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The latest word is that they have sent in an emergency request to Stanford University Medical Center which is an 800 mile round trip. It looks like I will have to travel back and forth for chemo to top it off. So if any of y'all can spare a little bit to help me out it would be truly appreciated. -Mike (Nsaney) Owens

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Bank of America whistle-blower’s bombshell: “We were told to lie”

2014-01-14T01:16:00.001-08:00

Bank of America whistle-blower’s bombshell: “We were told to lie”

From Fox News to Rush: Secrets of the right’s lie machine - Salon.com

2013-06-17T11:48:00.001-07:00

From Fox News to Rush: Secrets of the right’s lie machine - Salon.com

In the late 1980s, conservatives moved from criticism to participation with the aggressive creation of right-wing partisan media. The first decisive move came with AM talk radio. The elimination of the Fairness Doctrine (which required that a broadcaster provide two sides to controversial political issues) and the relaxation of ownership rules such that a handful of companies established vast empires opened the door to a tidal wave of hard-core right-wing talk-show hosts. By the first decade of the century, the 257 talk stations owned by the five largest companies were airing over 2,500 hours of political talk weekly and well over 90 percent was decidedly right wing.

Business Line : Industry & Economy / Government & Policy : Now, Gujarat to cover Narmada canals with solar panels!

2013-03-10T22:54:00.001-07:00

Business Line : Industry & Economy / Government & Policy : Now, Gujarat to cover Narmada canals with solar panels!
Gujarat to cover Narmada canals with solar panels!

Close on heels of commencing use of wastelands in northern districts and rooftops in towns and cities, Gujarat is set to potentially use the existing 19,000 km-long network of Narmada canals across the State for setting up solar panels to generate power.

The Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, will inaugurate the first of a series of this project, known as Canal Solar Power Project, when he launches a 1 megawatt (mw) pilot project, which is already commissioned, on Narmada branch canal near Chandrasan village of Kadi taluka in Mehsana district on Tuesday.

Last week, he inaugurated a 600-MW solar power project spread across 11 districts. This included a 214MW Solar Power Park, the largest such generation centre at a single location in Asia. Also, Azure Power, leading independent power producer in solar sector, announced a 2.5 MW rooftops project in Gandhinagar.

Gujarat, which invests nearly Rs 2,000 crore an year on renewable energy, has attracted investments of Rs 9,000 crore so far on solar energy projects.

The pilot project has been developed on a 750-m stretch of the canal by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) with support from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), which owns and maintains the canal network.

Energy, water security

The pilot project will generate 16 lakh units of clean energy per annum and also prevent evaporation of 90 lakh litres of water annually from the canal, an official told Business Line here on Monday. The concept will, therefore, tackle two of the challenges simultaneously by providing energy and water security.

The cost of per megawatt of solar power, in this case, is likely to be much less than the estimated Rs 10-11 crore, as the two banks of the canal will be used to cover the canal by installing solar power panel and the government will not have to spend much on creating basic infrastructure, including land acquisition .

Today, Gujarat has about 458 km of open Main Canal, while the total canal length, including sub-branches, is about 19,000 km at present.

When completed, the SSNNL's canal network will be about 85,000 km long.

Assuming a utilisation of only 10 per cent of the existing canal network of 19,000 km, it is estimated that 2,200 MW of solar power generating capacity can be installed by covering the canals with solar panels.

This also implies that 11,000 acres of land can be potentially conserved along with about 2,000 crore litres of water saved per annum.

Keywords: Narmada canals, solar panels, Canal Solar Power Project, Narendra Modi, Chandrasan village

Johnny Cash sings Man In Black for the first time with introduction

2013-02-26T11:41:00.001-08:00

Johnny Cash sings Man In Black for the first time with intro

Johnny Cash wrote this song after spending time talking to college students and plays it for the first time publicly for them in 1971. Very moving indeed.

