We had a budget surplus until Bush cut taxes and started two wars. Now our leaders say we must reduce all spending and entitlements to eliminate the deficit. It’s like a drunken guest deciding your house needs more fresh air in January, breaking windows and saying, “Cancel your vacation, you need a bigger furnace.” If [...]

Everyone Knows America Is Broke Everyone knows is Republican jargon for “maybe this lie will beat Obama.” They’re desperate to regain control so they can dismantle entitlements before folks learn that’s not the problem. The military-medical-financial cabal, that gets most of the federal budget, prefers the GOP because their voters settle for meddling in private [...]

The president’s budget is DOA. Too bad. As a conservationist he should’ve killed it before printing, and saved some trees. As usual, he’s entering negotiations by meeting his opponent half way. A true liberal would float massive cuts in defense, more aid to states. To deflect some GOP torpedoes, he’d add a big stimulus to [...]

Egypt’s youth deposed a dictator. One could argue they succeeded because they were unarmed. 300 died fighting hired thugs, but without guns numbers prevailed. The army could have won a shooting war. Most protesters might be dead or jailed. Instead, they’re writing a new constitution. One would hope, theirs won’t have our second amendment.

It’s well past time the President spoke to the Chamber of Commerce. They do so much for his image. The millions of dollars they spend branding him a “socialist,” obscures his cautious conservatism. If he visits more often, and they look at what he really does, maybe they’ll run him in the Republican primary. Obama [...]

Republicans are convinced the deficit is our big problem. Obama endorses their view by offering a token freeze. Now Democratic legislators, and a new governor or two, support spending cuts because, they say, history says to. In the meantime the ranks of the unemployed continue to grow, nourished by schools that get worser and worser. [...]