This is the Party of Honest Abe?
Almost comical isn’t it? The Republican Party’s first president was revered for his penchant for telling the truth. How well would that go in the party he helped found today? Few can remember when Mitt Romney last told the truth or took a stand he didn’t reverse the next day. Were Mister Lincoln to have a glimpse of what his Party has become, no doubt he would cry.

You want war with Iran? Show us the money!
Not that being able to pay for a war would be a reason to go to war, BUT before the drumbeats of war get too loud, let’s have some real adult talk about how it will be paid for.

Warring on the credit card is no longer acceptable.

The last Republican bozo put us $5 Trillion in debt with his magic combination of tax cuts and bad war.
Cutting back on programs for the poor has pretty much reached it’s end. And the middle class is slowly sinking into poverty thanks to austerity.

We are to the point where the only revenue source left is the rich. And these are the ones who profit most by war.
– So Mitt, Rick, Newt – if you want war, will you force the rich to pay for it?

The kerfluffle over birth control

Republicans are trying to wrap their noisy opposition to mandated birth control coverage in health care plans in a cloak of religious liberty. If you believe them, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

When one –  just one –  Republican stands up for a Muslim,  or better yet an atheist,  in the name of religious liberty then I will pay attention. They only believe in religious liberty for their narrowly defined set of cults. And no, Mr. Romney, your group is not included yet.

Just in – a great opportunity for Republicans to back up the religious liberty of atheists. Huffingtonpost reports that the Latin word for “God” has been removed from the Air Force logo. Here is your chance, Republicans!

If this shows us nothing else, it shows us that health care needs to be totally, totally divorced from employment.

The money will prevail
In case you have forgotten, money is the only driving force in the Republican Party. Therefore Mitt will win the nomination, no matter what has to be done to make it happen. Romney is a member of the ruling class and the choice of the money. Social issues are only used to get votes.

Planned Parenthood fundraising ploy
Having Nancy Brinker and Karen Handel threaten to withhold funds from Planned Parenthood has to be one of the greatest money raising campaigns ever for Planned Parenthood. My hat’s off to Ms. Brinker and Handel for this brilliant campaign! Surely other non-profits will be using this method in the future. Again, brilliant!

Observation on financial status
From Bill in Portland Maine on dailykos.com:  “The lower you are on the financial ladder, the more likely you are to be punished for something related to your finances.”

A word on the weather
Warm. Mildest winter I can remember. This week is normally among the coldest of the year. We have spent days below 0 during this period. But not this year. I am not a weather person and this is only my memory, but is this going to be the first winter ever where we did not go below zero?

Republicans believe in getting government out of business’ life
and into the women’s reproductive system. Boy oh boy, I bet the founding fathers never saw that coming. Three years of equal marriage in Iowa.

My first thought always goes to Tom Sands, state rep from Columbus Junction. In the back of a crowded forum room as he left, he pounded his finger into my chest and told me over and over that “homosexuality is wrong and must be stopped. It’s a sin.” I really feared that his marriage would be one of the first to splinter under the weight of marriage equality. If not then he was lying about how marriages would be breaking up all over Iowa.

Let us hope his district gives him much more time to fight sin next November and elects someone who is reality based.