Johnny Cash - Man In Black Lyrics and Video

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

President Obama Speaks on the Sequester - YouTube

2013-02-19T13:05:00.001-08:00

President Obama Speaks on the Sequester - YouTube

Rush Limbaugh dodged Vietnam draft due to a cyst on his ass - Detroit liberal | Examiner.com

2013-02-16T23:38:00.001-08:00

Rush Limbaugh dodged Vietnam draft due to a cyst on his ass - Detroit liberal | Examiner.com

Rush Limbaugh dodged Vietnam draft due to a cyst on his ass

Rush Limbaugh makes a living being overly critical of President Obama's foreign policy decisions, while advocating more aggressive outcomes. He often suggests that American lives be put in harm's way...but did you know that Limbaugh himself is a draft dodger? It's true. In fact, he avoided the Vietnam draft entirely because he had a pilondial cyst on his ass.

What do we owe our veterans? Osama bin Laden shooter’s story isn’t unique | The Raw Story

2013-02-14T22:04:00.001-08:00

What do we owe our veterans? Osama bin Laden shooter’s story isn’t unique | The Raw Story

Jonathan Rue: Thousands of veterans have problems going back to civilian life, but it will take more than money to fix the issues.
Esquire magazine caused quite a stir on Monday when it published an extended interview with the US Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama bin Laden.
The shooter, his pseudonym throughout the 15,000 word article, recounts the raid in gripping detail, but it’s his comments on his life and struggles after leaving the Navy that have provoked the strongest reactions. The shooter’s struggles will shock readers, most of whom likely aren’t familiar with the terms of military service and the benefits conferred after that service ends.
In September 2012, the shooter left the Navy after 16 years of honorable service. Over multiple combat deployments, the shooter racked up injuries, lost a lot of friends, and watched his marriage fall apart. He’s struggled with suicidal thoughts and finding a steady job that doesn’t require carrying a gun (i.e. private security contracting).
Regrettably, nothing the shooter has experienced makes him unique. Thousands of combat veterans, not just the special operations forces, have experienced these same problems transitioning back to civilian life. Coping with the tens of thousands of veterans who suffered mental or physical injuries and reintegrating them into society will be one of America’s greatest challenges in the 21st century.
As Bronstein tells it, the US Navy and a grateful nation gave the shooter nothing upon leaving the military, “No pension, no health care, and no protection for himself or his family”. This also does not make the shooter unique: 83% of all military veterans separate from the military before serving 20 years, which means they are not entitled to a pension, nor to remain on Tricare, the military’s health insurance. But, here’s the thing: the shooter, like all service members, undoubtedly knew this when he made the decision to leave just four years shy of earning a lifetime of benefits for himself and his family.
Inexplicably, in the original online version of the story, Esquire omitted the fact that the shooter isn’t completely without health care. Like all combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the shooter is eligible to receive five years of health coverage from the Department of Veterans Affairs. If he has service related injuries, which the article strongly implies, he can file a disability claim and potentially receive free care for the rest of his life.
Not even Esquire’s print version of the story is correct, however, as medical care is also available to those of us without service related disabilities. In most cases, we simply have to pay modest co-pays for health services at VA medical centers. These co-pays are completely reasonable, but unlike equivalent civilian plans, veterans don’t pay a monthly or annual premium. His family, however, will not be eligible for the same health coverage.
By virtue of his status as the man who killed the most infamous US outlaw, the shooter’s story will garner a lot of attention and sympathy. It should also prompt Americans to pause and reflect after 11 years of war: What do we owe our veterans? Is the military a profession or a public service?
Answering these questions is a prerequisite to reforming the military compensation and retirement system.
The current trajectory of military personnel costs is unsustainable. One report succinctly describes the problem:
“If personnel costs continue growing at [the current] rate and the overall defense budget remains flat with inflation, military personnel costs will consume the entire defense budget by 2039.”
According to the Congressional Budget Office (pdf), these expenditures have grown more than 90% – 30% above the rate of inflation – since 2001. Tricare has fueled spiraling costs. From 2001 to 2012, health care costsrose over 170% (pdf), from $19bn to $53bn.
In addition to paying 1.5m active duty military, the Department of Defense is also responsible for 1.9m retirees at a cost of $50bn per year. The military retirement system has not changed in over 100 years.
Unlike social security or Medicare, military retirees begin collecting their generous pensions immediately upon retirement. Because 76% of retirees leave the service in their 40s, most pensions are paid to people who likely will live for 40 years, twice as long as the service they rendered. But, 83% of service members, mostly those enlisted men and women who have fought hardest and endured the worst, will, like shooter and me, not serve long enough to get a pension.
We’re operating an all-volunteer, professional military force using conscription era personnel policies.
Since 2001, support for the troops mostly has meant yellow ribbon bumper stickers, care packages, or well-meaning, if awkward, “thanks for your service” banalities from acquaintances and strangers. Our elected leaders didn’t ask us to pay any price or bear any burden. Instead, they gave us tax cuts and encouraged everyone to go shopping while we sent some, but not all our sons and daughters to war, over and over and over.
So, what do we owe our veterans? Is the military a public service? Or is it a profession that demands compensation and benefits above and beyond what we pay civilians? Should we treat our special operations forces differently than other veterans? And what do we owe these brave citizens in retirement?
Maybe we should start by showing a bit more thoughtfulness when making decisions of war and peace; considerably more diligence prosecuting the wars we’ve decided to wage; and demanding an efficient, comprehensive system of care for those veterans who return injured.
Ensuring these things requires more than a war tax and a “thanks for your service” nod. While throwing money at the problem may assuage our guilt, it won’t solve the problem.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Great Wage Robbery

