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Buyers' Remorse In CT

2009-11-06T21:44:00.003-05:00

Joe must go.

"Some people in Connecticut are upset that Joe [Lieberman] now opposes the public option. Namely, the 64% of people in Connecticut who support a public option. But remember, Joe's party is 'Connecticut for Lieberman,' not 'Lieberman for Connecticut.' Big difference. You see, Joe's a true independent. He's independent of political parties, and he's independent of his constituents. I say, stick to your principles, Joe. And as soon as you can, let us know what those are."
-- Stephen Colbert

Who likes this guy? Seriously, who likes this weasel? Buyers' remorse in CT in full effect. I feel for you Ned Lamont.

Source: http://www.realitychex.com/

A+B=Z Logic Of The Right On Health Care

2009-11-04T11:59:00.006-05:00

Context on health care debate.

When people want to compare [pro or con] the US health care system with the British National Health Service [NHS], do they ever mention that the British government own all the hospitals and they employ all the doctors? For example, NHS provides 92% of healthcare in England through its 1,600 NHS hospitals and oversee 29,000 GPs and 18,000 NHS dentists. Only 8% use private health care.

This has nothing to do with American health care which is almost entirely private. Complete apples and oranges.

This whole "socialism" rant from the Righties about the Government takeover is so bogus. They love to predict a completely impossible outcome will happen to put the fear in their followers. A+B=Z logic implies if there is a public option on the insurance side, somehow, every hospital and every doctor will be transformed and owned by the Government.

"If I Wanted To Crush 'Em, I Could"

2009-11-03T14:02:00.004-05:00

He drops some info, but dangles even more.

"If I Wanted To Crush 'Em, I Could" - Levi Johnston

Goober on goober violence or When Goobers Attack. Losing the public battle with a unwed father and high school drop-out. That's the GOP for you.

He does say he would take a lie detector to prove Sarah Palin called her special needs baby, Trig, "retarded". Stay classy, Sarah.

Source: The Insider

Accident Victim Tragically Not Glenn Beck

2009-11-03T00:01:00.002-05:00

via The Onion:

"She was just a normal kid, she wasn't some fat, dumb, Mormon fuckface who should have drank herself to death when she had the chance. She was so beautiful, she didn't even have little pig eyes"

Nothing worse than Glenn Beck outliving your child.

Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

Source: http://www.bobcesca.com/

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder

2009-11-02T15:56:00.003-05:00

The new trailer for The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.

Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi stars in this most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking documentary.

"I would not be doing what I'm doing unless I'm very confident that under the law he's guilty of murder and should be prosecuted," Bugliosi says in the documentary trailer. "Unless this nation is about to be attacked, you don't go to war without telling the people whose sons and daughters are going to die in a foreign land why you're doing to do it."

Reviews seemed mixed. The facts remain: Bush was Worst. President. Ever.

Source: http://www.indiegogo.com/bush

The Life Of A Narcissist

2009-11-01T16:00:00.003-05:00

The righteousness of an idiot narcissist.

"Those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention & are likely to say and do anything for even more attention."
-- Sarah Palin on Levi Johnston's plan to pose nude in Playgirl

What a complete selfish moral blank. Her lazy cynicism and sneering hypocrisy encapsulates everything wrong with her conservative generation. Her trust factor is zero.

Lest we forget Sarah's earlier strides in narcissism.

Source: http://www.realitychex.com/

The Lying Liars

2009-10-31T13:33:00.002-04:00

Just plain making up the news. Ayers and Wright have not visited the White House - just people with the same names. That didn't stop Drudge, Goldfarb, Morrissey, and Mary Katherine Hamm from jumping on the fake story. BUSTED.

Source: Andrew Sullivan

The Cheney Family Values

2009-10-31T11:14:00.003-04:00

Lawrence O'Donnell takes on the disgusting Cheney family. A Chickenhawk father and a chickenshit daughter.

Saluting the fallen dead upsets the Cheney's. Think on that.

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Fox = Shitty Opinions Wrapped In Fear Spread As "News"

2009-10-30T14:18:00.003-04:00

The Fox Opinion is on 15 hours a day. Fox News is on 9 hours a day. That is by their own admission.

Can you tell the difference?

Jon Stewart has the goods.

Source: MediaMatters

Public Option Trumps Bipartisanship

2009-10-30T13:43:00.002-04:00

More and more Americans prefer a Bill with a Public Option than a Bipartisan one.

