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- Purpose by: dmcanady
December 21, 2010, 19:04
I am starting this blog in order to share my views and understanding of the current issues effecting our country today. I have noticed a lack of civil…
- Bio by: dmcanady
December 22, 2010, 14:03
Born in Temple Arizona; January 1954. Served in the U.S. Army from January 1971 to December 1988. Received a GED in 1971 and a High school Diploma from…
- Contact Me by: dmcanady
June 25, 2011, 09:54
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- Which Republican? by: dmcanady
May 30, 2016, 20:09
With the primary season coming to a close it appears that the American public will have to choose between two Republicans for president, this is despite the…
- Expanding Social Security Is the Cheapest Way to Bring More Security to America's Retirees by: dmcanady
January 28, 2015, 03:08
There are many ways to spread the cost of better benefits. Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a new book, "Social Security Works! Why Social…
- Robert Reich: Wall Street Is Hard at Work Cooking Up the Next Financial Collapse by: dmcanady
January 28, 2015, 03:07
The finance industry still presents a massive threat to the middle class. Presidential aspirants in both parties are talking about saving the middle class.…
- Past Revisited by: dmcanady
January 15, 2015, 02:10
With the new year and the new congress I thought it would be a good time to revisit the past, in order to gain some insight as to what you can expect from a…
- The Draft Campaign Elizabeth Warren Didn’t Ask For But Hasn’t Killed by: dmcanady
January 6, 2015, 21:15
Michael Dwyer / AP Photo She has said it in newspapers and magazines. She has said it on the radio and on national television. She has said it at public…
- The Slavery Analogy and The Modern Republican Party by: dmcanady
December 26, 2014, 21:38
The Short History of the Republican Party With my apologies to my beer and bourbon enthusiast readers I am foregoing The Tasting Notes because of, what I feel…
- The Long-Term Unemployed by: dmcanady
December 26, 2014, 21:29
Long term unemployment needed to be cut because it just cost to much and besides it goes to the middle class and the poor. Tax cuts had to be retroactively…
- Congress Gave Wall Street An Early Christmas Present by: dmcanady
December 26, 2014, 21:05
Just goes to show I'm not the only one who thinks the GOP is screwing the American people with the help of Demarcates like Chuck Schumer, Barbra Mikulski and…
- The Destruction Of The Middle Class Is Nearing The Final Stages by: dmcanady
December 26, 2014, 20:40
Submitted by Tom Chatham via Project Chesapeake , The events of the past few months seem astounding when taken in all at once. The plan to destroy the U.S.…
- New Economy 2015: The Future of Capitalism by: dmcanady
December 20, 2014, 23:36
Without growth, capitalism is rendered no more, and possibly less effective than socialism as the U.S continues to slip down global quality of life…
- Oops, CIA Abducts and Tortures Wrong Guy by: dmcanady
December 20, 2014, 23:31
SM Gibson Activist Post On December 31, 2003, Khaled El-Masri was seized by Macedonian border officials after being mistaken as a member…
- Time to change the dynamic by: dmcanady
December 17, 2014, 00:43
Ok the 2014 elections are over and the Republican/Corporate Mafia has retained control of the peoples house and taken control of the Senate. The new cartel did…
- You can't win if you don't compete. by: dmcanady
September 17, 2014, 05:13
It is all over the news how the Democrats do not expect to take back control of the house. Well part of the reason is that the Democrats are not competing in…
- Seed Corn by: dmcanady
July 13, 2014, 19:55
It is an age old adage among farmer that one does not eat his seed corn. Should a farmer consume his seed corn his belly may be full for the day or week but…
- Impeachment is the Only Answer by: dmcanady
July 7, 2014, 15:39
The time has come for the impeachment of Justices Thomas and Scalia. I know that by now most of you are say what? Although no Justice of the Supreme Court…
- Supremes Take Up The War on Women by: dmcanady
July 7, 2014, 14:07
The five male Catholic justices on the Supreme Court have taken up the GOP war on women. In their lust to impose a Catholic patracal society upon the country…