2013-02-14T21:31:00.001-08:00

Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Great Wage Robbery

Wealth inequity is created whenever an employer lowers his employees' wages, replaces a full-time worker with several part-timers, busts a union, cuts corners on workplace safety, or pays a lobbyist to change the rules.
It's created whenever a job is shipped overseas, and when investments are shifted from job-producing industries to the non-productive financial sector. It's created when GE outsources its manufacting operation and gets into the banking (read, "gambling with taxpayers' money") business. Or when AIG stops insuring risk and starts betting on it.
And the process isn't slowing down. In fact, it seems to be accelerating.

Petition | President Barack Obama: Draft Ted Nugent to Serve on the Front Lines in Afghanistan | Change.org

2013-02-12T23:07:00.001-08:00

Petition | President Barack Obama: Draft Ted Nugent to Serve on the Front Lines in Afghanistan | Change.org

Sign the petition to tell President Obama to draft super patriot, draft dodger, NRA director and spokesman, pedophile, poacher and just all around great American to serve a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Since he pooped and peed on himself to avoid the Vietnam draft. he must want to redeem himself in the eyes of God and Ronald Reagan...
-- Click here to sign --

NRA Spokesman and Board of Director - Ted Nugent
Quote: Obama - Suck on my machine gun!

VIDEO

The true American patriot and Vietnam draft dodger Ted Nugent roams the stage yelling and ranting while holding up two machine guns:

“Obama, he’s a piece of sh**. I told him to suck on my machine gun." "Hey Hillary, You might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch.” He goes on to call Dianne Feinstein a "worthless whore."

Pedophile
This is the same guy that adopted a teenage girl so she could move in with him and he could pork her at will.

Deadbeat Dad

This republican poster child had to be sued to pay child support for all the various children he has had out of wedlock. A true family values kinda guy. lolz

Draft Dodger - Vietnam War
He also went for weeks without bathing and had been crapping on himself and pissing on himself before he went into the draft board to avoid being drafted to go to war in Vietnam. Yeah, he's a real f***ing patriot. Nothing but another poser exploiting hate, racism and bigotry to make big bucks.
Proof: Ted Nugent Is A Draft Dodger -Link

Real American Patriot my Ass!

