Double DADT

DADT: Debt and Deficit Talk

• Shame on them: The Republicans are playing a cynical political game with hugely high economic stakes
• Taxes and Billionaires--"Do we really want to close down the American government and risk another global financial crisis to protect the tax bills of billionaires?" NYT
• Wonkbook: Can the GOP still say 'yes'?--They said before they were open to 'raising revenue' and now they may have painted themselves into a corner.
• Senate Dems insist they'll protect Medicare in debt talks
• During Bush Presidency, Current GOP Leaders Voted 19 Times To Increase Debt Limit By $4 Trillion
• We have a Congress problem, not a deficit problem, in one graph
• The final nail in the supply side coffin: Taxes are low and corporate profits are high, but nothing is trickling down to the American worker Salon

DADT: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

• Military Suspends DADT And Will Now Accept Openly Gay Recruits
• Court bars enforcement of 'don't ask, don't tell'
• House: No gay weddings by military chaplains
• Soldier leaves legacy much larger than 'he was gay'
• "Which one is the gay one?"