Category Archives: taxes

THE LATEST TEA PARTY-INFESTED, REACTIONARY REPUBLICAN PARTY GRANDSTANDING!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

May 16, 2013  By Jack Jodell. For nearly as long as I can remember, the Republican Party has used  lies – BIG lies - as tools both to gain and to maintain power. To enumerate all but the most recent ones would fill … Continue reading →

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THE SLY TEA PARTY ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT OUR GOVERNMENT!

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

May 1, 2013  By Jack Jodell. With very, VERY rare exception (notably in its earliest years and again, briefly, during the progressive-era presidency of Teddy Roosevelt over 100 years ago), the Republican Party has never stood for or represented the best interests … Continue reading →

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THE LIES OF AUSTERITY MEASURES!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

April 26, 2013  By Jack Jodell. An April 18 piece by Senior Editor Lynn Parramore which appeared in Alter Net has blown a hole in the reactionary Republican LIE which has fueled utterly ridiculous and needlessly barbaric austerity measures all across Europe … Continue reading →

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THE REPUBLICAN CIVIL WAR HAS BEGUN!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

February 6, 2013  By Jack Jodell. It’s official: the Republican Civil War has begun. This week, Karl Rove began a new fundraising campaign aimed directly against the Tea Party, which has infested the GOP for too long and has cost … Continue reading →

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TIME TO DUMP THE TEA PARTY OVERBOARD! (Part Three)

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

January 27, 2013  By Jack Jodell The Tea Party-infested reactionary Republican Party is justifiably doing a lot of soul-searching these days. It is still stunned by its failure to defeat President Obama and take control of the Senate. Its unwillingness to really … Continue reading →

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TIME TO DUMP THE TEA PARTY OVERBOARD! (Part One)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

January 16, 2013  By Jack Jodell reactionary adj. : of, pertaining to, or marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change. The abovementioned adjective, reactionary, is the perfect word to describe … Continue reading →

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YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET!

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

January 4, 3013  By Jack Jodell What an eventful week it has been! First, the Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans were unable to drive us off the fiscal cliff. The Senate overwhelmingly passed a measure which prevented taxes from going up … Continue reading →

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YEAR-END MUSINGS, 2012

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

December 29, 2012  By Jack Jodell As I begin this post, the country remains in a tight political gridlock and apparently will plunge headlong over a somber fiscal cliff. Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans absolutely refuse to raise anybody’s taxes, especially those of … Continue reading →

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A MODERN POLITICAL WIZARD OF OZ IS EXPOSED!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

November 29, 2012  By Jack Jodell When Americans voted on November 6, they knowingly or maybe even unknowingly exposed government and tax-hating Grover Norquist to be a weak-kneed fraud. Prior to the election, Norquist had been viewed as a near-omnipotent political force … Continue reading →

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CRACKS IN THE REPUBLICAN WALL!

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

November 15, 2912  By Jack Jodell The once-solid Republican Party is now locked in what will prove to be a bitter civil war between its reactionary Tea Party wing and its merely ultra-conservative wing. GOOD! The longer and more severely … Continue reading →

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