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Umbrella-Gate: Obama Scandal (Video)

2013-05-17T21:06:00.002-05:00

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Obama’s latest scandal? Umbrella-gate.

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TN 'Ag-gag bill' Violates First Amendment & Is Constitutionally Suspect

2013-05-09T20:45:00.001-05:00

This outrageous pro animal abuse bill violates the First Amendment, so ruled the Tennessee Attorney General's Office.

Governor Haslam said he was waiting for the opinion before deciding the bill's fate. Opinion in.

It's time to VETO THE DAMN THING GOVERNOR HASLAM.

The Tennessee Attorney General's office just released an opinion that a bill that would effectively ban private citizens from long-term, undercover investigations of animal abuse is 'constitutionally suspect' and violates the First Amendment.

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Anti Mark Sanford Ad: 'He Skipped Town to Be With His Mistress on Father's Day' (Video)

2013-05-07T08:03:00.001-05:00

Today's the big day in South Carolina.

In today's Special Election, the cheating lying scandalized conservative Mark Sanford is running neck and neck against Stephen Colbert's sister - Democratic Elizabeth Colbert Busch.

Go Elizabeth!!

Politico: Mark Sanford vs. Elizabeth Colbert Busch: What to watch

Poll: Sanford vs. Colbert Busch too close to call

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Nashville T-Mobile Accused of Pregnancy Discrimination

2013-05-02T14:51:00.000-05:00

T-Mobile Nashville appears to be guilty of pregnancy discrimination. And yes, pregnancy discrimination is illegal. Talk about a cheap company. And dangerous to the health of women and their babies.

The Nashville T-Mobile call center forced this pregnant woman, and god knows how many others, to get a doctor's note to go to the bathroom and then to clock out whenever she did!

“If a pregnant woman is the only employee being forced to clock out, and they don’t require males or non-pregnant females to do so, it would seem to me that would be pregnancy discrimination.”

Just the kind of stress a pregnant woman needs.

Why would anyone buy a phone from an anti family company like T-Mobile?

Mom's Rising Org: Why I Believe in Paid Sick Leave:

My supervisor said if I had a medical necessity to use the toilet, I should go get a note from my doctor. And my doctor thought I was crazy. She told me, “I’m sure one person going to the toilet wouldn’t mean the collapse of an entire T-Mobile customer service center!”

... After a long consultation with H.R. to make sure it would be air tight, I got the doctor’s note, so I was free to go to the bathroom whenever I needed. But T-Mobile was absolutely not going to pay me for going to the toilet. So every time I needed to go, I had to clock out and lot out of the system. Then I had to write it down and turn it into resource planning – just to make sure it I wasn’t gone an unreasonable amount of time!

... I would sprint – as much as a heavily pregnant woman can — between my desk and the bathroom to make sure I squeezed every second I could out of my work day. Everything I did was scrutinized. I felt picked on. Someone was always watching over my shoulder, monitoring my performance. . .

Finally one of my doctors told me that she was putting me on full FMLA. It was all too much. I still wasn’t eating, drinking and using the toilet like I was supposed it. I was getting sick. My blood pressure was sky high. I was stressed about the possibility of losing my job and my health insurance. I wanted to tell my story because this is why paid medical and sick leave is so important. No one should have to go through what I did.

TENNESSEAN: Former Nashville call center worker had to clock out for bathroom breaks during pregnancy

ABC NEWS: Pregnant T-Mobile Employee Clocked Out to Use Toilet

“I’m done with T-Mobile. I don’t want anything to do with them anymore.”

-- Kristi Rifkin

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Daughter of Newtown Victim Confronts GOP Senator Ayotte at Town Hall (Video)

2013-05-01T08:50:00.000-05:00

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. voted against background checks and failed miserably to justify her vote when confronted by Erica Lafferty, daughter of a Newtown victim.

