As today’s brutal day on Wall Street spills overseas to a downer Far East market, how do you like that Republican gun-to-your-head debt ceiling deal now? From Sunday’s New York Times, this pearl of wisdom: “It is far too simplistic…
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A Debt Ceiling Vote Paid for on a Backs of Working Families
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
I’m not happy with the compromise struck between the President, the Senate and the House on the drastic spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. Make no mistake, the spending cuts will hurt the poorest and middle class the…
Debt Ceiling Debate: The Blame Game
by Kathy Findley • • 3 Comments
Here we are again. Listening to the parties whine and point fingers. John Boehner blames the president for not “acting like a strong leader.” Honestly, it is my perception that he, as a leader, is trying to do something we don’t often see in politics, compromise.
Redistricting Unhinges Westminster’s Tyler Diep
by Chris Prevatt • • 5 Comments
It seems his former boss and mentor, former Assemblyman Van Tran last year’s failed challenger to Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, won’t be getting a rematch, if the newest Congressional District visualizations make the final cut.
Yes, You Are Paying Lower Taxes
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Folks are always surprised to learn that I have a coordial relationship with Chris Thompson, who blogs for the Friends for Fullerton’s Future web site and is a school board member in Fullerton. We don’t agree on a lot, but…
Don’t Just Blame Bush; Blame the GOP
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
I get a lot of grief from my Republican friends who chide me for “blaming Bush” for the troubled state of our economy when they want to pin it all on President Obama. Well, I don’t just “blame Bush,” I…
Hell Freezes Over in Western NY: Democrat wins Congressional Seat in Heavy GOP District
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
The Associated Press has called the closely watched Congressional special election in New York’s CD-26 for the Democrat Kathy Hochul. The seat, in a long term conservative district, once held by Jack Kemp was llost due to voter concerns over…
