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Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation - Page 1 - News - Phoenix - Phoenix New Times

2012-02-18T14:18:00.000-06:00

Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation - Page 1 - News - Phoenix - Phoenix New Times Quoting the article, "Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face of Arizona border security nationally after he started stridently opposing illegal immigration — threatened his Mexican ex-lover with deportation when the man refused to promise never to

Reviewing

2012-02-18T09:56:00.001-06:00

"That's the problem with poor people, they still have some of their skin"--The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook"Twenty five per cent have a dishwasher? Although to be fair after a twelve hour shift of washing dishes the last thing you want to do is bring your work home with you."More currently, but not as entertaining was Paul

Bill Moyers speaks to the latest brouhaha created

2012-02-17T15:59:00.001-06:00

by the Republicans and the Roman church to make political points.Bill Moyers Essay: Freedom of and From Religion from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.Mr. Moyers clears things up.

Web surf summary

2012-02-17T14:47:00.001-06:00

I got a later start today. After breakfast I started fussing about and cleaning in the kitchen. Here it is almost noon and I 'm just now getting to sit in the office.So the first thing I come across is this news from Florida. Once again small businessmen are pleading with and being granted income guarantees by the Republicans. Republicans are fond of always telling labor to retrain, move to

Too Good not to share

2012-02-16T11:25:00.000-06:00

Obermann skewers Breitbart as only he can

2012-02-16T11:17:00.001-06:00

I love it when he does this!

A bit of this, a bit of that

2012-02-16T09:36:00.001-06:00

I slept most of the day away today, not rising until 6:40AM. So I'm just catching up. The Email from TPM provides a link to yet another reason to avoid Tennessee, quoting here, "A number of police officers in Tennessee attended a training seminar in Murfreesboro this week that was taught by a known Islamophobe who claims that Muslims should not get First Amendment rights. In a free training

Morning surfing results

2012-02-15T09:22:00.001-06:00

Brian Beutler warns against Republican budget hype at Talking Points Memo, CHART: Don’t Buy The GOP Hype On Obama Budget Deficits, wipes out the difference between the Obama v. Ryan plans with the following qualifier, "Note, too, that Paul Ryan’s budget and the Bowles-Simpson plan based their projections on economic forecasts that grew gloomier over the past year — so their deficit projections

Tom Hartmann on the news: 14 FEB 2012

2012-02-15T06:17:00.001-06:00

Say it ain't so

2012-02-14T09:12:00.001-06:00

Quoting Spinners and Winners, &quot'Don't count Rick Perry out just yet. Spinners and Winners caught up with the Texas governor and former Republican presidential candidate at the annual gathering of conservatives in Washington over the weekend, where it sounded a heck of a lot like he is going to run again in 2016. "You may run again?" ABC's Jonathan Karl asked. "Absolutely," said Perry."Here's

Rick Santorum Skewered by Jon Stewart

2012-02-14T09:05:00.001-06:00

As only Jon Stewart can. 'Tis a joy to watchThe Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

Thom Hartmann on the news: 13 FEB 2012

2012-02-13T20:39:00.001-06:00

Missouri Will Balance Its Budget With Foreclosure Settlement Funds | Truthout

2012-02-13T20:11:00.000-06:00

Missouri Will Balance Its Budget With Foreclosure Settlement Funds | Truthout My comment, It's never as Republicans are endlessly chanting, a matter local folks knowing best how to distribute monies from the federal government. It's always been about local folks lining their pockets.

Obama’s 2013 budget would boost Veterans Affairs funding 10.5% - 44 - The Washington Post

2012-02-13T19:11:00.000-06:00

Obama’s 2013 budget would boost Veterans Affairs funding 10.5% - 44 - The Washington Post As a disabled veteran I'll be keeping an eye on how this is received in Congress.

