SJGulitti: Blue City Politics & Commentary
Steven J. Gulitti
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Birthday
- March 27
- Bio
- I am a resident of N.Y.C., and a political independent. I attended SUNY Buffalo (BA) and University of Illinois (MA) and NYU (Professional Certificate). I am a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve where I am still serving as a reserve commissioned Warrant Officer. I am member of the Iron Workers Union and a freelance writer who has been published in textbook, periodical and professional venues. I contributed a subchapter to the textbook The Tea Party Movement, part of the Current Controversies Series.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Where's The Outrage Over
Racism In This Case?
May 17, 2013 12:15PM - The Intellectual Dishonesty of
William Kristol
February 25, 2013 01:05PM - A Solidly Republican House
Crashes Down on Grover
Norquist
January 03, 2013 09:53AM - The Growing Revolt Against
Grover Norquist
December 01, 2012 05:05PM - Grover Norquist Collateral
Casualty of 2012?
November 12, 2012 12:40PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Just more evidence: Ryan
backs 'concept' of online
sales
tax;
http://thehill.com/…
;”
May 07, 2013 11:42AM - “Just the latest example
of the "Solidly Republican
House
Crashing
Down"…”
May 01, 2013 03:39PM - “Not to blow my own horn
but I believe I saw this
coming:
“Legislation
that…”
April 29, 2013 04:12PM - “You're fellow Americans
are behind the City of
Boston
100%!”
April 19, 2013 04:20PM - “Just another historical
example of how Bill
Kristol
doesn’t know his
histor…”
April 11, 2013 04:26PM
Steven J. Gulitti's Links
An Ominous Comment For Conservatives?
A Continuing Problem With Hate Groups
Senator McCain Condems Citizens United
Arizona Senator John McCain appearing on this morning's "Meet the Press" told commentator David Gregory that the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision was one of the worst decisions that the high court has ever rendered labeling it naive and ill conceived. McCain pointed out, as an example, how on… Read full post »
Did the Republicans Already Lose Michigan and Ohio?
If the Michigan primary revealed anything it's not just how precarious Mitt Romney's fortunes are in his own home state, it's how precarious the Republican Party's fortunes may be in both Michigan and Ohio. In Michigan "the most striking fact from the exit polls there was the fact that four in… Read full post »
Veteran's Group Wants Rush Banned
One of America's up and coming veteran's organizations, VoteVets.org, headed up by Iraq War veteran Jon Stoltz, at the urging of female veterans, has requested that the potty mouthed Rush Limbaugh be kicked off of the Armed Forces network for his misogynistic views of women a… Read full post »
The Keystone Pipeline Redux
Bittersweet Taste of Exploitation: The Aftermath
Last summer I penned two articles, referenced below, related to the controversy surrounding the abuse of foreign student workers at a Hershey's packing plant in Pennsylvania. Both posts were met with the expected knee jerk reactions from my friends on the far right, who tried, through convoluted logi… Read full post »
The Plutocrats Versus the People
Will Republicans End Higher Deficits, Not Likely
We've heard the refrain time and time and time again, our deficits have to come down, we can no longer sustain this sort of spending or this scope of government. We'll to those who seem to think that somehow replacing the Obama administration with a Republican one will somehow, as if… Read full post »
Does the G.O.P. Need to Doctor Up Mitt Romney?
Census Findings: Bad News For Those Rooting Against America
I always find it galling when I see some who, in their pursuit of maligning and belittling Barck Obama, actually come across as rooting against America. A great example of that is the practice of always trying to undermine good employment news by focusing on the numbers of people who have droppe… Read full post »
The Alinsky Obsession
Keystone, China and Access to Canadian Oil
As a follow on to “Why Can’t Conservatives Be Honest About Keystone?” and as a result of an e-mail exchange I had with a conservative friend I thought it best to bring up a sidebar story related to the Keystone pipeline decision. A corollary issue that conservatives
Why Can't Conservatives Be Honest About Keystone?
It has been quite amusing to read over some comments posted recently that tried to portray Barack Obama as being opposed to building the Keystone Pipeline when the reality is that the president isn’t opposed to the project at all, he’s just opposed to being railroaded into a hasty decisi
… Read full post »The Tea Party’s Empty Dance Card
Well there you have it, another onetime Tea Party favorite has dropped out of the 2012 race to be America’s president thereby shrinking the field of “viable” candidates that a Tea Party true believer could vote for this coming November. In fact one should even ask the question of wh… Read full post »
The Unintended Consequences of Citizens United?
For the Radical Right, a Defeat in New Hampshire
Tonight's outcome in New Hampshire represents a significant setback for the fortunes of the Tea Party movement along with the rest of the radical right as Republican moderates have captured the bulk of the votes cast in the contest. When you combine Romney's take with th… Read full post »
A Ceiling, a Crackup and the End of a Dream?
It's an interesting fact that Mitt Romney, after outspending both Ron Paul and Rick Santorum and the rest of the Republican field by millions of dollars, can't seem to break out above a ceiling of around a quarter of the conservative base. Pollster John Zogby and others have made this… Read full post »
The Bachmann Flameout Finale
Well there you have it, one of the Tea Party's own heroines, Michelle Bachmann has finally seen the light on her flawed and floundering pretense of a campaign for the American presidency. Quoting Bachmann: "I have decided to stand aside... I have no regrets, none whatsoever. We never compromised… Read full post »
Will Iowa's Conservatives Outsmart Themselves?
With Friends Like This….
One would think that former Iowa Congressman Fred Grandy (R-IA) would be a welcomed addition to Newt Gingrich’s field of supporters, however when you look deeper into the antics of Grandy you’d probably think otherwise. Newt’s New Endorser: OWS is a Muslim Brotherhood Plot!; ht… Read full post »
A Tea Party Felon?
Mr. Mark Meckler, founder of Tea Party Patriots apparently has a different interpretation of the Second Amendment than the one understood by the New York Port Authority Police Department. Meckler was arrested yesterday for possessing an unlicensed firearm while attempting to board a flight at LaGuar
… Read full post »The Cain Train Runs Off the Tracks, Is Anyone Surprised?
Well there you have it the Herman Cain debacle is now officially semi-complete . But in reality Cain's hopes to be president are now thoroughly at an end, campaign spin notwithstanding. "Herman Cain Suspending 2012 Campaign for President" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011… Read full post »
Is There Any Bottom to the Tea Party's Decline?
In the run up to the 2010 elections and in the aftermath, I theorized that the net effect of the Tea Party on the Republican Party and American politics in general, would be negative. Like many others, I detailed the turn in the tide in the movement's popularity in "The Fading Allure… Read full post »
Why We Still Need Regulation
It has been a constant refrain emanating from the right, that there's too much regulation in the American economy and that its stifling growth and job creation. Well, I will be the first to say that where we find unneeded regulation, outdated regulation or poorly conceived regulation we should e… Read full post »
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