Author: BooMan

Anyone want to talk about the pros and cons of the U.S. Senate and/or its filibuster rule? I am interested in what people think the Senate has meant historically, but also what eliminating the filibuster would mean for the...

The 716 billion dollar lie is the central line of defense. It’s like the Republicans’ Maginot Line. If the lie can be breached with the blitz of truth, the GOP’s argument will fall faster than France before...

Roger Stone has been ratfu*king Democrats for 40 years. This is the first time I’ve seen him try to ratfu*k a Republican. I’ve waited a few days to lay out my analysis of the selection of Paul Ryan for the VP slot on...

Chuck Grassley can’t understand why the Romney campaign is knifing him in the back on wind energy. Sen. Grassley is very naïve. The Romney campaign is run by the fossil fuel industry. And the fossil fuel industry wants to...

The magnitude of the basic deceit that is the Romney/Ryan campaign has grown so large that it presents a problem for the blogging format. Time and again, I am dissuaded from pursuing a topic by the sheer effort it will take to...