Political Cartoon: The World According to Paul Ryan by Dan Burr

Another political cartoon courtesy of Dan Burr. This time poking a little fun at Paul Ryan Copyright 2014 by Dan E Burr. Disclaimer: I have been friends with Mr. Burr for quite some time…including working at Dirty Jack’s Record Rack where he was the lead cashier and I was the…

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Paul Ryan cites anti-religion Ayn Rand as the reason he got into public service

“The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand,” – Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, in a 2005 speech to a group of Rand devotees called the Atlas Society. Here’s what Ayn Rand has to…

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Ryan Recants Randian Rapport!

In a flip-flop so quick it would make Mitt Romney’s head spin, Paul Ryan (R-Ayn’s Boudoir Thomas Aquinas’ Boudoir???) has recanted the love he held for his Objectivist mistress, seeking to atone for his misguided love of all things Rand. “I reject her philosophy,” Ryan says firmly. “It’s an atheist philosophy….

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A Love Letter from Ayn Rand

Well, really a letter about love… self-love… because that’s all she could manage. May 22, 1948 Dear Ms. Rondeau: You asked me to explain the meaning of my sentence in The Fountainhead: “To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.” The meaning of that…

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Haters Gonna Hate

I couldn’t have said it better myself.  Why does Ron Paul’s libertarianism resonate so well with the racist white paleoconservative community?  Because it gives them an “out” when it comes to doing their own bullying.  Modern libertarian thought is all about the “big bully” that is the government, but has very…

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#OccupyOverpass

Activists from Occupy Milwaukee shut down a bridge over I-43 yesterday for two hours in a symbolic gesture to bring attention to income inequality and the fragile state of our national infrastructure.

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Paul Jumped the Shark

No not this shark (why the hell is he called a shark anyway) but the proverbial one! Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.) gave a rhetoric filled class warfare speech denouncing class warfare rhetoric at the Koch Brothers founded far right wing Heritage Foundation. The full text can be found here*. Be…

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Paul Ryan Backs Herman Cain and Sim City

Yeah, Paul Ryan has come out in favor of the regressive Herman Cain 9-9-9 taxation reform plan.  Yeah, and the Cain folks are drooling at the thought of Paul Ryan as an integral part of a HErman Cain Administration.  From The Hill:  House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said…

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NAFTA in Action

Gear for Sports, a leading supplier of licensed apparel(also part of the Hanes, Champion, Under Armour umbrella)has decided that employing 125 Americans was too costly and are now moving a screen print and embroidery shop to Mexico. Hanesbrands to Close Gear for Sports Plant Hanesbrands will shutter a Missouri plant…

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paul ryan’s resume

H/T Roger Bybee, for his column exposing paul ryan\'s class war! While he breaks down the ridiculousness of the whole class warfare issue hat is running through the echo chamber, what he really digs into is paul ryans resume. The whole column is worth a read, but here are some…

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