"Americans by 51-37 percent in this latest ABC News/Washington Post poll say they’d rather see a plan pass Congress without Republican support, if it includes a public option based on affordability, than with Republican backing but no such element."

Republicans need to get out of the way. The old way of "divide and conquer" fear politics is over. You tried it, you failed. This is not a race to the bottom.

Source: ABC News

Reduces The Deficit? GOP Will Be Against It

2009-10-29T19:00:00.003-04:00

Democrats are the Party of fiscal responsibility. End of story.

The House reform bill passes the CBO with flying colors. Not only does the bill qualify below the president's $900 billion price tag, but it also reduces the federal budget deficit by $104 billion over ten years, according to the official word from the CBO. That's better than the Senate Finance bill which only reduced the deficit by $81 billion.

It's also worth mentioning that a "robust" public option would've made for a cheaper bill.

Why are Republicans against lowering the deficit? We all know the answer. Dick "Deficits Don't Matter" Cheney punk'd his boytoy George Bush for 8 years spending on everything in sight while borrowing to pay for it. The Conservatives are the personification of debt.

We learned our lesson, now don't forget it. Republicans do not want to govern, they want to control.

Source: Bob Cesca

The Mob That Wasn't

2009-10-29T18:15:00.004-04:00

Just as support for the Public Option is higher than ever, you get news from the other side. The mob that wasn't meets the "government takeover" of health care that wasn't. Pelosi Bill met with about 10 protesters. Yet another teabagger FAIL.

"Tea Party" activists tried to organize a "flash mob" to protest at the Capitol this morning, when House Democrats unveiled their health care reform bill. By most estimates, about 10 right-wing activists showed up.

One Northern Virginia Teabagger, Joann Abbott, a grandmother, said, "If this is organized, we suck."

What are the chances this Grandmother is on some form of government-run health care?

Source: Washington Monthly

Call 'Em Out: Sarah Palin Edition

2009-10-29T17:23:00.003-04:00

Palin has no use for empirical evidence, it's all pure politics. Honesty is but a shadow. Her base loves her for that.

Andrew Sullivan: The list of all her lies is here.

True Cost Of War

2009-10-29T13:38:00.005-04:00

The true cost of war. Obama honored the return of 18 fallen Americans Thursday at Dover Air Force Base. The dramatic image of a president on the tarmac was a portrait not witnessed in years. An 18-year ban on such coverage was lifted this year under Obama's watch.

The naysayers and Righties will have their opinions, but this is how a President represents his country and reminds himself, as well as all of us, how important one life is. Who else could have spread this message?

Obama's respectfulness and innate decency

threatens his foes. You can't blame the guy for taking the matter head on, either. You don't see him hiding on his "ranch".

Source: HuffPo

Troops Maybe, But More Education: Yes

2009-10-29T13:10:00.004-04:00

Making the case for more schools and less troops in his Thursday column:

"It’s hard to do the calculation precisely, but for the cost of 40,000 troops over a few years — well, we could just about turn every Afghan into a Ph.D." -- Nicholas Kristof

The butter versus bullets scenario of how to occupy another country is teaching us again and again, people need something to live for that the military can't supply. Not to say they are our next big trade partner, but stability in that region means something to the world.

Kristof adds:

"In short, there is still vast scope for greater investment in education, health and agriculture in Afghanistan. These are extraordinarily cheap and have a better record at stabilizing societies than military solutions, which, in fact, have a pretty dismal record."

And if someone does not educate these people, the hateful fundamentalist groups will. Denying the importance of education is guaranteeing the next generation of opposition. The Islamic Wahhabi extremists offer scholarships for the best pupils to study abroad before returning to become leaders of their communities. How do you counter that?

Source: NYT

Bush's "Get Motivated" Seminar Over-priced At $4.95

2009-10-28T12:42:00.004-04:00

Lifelong mediocre guy and selfish moral blank George W. Bush's "Get Motivated" seminar sounds great, too bad I couldn't afford the prestigious $4.95 admission fee. As Stephen Colbert said, "what am I, made of nickels?"

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A Man Still Fighting For His Principles

2009-10-23T12:34:00.002-04:00

Philip Spooner, American.

A lifelong Republican and World War II veteran, making the case for gay marriage in Maine. Equal rights for everyone, a cause worth fighting for.

Chuck Hagel On Target. His Party Shooting Blanks

2009-10-23T12:22:00.004-04:00

Republicans don't want to make things better, they just want to destroy the opposition.

