Ever since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her intention to step down at the end of the president's first term, there has been a major bru-ha-hah over her potential replacement. UN Ambassador Susan Rice was the presumptive nominee. Senator John Kerry's (D-MA) name was also mentioned. As soon as Kerry's name was added to the list, it became pretty clear that HE was the one the Republicans wanted, so that they would have a shot at his senate seat. As such, Ms. Rice became a target of relentless nit-picking and fake outrage.
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126 comments (Latest Comment: 12/15/2012 05:51:52 by Raine)

Michigan is now a "right-to-work" state. What does that mean? I'm going to let this member of Democratic Underground explain it in a way that few others have:
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51 comments (Latest Comment: 12/12/2012 23:15:05 by Will in Chicago)

with a fresh shiny monday blog. Until then, Everyone help Scoop out making cookies!
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98 comments (Latest Comment: 12/11/2012 01:09:38 by Scoopster)

As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so crazy you can't follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
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A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me






32 years.
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7 comments (Latest Comment: 12/09/2012 03:58:09 by trojanrabbit)

Take a moment to study this drawing, first published in 1754. This was the first political cartoon created in what would become the United States. It was created by Benjamin Franklin, and was meant to symbolize the fractured state of the American colonies in the face of the French and Indian War. Franklin's woodcut was based on the old superstition that a snake cut into pieces would resurrect if the pieces were gathered together before sunset.

In a way, "Join or Die" became the first meme in American history, predating the internet by well over 200 years. When the colonies began to assert their independence from the British crown, the symbol of the united rattlesnake became used in various media, most notably in the Gadsden flag, created for a unit of the Continental Marines in South Carolina.
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67 comments (Latest Comment: 12/07/2012 03:15:00 by Raine)