Author: BooMan

Boehner Walks Out, Again

All this crap between the president and Boehner went down while I was trying to cook dinner. Do you know what it’s like to grill chicken in 104 degree heat? In any case, this is the end-game I’ve been predicting for...

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What is Pelosi’s Bottom Line?

It looks like Pelosi’s bottom line is that nothing can be done to interfere with her plans to run the House elections on ‘Medicare, Medicare, Medicare.’ Two trillion in discretionary cuts? She can live with it....

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This Heat is Dangerous

My computer tells me that it’s 100 degrees outside and that we will be having a high temperature of 104 degrees today. I don’t remember it ever being 104 degrees before in this part of the country. It has only...

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Keeping Taxes Low For Rich People

The president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, caused some controversy yesterday when he appeared to say that letting the Bush tax cuts expire would not be a violation of a pledge lawmakers took not to raise taxes....

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Tonight in Crazy Town

I’ve been perusing the articles at Daily Kos and Think Progress tonight, and it’s really an all-out assault on the senses. So far, I’ve seen Michele Bachmann call for higher taxes on the poor, the Heritage...

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