- Recess Appointments by: dmcanady
July 20, 2013, 14:24
There has been three recent court decisions that if affirmed by the Supreme Court that will have far reaching ramifications, not only in the area of regulatory…
- Emotion V. Reason by: dmcanady
April 11, 2013, 15:46
Over the past year there have been several issues in front of the public and taking over the agenda of the country at the expense of more critical issues. The…
- New files added by: dmcanady
April 4, 2013, 21:20
For those who may be wondering why I have not posted in a while, I have been consumed with informing myself on the issues. I have added just a small number of…
- Senator Dianne Feinstein Continues to undermine the Constitituion. by: dmcanady
February 7, 2013, 15:55
Today Senator Feinstein (D-Ca) has demonstrated that she is unfit to serve as a Senator of this great nation. Today she has silence the voices with whom she…
- GOP war on women is expanding. by: dmcanady
May 10, 2012, 12:28
The GOP continues to expand their war on women's health care, income mobility, an quality of life. Under the guise of being pro-life they have and continue to…
- Compelled birth is not Pro-Life by: dmcanady
January 7, 2012, 14:44
Fresh from taking control of many state legislatures during the 2010 mid-term elections those who would turn the United State into a Theocracy every bit as…
- Pat Toomey (Terrorist Pa) and GOP Extortion by: dmcanady
December 12, 2011, 15:53
First I should provide some insight into what "Extortion" is so here is my first contribution to that insight 1.EXTORTION:noun blackmail, force, oppression,…
- Charlie "the cockroach" Dent tells constituents to go pound sand agian. by: dmcanady
December 7, 2011, 15:01
Once again Charlie " the cockroach" Dent (Terrorist Pa-15) tells his constituents to go pound sand. This so called representative of the people continues to…
- Can Pennsylvania or the country afford Senator Toomey (Terroist PA)? by: dmcanady
November 21, 2011, 17:55
As everyone knows by now the "Super Committee" has failed to accomplish it's assigned task. While this comes as no surprise to me I am sure that there are…
- Ryan's Perscription for Death by: dmcanady
November 3, 2011, 13:27
In 1994 the GOP terrorists killed the Clinton health care plan claiming that they had better ideas to reform the health care system. After killing the Clinton…
- Occupy by: dmcanady
November 1, 2011, 11:12
Now that the Occupy Wall Street movement has morphed into a nation/world wide occupation movement the political elites are starting to push back. This push…
- Charlie "The Cockroach" Dent (Terrorist Pa 15) is at it again. by: dmcanady
October 28, 2011, 16:11
Today Charlie "The Cockroach" Dent graced Me with a response to an inquiry made back in Sept. From his response I was left with the impression that the…
- My Response to the Terrorist Eric Cantor (Terrorist Va.) by: dmcanady (1)
August 22, 2011, 14:49
Today Rep. Eric Cantor (Terrorist Va.) had an opinion peice in the Washington Post entitled "removing the obstacles to economic growth"http://www.washingtonpost…
- Who owns the Resources? by: dmcanady
August 21, 2011, 14:10
At the risk of being called a Socialist or Comunist I am going to ask the simple question of Who owns the Resources? Now to clarify what I am talking about…
- GOP Economic Terrorism to Continue by: dmcanady
August 21, 2011, 13:17
Sence Congress left town I have been spending My time researching the writings and comments of the GOP terroist attempting to gleen what is comming. It has…
- Republicans are Engaging in Economic Terrorism by: dmcanady (3)
July 30, 2011, 09:46
The Republicans in Congress have been engaging in Economic Terrorism for the last six months in particular the 81 freshman congressman. These freshman like…
- Mind over Matter by: dmcanady
July 26, 2011, 15:32
House Speaker John Beohner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and their Tea Party cohorts along with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continue to tell…
- It appears that Republicans do not understand cash flow by: dmcanady (1)
July 23, 2011, 09:06
As we get closer to August 2 and the threat of a new Republican inspired depression it appears the Republicans lack a fundamental understanding of cash flow.…
