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John McCain (R-Ariz.) said the proposed package of tax cuts for small businesses and none for the rich is class warfare. His shrilled rant is from the old Republican book of rants..
Cenk and the Young Turk looks at John McCain charge that the Democrats refusal to extend the Bush tax cuts to the rich is a game of class warfare against the rich. Cenk gives examples of how the Republicans have waged class war fare against the middle class.. He points out the dangers of a shrinking middle class to... Read More
Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley, has announced that it 's time for the curtain call. Next year, the act will close and Chicago will have to get along with a Daley. After six terms, a seventh is not to be. Though the mayor was down in the polls, only 37% thought he was doing a good job, that was no political reason for him to quit. He had no political challenger. He was the city boss who managed his rivals so well that none chose to oppose him.
Rumor says that he's stepping down because his... Read More
Angelina Jolie, in her role as a United Nation's Goodwill Ambassador, visited the flood areas of Pakistan, yesterday, Tuesday. The UN hopes that Ms. Jolie will draw attention to long-term needs of flood-hit victims in Pakistan, and will help spur the international community to continue to send aid to that country.
France 24News reports that "The floods that hit Pakistan at the end of July have caused the worst natural disaster in the countries history. They continue to blanket a fifth of the... Read More
The heinous Westboro Baptist Church is planning on coming to my neck of the woods this weekend to “protest” the death of a young soldier, not 30 minutes from where I live. He went to one of my high school’s most fervent rival schools, lived in the town my husband grew up in, and died serving our country—doing his job—at much too young an age.
Now the “God Hates Fags” church is going to go make a mockery of his memorial service.
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Inter-Faith LeadersOne guy, a pastor of a 50-member congregation in Florida, plans to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of 9/11. His actions will disgrace the memory of those whom died on September 11, and as Gen. David Petraeus warned, could put American military lives in danger and empower extremists. Also, it could cause al-Qaida jackasses to attack innocent Christians. This sickening wave of Islamophobia in America could weaken the bonds of civilization.
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Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor, former chairman of the Democratic Party, pointed out yesterday, Tuesday, evening that the GOP is silent about that nut in Florida who wants to burn the Quran. See the video.
It does seems as if GOP-Tea Party activists have issued a talking paper to GOP politicians, instructing them that being anti-Muslim bigots will get them votes, and so no GOP-Tea Partier should say or do anything to make the GOP seem less friendly to bigots.
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Okay, last week the Gallop poll predicted that the Democrats were in for a whopping loss, with Republicans leading the Democrats in the generic congressional tracking poll by ten points. A historic high for the GOP. Yesterday in the newest poll, the GOP lead has been cut to zero, with each party tied at 46% among registered voters. But the GOP still has the enthusiasm advantage. GOP voters are more likely to vote.
Traditionally, people begin to pay attention to the mid-term elections after... Read More
If the Congress should fall to the Republican rabble and barbarians, David Axelrod, President Obama's Master of the Horse, captain-general of political offense and defense, in so many words, warns, we could all become witnesses to a dark age of extreme misery.
Mr Axelrod warns a Republican Congress could be "more extreme than Bush."
From the Huffngton Post --
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with humblest regards to the above
America you've given me millions and now I'm wealthy.
America two campaign managers and a GOP candidate August 27th, 2008.
I can't spell my own thoughts.
America when will you start another oil war?
I miss building atom bombs.
America when will you be evangelical?
When will you be pro-life?
When will you raise taxes on the poor?
When will you be stupid enough for your thousands of Tea Party activists?
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Those dirty rotten Republican scoundrels in Arizona have placed drifters and homeless people on the ballot as Green Party candidates in a scheme to siphon votes away from Democrats.
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Dick ArmeyFreedomWorks, the right-wing activist group led by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, the godfather of the Tea Party movement, is readying a push back campaign against charges that the movement is racist.
In this morning Daily Caller, the conservative-to-right-wing newsletter, this item -- "FreedomWorks President and CEO Matt Kibbe said the organization will roll out Diverse Tea, a platform and advertising campaign that will showcase diversity in the Tea Party movement, sometime... Read More
If the polls are to be believe and there isn't much good reason to dismiss them, Americans are listening to and buying into the GOP spin.
Note this report from CNN
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released today, Tuesday indicates that 46 percent of Americans say that Republicans in Congress would do a better job dealing with the economy, with 43 percent saying that Congressional Democrats would do a better job on the top issue on the minds of Americans. The GOP's three point advantage... Read More
The other day, U.S. Sen. John McCain blasted President Obama for waiting too long to push a tax-cut package for the ailing economy, calling it a "deathbed conversion."
Really, Mr. Mc Cain?
"Look, they're just flailing around," Mr. McCain said. "We always like to see deathbed conversions, but the fact is, if we'd done this kind of thing nearly a couple years ago, we'd be in a lot better shape.The [president's] economic policies have failed,"
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Reagan Would Be Too Liberal for the GOP-Tea Party
Check out of video clip of Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC, comparing Ronald Reagan's politics and actions to today's political climate. Giving specific examples, Cenk explains of how that great conservative icon Ronald Reagan would be viewed as a liberal today, because the political spectrum has shifted so far rightward. See the video.
I agree with Cenk. Mr. Reagan would be considered an unredeemable... Read More
Witchfinder General At Work
A man in Florida, Mr. Terry Jones, who claims to be a religious pastor, and has announced his plan to burn the Islamic holy book the Quran at his church, the Dove World Outreach Center, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks, has ignited protests, and has drawn the disgust of Americans, whom cherish our First Amendment religious rights, and has drawn a rebuke from one of America's defenders of the Constitution, General Petraeus, America's top commander in... Read More
If you are a member (a dependant family member) of the military you can take advantage of a great service from MilitaryOneSource.com - they are offering each service member or military family/household will up to 10 paperback and/or Playaway books in a one year time period. The year for when this period starts will begin when you order your first paperback or Playaway (audio) book. Unfortunately, MilitaryOneSource.com will not be able to guarantee any titles will be replenished or available... Read More
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Kind of strange that the most censorious segment of American society today doesn't come from the religious fundamentalists, nor the extreme right, but the colleges.
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Have you ever tortured a hamster? I am ashamed to admit that as a young pet owner, I once did. I was about four, maybe five years old. My friend and I put my hamster in the middle of a bed sheet we stretched out between us, and we jostled it around, lifting it up and down, catching the poor thing as it went up and down. She was okay and did not get sick, thankfully, but it was a super stupid thing to do.
The thing is, I was a little kid who didn’t know better. Cruelty was certainly not my... Read More
From an account in the Associated Press, I learned that about 200 protesters in Dublin, Ireland, gave the ex-British prime minister Tony Blair an energetic greeting, yesterday, Saturday, as he arrived for a book club signing of his memoirs. These good people of Ireland hurled shouts of "War criminal." A few also hurled shoes and eggs, their earnest response to his book of fantasy, in which he justifies his role in the invasion of Iraq.
Mr. Blair was the junior, but an important key player, in... Read More
A comment from a reader of Change.org’s article, “Growing Number of Historians Believe Abraham Lincoln Was Gay,” pretty much sums up how I feel about the idea of President Lincoln being gay: “Honest Abe has long been one of my favorite American presidents and if he was gay, well, then bless his little rainbow heart.” I would alter the comment only to say “big rainbow heart,” since it seems like the man likely had one.
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