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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Jordan Davis' Mother Testifies in DC on Stand Your Ground Laws
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Republicans Find A New Group to Target With Voter Suppression: Women
O'Donnell also worries that this is likely to spread to other states.
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Government Shutdown and Threats Over Debt Limit Has Already Cost the US Big Money--Thanks, Republicans
The US is already facing increased interest rates based solely on the perceived threat of default. This is how much the Republican Party cares for us. Posturing and games, and hurting our future. I guess since they don't have a middle eastern nation to invade, they are going for our rights.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Government Shutdown Issues Are Easily Resolved But One Side is More Interested in Grandstanding for Dollars. Hint: See how they stole their power from the American People Via Link Below.
Video above is clipped to provide the most pertinent information on this topic out of an almost13 minute segment. Below is the explanation on why the GOP is playing these nazi-like games. The complete vido is Here.
But why would the GOP plays such games on the American people?
In truth they don't fear us because they Gerrymandered their power in the US House of Representatives. Their base of power in the US government is illegal in the first place.
See report from January 2013 REDMAP Memo Admits Gerrymandering To Thank For Congressional Election Success
Politically savvy folks know this, but the same deep pockets that control the Republican-TeaParty politicians control the news media. Some have come out of the shadows (like Doug Manchester who bought the San Diego Union Tribune and the second largest paper in the county, the North County Times -- as a case I know because its somewhat local but the pattern is repeated throughout the nation) and bought a number of papers all on their own.
Also remember that a few months ago the Koch Brothers David and Charles were set on buying the Tribune Company -in collaboration with Manchester mentioned above- a company that owns some of the biggest most politically respected newspapers in the nation. Thank goodness for the New York Times, right? No. It's owned by the richest man in the world, also an oil man, Carlos Slim who has allowed his nation, Mexico, to suffer in great misery while he plays games in our national politics. And now the Washington Post has just been bought by another billionaire described as a Libertarian. One thing that Libertarians have been known for in the past decades (well I'll ignore the racism) is getting big tax cuts for the wealthy passed through Congress.
That makes them less susceptible to paying for wars, and suddenly wars are not so bad anymore to the press which is more and more owned by Libertarians. Funny how few rich Libertarians want their own children to go fight and possibly die or possibly be permanently maimed in one though.
So we have Libertarian owners of our news media paving the way for more wars that they don't pay for and that their children are not put into risk in. So what do they fear from a Gerrymandered House?
They can pay for their own gold plated health care and have learned to ignore the problems of the rest of us.
The only thing missing is the cigarette holder and top hat worn out into the midday sun to show people exactly who they are.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
AIG Official Feels Like He's Getting Lynched?
Really, he's so sure he knows what being lynched is like? He could ask Trayvon Martin and thousands of others who were actually lynched because they made someone feel uncomfortable. But I doubt that he actually knows what it feels like to get lynched. Representative Elijah Cummings helps Martin Bashir sort it out.
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Why Do Republicans Want to Kill Zoey and Other Children Like Her?
Without Obamacare Zoey would be at her lifetime cap and her parents unable to afford the continuing care she needs to stay alive.
Why do the anti Obamacare Republicans hate children?
Sure they say there are other ways to deal with this, but all we've seen from the GOP is "sweep all the poor people under the rug" for an alternative. Once the poor or the laid off die or those with extraordinary need die, then the problem is suddenly solved and instantly forgotten again while they plan their next big giveaway of government money to fat cats and big business.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Video: Why Senator Ted Cruz is More Respected by Media Than Senator Jeff Sessions
The news media respects Senator Ted Cruz, but not Senator Jeff Sessions says Lawrence O'Donnell but there isn't that much difference except in the universities they attended. So what's the deal?
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
GOP Food Stamp Cut Puts Military Families in its Crosshairs
Really!
One major group that will be harmed by SNAP reductions are families of military personnel.
Meanwhile GOP House members have ordered up meals that cost up to $166 for one person on the public tab.
Tell those douche bags to stop taking from our military and other poor families or start looking for a job they can do right starting in 2015.
One major group that will be harmed by SNAP reductions are families of military personnel.
Meanwhile GOP House members have ordered up meals that cost up to $166 for one person on the public tab.
Tell those douche bags to stop taking from our military and other poor families or start looking for a job they can do right starting in 2015.
How to contact your congress members without a lot a spam? See this post (below the report about Governor Rick Scott's message to President Obama).
