Raised rural & small town, then lived in N.Y., Chicago & LA. Widely traveled. Returned from world wandering to pursue media life of anchorman/reporter and major, medium and small market talk radio. Highly active in politics. Once worked as orderly & security in Mens Lock Ward for the Criminally Insane at a state institution. Much more rational population than current Teapublicans. Great concern for country run by and for the extreme wealthy. The inhumane current running through this country has no precedent in modern history. Follow me on Twitter @demwriter
Word has it that a California Republican Representative named McCarthy is in line to take over Eric Cantor’s post as House Majority Leader next Thursday, the 19th. However, he is being challenged by Idaho Republican Raul Labrador.
After a couple of days of recovering from a 15-hour stint as head of a polling place and processing the latest primary results, here’s what I make of the outcomes.
My story is about the giant life and death rip-off that is the retail costs of cancer medications. The nitty gritty of cancer meds is that when you’re dealing with dying, desperate people, you can hose them out of every last penny they’re worth.
The four most despicable and repugnant Americans are Charles and David Koch, Karl Rove and the occupying army of corporate tarts constituting the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
As you’re doubtless aware, assorted misdeeds and lawbreaking will land you in jail and prison for varying quantities of essentially wasted time. For those who profit off the “bad” guys and gals, crime is a Godsend; a never-ending profit center much like the funeral business.
Come Tuesday, May 27, House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor and his merry band of bigots will have ceded all Hispanic/Latino votes to the Democrats come the November 4th mid-terms. Just ask California Republican Jeff Denham.
It’s here, front and center and it’s not going away. It’s marijuana, a mostly still illegal derivation from the weeds and flowers of the cannabis plant. The newest term to gain traction is medical marijuana. I am strongly in favor of legalizing medical marijuana as the Minnesota legislature has just done.
The fine for daring to practice academic freedom in the state of South Carolina has just been levied. And unlike fines for polluters and financial industry crooks, this punitive money action is accompanied by a significant punishment.
After your next checkup, if you know your doc pretty well, take a little time and ask him/her how the insurance companies are treating him/her under the new government health care plan.
Another front has opened up in the corporate war against ACA. It’s called a Health Care Compact.
The Republicans want the state constitution amended to reflect their position on abortion. This “question” is buried in the primary ballot.
Continuing to play for someone like Sterling would be offensive to anyone who cares about anyone else, no matter their race, creed or color. This is a teachable moment!
When Titans battle: Well, one Titan (syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker) and Dennis S, some obscure old guy squirreled away in an Upstate South Carolina double-wide.
Print and electronic media outlets need to take responsibility for their troubling parroting of Republican “facts” that are, in fact, pure propaganda.
One giant special interest that’s out there now is the Business & Industry Political Education Committee PAC multi-page invasion of the candidate’s political privacy. This year’s edition is nine pages long.
When the truth of the legislation is spelled out on the taffeta of honesty and objectivity, there could be just enough emerging thoughtful Republicans willing to become thoughtful Democrats for the sake of their country and loved ones.
I want Democratic men and women, using whatever communications available to ‘out’ the likes of the Kochs and their ilk. We’re fast approaching the last roundup.
We now have an Akin/Murdouck clip ‘n save emerging from the South Carolina legislative wreckage.
There are myriad ways to get the extremist word out and some are downright insidious. I want to address one of the more egregious examples of the latter — tabloids.
It pains me to write this because on a certain level it compromises one of the greatest perks of a Democracy – privacy.
There’s a real racquet going in the U.S. and BMW. Many workers are hired through labor contractors for pauper’s wages. And when the company feels like giving them the boot – out they go with no protection whatsoever, because this is how the state’s heartless governor, Nikki Haley, feels about unions.
There are times when I can be a belaborer. This is one of those times. But it’s for a good cause. The cause is furthering your understanding of the insidious ways of red state legislatures.
A few weeks ago I submitted some pre-trial observations about South African, Oscar Pistorius, killer of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of 2/14/13. This is an update.
In the political version of open mike night at the Laugh Factory, the Republicans; I’m sorry, the homophobic, extremist, radical, bigoted bible-thumping corporate and Tea Party-controlled right-wingers, wrapped up their three-day orgy of Obama-rage and Hillary-hate at the 50th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Free speech in Bobby (well, it’s actually Piyush, but Jindal is ashamed of his roots) Jindal’s Louisiana? Surely you jest.
Eleven of roughly two dozen protesters were arrested by Columbia, South Carolina during a protest against the state’s rejection of the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid.
