Category Archives: The New Democrat

Chicago Tonight: John Callaway Interviewing Senator George McGovern (1978)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat If George McGovern was a loser, than America needs a lot more losers just like him. When it comes to knowledge, experience and judgement, because he is one of the finest people America has ever produced. … Continue reading →

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Thom Hartmann: Video: Without Government, There is no Middle Class

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. The New Democrat Any good business person whose in business to make a lot of money and be very profitable and be able to provide very well for themselves and their families even if they are the only people … Continue reading →

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Reason Magazine: Jacob Sullum: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Major Sentencing Reforms

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I agree that this bill that the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn’t go far enough. I would decriminalize cocaine, heroin and meth. Not legalize them which is different, but my drug policy would be that if adults twenty-one … Continue reading →

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Washington Examiner: Equal Opportunity Should Be The Goal, Not Equal Outcomes

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  In three years this might be the third time I’ve agreed with the Washington Examiner editorial page on anything. And that includes all of their editorial columnists, but I think they hit a home run with today’s … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading →

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The National: Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau on Senate Reform

Posted on January 29, 2014 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat  Perfect example of how the Canadian Senate is different from the American Senate. In America the Chairman of the National Party Democratic or Republican Party can’t order their party members to do anything. And neither can … Continue reading →

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Thom Hartmann: Daily Take: A Declaration of the End of The Reagan Era

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  Actually what Thom Hartmann didn’t bother to mention which I’m sure he already knows this having lived through these periods in his thirties and forties unlike myself who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, is … Continue reading →

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Commonsense Capitalism: Representative Charles Rangel Debates Dr. Walter Williams – On The Minimum Wage

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Sounds to me that whatever spin that Common Sense Capitalism wants to give it, that Representative Rangel was arguing not only in favor of the minimum wage, but empowering those workers to be able to get additional … Continue reading →

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David Von Pein: Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Mark Lane (December 1, 1966)

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Rik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  It is now clear that there were many holes in the Warren Report on the JFK Assassination. They did not know enough about Lee Harvey Oswald and probably didn’t look into other possibilities enough when it … Continue reading →

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Radical Films: VHouse Un-American Activities: Looking For Communists in Hollywood

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Erik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  The House Un-American Activities Committee and then later the Joe McCarthy Government Oversight Committee in the Senate were classic cases of guilt by association. Because they assumed some Americans were Un-American and not deserving of being … Continue reading →

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