- Charlie "The Cockroach" Dent (R-Pa) is at it again. by: dmcanady
July 18, 2011, 14:13
It appears that Charlie "The Cockroach" Dent (R-Pa) is up to his old games again. With the House set to vote on HR 2560 Cockroach" refuses to tell his…
- Republicans seek total destruction by: dmcanady (2)
July 10, 2011, 11:05
The Republicans in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate seek complete and total destruction of the middle class and poor of this country on behalf of the "Rent-Seeker…
- Michele Bachmann is a fraud by: dmcanady
June 29, 2011, 11:18
I just got off the phone with the congressional office Michele Bachmann and got the usual Republican two step. If any of the readers have watch Rep. Bachmann…
- Kiss your check goodbye by: dmcanady
June 29, 2011, 09:31
If you are on Social Security, get a VA disiablity check, are a soldier on the battle field, a goverment contracter etc. If you get a goverment check of any…
- Needs by: dmcanady
June 29, 2011, 08:52
Today while watching Morning Joke a.k.a. Morning Joe I found Myself asking again, Why am I watching and giving any credibility to this gaggle of elites? Take…
- Values, Ethics, and Morals by: dmcanady (2)
June 26, 2011, 09:35
I was going to title this post "Values, Ethics, Morals and why Republicans have none" but that would have been incorrect and unfair in that everyone even…
- Democrats should Primary Obama by: dmcanady
June 25, 2011, 11:24
I never thought I would say this but I have come to the conclusion that the Democrat party should actively seek an promote a Primary challenger to President…
- Where are the ethics investigations? by: dmcanady
June 22, 2011, 19:27
It appears that the House has started another investigation of a Democrat, well good. My question is were are the investigations in the Senate into the conduct…
- Abuse of Power by: dmcanady
June 22, 2011, 18:26
It appears that once again the FBI has abused it's power and in the process has harmed innocent people in the process. While I can not say with any certainty…
- All mouth no substance by: dmcanady (1)
June 15, 2011, 14:25
I finally had a chance to watch the Republican debate that was held on Monday and what I found was a field of clowns all mouth and no substance. Not a single…
- Congress must take action to remove Rep. Giffords by: dmcanady (2)
June 13, 2011, 09:32
While I do not relish the idea of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer possibly being able to appoint another Republican Robot to the House it is more repugnant for the…
- Republicans need to stop looking for Jesus by: dmcanady (2)
June 3, 2011, 12:13
There was only one Jesus and like it or not he was a liberal. So Republicans need to stop looking for Jesus in a political candidate. In fact the policies that…
- Where are the Jobs? by: dmcanady (3)
June 3, 2011, 10:51
During the 2010 election cycle the Republicans ran on job creation. They claimed that they were going to focus on job creation and nothing else. To date they…
- Who has Obama's Balls? by: dmcanady (3)
June 3, 2011, 08:31
While I have not asked that question here I have asked it in other forums. Well I would like who ever has them to give them back. It appears that President…
- It's Time for Democrat's to say enough by: dmcanady (5)
June 3, 2011, 08:18
The time has come for Democrat's to walk away from the table and tell the Republicans they will no longer submit to extortion and blackmail. Extortion and…
- David "Show Me The Money" Camp (R-Mi) the house con man and chief. by: dmcanady (1)
June 3, 2011, 08:02
As everyone knows the Republicans went to the White House yesterday to deliver their ultimatum to the President. That ultimatum was unconditional surrender…
- GOP Kabuki Theatre by: dmcanady (3)
June 1, 2011, 14:22
Yesterday after the "Markets" closed Rep. David "Show Me the Money" Camp (R-Mi), with the full support of Speaker John "I'm not afraid to Cry" Boehner (R-Oh)…
- Can the Patriot Act effect you credit Report? by: dmcanady (3)
May 29, 2011, 12:31
Today I am once again going over the Patriot Act and the specific changes made to it. There are things that I feel the public should be made aware of as I know…
- Is the Constitution Dead? by: dmcanady (3)
May 29, 2011, 11:19