True patriots threaten to kill their countries democratically elected president

The Secret Service visits Ted Nugent for threatening the president of the United States of America's life. -Link

"If Barack Obama becomes the president in November again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. "If you can't go home and get everybody in your lives to clean house in this vile, evil, America-hating administration, I don't even know what you're made out of."

Mr. Nugent was paid $50,000.00 by the NRA to make the speech where he threatened the president of the United States life.

“The Nuge” defended himself on Right Wing Radio, bemoaning,

“I’m a black Jew at a Nazi-Klan Rally!”

The Mighty Great White Poacher

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ted Nugent guilty of illegally killing and transporting a black bear in southeast Alaska -Read More

Hunting license revoked in California for illegally baiting and killing deer.

He is also banned from hunting or fishing anywhere in Alaska or on any U.S. Forest Service land nationwide for a year.

I have hunted all my life and this man gives hunters everywhere a bad name.

More Ted Nugent quotes of ignorance.

“Foreigners are ***holes; foreigners are scum; I don't like 'em; I don't want 'em in this country; I don't want 'em selling me doughnuts; I don't want 'em pumping my gas; I don't want 'em downwind of my life - OK? So anyhow - and I'm dead serious.”

"… if I would have gone over there (Vietnam), I'd have been killed, or I'd have killed, or I'd kill all the hippies in the foxholes … I would have killed everybody,"

To bad he was to afraid to actually go to war for his country. He would have been a real killing machine! LMFAO

Evil State of the Union� Video.flv

2013-02-12T19:44:00.001-08:00

George W. Bush

George W. Bush Evil State of the Union Address video

FCC's Free Public Wi-Fi Networks Could Be Everywhere - Business Insider

2013-02-04T23:40:00.001-08:00

FCC's Free Public Wi-Fi Networks Could Be Everywhere - Business Insider

Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion | Techdirt

2013-01-23T14:46:00.001-08:00

Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion | Techdirt

For years, the key rationale given by broadband providers for implementing data caps was that it was the only way they could deal with "congestion." Of course, for years, independent researchers showed that this was bogus, and there was no data crunch coming. If you actually caught a technologist from a broadband provider, rather than a business person or lobbyist, they'd quietly admit that there was no congestion problem, and that basic upgrades and network maintenance could easily deal with the growth in usage. But, of course, that took away the broadband providers' chief reason for crying about how they "need" data caps. The reality, of course, is that data caps are all about increasing revenue for broadband providers -- in a market that is already quite profitable. But if they can hide behind the claims that they need to do this to deal with congestion, they can justify it to regulators and (they hope) the public.

Of course, enough people have been calling this explanation out as completely bogus that it appears that even the broadband companies' own lobbyists may finally be dropping this line of reasoning. Former FCC boss Michael Powell, who is now the cable industry's chief lobbyist (president of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association -- NCTA), has finally admitted caps aren't about congestion:

Michael Powell told a Minority Media and Telecommunications Association audience that cable's interest in usage-based pricing was not principally about network congestion, but instead about pricing fairness...Asked by MMTC president David Honig to weigh in on data caps, Powell said that while a lot of people had tried to label the cable industry's interest in the issue as about congestion management. "That's wrong," he said. "Our principal purpose is how to fairly monetize a high fixed cost."

Of course, as Broadband Reports notes, Powell is jumping from one myth (congestion) to another (fairness) that is just as ridiculous. If it was true, we'd see at least some prices going down. But we don't.

Except the argument that usaged pricing is about fairness has been just as repeatedly debunked. If usage caps were about "fairness," carriers would offer the nation's grandmothers a $5-$15 a month tier that accurately reflected her twice weekly, several megabyte browsing of the Weather Channel website. Instead, what we most often see are low caps and high overages layered on top of already high existing flat rate pricing, raising rates for all users. Does raising rates on a product that already sees 90% profit margins sound like "fairness" to you?

