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Special Interest Nation
http://specialinterestnation.blogspot.com/
The focus is on special interest groups and how they adversely affect our political process and our country. But no political topic is taboo ... they're all fair game!
- Added on: Sep 14th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: karichards
- Listed in: Democratic Independent
- Tags: political blog special interests independent politics liberal politics
Recent Posts
Why Only Independents & Moderates Matter
It's another election day ... albeit a less exciting one than last year. But I was just looking at an article on CNN about anger fueling this Election Day. But that only serves to make voters more predictable.Nowadays, with so much divisiveness betwe...
Dear Wall Street Execs: Too Damn Bad!
Kenneth Feinberg's report (he's the special master of compensation ... talk about a grand title!) yesterday detailing cuts in exec pay was a welcome sight. All of us schlubs on Main Street were happy to see that at least something was being done abou...
The "You Can't Force Me" Health Care Cry Babies
“All I’m trying to do is protect the individual’s right to make health care decisions." That's what Republican State Rep. Tom Emmer from Minnesota said, talking about a ridiculous attempt (being made in several states) to pass a law prohibiting...
Evolution is F-A-C-T!
This isn't so much directly special interest, but I thought it might be helpful to some of my readers. See, when I get into a "creationism vs. evolution" argument, I'm often frustrated with the ridiculous, nonsensical arguments (where's the "missing ...
Oh, How I Hate Wall Street.
Is that a bad way to start out? I hate nonsensical rants. But I hate Wall Street (meaning mostly big banks JP Morgan and Goldman and their executives) even more. And that bad blood is starting to seep over into Washington. The worst part is, I'm sure...
GOP Suddenly Becoming the Party of Nasty Lunatics
When did the Republican Party go off the deep end? It was a pretty sudden transition. Respect and reason have flown out the door and everything comes down to nasty exaggerations at best, downright dirty lies at worst. Death panels killing grandpa, so...
