About Jim Vogas
Texas A&M Aggie, Retired aerospace engineer, former union member, Vietnam vet, Demcratic Party organizer, husband and father.
Republicans Doing Voter Suppression in Wisconsin – According to the statements made on recordings of a meeting of Wisconsin Tea Party leaders, Here’s the plans between the Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair and the state director of Americans for … Continue reading →
Rick Perry is So Proud; State May Have to Lay Off 9,800 Workers – 9,800 workers could likely be laid off as the state grapples with a projected two-year budget shortfall approaching $21 billion. Mike Gross, vice president of … Continue reading →
Christine O’Donnell in 1999: ‘I dabbled into witchcraft’ – The story of Christine O’Donnell’s past got a little stranger Friday. Bill Maher — on whose former show, “Politically Incorrect,” O’Donnell appeared repeatedly in the late 1990s — showed a … Continue reading →
Republican Lies About Public Employees – In August, the New Republic, the New York Times and others warned, “There’s a class war coming to the world of government pensions.” Of course, there’s only one problem with Rush Limbaugh’s claim … Continue reading →
Republicans Have Been Lying About the Deficit – The Treasury says that the deficit for August of this year is 13% lower than that of the August of last year, and 8% lower than the first 11 months of … Continue reading →
Republican House Leader is Big Tobacco’s and Wall Street’s Best Friend – House Democrats were preparing late last year for the first floor vote on the financial regulatory overhaul when Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio and other Republican … Continue reading →
Save NASA From the Tax-Sucking, Pork-Eating, Dream-Murdering Monster – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is considering placing HR5781, a NASA reauthorization bill that awards billions to traditional defense-industry corporations, on the House floor for a vote. If enacted, HR5781 … Continue reading →
How This Past Monday Became the Worst Labor Day in the Memory of Most Americans – Economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty examined tax returns from 1913 to 2008 and discovered an interesting pattern. In the late 1970s, the … Continue reading →
Confused Tea Party People – The Tea Party people say they’re angry about socialism, but maybe they’re really angry about capitalism. If there’s a sense of being looked down upon, it’s that sense of failure that’s built into a … Continue reading →
Fewer Jobs, Larger Deficits if Republicans Were in Charge – According to a study in Newsweek, the things that Republicans have said they want to do won’t actually boost employment or reduce deficits. In fact, much the opposite. If … Continue reading →
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