Data caps are about one thing only: increasing profits for the broadband providers, who already have massive control over the market with limited competition. It's nice to see them give up on one myth (even if we still see pundits repeating it without criticism), but it would be nice if we could get past the others as well.

White House: Passes on building Death Star

2013-01-11T18:53:00.001-08:00

White House: Thumbs down on Death Star, thumbs up on space - Cosmic Log

If only Newt Gingrich had been elected instead of that socialist, Muslim, Kenyan, Marxist, Nazi Obama we could be building our very own Star Wars style Death Star.

Official White House Response to Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.

This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For

-By Paul Shawcross

The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn't on the horizon. Here are a few reasons:

The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it.

The Administration does not support blowing up planets.

Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?

However, look carefully (here's how) and you'll notice something already floating in the sky -- that's no Moon, it's a Space Station! Yes, we already have a giant, football field-sized International Space Station in orbit around the Earth that's helping us learn how humans can live and thrive in space for long durations. The Space Station has six astronauts -- American, Russian, and Canadian -- living in it right now, conducting research, learning how to live and work in space over long periods of time, routinely welcoming visiting spacecraft and repairing onboard garbage mashers, etc. We've also got two robot science labs -- one wielding a laser -- roving around Mars, looking at whether life ever existed on the Red Planet.

Keep in mind, space is no longer just government-only. Private American companies, through NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO), are ferrying cargo -- and soon, crew -- to space for NASA, and are pursuing human missions to the Moon this decade.

Even though the United States doesn't have anything that can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, we've got two spacecraft leaving the Solar System and we're building a probe that will fly to the exterior layers of the Sun. We are discovering hundreds of new planets in other star systems and building a much more powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that will see back to the early days of the universe.

We don't have a Death Star, but we do have floating robot assistants on the Space Station, a President who knows his way around a light saber and advanced (marshmallow) cannon, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is supporting research on building Luke's arm, floating droids, and quadruped walkers.

We are living in the future! Enjoy it. Or better yet, help build it by pursuing a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field. The President has held the first-ever White House science fairs and Astronomy Night on the South Lawn because he knows these domains are critical to our country's future, and to ensuring the United States continues leading the world in doing big things.

If you do pursue a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field, the Force will be with us! Remember, the Death Star's power to destroy a planet, or even a whole star system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

Paul Shawcross is Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget

Tell us what you think about this response and We the People.

NYPD Stop And Frisks: 15 Shocking Facts About A Controversial Program

2012-12-30T17:59:00.001-08:00

New York City stopped and searched more young black men in 2011 than there are young black men in NYC.

NYPD Stop And Frisks: 15 Shocking Facts About A Controversial Program

1. "In Brownsville, Brooklyn In 2009, 93 Out Of Every 100 Residents Were Stopped By The NYPD"

2. The NYPD Can Stop And Frisk You In Your Building

3. A Hugely Disproportional Number Of Blacks And Latinos Are Stopped And Frisked By The NYPD: Black 53% - White, Asian... 13.3% - Latino 33.7%.

4. The NYPD Is Stop-And-Frisk Happy

5. More Young Black Men Were Stopped By The NYPD In 2011 Than There Are Young Black Men in New York City

6. The NYPD Can Was Allowed To Stop And Frisk You In A Livery Cab

7. The NYPD Uses Force Against Black And Latinos More Than Whites

8. With Huge Increase In Stop And Frisks, Only Minor Increase In Guns Found

9. Small Percentage Actually Involved In Violent Crime

10. NYPD Will Stop You For 'Inappropriate Attire Off Season'

11. Many Stops Are Unconstitutional

12. The Vast Majority Of Those Stopped Are Innocent

14. The NYPD Faces Numerous Stop And Frisk Lawsuits

15. Stop And Frisks Don't Always Drive Down Murder Statistics

Obama keeps promise to send first-time nonviolent drug offenders to rehab over jail

2012-12-13T18:02:00.001-08:00

Obama keeps promise to send first-time nonviolent drug offenders to rehab over jail

PolitiFact is giving Obama a “promise kept” on this one.
Compared to traditional criminal justice system processing, treatment and other investment costs averaged $1,392 lower per drug court participant. Reduced recidivism and other long-term program outcomes resulted in public savings of $6,744 on average per participant (or $12,218 if victimization costs are included).
There are approximately 2,700 drug courts. The administration estimates that we are now sending about 120,000 people to treatment instead of jail.