Bishops Say Extend Unemployment - Compare And Contrast With Birth Control Controversy | OurFuture.org

2012-02-12T11:13:00.000-06:00

Bishops Say Extend Unemployment - Compare And Contrast With Birth Control Controversy | OurFuture.org Dave Johnson points out the obvious when he writes, "For the last several days there has been an absolute furor over the Obama administration's decision to require employer health insurance plans to cover birth control. Republicans went so far as to claim that the Obama administration is "at war

The Dairy Farmer Who is Taking on Scott Walker | The Progressive

2012-02-11T09:13:00.000-06:00

The Dairy Farmer Who is Taking on Scott Walker | The Progressive Not that anyone in the main stream media noticed, or cares. "Describing cuts to school breakfast and milk programs, she said, "The governor says he believes in shared sacrifice. I guess that means the poor, the unemployed, the sick and the children.""

The BRAD BLOG : Brad on Hartmann TV: On VA's Investigation of 1,500 Fraudulent Signatures from Gingrich Campaign

2012-02-11T08:06:00.000-06:00

The BRAD BLOG : Brad on Hartmann TV: On VA's Investigation of 1,500 Fraudulent Signatures from Gingrich Campaign Here's the video,This clearly illustrates that Republicans are projecting their illegal activities onto others in an attempt to win elections. It's not voter fraud that will destroy the democratic process in this nation it's ELECTION fraud. Voter I.D. bills are a prime example. You

Thom Hartmann on the news: 10 FEB 2010

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Thom Hartmann on the news: 10 FEB 2010

Huge Houses Are Morally Wrong

2012-02-10T15:27:00.000-06:00

Huge Houses Are Morally Wrong "Most reasonable people accept the fact that society itself contributes greatly to the ability of rich people to gain and, crucially, hold wealth (that is, the rule of law that society enforces ensures that rich people don't all immediately get robbed and guillotined, as has been the fashion at various points in history); therefore, rich people owe a great debt to

Unplug it for thirty seconds

2012-02-10T13:03:00.000-06:00

When I woke this morning and settled into the chair at the kitchen table for my first cup of coffee I did as I always do and opened the laptop at the table to check my email, newspapers and other sites. After waiting for what seemed an eternity for the Google start page to appear I became aware that the network was behaving more like a 1200 baud modem on a dial up connection ala Commodore and

The PCTC Blog

2012-02-10T12:39:00.000-06:00

The PCTC Blog I've got to say I agree 110% with Milt Shook over at Please Cut the Crap when hew writes, "I'm getting tired of phony religious nuts constantly trying to push their way into the political arena and make us accept their absurd superstitions. I'm not talking about truly religious individuals; those who truly believe what they claim tend to act in a way that makes you want to be like

Harold & Fraud: Dallas Billionaire Harold Simmons Wins Another Radioactive Favor from TCEQ

2012-02-10T11:29:00.000-06:00

Harold & Fraud: Dallas Billionaire Harold Simmons Wins Another Radioactive Favor from TCEQ "Critics are calling it the latest in a string of sweetheart deals engineered for Harold Simmons, a major Republican financier and the owner of Waste Control Specialists, the company building the dump. Waste Control stands to generate hundreds of millions, if not billions, in revenue from burying low-level

AP sources: Obama revamping birth control policy - Houston Chronicle

2012-02-10T09:46:00.000-06:00

AP sources: Obama revamping birth control policy - Houston Chronicle "Obama's abrupt shift is an attempt to satisfy both sides of a deeply sensitive debate, and most urgently, to end a mounting election-year nightmare for the White House." This side of the deeply sensitive debate is not even remotely satisfied. &quot'War on religion?" Only on you screwed up little mind.

more on Saul Alinsky, this time from Salon

2012-02-08T10:29:00.000-06:00

Thomas Sugrue, David Boies Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, offers more backgrounds and insight at Salon in his contribution, Saul Alindsky: The activist who terrifies the right. Most interesting to me from Professor Sugrues take on the right is this, "By his own admission, Obama had a rough time being a community organizer. “Sometimes I called a meeting,

So, women of America, will you vote for Republicans

2012-02-08T09:07:00.001-06:00

who think the government owns your uterus, or Democrats who understand it's your to do with according to your own conscience?Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy