Since it is Friday it is time once again for yet another edition of the AWMD Friday Free For All. This is the only time of the week when our arguewithmydad.com readers can control the topic(s) for discussion. All you have to do is get someone else to respond to your suggested topic and then the floor is yours. Don’t be shy and don’t hesitate. Get busy and be sure to let us know your views and arguments so everyone can read and react to them. Right here on arguewithmydad.com. I will make a few suggestions for possible topics, but they are only suggestions. Today is Friday so only you can be the decider. But you need to tell us what you want to discuss. So, what is on your mind today? With all that is going on, how can you not speak your mind? Let’s hear from you!

My first suggested topic today concerns the hot news out of Washington today. After approximately 9 years, the United States will withdraw all of its combat troops out of Iraq by the end of this year! (more…)


Now that it is Wednesday, I would like to take a quick look at some of the hot issues of this week and even some of the issues that fly under the radar. I hope you like them. Let me know what you like and what you don’t like.

Most of us who have been watching the Teapublicans in their attempt to push through their radical agendas, did not see the latest extreme attempt by Senator Jim DeMint coming. It seems that Sen. DeMint has been busy trying to push an anti-abortion amendment onto a totally unrelated bill. (more…)


Now that it is Wednesday, I would like to take a quick look at some of the hot issues of this week and even some of the issues that fly under the radar. I hope you like them. Let me know what you like and what you don’t like.

We have all heard the claims from so-called progressives that they can’t vote for Obama in 2012 because of his failures. Some real, some imagined. They bristle when anyone suggests that he is far from perfect, but he is heads above any announced Teapublican candidate. One of the main reasons why none of the Teapublican candidates should be acceptable is because they will all continue the Teapublican war on women! (more…)


I may have missed our last Friday Free For All, however, it is time once again for AWMD’s Monday Musings, albeit a day late. There are plenty of news items to choose from after the weekend. There are so many possible issues to discuss, but it is hard to pick just a few. If my “Musings” interest you, let me know what you think. Hell, even if they don’t interest you, let me know! I am interested in your opinion too….just as long as you agree with me!

The first thought that comes to mind today is the news that Amanda Knox’ conviction in Italy was overturned by an Appellate court. Big news if you were following the debacle that they call justice in Italy. (more…)

I may have missed our last Friday Free For All, however, it is time once again for AWMD’s Monday Musings, albeit a day late. There are plenty of news items to choose from after the weekend. There are so many possible issues to discuss, but it is hard to pick just a few. If my “Musings” interest you, let me know what you think. Hell, even if they don’t interest you, let me know! I am interested in your opinion too….just as long as you agree with me!

I have to hand out some kudos first to President Obama for finally drawing a line in the sand when it comes to requiring tax increases for the wealthy and corporations. The response from the Right as well as some Blue Dog Dems is a sure sign that Obama is on the right track. (more…)


Now that it is Wednesday, I would like to take a quick look at some of the hot issues of this week and even some of the issues that fly under the radar. I hope you like them. Let me know what you like and what you don’t like.

The first news item that caught my eye concerns my Teapublican Congressman, Rep. Joe Walsh. It seems that Rep. Walsh thinks that Medicare should be reduced to an insurer of last resort! “Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) — a strong proponent of Paul Ryan’s Medicare privatization scheme — told students at Mundelein High School on Tuesday that he would support transforming Medicare into a “safety net” program of last resort for seniors with no other coverage options: But he spent the most time talking about the need to cut spending on federal health programs, including Medicare. Medicare should be used only as a “safety net” for those who cannot get health care anywhere else, he said. “We have got to begin to pay for and be more responsible for our own health care costs,” he said. Those who are affluent should pay more for medical care, he said. He cited as an example his parents, who live in a “fancy retirement home in Barrington.” Teacher Thomas Kuhn asked Walsh what type of reaction he was hearing from senior citizens regarding cuts. “Maybe I’m wrong and I won’t be in Congress two years from now … but most people say: ‘I’m in. I know we have got a big problem,’” Walsh said. But he noted people 55 and older would not be impacted if the reforms he supports become law.” http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/09/07/313480/rep-joe-walsh-calls-for-shrinking-medicare-down-to-an-insurer-of-last-resort/  Why does anyone actually listen to this incessant liar?  This is the same guy who is being sued for over $100,000 of past due child support!

The Think Progress article goes on to explain that Mr. Walsh must not realize that wealthier Seniors do pay more into the Medicare system.  Is Rep. Walsh uninformed or just plain stupid?  My money is on the second choice.