The headline made up for the headshot of Tim Scott. The banner, boldface line screamed; “Poll: Scott wins favor of SC GOP.”
South Carolina’s latest insult to the intelligence of any civil human being is the punitive symbolic book burning of a publication titled “Out Loud: The Best of Rainbow Radio.”
For Democrats, there’s a lot of work to be done. The first obligation is to ignore the phony gloom and doom coming from the right-wing media.
In part two of a two-part series on attempts to dismantle the Postal Service, I’m here to present some other distasteful facts as they directly relate to USPS.
If I have a cause as a contributing writer to PoliticusUSA, it is to expose the ongoing and relentless attempts to render the Postal Service as a largely irrelevant errand boy for giant for-profit corporate interests.
A year ago last Valentine’s Day, a once-heroic South African athletic figure, Oscar Pistorius, shot and killed his live-in model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
The late Friday votes are in and yet another union is kept out. Workers at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant were given the opportunity to join the UAW and they said no.
In the current political climate, the only compromising from the Tea Party is the highly transparent dive to the middle at election-time
Let our Democratic candidates run on a platform of both mercy and pocketbook practicality. The issue is out there for the taking
Republicans want a permanent immigrant sub-class of mostly non-voters to do the laundry, mow the yard and have no say whatsoever in how the country is run.
The story is not new, just the trial. The deadly event occurred on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), 2012. The defense is on sharp alert as jury selection opens in Jacksonville.
At roughly 3:00 PM EST on the last day of January, the NY Times graced my email inbox with the headline, “Report may ease way to approval of Keystone pipeline.”
Late Sunday night, January 26, one of my submissions entitled “The Real World Story of Human Lives Sacrificed at the Altar of Deregulation” was posted on PoliticusUSA. This is part two.
I watched President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night. I was one of the 15% who did in my area of South Carolina.
I went to one of those “poisoned citizens” meetings the other night. It was a community meeting called by a couple of outside law firms that have just sued a number of corporate polluters for freely releasing their deadly environmental cargo upon unsuspecting and vulnerable neighbors. The community gathering was held in a Spartanburg,…
Dennis S. attended Truthful Tuesday, a demonstration in Columbia, SC on Tuesday and provided a detailed breakdown of the event.
In the 1972 Munich Olympics, Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes. Could there be a danger of a repeat in Sochi, Russia?
Charlie Strong’s first head coaching position was a rousing success in Louisville. He’s headed to Texas where cowboy hats and sheets prevail
In the British version of “Big Brother”, former heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield uses the bible to rip on homosexuals.
Boeing celebrated the new year by claiming a major victory over the Machinists Union. By a 51% plurality, workers chose to OK a bad deal.
While he hasn’t made it official as yet, Senator Rand Paul is a sure shot to run in the Republican primary for president. Heaven help us!
There is almost no way to protect yourself from people snooping into your business whether it’s the government or your local police.
South Carolina Governor and would-be presidential or VP candidate, Nikki Haley, is using Christmas to bow and scrape to gun interest.
A South Carolina legislator illegally charges taxpayers for Walter Williams flights. Ethics committee says ignorance of law is excuse.
Phil Robertson, of the Duck Dynasty reality show family, is in hot water over comments in a magazine bashing gays. It’s all political!
I’ve probably submitted 320 articles or so to this august, informative and objective progressive website. That’s no big whoop since Jason and Sarah seem to write that many in a week. Nonetheless, I feel like at least a 2nd cousin in the PoliticusUSA family. As such, I’m going to pipe up and share some…
A sub-culture that commands little attention in the U.S. is the deaf community. The signing controversy in South Africa changes all of that
The 2016 presidential election only seems a long ways off. Hillary Clinton has positioned herself for a second run since the first run ended
In order to retain a really huge company within U.S. borders, states have to open up their vaults to the tun of billions in incentives
A Newsday columnist, Lane Filler, recently wrote some truly untrue things about our President and his health care plan. I emailed an answer
The House farm bill tilts toward corporate farm favoritism while decimating the food stamp budget. The Democratic bill tries to save SNAP.
Extremists in state legislatures have passed anti-voter bills. Voting machines are next on their agenda to guarantee wins in 2014 & 2016.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement that is really a multi-trillion dollar gift that hands multi-nationals enormous powers
The political attention of most Americans has been concentrated on the latest developments at HealthCare.gov. Meanwhile fracking explodes.
