The showdown over the budget and the debt ceiling continues to drag on and Congress is still attempting to cut spending down to nothing but defense, tax breaks for the wealthy and their own salaries. While politicians continue to rail against taxes and spending and the media hypes the “gang of six”, it seems that [...]
Republican Senator says that the poor don’t do enough to deal with the deficit.
Our latest airport security scare is like the rest – mostly about fear.
Against Me at the Metro on June 17th 2011
A group of 81 major corporations believe that public knowledge of what their CEOs make in respect to the average worker is “useless” information.
1) I could care less about Anthony Weiner’s dong. I sincerely wish this kind of thing was more important to Americans. Sadly, sex scandals get more press and page views than corporate malfeasance, non sexy political shenanigans, two wars, and other real issues combined. 2) I even feel the same way about right wing politicians. [...]
For the next week, I’ll be taking a little break from my usual ranting about politics to (hopefully) bring you coverage of Krazyfest, a three day hardcore/punk fest in Louisville, Kentucky. The fest ran for about 6 years back in the late 90′s/early aught’s and was cause for people far and wide to travel to [...]
Osama Bin Laden’s death caused most of America to break out the flags and head to the local town square to pat each other on the back saying “we got him.” Regardless of how we feel about the final execution of the modern world’s most notorious villain, capturing or killing Bin Laden was the impetus [...]
Earlier this week, Fox News reporter John Stossel asked a question that often pops up from the right wing media on a slow news day: “where did all the anti-war protestors go?” Stossel suggested anti-war protestors were really just “anti-President Bush,” citing a study by “two college professors,” with no reference to where the study [...]
A recent McClatchy-Marist poll, written up in Talking Points Memo, that says that 64% of Americans believe that “the country is on the wrong track.” The article however, does not delve into exactly *why* the 64% surveyed believe America is on the road to ruin or what “wrong track” we’re on. The poll results give [...]
In addition to writing here, I also cover politics more local to my hometown of Chicago for Chicagoist. Rather than reprint them wholly on this site, I’d rather point readers in that direction, since Diatribe gives me the opportunity to opine on a wider variety of subjects. Each week though, I’ll be giving a quick [...]
According to Mother Jones, birthers have a new plan to try to prevent Obama from running for re-election in 2012. Arizona state Representative Judy Burges (R) introduced a bill to bar presidential candidates from appearing on ballots if they do not produce a long form birth certificate to the secretary of state. While most Americans [...]