“I am just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the halls of her elementary school isn’t more important than that.”

via The Blaze

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Anti-Muslim Tennessee Official Sparks Fear & Outrage With Facebook Post (Photo)

2013-05-01T08:45:00.000-05:00

Coffee County Commissioner Barry West can't figure out why Muslim groups and sane people are outraged by his threatening anti-Muslim meme on his Facebook page.

The meme depicts a man aiming a gun and is captioned with the words:

"How to wink at a Muslim."

What an effing bigoted dummy.

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Joe Scarborough Goes After Anti Gun Control Senators (Video)

2013-05-01T08:41:00.000-05:00

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5 Year Old Shoots (Kills) 2 Year Old With His Own Gun!

2013-05-01T08:30:00.000-05:00

Another gun tragedy in a gun-nut state. The killing will be ruled an accident. The little boy killed the little girl with his own freaking gun! A gift from his idiot parents. The idiot parents should be charged for the girls' death!

Cumberland County Coroner Gary White identified the girl as Caroline Starks. He said the children's mother was at home when the shooting occurred, and the gun was a gift the boy received last year.

"It's a Crickett," he said. "It's a little rifle for a kid. ...The little boy's used to shooting the little gun."

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/04/30/2621458/5-year-old-boy-accidentally-shoots.html#storylink=cpy

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Elizabeth Colbert Busch Brings Up Mark Sanford's Affair in Debate (Video)

2013-04-30T10:48:00.002-05:00

Elizabeth Colbert Busch brought up Mark Sanford's infamous affair during last night's debate to the evident delight of the audience. Mark Sanford responded like the idiot he is.

Watch it in the 31 second video clip below.

Politico:
Sanford spoke repeatedly about his extensive efforts as governor and House member to cut wasteful spending. Colbert Busch then turned to Sanford and delivered this zinger:
“When we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the taxpayers, it doesn’t mean you take the money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose.”

That was a reference to Sanford’s use of state funds to fly to Argentina to visit his mistress and now fiancé, an affair that derailed his political career four years ago.

“She went there, Governor Sanford,” one of the debate’s moderators responded.
With much of the crowd hooting and hollering, Sanford seemed shaken.
“I couldn’t hear what she said… repeat it, I didn’t hear,” he said.
“Answer the question,” Colbert Busch interjected.
“What was the question?” Sanford said, appearing stunned.“Ok, but anyway, ah ah, on the sequester, I’ll go back to the sequester…”

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Billboard Uses Mark Sanford to Promote Extramarital Affairs, Heh (Photo)

2013-04-30T10:30:00.003-05:00

Great timing or what? This online dating service uses a photo of Mark 'Appalachian Trail' Sanford to promote its dating service - with the slogan: "LIFE IS TOO SHORT, HAVE AN AFFAIR." .. LIKE MARK SANFORD DID, in other words.

COLUMBIA, SC (WCSC) -
Sanford is hitting the campaign trail hard following a Monday night debate with Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, part of their battle for the 1st Congressional District seat left vacant by now-Senator Tim Scott.

Meanwhile, in Columbia, AshleyMadison.com unveiled a billboard on Interstate 26 which shows a younger Mark Sanford smiling, next to the words, "Next time use....AshleyMadison.com to find your 'running mate'."

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Tennessee Lawmakers Hope to Hurt Poor Families With Drug Test

2013-04-29T14:17:00.000-05:00

The state of Tennessee already treats poor women and children like they are garbage. Ever vigilant, our legislator creeps have found yet another way to inflict pain and misery.

As usual Tennessee lawmakers are targeting the most vulnerable Tennesseans with hostile and punitive legislation. This latest will attempt to deprive poor families of help via TANF by requiring drug tests.

The expressed hope of the heartless soulless Republican lawmakers is to spend money on drug tests instead of helping poor families survive hard times.

The hope is not to treat the disease of drug addiction, the hope is to avoid helping poor families:

"Tennessee’s sponsor for the drug law, Sen. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, said he’s not discouraged by what’s happening in other states, and he would consider the law successful if it drove down the number of applicants simply because they knew they would be tested."