In the wake of Rmuse’s story about heartless Republican cuts in the House a closer look at what young ‘life’ really represents to Republicans
Unless Democrats want more of the same in DC until January of 2021, they’ll have to move their frozen rumps and make their way to the polls.
Within a few years, there could be one million gang members in the U.S. Gangs are a refuge for children of poverty. No Teapublicans care.
A number of right-wing states are leaving needy citizens without Medicaid coverage because their legislatures are rejecting expansion.
Today, we take a close look at the Senate Finance Committee and their relentless and unfair attempts to discredit the Affordable Care Act
Tuesday’s election results included two big-city mayors and a Democrat displacing a wacky Republican in the Virginia governor’s office.
The two most destructive influences on this country are the filthy rich Koch brothers, Charles and David. They have nothing to offer; period
A lot has been written and broadcast about the National Security Agencies’ surveillance of allies. In fact, the “allies” knew all about it.
When the housing bubble hit and threatened the American economy, many low-level lenders went to jail, but not their bank presidents or CEOs.
If you were to believe the headlines, it would appear that Blue Cross and their ilk are terrified of ACA. Quite the opposite is true.
I stumbled on the latest tea party attempt to discredit the Obama administration through absurd charges against Michelle
An overwhelmed government online health care insurance signup site will be the next “victim” of Darrell Issa’s all but worthless committee
Ted Cruz has had the ear and hearts of the Tea Party and right-wing almost from the day he arrived in the Senate. That could be changing.
Congress has voted to reopen all of government and raise the debt ceiling. There’s a built-in deadline however that renders the vote moot
Union membership in the private sector is now under 7%. That means nobody is in your corner when it comes to workplace grievances
Republicans have a unique and undisguised strategy to freeze the 113th Congress. It’s a one-card deck. And that card is the race card played incessantly 24/7.
The offers that Republicans have made to raise the debt ceiling are pure snake oil with the a Koch brothers seal of approval.
From October 11-13, a convoy of roughly 3,000 protesting truckers plan to blame Obama for issues that are purely the fault of Republicans.
House Speaker John Boehner made it very clear that there will be no vote on raising the debt ceiling without another attack on Obamacare.
The United States Postal Service is sending out all sorts of mixed signals; getting rid of employees while asking for applications. Puzzling!
By a 54-46 afternoon Senate vote the Democrats refused to put Obamacare at risk. Now, radical Republicans may put all Americans at risk.
The House Republicans have proposed a no-win debt-ceiling ‘compromise’ that once again rips into Obamacare. Flush Washington of Republicans.
Virtually every day there are right-wing newspaper headlines across the countries spreading lies and distortions about Obamacare.
The right-wing print media is doing everything in its power to renounce Obamacare and turn the citizenry against it. This is driven by greed.
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to make severe cuts in the nation’s food stamp program. Drug tests and mandatory work added
A single government contractor from Texas, armed to the teeth, entered a navy yard building and killed 12 people. This was another great day for Wayne LaPierre and his posse of gun manufacturers.
Bill de Blasio won the NY Democratic primary by at least 14 percentage points, but did he exceed the 40% points necessary to avoid a runoff?
In North Carolina, AP reports that lack of funding has kids sharing out-of date textbook and teachers and parents buying school supplies
When the 113th Congress returns to action, the re-jiggering the Postal Service will be front and center, to the advantage of big business.
Maintaining water and sewer is a complicated process. Upon close examination, lots of potential for mischief and incompetence. Check it out
The struggle for leadership of the Egyptian government continues as the death toll approaches 1,000. The U.S. reaction has been tentative.
Sturm, Ruger and Company is leaving Connecticut in the wake of the “Little Children’s Massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary.” Good riddance!
State legislators often cry “no more money” prior to laying off public employees such as teachers, firemen and police. That’s pure baloney!
In the period of a week a young South Carolina woman and a black man were shot to death in a bar and outside a nightclub. Gun laws in action.
Obama should tell Putin, “Keep him. He’s of no use to us and we’ll save a ton of money not having to put him behind bars for 40 years.”
The South Carolina Democratic Party has a new Chairman, Jaime Harrison. Now, newbie Harrison will have a new party headquarters to call home
Here’s a jewel I hadn’t heard too much about in previous red state gun legislation. Let’s load up those college campuses with guns.
There’s a new hate and guns threat out there. It’s a revival of white supremacy and it could be headed your way. It doesn’t play favorites.
This is a review of a number of bills of special importance to the oil and gas industry. In the House their batting average is 100
This is an explanation of the societal dynamics of what drives young black and white teenage males. George Zimmerman had no clue, just a gun
