Prime Minister Harper has an actual 'enemies list'. Unbelievable. That is Nixonian black and white thinking. So too American businessmen are pushing American "productivity" practices in Canada. An example of which is loosening the rules so that only one engineer had to be on that MMAR train that derailed itself in Quebec.

When they cut off all those folks on food stamps, they are also making government smaller. That is what they stand for - smaller government. If people starve because of their misguided ideology, then too bad. There is little empathy within that Party.

EOM

... this author's justifiable outrage would seem more genuine. Sadly, both major parties voted for this mess.

-Laelth

You won't see one commentary that will honestly point the finger of blame at those, who engineered this situation.
There will be no discussion of the real effects that the sequester, the refusal to confirm judicial appointments, and other stonewalling republican policies are causing.
The media will act as if it is a bi-partisan issue (maybe it is, but not in the way that the media will portray it). They will not fairly evaluate the situation either domestically or globally.
Americans will be fed disparate sound bites that serve only to further confuse and divide the population.

actions? I can't believe that all of their families and extended families are all rich and are being taken care of. Also I just don't understand how people can continue to support them and continue to vote for them.

And don't tell me the only people that vote for the Repugs are wealthy white Americans. I know too many people - friends and neighbors and acquaintances - that continue to support the Repugs - at vote against their own best interest.

There are several dynamics in play here.

1) The Dominionist movement believes that only the wealthy are loved by god and that they must support they wealthy.

2) The 1% are exploiting the poor who have bought into the Dominionist movement and want to make them even more poor so that labor costs in the US will be lower than China and the 1% will make even more money when they bring jobs back. Remember, they want to eliminate the minimum wage so everyone is "employed." Dickensonian poverty anyone?

and gay marriage. they don't think the republicon's draconian economic policies will affect them...just those blacks, women, liberals, latinos, gays, and all the other godless undeserving folks (i.e., anyone who is not straight, christian, white, male, etc.)

hence their desperate gerrymandering and disfranchisement schemes. too bad SCOTUS is stacked with cons.

5 justices gutting section 4 and 5 of the VRA which in most run Gopers states will use to disenfranchise minority voters. The right to vote concerning women will be challenged as well. The GOP wants the good ole days. Only well to do white property owners will be able to vote hence keeping the masses dumb and poor. Hallelujah says the so called Christians.

These are the aspirations of every person with a 401k. It's a shame it has to be this way but it is what it is.
Being a liberal ain't easy. Want to talk the talk? Try to walk the walk. Or just keep pretending, probably won't matter either way anyhow.
Still, be nice if some people put their money where their mouth is. For once. Things are getting kinda desperate.