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History (Texas Version)

by Ted McLaughlin on 03/21/2010 00:28 0 comments , 278 views
From the great blog What Would Jack Do?
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Teabaggers Reveal Their Racist Beliefs

by Ted McLaughlin on 03/21/2010 00:28 0 comments , 618 views
Categories: Tiny Little Tea Brains, Are We Post-Racial Yet?

The teabaggers have been guilty of a lot of reprehensible behavior in trying to derail badly needed health care reform. At town hall meetings they have shouted down their opponents and refused to let them speak. They have carried offensive signs, and called their opponents names. They claim to want to restore democracy and patriotism, but their actions are the very antithesis of that.

But a crowd of teabaggers in Washington yesterday crossed the line and showed their true nature. Now they have the right to be offensive in this country, because we are a nation that believes in free speech. But language and actions, even when protesting, show the kind of person you really are. And these people showed themselves to be ...
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Rahm Emanuel On 60 Minutes Tonight: GOP Leaders Are Scared of the Tea Party

by Jason Easley on 03/20/2010 16:02 0 comments , 36 views
Categories: Tiny Little Tea Brains, 2010 Elections, Dumb Ass Republicans

Rahm Emanuel: GOP Leaders Are Scared of the Tea Party

Rahm delights in the GOP civil war.

In an interview that will air on CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday night, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel waded into the civil war that is going on within the Republican Party. Emanuel refused to identify the tea partiers by name, but he described the state of the GOP as being, “at the behest of a fringe group that’s taken control of their own party and their own leaders are scared of it.”

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Katie Couric asked, “Do the midterm elections keep you up at night at all?” Emanuel answered, “No. You won’t know for a while. I think The Republicans have a level of energy but inside that energy they have their own problem and fissures. ...

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A Jealous Sarah Palin Lashes Out at Barack Obama On Health Care

by Jason Easley on 03/20/2010 13:59 0 comments , 62 views


Palin Strikes Out Bitterly at Obama Only to Hit Herself

The half-term governor of Alaska who quit mid-term due to an inability to get her agenda passed and indeed, even her own Attorney General nominated (a first in Alaska), strikes out at Obama, calling him “inexperienced” and unable to get a bi-partisan bill due to his “lack of management experience.”

Oh, wow.

This from the woman who has forced to quit after tearing Alaska apart with her lies about her ethics violations, failed fiscal policies, numerous shady dealings, and an inability to even get her own Attorney General nominated (a first in Alaskan history). A woman so cankerous, inexperienced, and unaware of the legislative process and law that she was ...

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7 Years of War

by vjack on 03/20/2010 11:33 0 comments , 103 views
HAND.2010.jpgI remember learning about various wars in history classes and being amazed at how long some of them lasted. And here we are passing the 7th anniversary of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. We have been at war for the past 7 years and will remain so for who knows how much longer. Even if our administration eventually tires of war in Iraq, it is likely that we will remain in Afghanistan for some time.

Is this really the best use of our resources? Is ongoing war really our top national priority? Is this who we are as a people? How much more of this can we afford? The time for blaming this on Republicans has passed. It is time to see whether the Democrats are prepared to offer an alternative.

H/T to Open Left

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Sean Hannity - A Real Con Man

by Ted McLaughlin on 03/20/2010 00:05 0 comments , 746 views

While right-wing whackos like Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin have been getting all the headlines recently, some others like Sean Hannity have been sort of flying under the radar. Now it turns out that Hannity may be the biggest con man of them all -- a real con man bilking his fans out of millions of dollars in a fake charity.

Hannity created a charity called Freedom Alliance. According to Hannity, this charity was to help soldiers who had been injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and to help pay for college for their children. To fund the charity, he held "Freedom concerts" across the country where the entertainers performed for nothing (and even paid their own way to get to the venue). He also sent out form letters asking ...
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Constitution Needs A New Amendment

by Ted McLaughlin on 03/20/2010 00:05 0 comments , 347 views

The United States Supreme Court makes some mistakes every now and then. The Dred Scott decision was a bad mistake, which history later corrected. The court decisions, especially the 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, that give corporations the same right as people in the United States was another mistake.

And it's a mistake that could turn our representative democracy into a fascist oligarchy -- a government in which only the corporations and the rich have any input into decisions. The best way to correct the court's mistake, and the way to keep the court from doing it again, is to pass a new constitutional amendment -- an amendment that makes it clear that corporations and other business and ...
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Health Care Bill Funds Abstinence-Only Sex Education

by vjack on 03/19/2010 16:11 0 comments , 118 views
We have heard a great deal about all the good things that did not make it into the Senate health care bill. What about something that did make it in that never should have? According to the Secular Coalition for America, the health care bill contains funding for abstinence-only sex education in the amount of roughly $50 million/year.
Despite assurances from congressional leadership and other leaders on reproductive health issues on Capitol Hill, the health care reform bill to be voted on Sunday will contain funding for abstinence-only sex education. The provision will force taxpayers to spend $50 million a year for states to spend on programs based, not on medical science, but on religious ideology.
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If the Greatest Generation was so Great, Why Did They Have to Kill Half Their Generation to Prove How Great They Are?

by Larry Nocella on 03/19/2010 13:07 4 comments , 199 views
Categories: Aint That America?

I'm not quite sure why I've got this grudge against World War Two movies. I could just as easily write a manifesto against vampire or zombie films, since along with World War Two, those topics comprise about 99% of the ideas coming from Hollywood.

So I admit my annoyance is not rational. That's what makes it fun to analyze. We're heading into the wilds of my mind where nothing makes sense. No jokes, please.

For me, the last straw that led to this public plea for no more World War 2 movies was the hype permeating HBO for their new mini-series The Pacific. Like all last straws, there's nothing I have against The Pacific specifically, it's just I've had it with World War Two films in general. But why?

One thing I'm sure of: I'm tired of ...

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Griper Blade: GOP's Alternate Healthcare Reality

by Terry Canaan on 03/19/2010 10:53 0 comments , 168 views
The score from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the current healthcare reform bill is in. Or, at least, preliminary numbers. Those numbers look very good. According to Chris Frates with Politico, the bill would reduce the deficit by "$138 billion over the next decade, but cautions that it has not yet analyzed all the provisions. So far, it has analyzed $82 billion worth of savings." In a bill designed to bring down healthcare costs, savings to the government from Medicare, Medicaid, and employee health plans should surprise no one.

The release of the numbers has been a game-changer, with wavering Democrats coming around to support the bill in droves. Which is, of course, bad news for Republicans who are determined to ...
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