The last week saw the extension of the Patriot Act. Which gutted the probable cause standard of the Forth Amendment and replaced warrants with National…
- Republican Con Jobs. by: dmcanady (2)
May 28, 2011, 13:58
The Senate held at least three votes the other day on at least three Republican budgets, none of which were passed. There was first the Ryan(R-Wi) kill the…
- Making Hitler Proud by: dmcanady (2)
May 26, 2011, 18:19
I know that it is political unacceptable to compare policies that political parties here in the United States pursue with those of Hitler but that comparison…
- The currently corrupt Supreme Court May have gotten one right. by: dmcanady (1)
May 26, 2011, 11:57
In a decision today "Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting" the court may have gotten it right for once. This case involve the ability of…
- Retraction by: dmcanady (1)
May 26, 2011, 11:18
In order to maintain credibility I must retract at least in part My post of yesterday entitled Republican Senators Escape Again. It appears that I missed a…
- Republican Senators escape again. by: dmcanady (1)
May 25, 2011, 20:18
Once again Harry Reid (D-Nv) has allowed the Republicans in the Senate to escape. According to the coverage of Senate proceedings today among other things the…
- Does Rand Paul (R-Ky) have the balls? by: dmcanady
May 25, 2011, 19:36
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) has taken to the floor of the Senate several times today demanding a debate over the Patriot Act. While I agree with Sentor Paul on…
- King Norquest and his Republican minions by: dmcanady (1)
May 25, 2011, 18:58
Every Member of the House and Senate as well as the Executive branch, Judicial branch of our government and ever member of our Military take an oath to…
- Rep. Charlie "The Coackroach" Dent (R-Pa) tells lies in telephonic town hall by: dmcanady (2)
May 25, 2011, 18:33
While I was in the process of writing another post to this blog I recieved a call from the office of Charlie "The Cockroach" Dent (R-Pa) inviting Me to…
- Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa) has incompatant Staff. by: dmcanady (1)
May 25, 2011, 17:12
As I was watching Senator Pat Toomey on C-Span 2 his statements raised several questions in my mind and I wanted to insure that I was correctly understanding…
- Harry Reid should be removed as Majority Leader. by: dmcanady (2)
May 25, 2011, 16:19
Democrats in the Senate should remove Harry Reid (D-Nv) as the Majority Leader of the Senate. Harry Reid has been an ineffective leader of the Senate sense…
- Republican Senators are Crying. by: dmcanady (4)
May 25, 2011, 14:09
I turned on C-Span 2 today to find Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Al) crying about having to cast a vote on the Ryan (R-Wi)/House Republican plan to kill the elderly…
- Republicans promote the expansion of poverty. by: dmcanady (3)
May 24, 2011, 14:21
The Republicans in Congress both the House and Senate are promoting the expansion of poverty in the United States using the Ryan budget as their vehicle. The…
- Presidential Canidate Tim Pawlenty calls for default on Social Security Checks. by: dmcanady (2)
May 23, 2011, 13:26
Former Minnesota Governor turned presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is calling on our government to stop payment of Social Security Checks, Disability Checks,…
- Everything starts with repeal by: dmcanady (3)
May 23, 2011, 12:40
Charlies Krauthammer on January 21, 2011 authored an opinion in the Washington Post with the same title as this post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/cont…
- Rep. Ryan(R-Wi) Screws the elderly to the tune of Trillion. by: dmcanady (3)
May 21, 2011, 11:45
While doing My daily reading and research I came across this twitter post " Numbers To Know 4,500: If you're 24, what you'll need to save for health…
- "I'm Republican because not everyone can be on welfare" by: dmcanady (2)
May 19, 2011, 16:09
My partner's health care assistant was looking through tee shirts and came across one with this on it. "I'M REPUBLICAN BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE CAN BE ON WELFARE" …
- Charlie Dent (R-Pa 15) Engaging in Extorition again. by: dmcanady (2)
May 19, 2011, 14:55
Charlie Dent (R-Pa) having used our soldiers as an instrument of extortion last month is now using the debt ceiling as yet another opportunity for extortion.…