It's Time to Fix the Pitifully Slow, Expensive Internet Access in the U.S. | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

2012-12-13T14:39:00.001-08:00

It's Time to Fix the Pitifully Slow, Expensive Internet Access in the U.S. | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

Approximately 19 million Americans can’t subscribe to high-speed internet access because they live in areas that private companies believe are too expensive to serve. Internet access is still very expensive compared to the rest of the developed world – a third of Americans don’t or can’t subscribe.
Bottom line: For $30 a month, we must be able to provide high-speed internet access to every American. This fiber connection service should include voice, data, and basic broadcast channels at speeds that meet global standards. It’s embarrassing that one of the most innovative nations in the world can’t do this.

7 absurd ways the military wastes taxpayer dollars - Salon.com

2012-12-13T04:14:00.001-08:00

7 absurd ways the military wastes taxpayer dollars - Salon.com

A whole battalion of generals? There are nearly 1,000 generals and admirals in the U.S. armed forces, and each has an entourage that would make a Hollywood star jealous.

The generals’ flotillas. For the top brass, not bad at all. According to a Washington Post investigation, each top commander has his own C-40 jet, complete with beds on board. Many have chefs who deserve their own four-star restaurants. The generals’ personal staff include drivers, security guards, secretaries and people to shine their shoes and iron their uniforms. - the staff provided to top generals and admirals can top $1 million — per general.

Scandals.

Warped sense of reality.

Military golf. The Pentagon, for example, runs a staggering 234 golf courses around the world, at a cost that is undisclosed.

“The Army goes rolling along!” The Department of Defense (DoD) also spends $500 million annually on marching bands.

The Pentagon-to-Lockheed pipeline.

Koch-funded climate scientist: I was wrong, humans are to blame | The Raw Story

2012-12-13T00:40:00.001-08:00

Koch-funded climate scientist: I was wrong, humans are to blame | The Raw Story

Koch-funded climate scientist: I was wrong, humans are to blame

Charles Koch Net Worth – $25 billion

David Koch Net Worth – $25 billion

Worth a combined 50 billion dollars these douche bags spend hundreds of millions of dollars funding

Anti global warming propaganda
More tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations
Destroying unions
Attempting to get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Privatize Social Security and Medicare
Cut Funding for Public Schools In Favor of For-Profit Education
Privatize Firefighting and Important Public Services
Suppress Voting Rights
Privatize Firefighting and other vital services
Roll Back Consumer Protections and Important Regulations On Wall Street and Big Banks
Eliminating Workers’ Rights

Why Republicans Can’t Propose Spending Cuts

2012-12-12T23:21:00.001-08:00

John Boehner - Cry Baby Of The House Meme

Why Republicans Can’t Propose Spending Cuts -- Daily Intelligencer

Why Republicans Can’t Propose Spending Cuts

Connections to lobbyists

In June 1995, Boehner distributed campaign contributions from tobacco industry lobbyists on the House floor as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco subsidies.[27] In a 1996 documentary by PBS called The People and the Power Game, Boehner said "They asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly before we got to the end of the month and I complied. And I did it on the House floor, which I regret. I should not have done. It's not a violation of the House rules, but it's a practice that‘s gone on here for a long time that we're trying to stop and I know I'll never do it again."[28] Boehner eventually led the effort to change House rules and prohibit campaign contributions from being distributed on the House floor.[29]

A September 2010 New York Times story said Boehner was "Tightly Bound to Lobbyists" and "He maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former aides representing some of the nation’s biggest businesses, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R.J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.".[30]

