Monthly Archives: July 2011

GOP blackmail

Mr. Obama said Mr. Boehner had stopped returning his calls when it became clear that rank-and-file House Republicans would not agree to raise revenues on wealthy Americans as part of a debt-reduction deal, despite Mr. Obama’s concessions on reducing future … Continue reading

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Blame overdue

By Joel Thurtell “I strongly support Senator McConnell’s efforts to avoid a default on our nation’s debt, and the last-case emergency proposal he outlined yesterday to ensure that Republicans aren’t unduly blamed for failure to raise the debt ceiling,” said … Continue reading

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Poetry, or…

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist I pray that the Great Dog in the Sky will spare me, Sophie, from two-leggers who think they are poets. My male biped suffers from this affliction. Creative he is not, but thinks he is. … Continue reading

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