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• In defense of Medicare

  By ticorules on October 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

    A little advice to the donkeys regarding Medicare. You’re doing it wrong. All of you. Yes the 716 billion taken out of overpayments to Medicare Advantage actually strengthens the program according to the Congressional Budget Office. Yes, seniors now… Read More ›

• VP Debate Post Game

  By ticorules on October 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Democrats 1, Republicans 1 You have to hand it to crazy uncle Joe. He laid the smackdown to Paul Ryan and singlehandedly changed the narrative of the race. It will be interesting to see what, if any effect, it has… Read More ›

• This is why we can’t have nice things

  By ticorules on October 11, 2012 • ( 0 )

  This is not a blog but… Has anyone one else been watching these hearings on Libya?  I sort of ignored it as the usual political grandstanding.  But Rep. Jason Chaffetz has taken it to a new level entirely.  Here’s Representative… Read More ›

• Low information voters

  By ticorules on October 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  I’m sure by now most people have heard about the Georgia woman who was embarrassed by an asshole at a grocery store for daring to use food stamps.  I’m sure the Kroger’s supermarket and the employee have been given their… Read More ›

• And the BS conspiracy theory of the month is….

  By ticorules on October 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Did you hear the good news? Unemployment finally has dropped below 8%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we now stand at a 7.8 unemployment rate. Good news right? Wrong! According to conservatives at least. For you see, this… Read More ›

• Mostly False

  By ticorules on October 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Mostly False

• Presidential Debate (Post Game)

  By ticorules on October 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Republicans 1, Democrats 0 Round one goes to Romney. This of course, is entirely based on optics which is a silly way to judge debates.  But I don’t make the rules.  Romney did exactly what he had to do which… Read More ›

• Why debates don’t matter

  By ticorules on October 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

    Every election cycle, it’s always the same. The pundits get all in a lather about how this debate is going to be THE defining moment in a campaign. It’s like they’re trying to really hard make us believe how… Read More ›

• This is why he fails

  By ticorules on October 3, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

    There’s been all this bitching by people in the conservative media about how bad a candidate Romneybot has been. But I think they’re missing a larger point. Yes this is a person that appears to be bereft of a… Read More ›

• This is not a blog!!

  By ticorules on October 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  This thing is going to be about politics broadly.  For those of you that don’t know I’m a fairly progressive.  I say fairly because I’ve got family in the Pacific Northwest that make me feel like a speechwriter for Bush… Read More ›