The second and final Short for today involves Teapublican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney and his so-called plan to revive the economy.  Is anyone surprised that Romney’s plan is mostly tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations?  “According to our new analysis, the economic plan offered yesterday by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney would deliver a massive $6.6 trillion tax cut that would primarily benefit the very wealthy and corporations. After accounting for the added interest costs that we’ll have to pay, the total cost of Romney’s plan grows to $7.8 trillion over the next 10 years.  Romney lays out several tax policies, all of which primarily benefit the super wealthy. – Extend all the Bush tax cuts: While everyone got a tax cut from President Bush, the extremely wealthy got the lion’s share of the benefit. In 2010, fully half of the entire benefit from all of the Bush tax cuts flowed to the richest 5 percent of Americans.  Extending them all (plus indexing the Alternative Minimum Tax to inflation) will cost nearly $4 trillion, not including interest costs.– Eliminate capital gains taxes for middle income households:  Capital gains tax rates are already extraordinarily low, but middle class Americans don’t enjoy much benefit from that. According to the Tax Policy Center, 67 percent of the entire benefit from lower capital gains tax rates goes to millionaires. Romney’s proposal won’t cost much because it won’t benefit many people.– Cut corporate taxes: Romney’s proposal to cut the corporate rate by about a third would cost more than $900 billion. Needless to say, this cut would benefit mainly the very rich and corporations.– Eliminate estate taxes: Right now, only the very biggest, richest fraction of a percent of all estates pay any tax at all. Eliminating even this paltry amount would cost about $175 billion, and would, of course, only benefit a few extremely wealthy heirs and heiresses.” http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/09/07/313068/romneys-tax-plan-cost-6-6-trillion/

I was shocked that a Teapublican would think that more tax cuts and breaks for the wealthy and for corporations would bring the economy out of slump and get people working again!  After ten years of tax cuts and breaks for corporations and the wealthy that have made the rich richer and make corporations a bundle of cash, they are still not creating jobs.  I wonder if the Teapublicans secret plan is to not grow jobs at all and to destroy the middle class?  If that is there plan, they are succeeding! Did anyone check Romney’s plan to see how much debt his plan adds to the deficit?  “In fact, Romney’s plan would yield approximately $6.5 trillion in deficits from 2013 through 2021.”    Gov. Romney, have you even looked at your own plan?

Those are my Wednesday’s Shorts. Take a look at them and at the sites where I found the stories and let us know what you think! We’ll be waiting for you! Let’s hear from you! Don’t be shy, take a stand! There is too much at stake for you to hold back what you feel.  I will be out of town this weekend so we may miss the Friday Free For All, but we hope to be back in time for our weekly Monday Musings!

 

   

 

 

 

 

I may have missed our last Friday Free For All, however, it is time once again for AWMD’s Monday Musings. There are plenty of news items to choose from after the weekend. There are so many possible issues to discuss, but it is hard to pick just a few. If my “Musings” interest you, let me know what you think. Hell, even if they don’t interest you, let me know! I am interested in your opinion too….just as long as you agree with me!

I have to admit that I am starting to get emails from friends trying to highlight how excellent Rick Perry is since he served in the military and Barack Obama did not.  Of course, those same emails forget what the two men have done and what they stand for since their youth.  I keep hearing about one central theme in those emails and from other Teapublicans and in the media splurges about Gov. Perry.  Jobs!   (more…)

Now that it is Wednesday, I would like to take a quick look at some of the hot issues of this week and even some of the issues that fly under the radar. I hope you like them. Let me know what you like and what you don’t like.

The first news item that caught my eye is from Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.  It seems that Sen. Rubio thinks that Social Security has made this country weak!  That’s right, you read that correctly! (more…)

I realize that I am a day late on my Monday Musings, but better late than never! However, it is time once again for AWMD’s Monday Musings. There are plenty of news items to choose from after the weekend. There are so many possible issues to discuss, but it is hard to pick just a few. If my “Musings” interest you, let me know what you think. Hell, even if they don’t interest you, let me know! I am interested in your opinion too….just as long as you agree with me!

It is hard to understand how people can listen to the crap coming out of Teapublicans mouths, but at least it seems like people are beginning to understand that the Teapublicans are selling you a load of nonsense.  I was heartened to see that Teapublican Representative Randy Hultgren of Illinois held a town hall meeting where his constituents asked him to show how the Bush Tax Cuts actually produced any jobs! (more…)

Since it is Friday it is time once again for yet another edition of the AWMD Friday Free For All. This is the only time of the week when our arguewithmydad.com readers can control the topic(s) for discussion. All you have to do is get someone else to respond to your suggested topic and then the floor is yours. Don’t be shy and don’t hesitate. Get busy and be sure to let us know your views and arguments so everyone can read and react to them. Right here on arguewithmydad.com. I will make a couple of suggestions for possible topics, but they are only suggestions. Today is Friday so only you can be the decider. But you need to tell us what you want to discuss. So, what is on your mind today? With all that is going on, how can you not speak your mind? Let’s hear from you!

It has been a busy week and the weekend looks to be even busier, but at least we have some suggested topics for discussion this weekend.  My first suggested topic is one that makes me very mad.  It seems that our Democratic President is on the campaign stump and is suggesting that Democrats should be considering doing modest “adjustments” to Social Security and nobody will notice them!  (more…)

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