When Money is King
Author: BobR
Date: 02/08/2013 13:58:21
A storm is brewing. No, I'm not talking about "Nemo" which is about to slam New England. I am talking about within Republican party politics - specifically, the power grabs amid the various factions: The Tea Party, the Establishment, and the Outside Interests (represented by Karl Rove). Initially embraced for their energy, the Tea Party has shown itself to be incapable of fielding candidates that can win anything bigger than House races. The Establishment is seeing its power usurped by the upstarts, as well as being pushed out of incumbencies, and trying to reassert itself. And Big Money just wants control of everything without having to dirty their hands by actually running for office.
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Sexist Stub
Author: Raine
Date: 02/07/2013 14:06:31
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After the Democrats took the House in 2006 in a response to Republican corruption and the Bush Administration's mishandling of, well - everything, the Republicans should have taken notice. After the Democrats took the Senate and the White House in 2008, the Republicans should have taken notice. Instead, they decided the best defense was a good offense and approximately 1.3 milliseconds after President Obama took office, the Tea Party was born, along with their outrage over the debt, budget deficits, and uncontrolled spending that President Obama had not yet had any part of. The Tea Party had the advantage of skilled messengers (Luntz, Rove, Norquist, Armey) and a media outlet to deliver that message 24x7 (FOX "News"). They were relentless, and it paid off. The 2010 mid-term elections saw the Republicans retake the House and narrow the gap in the Senate, despite some Tea Party candidate losses that should have been easy wins for a Republican senatorial candidate.
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Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec
Date: 02/05/2013 11:29:24
Good Morning. Today is our 4,139th day in Afghanistan. We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com: US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,177 Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,080 We find this morning's cost of war passing through: $ 1, 420, 366, 325, 000. 00
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They Built This.
Author: Raine
Date: 02/04/2013 14:24:50
Back in 2009, we were witness to the birth of the Tea Party Movement. Let's review it's early beginnings. Continue reading...
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It's SUPER!
Author: velveeta jones
Date: 02/03/2013 15:08:57
So, football players don't like gay people. Well, I'm betting that when they smoke their weed and watch porn they don't complain about the requisite girl on girl scene. But gay guys in the locker room and on the field might do things like chest bump them, smack their teammates ass or jump on top of each other and throw them to the ground and pile on! Disgusting behavior! Thank goodness these overly straight men don't engage in anything that might even remotely seem "faggoty". Why, these guys are so straight, they even beat their wives on a regular basis so I hear.
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Damn you, damn you all to hell, you damn faggots!
I can’t believe that the Boy Scouts is even thinking about letting your queer, boy-ass lovin’ hides into my beloved Boy Scouts! Damn Scouts taught me everything I know! Why, I fairly ooze Scoutiness…if you get too close to me, I’ll get a Good Turn all over you!
I hate the damn gays, always screaming about their “equal rights”. Just because you love dudes, you’re expecting to be treated the same as an ordinary, red-blooded ‘Murrican??? In MY troop, we don’t like no gays. A few years back, one of them girly kids tried to join. Get this, he had two freakin’ moms and wanted to be a Boy Scout. Hah! Ought to join the Girls and learn how to make cookies, loser!
Jeez, I can’t even figure out why so many other Scouters from the librul, fag-lovin’ northeast want to change things. There ain’t nothing wrong with the way it’s run today. All I know is I follow the rules. If Scouting wants to be Queer, wouldn’t Baden-Powell have put it in the handbook?
Look, didn’t Jaysus say we ought to kill all the gays? It’s right there in the Bible, about the world blowin’ up if men lie down with dogs, or something like that. Look, all I know is what my preacher tells me on the teevee.
Hell, I’d just as soon go out and shoot some animals or something, just to get all this rage out of my system. I’m so damn mad, I could drive to Headquarters with my assault rifle and really mess somebody up.
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Our bizarre weather over the last few days has once again brought the reality of climate change home. After a searing summer that saw a punishing drought in the midwest, we are seeing a fairly warm winter. I can't remember ever hearing about tornadoes in January. We had 70 degree weather - also very unusual for January in this area. We've only had a handful of days below freezing. Bejing China is experiencing a constant twilight as pollution hovers heavily over the city, casting a "Blade Runner"-esque pall. One has to wonder if mankind is on a suicide mission? Between global climate change and local environmental pollution and destruction, we are cooking ourselves in our own filth.
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Super Stub.
Author: Raine
Date: 01/31/2013 14:00:45
Until I post something real, you should read this. Blessings to those children, and the person who made this possible. <3 Continue reading...
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On Sunday, a fire swept through a Brazilian night club, killing over 200 people. The story was eerily reminiscent of a fire several years ago in Rhode Island. In both cases, fireworks started the fires. In both cases, people got trampled trying to get out the front door. The club in Brazil only had one exit; the club in Rhode Island had several. That is likely because of workplace safety laws that have evolved since the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911. Republicans constantly put forth the notion that regulations "get in the way of business". Most regulations, however, are created as a result of a tragedy which could be prevented in the future. As a result, we have regulations requiring businesses to have multiple fire exits, to minimize the pollution they put into the environment, and to specify what they can, can't, and must say in labeling and commercials. That latter one of course is for the safety and well-being of the consumer.
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