The Day After the Court's Decision

By Mike in Politcs Plus

I was watching CNN, when a reporter informed them that the Individual Mandate was overturned, so I switched over to MSNBC where Andrea Mitchell was still mulling the anticipation of the ruling with a guest. She was waiting to hear ...

It Might Not be My Version of the American Dream

By Mike in Politcs Plus

In between the transition,while I'm still contemplating my next move and while my current account is still active,I thought I would post my last blog from my other blog- over here just to retest the waters. I was watching television ...

Thanks

By Mike in Politcs Plus

After reading the new rules for blogging and commenting at the VA forum, I decided that I wasn't going to go through all the trouble of opening up a Facebook account just to comment and blog. I didn't think it ...

Do Something

By Mike in Politcs Plus

It's disappointing to see the pundits nonchalantly asking the legislators to agree with their view that nothing significant will get passed before the election. It's as if they think that the world is waiting for the United States to act. ...

Loose Lips Sinks Ships

By Mike in Politcs Plus

The recent leaked information controversy is a very serious one because it could put our armed forces in harm's way. If the two investigators, Atty. General Eric holder, has assigned to the case find evidence of wrongdoing, it will not ...

Separating Fact from Fiction

By Mike in Politcs Plus

It's a little more than "if it's Sunday it's, Meet the Press" for me, because I record about seven hours of talk shows, because I'm retired, and I can. It comes down to about 4 1/2 hours after you skip ...

Regulate Them!

By Mike in Politcs Plus

If it were left up to me, I would break up the large banks and take “Too Big to Fail" off the table and with some revisions, I would reinstate Glass-Steagall. I would then let Elizabeth Warren fight it out ...

President is not the big spender as we were led to believe

By Mike in Politcs Plus

After reading Rex Nutting article titled " Obama spending binge never happened" on the Market Watch website; I couldn't help saying out loud "no wonder the economy hasn't fully recovered." I strongly believe in Keynesian economic policies when interest rates ...

This is Why I love Politics

By Mike in Politcs Plus

It’s normally called the silly season and so far the politicians are not letting us down. This is a presidential election or a lame duck session where nothing will get done until after the election. The politicians may come out ...

Compromise:Reform the Filibuster

By Mike in Politcs Plus

I think our system of government is amazing when all the working parts are in order The House of Representatives is supposed to be the place where after extensive debate and mostly partisan rhetoric has been exhausted; a simple majority ...