- Evidence of crimes maybe mounting against Senator Coburn (R-Ok) by: dmcanady (2)
May 19, 2011, 12:35
In the ethics investigation against Former Senator Ensign (R-Nv) it came to light that Senator Coburn may have engaged in illegal conduct and in fact may be…
- Closer examination of Rep. Ryan's (R-Wi) lies by: dmcanady (2)
May 17, 2011, 17:26
Rep. Ryan has stated that he wants those on Medicare to have the same options that he has and that this would put seniors in charge of their health care. Well…
- Dreier (R-Ca) And the lies of the FAST act. by: dmcanady (2)
May 17, 2011, 13:43
Rep.Dreier (R-Ca) has introduced H.R. 99 "The Fair and Simple Tax (Fast) Act". This legislation which is co-sponsored by Charlie Dent (R-Pa 15) is just another…
- It's Time for Rep. Ryan (R-Wi) to put up or shut up by: dmcanady (1)
May 17, 2011, 10:15
Today during My normal course of reading and study I came across this statement from Rep. Ryan (R-Wi) “For every dollar the President wants to raise the debt…
- Senator Coburn (R-Ok) May have commited crimes. by: dmcanady (3)
May 13, 2011, 13:19
I have been reading over the Senate Ethics Committee report on former Senator John Ensing and it appears that Senator Coburn (R-Ok) may be guilty of at least…
- Orrin Hatch (R-UT) shills for the oil companies by: dmcanady (2)
May 12, 2011, 17:48
Today Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and his Republican in the disguise of a Demarcate Max Baucus (R-MT) in hearings before the Senate Finance Committee shilled…
- David Camp (R-Mi 4) Engages in another Republican fraud by: dmcanady (2)
May 12, 2011, 15:51
Today Republican David Camp or Michigan's 4 th district and chairman of the House Ways And Means Committee engaged in yet another Republican fraud on the…
- Unemployed new target of the GOP by: dmcanady (2)
May 7, 2011, 09:48
On May 5,2011 the Republicans introduced legislation that could allow states to take 31 billion out of the pockets of the unemployed and put it in the pockets…
- A Matter of Honor by: dmcanady (2)
May 7, 2011, 09:25
On September 14, 2001 then President George W. Bush (A.K.A shrub)when to ground zero an promised the American people that Osama Bin Laden would be brought to…
- H.R. 3 Translation by: dmcanady (1)
May 4, 2011, 16:00
As I write this the Republicans are on the floor attempting or should I say passing H.R. 3 A Bill to "To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for…
- Another tap Dance from Charlie Dent (R-15 Pa) by: dmcanady (2)
May 4, 2011, 15:03
Charlie Dent today held a telephonic town hall meeting.I entered this town hall meeting after calling Charlie's office to ask some questions related to H.R. 3…
- Charlie Dent (R-15 Pa) still hiding by: dmcanady (2)
April 29, 2011, 12:22
It appears the Charlie Dent (R-15 Pa) is still hiding from the general constituents. Unlike his partners in crime Charlie has not held a single town hall…
- Elections have consequences part 2 by: dmcanady (2)
April 29, 2011, 11:45
In an earlier post I stated that elections have consequences and outlined several of those consequences. Now as May 3rd approaches I feel that it may be time…
- Charlie Dent is hiding from constituents by: dmcanady (2)
April 20, 2011, 14:58
It appears that Representative Charlie Dent (R) 15th district Pa. Doesn't want his constituents to know who is buying his votes. Not that one could blame him.…
- Why the Supreme Court needed Bush to be President. by: dmcanady (2)
April 18, 2011, 13:08
In 2000 The conservatives on the Supreme Court anointed George Bush President of the United States in violation of the Constitution. At the time these ultimate…
- Republicans Declare war on women by: dmcanady (2)
April 15, 2011, 09:17
Yesterday house Republicans declared war on the women of American. In particular poor women. Republicans held our soldiers hostage in order to force a vote…
- The Emperor has no cloths. by: dmcanady (2)
April 11, 2011, 17:52
After listening to Emperor Ryan (R) Wi. and watching the proceedings of the budget committee the other day, I decided that more research was in order. The…
- Is there something in the water that Republicans drink? by: dmcanady (2)
April 8, 2011, 11:22
Is there something in the water that Republican drink that makes them incapable of the truth? Sitting here today watching events unfold on the 2011 budget and…