"As some Republican senators have said publicly -- that if we kill Obama on this, and we destroy this, and we defeat his, that will drive a stake through his political heart on this administration. I just find that about as irresponsible of a thing as I can think of."

-- Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), quoted by The Hill, on the health care reform efforts.

This kind of stuff happens, you try to weaken your opponent, but usually there is an alternative position, not just the baseless attacks and fearmongering. Just goes to show how Conservatives stay on message no matter the popular opinion or facts. Just keep repeating the same BS.

Hagel was the last of the decent GOP. Too bad he is out of office. The party has lost its' way.

Source: PoliticalWire

75,000 Tea Baggers Does Not Equal 75,000 Activists

2009-10-14T13:33:00.004-04:00

A questionable 75,000 Tea Baggers in DC and Fox News covers it 24/7, not to mention has producers hyping the crowd and promoted the rally on-air every day for weeks.

75,000 Gay Rights activists in DC and it gets 3 minutes of coverage, via an ABC feed.

Jon Stewart has a great piece on Fox' idealogical pick-and-choose news service, including covering events with zero protesters just as long as they are anti-Obama.

I know it is not a surprise but just think how much Fox edits their "news" to fit their GOP base audience. How many stories are left out, how many issues they are turning a blind eye towards.

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Rachel Maddow Puts Perspective On "Deranged" Criticsim

2009-10-10T15:35:00.002-04:00

Rachel Maddow puts President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize -- & the "deranged" criticism of it -- in proper perspective.

I understand not liking a guy, but at least Bush critics had 2 failed wars, 9/11, complete meltdown of the economy, torture, secret prisons, warrantless domestic wiretapping, Katrina/New Orleans debacle, turning a surplus into the biggest deficit, blocking stem cell research, denying global warming and destroying the middle class while fiendishly rewarding the uber rich. The Bush defenders who are now Obama haters need a slap.

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Quote Of The Day: Claire McCaskill

2009-10-10T15:19:00.003-04:00

The bizarro world that is the GOP. Pure haterz.

"I feel that I’m in an alternative universe. For eight years some people called anyone who disagreed with the President’s foreign policy or war in Iraq unpatriotic. Then in the course of two weeks, those same people cheer when the United States does not get selected for the Olympics and boo when our President is the unanimous choice for the Nobel Peace Prize."-- Sen. Claire McCaskill

Glad that someone in middle America Missouri is keeping it real. The Bush legacy of divisive politics will take some time getting over. The calm, coolness of Obama is not what immediately attracts the opposition, but over time, they will see that the President is not the boogie man they want him to be.

Source: Constant Weeder

Are You With Us Or Against Us?

2009-10-09T14:27:00.009-04:00

For all the douche bag "Country First" and "you're either with us or against us" Bush ball-suckers, try to belittle Obama's Nobel Peace Prize all you want: You FAIL. Obama ran a historic election, was the first black US President, he is the international symbol of hope, all at the worst point in time inheriting a devastated economy and failed global banking markets, and the haters on the Right have a "what have you done?" attitude?

Have some class. You try to undercut the guy every step of the way. Your objectivity is so shot, just step out of the way, you no longer have a clue on how to lead. In your own rhetoric, "why do you hate America?"

The words you're looking for are, "Congratulations, Mr President".

"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population." -- The Nobel Committee

Rep. Alan Grayson Showing Democrats Have Balls

2009-10-09T14:15:00.002-04:00

Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]. Keeping it real.

If had given that speech today he could have added how the Republicans will spin Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize as a bad thing.

Every "Option" Except Ending The War[s]

2009-10-07T14:42:00.003-04:00

The narrow White House debate on Afghanistan:

Apparently, "all options" does not mean "all options." As usual for American wars, examining "all options" means everything other than "ending the war." - Glenn Greenwald

The cost-benefit of occupying Afghanistan and Iraq, but not Pakistan, is pretty obvious. We send our troops, money and technology over there, the local governments have no legitimacy, the locals don't seem to show any interest in influencing their situation, the cycle continues with no uptick in "success". America as War Inc. has to end.

Here's some context:

Source: Glenn Greenwald

Campaign For Olympics=Bad, Campaign For War=Good

2009-10-07T01:38:00.006-04:00

Obama may have appeared to look after his friends in his home city Chicago for the 2016 Olympics and caught holy hell for being arrogant by the Conservatives and Right Wing media shit-munchers.

George Bush and Dick Cheney started a few billion-dollar endless wars and outsourced a shitload to look after their friends and didn't catch any flack from the same people.

Must be nice being a clueless shill.