And these are people who say they believe in heaven and hell. Obviously that is just one more effing lie. There are no words for the depravity of our so-called 'leaders.'

The state of Tennessee loathes helping poor families as it is, even though the paltry monthly TANF benefit is low enough to make Ebenezer Scrooge proud.
A similar law is being challenged in Florida because it is unconstitutional. Waiting for the state of Tennessee to be sued as well.

In Tennessee, the maximum monthly benefit for a parent and 2 children with no income is 185 lousy dollars.

Yeah, the state of Tennessee is ruled by freaking christian zealots whose first priority is harming poor folks. Churches should deny them entrance.

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May Day Action: Occupy Goldman Sachs' 73 Offices

2013-04-29T13:22:00.000-05:00

A little May Day world-wide action is scheduled for May Day 2013.

Spread the word.

From ADBUSTERS, of course:

The #GOLDMAN Meme

This May Day, let's wipe that grin off Lloyd Blankfein's face...

Yo meme warriors,

This May Day, let's thrill the world by wiping that grin off Lloyd Blankfein's face …

First, blast this meme through the cyber-sphere and get your friends in a mischievous mood. Then we'll take this fun offline in time for next Wednesday, when we swarm Goldman Sachs' 73 offices around the globe, and shut down this criminal corporation for several hours, or more …

Just tuning in? Catch up on the action thus far at Adbusters Tactical Briefing #41, #42, and #43.
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Conan O'Brien's 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner Highlights (Video)

2013-04-29T13:02:00.001-05:00

Conan broke with tradition and did not 'roast' the President. Instead he offered a few jokes about Obama, a few about Bush and many about the media.

Mr. President, your hair is so white, it could be a member of your cabinet.

If the President laughs, everyone laughs. If Fox table laughs, little girl must have fallen off her bike.

CNN’s ratings are so low James Earl Jones’ voice comes up and says: “You’re watching CNN?????”

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Action: Tell Gov. Haslam to Veto Bad Animal Abuse Bill ( "Ag-Gag" )

2013-04-29T13:00:00.000-05:00

Contact Governor Haslam about the bill that would protect animal abusers:

Phone:(615) 254-4799

Fax:(615) 532-9711

Send a letter to Governor Haslam via Tennessee ACLU.

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Stephen Colbert's Epic White House Correspondents Dinner Take-Down of George W. Bush (Video)

2013-04-27T19:48:00.001-05:00

Since everyone is remembering the good old Bush days, here is the full video of Stephen Colbert's epic take-down of the Decider - to his face.

Nothing compares.

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Ellen DeGeneres Takes On TN Gov. Bill Haslam & Bad Animal Abuse Bill (Video)

2013-04-27T12:30:00.000-05:00

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and animal cruelty were the topic of conversation on a recent Ellen show.

Viewers were asked to contact Bill Haslam and urge him to veto the pro animal cruelty and anti whistle blower bill (AG GAG Bill) sitting on his desk. The response has been huge.

Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society of the United States was Ellen's guest.

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NPR- Haslam Swamped By Response To Animal Cruelty Bill
-- Never has Gov. Bill Haslam received so much communication on a single issue.

Knox News Blog: Humphrey on the Hill: Thousands Urging Gov to Veto 'Ag Gag' Bill

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Bill Maher Savages Bush Shrine & Bush (Video)

2013-04-27T12:00:00.000-05:00

And Bush humor returns. Gawd I have been missing it. Begins at approx 2:54.

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Liberal Quote of the Day

2013-04-26T10:52:00.001-05:00

“Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant.”

-- Julia Roberts

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5 First Ladies Pose at Bush Shrine (Photo)

2013-04-26T10:30:00.000-05:00

5 First ladies -- Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barbara Bush, and Rosalynn Carter -- in front of the Bush Shrine in Texas.