- Charlie Dent uses the military as an instrument of blackmail. by: dmcanady (2)
April 8, 2011, 10:37
Representative Charlie Dent (R) 15th district Pa. is using our soldiers as an instrument to blackmail the Democrats. The Republican majority is planning to…
- Speaker Boehner does not have control of the House by: dmcanady (2)
March 30, 2011, 15:16
I just got off the phone with the office of House Speaker Boehner's office where I asked several questions related to the up coming shut down of the government…
- GOP Declares War by: dmcanady (2)
March 24, 2011, 12:24
Well it appears that My predictions of the GOP going to war with the poor and middle class i.e. the workers of this country are coming true. Not only have they…
- Break out the Vaseline by: dmcanady (1)
February 14, 2011, 14:49
Being old has it's advantages and disadvantages one of those advantages or disadvantages is a long memory. For example I remember a little thing called Love…
- Yet another closed Rule by: dmcanady (1)
February 11, 2011, 10:37
Despite the promise of an open debate and amendment process the House Rules Committee passed yet another closed rule. This time one the extension of the…
- Lessons not learned by: dmcanady (1)
February 10, 2011, 15:37
Sense My last post I have been debating about the subject matter of My next blog post. I have been watching the news, researching the activities of the newly…
- GOP deception continiues by: dmcanady (2)
February 4, 2011, 14:16
The GOP promised transparency in all of it's actions and that all committee hearings would be posted online on the House web site and available to all. Well as…
- Pledge of Allegiance by: dmcanady (2)
February 2, 2011, 17:10
Earlier today I was having a conversation in which the subject of the Pledge of Allegiance came up and how by some nefarious scheme propagated by Fox News,…
- Leaders of Health Care Repeal. by: dmcanady (1)
January 31, 2011, 12:13
With everything that has been going on in the middle-east and the GOP's attacks on the everything that has been done in the last two years. I thought I would…
- GOP incapable of truth by: dmcanady (2)
January 26, 2011, 11:38
Today the GOP brought to the floor of the house HR 54 this resolution are the rules of debate on HR 359 to end public funding of presidential elections. The…
- Elections have consequences by: dmcanady (2)
January 21, 2011, 12:09
It has been stated more than once that elections have consequences and this is true. After the elections of 2008 the GOP choose to ignore the results and took…
- Language is Important by: dmcanady (3)
January 11, 2011, 13:09
Language is used to inspire, motivate, educate, and communicate so language is important and must be used with precision. Words have meaning and the selection…
- Explaination by: dmcanady
January 6, 2011, 10:26
For the author of a new blog not to post for several days is not necessarily a good thing. So I will explain My absents. As stated on My home page this blog…
- Observations of today's events by: dmcanady (1)
December 30, 2010, 13:26
Today several historical events have occurred. First is the end of Don't ask Don't tell. While there are are many on the "Christian Right" who will decry this…
- What to expect in 2011 by: dmcanady (2)
December 30, 2010, 04:16
Now that the Republicans have taken control of the House and a number of Senate seats, what can we expect come January 20, 2011? The Republicans have been…
- Which Republican? by: dmcanady
- Category: Constitution (3)
Discussion of Constitutional issues.
- Right to Privacy by: dmcanady (2)
April 30, 2011, 09:18
I thought this would be a good time to address the question of does the Constitution contain a right to privacy. The reason I thought this would be a good time…
- Has the time come for a Constitutional convention? by: dmcanady (2)
January 25, 2011, 14:58
Article V of the Constitution states "on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing…
- To what end? by: dmcanady
January 6, 2011, 11:07
Today the new Republican majority in the house of representatives will read the Constitution on the house floor. While reading the Constitution is a worth…
- Right to Privacy by: dmcanady (2)
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