Smithsonian

In November 2010, Boehner, along with Minority Whip Eric Cantor, called for the cancellation of an exhibit in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after he learned that it featured a video by David Wojnarowicz, A Fire in My Belly, that contained an image of a crucifix with ants crawling on it. Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith said, "Smithsonian officials should either acknowledge the mistake and correct it, or be prepared to face tough scrutiny beginning in January when the new majority in the House moves [in]." -Wikipedia

Facebook to overhaul its privacy controls - CNN.com

2012-12-12T20:18:00.001-08:00

Facebook to overhaul its privacy controls - CNN.com

"Request and Removal" tool for photos
More specific app permissions
Privacy shortcuts
Expanded Activity Log
- Facebook announces a major privacy-control update
- Users will get a tool that asks for photos to be removed from site
- Privacy tools will be accessible from the top of every page
- Changes will start rolling out to users over next few weeks

Twinkie CEO Admits Company Took Employees Pensions and Put It Toward Executive Pay | Alternet

2012-12-12T16:49:00.001-08:00

Twinkie CEO Admits Company Took Employees Pensions and Put It Toward Executive Pay | Alternet

Straight from the playbook of Bain Capital. Let the tax payers bailout the workers pensions while the exec's suck up millions from it. Corporate welfare bull****!

The bankruptcy court just okayed $1.8 million in Christmas bonuses for the new fatcats at Hostess.

Hostess CEO Cuts Worker Pay, But Leaves Own Salary Untouched

Though he imposed an 8 percent pay cut for all Hostess workers, Gregory Rayburn’s monthly $125,000 pay — or $1.5 million a year — will remain unchanged, a company spokesman told The Huffington Post on Monday. Rayburn is not on the Hostess payroll and therefore isn’t subject to the imposed pay cut, the spokesman explained.

Republican Minority Leader John Boehner explains why he handed out bribes on the House floor

2012-12-11T15:14:00.001-08:00

Republican Minority Leader John Boehner explains why he handed out bribes on the House floor - YouTube

It's pretty amazing that a douche bag like this can rise up and become a party leader. Same as today, even back then he was more interested in big money than protecting the health of the American people. He still sells out the American worker when it comes to protecting and creating jobs. We need to vote people like him out of Washington or we are just going to keep empowering the top 1% instead of We The People!

In June 1995, Boehner distributed campaign contributions from tobacco industry lobbyists on the House floor as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco subsidies. In a 1996 documentary by PBS called The People and the Power Game, Boehner said "They asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly before we got to the end of the month and I complied. And I did it on the House floor, which I regret. I should not have done. It's not a violation of the House rules, but it's a practice that‘s gone on here for a long time that we're trying to stop and I know I'll never do it again." Boehner eventually led the effort to change House rules and prohibit campaign contributions from being distributed on the House floor.

Democrats watch in awe as McConnell filibusters himself | The Raw Story

2012-12-06T15:58:00.001-08:00

Democrats watch in awe as McConnell filibusters himself | The Raw Story

What an absolute idiot.

Democrats watch in awe as McConnell filibusters himself

This is the truly great American who stated that the republican parties number one goal was to make President Obama a one term president.

Not create jobs
Not balance the budget
Not fix our broken education system or rehiring the 33+ thousand teachers we have fire since the Bush tax cuts.
Not end the wars
Not fight terrorism
Not stopping illegal immigration
Not bringing jobs back to America
Not putting veterans to work

Exactly how do you go about making Obama a one term president when your party has absolutely no policies that help the American worker or the middle class? You make the American people suffer as much as you possibly can, that's how. You block all attempts at putting people back to work and block or slow down every single thing you possibly can that would make the president look good in any way shape or form.

Then hope that enough people are stupid enough to blame the president instead of the peoples who policies put us in this mess and who are now going out of their way to sabotage our country to gain power. Real f'n patriots these scum bags are that's for sure.