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Idiot Stacey Campfield On Piers Morgan: 'When Are You Going Back to England?' (Video)

2013-04-25T17:30:00.000-05:00

Idiot Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield embarrasses Tennessee, and mortifies the nation, on the Piers Anthony show. Watch Campfield attempt to explain his Boston Bomb pressure cooker joke and then insult his host. Ugh.

As Bostonians and the rest of the nation continued to heal from the Boston Marathon bombings, "Piers Morgan Live" spoke to state Sen. Stacey Campfield who defended his controversial joke about pressure cookers in the wake of the bombings.The Tennessee Republican lawmaker posted a blog with a picture of an "assault pressure cooker" under the blog caption, "Here comes Feinstein again," likely intended to mock Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s defeated proposals on an assault weapons ban.

"We're talking about an inanimate object that does nothing by itself," said Campfield comparing a firearm to a pressure cooker. "It does absolutely nothing by itself just like a pressure cooker does absolutely nothing by itself."

"The joke was really about the left and how they push for gun control on inanimate objects just like pushing for spoon control for obesity, it doesn't do anything."

Also: The New Civil Rights Movement: Stacey Campfield Goes On Piers Morgan, Embarrasses Himself And The Good Citizens Of Tennessee

Twitchy: Piers Morgan scolds Tenn. Sen. Stacey Campfield for ‘pressure cooker control’ joke

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Barbara Bush: 'We've had enough Bushes'

2013-04-25T17:26:00.002-05:00

Awomen! For once in her sorry life, Barbara Bush speaks for the American people.

George W. is still out of touch. This time the Idiot Decider is out of touch with his mom:

Appearing in an interview from Dallas on NBC's "Today" show, Mrs. Bush was asked if she thought that Jeb, the former governor of Florida, should seek the presidency.

"He's by far the best qualified man," Mrs. Bush said, "but no."

"We've had enough Bushes," she said, saying "it's not just four families, or whatever."

On Wednesday, George W. Bush told CNN he thought Jeb Bush should run.

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Humane Society TV AD Urges Gov. Haslam to Veto Pro Animal Abuse Bill (Video)

2013-04-23T12:51:00.000-05:00

via Humane Society of U.S. - Tennessee TV Ads Call for Governor to Veto Whistleblower Suppression Bill -- The Humane Society of the United States places television ads against bill to ban undercover investigations

At a press conference at the state capitol, The Humane Society of the United States and Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville District 13, screened a new television commercial showing violent abuse of horses from an investigation into the Tennessee walking horse industry. The commercial is the latest effort by The HSUS to urge Gov. Bill Haslam to veto SB1248, the special interest “ag-gag” bill.

Tennessean Editorial: Animal abuse bill should draw a veto -- Gov. Haslam: Please listen to the people of Tennessee. We believe that it’s wrong for anyone to put themselves out of reach of the justice system, and that without a free press, there is no way to prevent that from happening.

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NY Daily News Cover: Justice Is Death Penalty for Boston Bomber (Photo)

2013-04-23T07:46:00.001-05:00

Boston speaks out: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves to die for his actions

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Elizabeth Colbert Busch Leading Mark Sanford by 9 Points!

2013-04-23T07:02:00.004-05:00

The Appalachian Trail guy should take another hike. So long loser Mark Sanford.

Hello Congresswoman Colbert Busch.

Public Policy Polling has the numbers:

PPP's newest poll on the special election in South Carolina finds Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch expanding her lead to 9 points over Mark Sanford at 50/41 . . .

Although Sanford's unpopularity is clearly the main reason Democrats have a chance to win in this district, it's interesting to note that there is some backlash against Republicans over last week's vote on background checks. 86% of voters in the district say they support them to only 12% opposed, and 45% of voters say the GOP's opposition to them makes it less likely they'll support the party in the next election compared to only 21% who consider it a positive. . .

As much trouble as Sanford has created for himself it's worth noting that Colbert Busch has a 56% favorability rating, with just 31% of voters giving her poor marks.

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Jon Stewart Eviscerates CNN for Nutty Boston Bomb Coverage (Video)

2013-04-23T06:45:00.000-05:00

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