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• Butt injections, angry 92-year-olds, free breast exams: Florida's strange 2011

  Fri Dec 30, 2011
  • A real freak show, yessiree!

• Iran dominates GOP contenders' debate

  Sat Nov 12, 2011
  • President Obama has run a much more effective foreign policy than Bush did, and that was supposed to be one of the Republicans' strong suits. After Bush/Cheney bungled for 7 years, Obama got bin Laden and has carried the war to al Qaeda's door ruthlessly.

• Amid criticism on downgrade of U.S., S.&P. fires back

  Sat Aug 6, 2011
  • Thank the Tea Party for convincing the world that America may one day decide not to meet its obligations.

• Debt impasse or not, Social Security reform is coming

  Wed Jul 27, 2011
  • grilledcheesesandwich, You just explained trickle down economics, which has been thoroughly discredited. The Bush tax cuts have been in place for 8 years and we have had nearly no job growth in that period.

• Manufacturers lose confidence, demand tumbles

  Wed Jul 27, 2011
  • This report is music to Congressional Republicans' ears. Republicans have been trying to sabotage the economy for the past two years, hoping softness in 2012 will bolster their chances to regain the White House. Quite a clever plan, really.

• GOP retools plan as Congress seeks debt fix

  Tue Jul 26, 2011
  • Coke,

• Would the fallout from failure to reach a U.S. deficit agreement be as dire as Americans have been warned?

  Tue Jul 26, 2011
  • more2bits,

• House GOP, Senate Dems face off; Obama to TV

  Sat Jul 23, 2011
  • Buckeyenut,

• House GOP, Senate Dems face off; Obama to TV

  Sat Jul 23, 2011
  • If the Republicans won't play ball with any reasonable compromise on additional tax revenue, then the administration should clearly explain to the American people why the government won't be able to continue paying Social Security checks and Medicare doctor's payments after August 2.

• GOP fails to turn off light bulb standards

  Tue Jul 12, 2011
  • We might default on our debt, and plunge into a second Great Depression, but by God the Republicans will make sure there are incandescent bulbs to provide the best quality lighting of the bread lines.