Brace For Another Pounding From Pound-Foolish Policies
Ezra Klein makes some good points about Republicans and their penny-wise and pound-foolish budget-slashing: There are three categories of spending in which cuts lead to more, rather than less, spending...
View ArticleRepublican Priorities
Republican Priorities By Madeleine Begun Kane Shall we immunize children? Heck no! Supply food to the starving? No go! Cuz Republicans say That we’re broke ev’ry day, As they help out the rich on skid...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To A Government Shutdown
Limerick Ode to A Government Shutdown By Madeleine Begun Kane The thought of a government shutdown Should be quickly, decisively cut down. But I fear that we’re screwed Cuz of Washington’s mood:...
View ArticleDOMA Dollars
For someone who claims we’re broke, John Boehner certainly has some interesting priorities: House Republicans plan to pay former Solicitor General Paul Clement and his legal team from King &...
View ArticleHow About A Hypocrisy Ceiling?
I love Mat Miller’s new definition of chutzpah: Republicans who vote for the Ryan plan that adds trillions in debt and who then say the debt limit goes up only over their dead bodies! That brings me to...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Unbalanced Republicans
Obama threatened to veto that cockamamie Republican “cut, cap, and balance” bill. Limerick Ode To Unbalanced Republicans By Madeleine Begun Kane Dear Republicans, please cut your crap. Enough with your...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Math-Challenged Perry
Rick Perry’s latest “oops” moment reminds me of this old SNL parody debate line: “It was my understanding that there would be no math.” I’m referring to Perry’s “impressive” U.S. budget cut pledge:...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Mitt “How Dare You Accuse Me Of Saying What I Said” Romney
Mitt Romney has a bad habit of pretending he didn’t say something that he actually said. And claiming not to hold positions that he really holds. For instance, after getting flack for his stated...
View ArticleTouring Boehner’s Brain (Limerick)
John Boehner had a hissy fit over the sequester-caused suspension of White House tours. “The President is trying to make it tough on members of Congress. It’s just silly. I want to know who is being...
View ArticleUndoing Undue Optimism (4-Verse Limerick)
Most press coverage about the “cleaning the barn” two-year “budget deal,” negotiated by Boehner as he was handing off his Speaker gig to Paul Ryan, is unduly optimistic. It tends to lull us into...
View ArticleTrump’s Wall (Limerick)
Yikes! Trump’s proposed budget pays for his pet wall by raiding the TSA, FEMA, and Coast Guard budgets. Remember Trump’s thunderous call For a Mexico-financed “great wall?” Coast Guard funds, FEMA...
View ArticleIs Trump Plastered?
Trump claims that he never drinks alcohol. But proposing to spend one billion dollars on 62 miles of wall is surely proof he’s plastered: This ludicrous price won’t draw smiles: One billion for...
View ArticleTrump’s Con Man Budget (Limerick)
A TWO trillion dollar mistake? Really more, cuz the “growth gain” is fake. But such cons are expected When crooks are elected. Please don’t tell me you STILL like that snake.
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