“The time for social justice through government money is over…”

The political philosophy of Robin Vos (R-1%).  Everything is perfect, nothing left to fix.  Except for that whole racism thing.  Oh, and the poverty thing.  I leave it to the Root River Siren to carry on the story.

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The GOP are the Crazy that Keeps On Giving!

Newt Gingrich wants to kill the Congressional Budget Office.  Why? Because their data don’t support his ideology.

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Occupy Wall Street vs The Tea Party Movement – By the Numbers

Another long infographic!  From a scale standpoint, Occupy is significantly larger and more diverse.

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Occupy Wall Street By the Numbers

A long look at OWS.

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Remember when…

Remember when Obama’s policies grew the public sector at the expense of the private sector?  Remember all that “crowding out” that destroyed our economy?  You know, the big GOP talking point?

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Lions & Tigers & Bears & Deregulation – O MY!

A couple weeks ago a Terry Thompson let his 62 exotic animals out of their cages and then killed himself. This of course set off chaos in Zanesville, OH. Sheriffs in Zanesville, Ohio, a mostly rural area about 55 miles east of Columbus, have been working with zoo officials and…

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Educating Mr. Wigderson

Mr. Wigderson assembles an army of straw men just in time for Halloween to march on the Occupy movement.

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First View of 2010 Paychecks: We’re Doomed

If you want to understand the motivation of the 99% and the whole #Occupy movement, you need look no further than the Social Security Administration’s just-released data on 2010 paychecks.  Avert your eyes, TeaOP, it’s data!  You will not be able to comprehend it, so move on to the next…

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Taking a Long, Long, Long Look at Herman’s 9-9-9 Plan

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan in one, long graph.

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Conservative Narrative on Occupy Wall Street is Class Warfare, with ZERO Relation to the Truth

What is the conservative narrative about the Occupy Movement?  Herman Cain at least is honest enough to admit he hasn’t the facts to back it up when he tells those at Occupy Wall Street to “Get a Job.”  He goes on to say the people there, who he assumes are…

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