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Wayne La Pierre Reacts to Navy Yard Shooting With Call For Police State
Good Ol' Wayne La Pierre. He can be counted on to call for a police state after every big mass shooting.
The NRA spokesman advised last year that Americans pay for more armed police and teachers with guns in schools and now arming service members while they are at base, and btw getting more civilians armed with high powered guns to protect themselves from the high power weapons of the "police state". What could possibly go wrong?
For one, lets take arming all service members on base.
Nidal Hassen, Christopher Dorner, and Aaron Alexis were all members of the military. Does La Pierre want the next military member to be carrying around a firearm the first day they think that maybe killing people will clear their heads?
His alternative scenario is hundred of millions more a year for specifically arming and training paid security guards at bases (which is what will be needed if we let the Dorners and the Hassens and the Alexis types carry around their guns on base all the time).
And for constant psychological testing to make sure our service members aren't going to kill us or each other. Maybe the NRA will shop itself out for supplying those psyches to do the testing.
In fact, most Americans understand that is nuts. But the NRA, which is working for the gun manufacturers, has joined with the Tea Party, a tool created by fat cats like the Koch brothers, and the racists to make a wider movement that pulls in money from the fat cats to protect and enrich all of them off the backs of the majority of Americans, by taking away"entitlements" like Social Security (that working people actually save up themselves but Republicans pretend is a kind of government charity).
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Picture at top clipped using Windows Snipping Tool (to edit out non public officials and used via Creative Commons License Attribution (CC by 2.0) thanks to Flickr acct Official US Navy Page which has no connection to this blog or blogger. You can see the full photo by clicking on link just above, which may also show @PresBillyJeff1 in attendance.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Video: Colorado Recall Election Had Big Flaws, but the NRA Uses It For Propaganda and Fundraising
First problem was that the recall elections were a waste of money for the state. The Senate President John Morse was termed out after next year and the other Democratic State Senator was up for re-election next year.
In addition, the two successful recalls did not change the balance of power between the parties in the State Senate nor between the pros and cons of gun control, and it was known before the election that it would not.
Another immense problem present was that, thanks to Citizens United, the NRA was able to spend $360,000 dollars on these two races. During regular elections that kind of money has to be spread around to about 468-9 US Congressional races, and many state legislative contests as well as initiatives, and each race must make do with a few thousand dollars of NRA favor.
Thirdly, a problem developed getting mail-in ballots out to voters in the two districts in a state that tends to favor using mail-in ballots.
The result was that only 11% of the voters in the districts voted. (If I remember Morse's words correctly).
No matter how the problem developed, it obviously wasn't a fair contest.
Still Morse only lost by about 1% and his co-defendant by less than 10%
Also, one out-of-district Republican publicly voted in the district based on a weekly rental he'd recently picked up though his children were still living and going to school in another district. This one man was publicized, and no-one knows how many copy-cat voters he inspired or were already convinced to go vote illegally by the NRA and did so. Actually mail in ballots can be checked later, but poll cast ballots are separated from the voters' credentials, making the lack of mail-in ballots creepier still.
But. of course, there's nothing to see here Hans, just Democracy as usual. No nothing is burning. Certainly not a Reichstag in Colorado.
All hail the NRA!
Remember when you go to pay your state tax bill next, Rocky Mountain Folk, that the NRA forced the state to spend millions on an election that changed nothing except to teach state legislators to bend to their will. The NRA can use this to get more Big Money from right wing sources, but you have to pay for
their special election.
Cheers!
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their special election.
Cheers!
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Answers: Why Would Assad Use Chemical Weapons?
Just in case you are in a circumstance in which you cannot watch the video, the reasons include:
To make sure your followers understand there is nowhere to run for safety if they lose so they'll fight harder.
and
To clear out civilians from the rebel held neighborhoods in advance of a final complete wipe out of rebels.
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Video: GOP Congressionals Were Invited to 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington but Refused to Attend
Most telling was Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina whose excuse was that he was going to be in South Carolina at that time.
Distance Charleston to DC (according to Google Earth) 531 miles. Distance Passenger jets fly in an hour (According to ChaCha.com) 587 mph. Yes, of course, there's check in, baggage, security gates, etc. and then booking a room in DC. Oh Wait! Tim Scott is a US Senator who should have a regular place all settled so he can attend the Senate, right?
Tim Scott would be the currently most important symbol of how far we've come besides the President himself. But even he had to play by the GOP rules.
Friday, August 23, 2013
A Message From Hannah Anderson Abducted Teen Explains
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