this. The fact is that the criticisms they have received have not been based in their being wealthy. They have been criticized for other things, specifically, living frugally by choice, not necessity, avoiding taxes, and being unable to relate to people whose…
First Night of Republican Convention
Early evening, at the Republican convention August 28: Ohio Governor John Kasich on why we should vote for Romney: “He created thousands of jobs in Massachusetts.” When he was governor there, Massachusetts ranked 47 out of 50 states in job creation. This is something to be proud of? To me, this does not sound like a record I would promote or brag…
Chronicling Mitt Romney’s Mendacity
It really is astounding, the degree to which Romney has misled people. This article does a good job of laying out many of the ways in which Romney has sought to mislead.