Saturday, July 23, 2011
Honest John - the war on terror 2nd front
Honest John is more than a little upset about right wing terrorism, we all need to pay attention.
WI Governor Scott Walker to cut DMV centers in Democratic districts « progressivetoo
WI Governor Scott Walker to cut DMV centers in Democratic districts « progressivetoo
The Wisconsin legislature is finalizing a bill to close ten Department of Motor Vehicle centers located in Democratic districts within the state. The money saved will be used to extend operating hours at DMV centers in Republican districts. These cuts come on the heels of new voter ID laws that require voters to present a state-issued photo identification card at the poll booths. Read More Here
The Wisconsin legislature is finalizing a bill to close ten Department of Motor Vehicle centers located in Democratic districts within the state. The money saved will be used to extend operating hours at DMV centers in Republican districts. These cuts come on the heels of new voter ID laws that require voters to present a state-issued photo identification card at the poll booths. Read More Here
Why right-wing domestic terrorists are our big blind spot: Let's start with the media
The suspect is now said to have ties to right wing Christian Fundamentalists.
You're My Best Friend Lyrics - Queen
Ooh, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live
Oh, you're the best friend
That I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
(Ooh) Oh, you're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Ooh, I've been wandering round
But I still come back to you (still come back to you)
In rain or shine
You've stood by me girl
I'm happy at home (happy at home)
You're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you, to help me forgive - oo oo ooh
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live
Oh, you're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the thing
I really love the things that you do
Oh, you're my best friend
Oh, ooh, you make me live
I'm happy (happy at home)
You're my best friend
Oh, oh, you're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Oo oo ooh
You, you're my best friend
You're My Best Friend Lyrics @ www.QueenSongLyrics.com.
Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal: Where's the Uproar? | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal: Where's the Uproar? | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
Have been meaning to write about this, but I’m increasingly amazed at the overall lack of an uproar about the possibility of the government approving another corporate tax repatriation holiday. Read More Here
The Best Thing About Being A Liberal Is Not Having To Lie All The Time | AddictingInfo.Org
You know what the best thing about being filthy liberal scum is? Not having to lie all the time. Seriously, ask yourself when was the last time you, as filthy liberal scum, had to lie to prove a point? Have you ever? Do you ever even feel the urge? I know I haven’t. Read More Here
It’s officially on! SB 5 will be on a refendum ballot this November!
It’s officially on! SB 5 will be on a refendum ballot this November!
Earlier today, Secretary of State Jon Husted informed the “We Are Ohio” campaign that his office has officially certified that they collected the sufficient number of valid signatures to place SB 5 on a repeal ballot this November. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Earlier today, Secretary of State Jon Husted informed the “We Are Ohio” campaign that his office has officially certified that they collected the sufficient number of valid signatures to place SB 5 on a repeal ballot this November. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Friday, July 22, 2011
Raw Politics: Corzine, Fiorina on Debt Ceiling Debate
Carly Fiorina should change her name to Marie Antoinette. Watch this piece on CNN and you'll hear her blast President Obama for daring to consider allowing a modest tax increase on a household with an income above $250,000. She then illustrates her point by pointing out this increase would severely penalize, for example, a married couple like a nurse and fire fighter. My guess is there is no where in America where a typical couple consisting of a nurse and a fire fighter would make a quarter of a million dollars a year. Either Fiorina smokes funny cigarettes or she spends all her time hanging out at the club with her corporate buddies. Cake anyone? --Cletis Stump
Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years | Common Dreams
Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years | Common Dreams
This weekend, House Republican leader John Boehner played out the role of Jude Wanniski on NBC's "Meet The Press."
Odds are you've never heard of Jude, but without him Reagan never would have become a "successful" president, Republicans never would have taken control of the House or Senate, Bill Clinton never would have been impeached, and neither George Bush would have been president. Read More Here
This weekend, House Republican leader John Boehner played out the role of Jude Wanniski on NBC's "Meet The Press."
Odds are you've never heard of Jude, but without him Reagan never would have become a "successful" president, Republicans never would have taken control of the House or Senate, Bill Clinton never would have been impeached, and neither George Bush would have been president. Read More Here
[This is a couple of years old, but in order to understand what is happening now, people need to know this--MIO]
Poll shows Kasich not the firewall to another Obama win in Ohio he wanted to be - Columbus Government | Examiner.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) - Last year, candidate John Kasich made a case that electing him would help erect a firewall to a second term for President Barack Obama. Kasich won a close election because he got less than half of the vote of a turnout of less than half of registered voters, or just 23.5 percent of total voters. The man he beat, Ted Strickland, a Democrat who won big in 2006 along with other Democrats for the first time in over a decade, would, if another election were held today, beat Kasich by far more than the approximately 77,000 votes Kasich beat Strickland by last year.
Read More Here
Read More Here
Our Poor People Didn't Cause This Mess--Motivated In Ohio
The poorer people of America did not vote for the Bush Tax Cuts, they did not start the War of choice in Iraq, they did not gamble with mortgage backed securities.
Our Seniors did not choose to leave loopholes open so that Medicare Part D was unfunded.
So why are these people being asked to pay for all of this? Average Americans are strapped to the breaking point. Jobs have gone overseas, leaving millions unemployed. One million people applied for 60,000 jobs at McDonald's. We need to stand up for the poor and the elderly. If we don't stand now, why are we involved at all?
Our Seniors did not choose to leave loopholes open so that Medicare Part D was unfunded.
So why are these people being asked to pay for all of this? Average Americans are strapped to the breaking point. Jobs have gone overseas, leaving millions unemployed. One million people applied for 60,000 jobs at McDonald's. We need to stand up for the poor and the elderly. If we don't stand now, why are we involved at all?
As Kasich’s “Jobs” Budget becomes law, Ohio’s unemployment starts rising again.
As Kasich’s “Jobs” Budget becomes law, Ohio’s unemployment starts rising again.
We’ve talked about how through February 2010 until April 2011, Ohio was on a consistent fourteen-month streak of seeing its unemployment rate drop every month. That was second only to the streak that began in 1983 in terms of longest consecutive streak of consistently dropping monthly unemployment rates in Ohio. The streak ended in May when Ohio’s unemployment rate stayed the same as it did in April. Read More Here
Ron Paul: DC Miser, Galveston Porkmeister | Mother Jones
Ron Paul: DC Miser, Galveston Porkmeister | Mother Jones
On a gritty street in Galveston, Texas, a few blocks from the Gulf of Mexico, stands a prime example of the largesse of Republican Congressman Ron Paul. Workers here are putting the finishing touches on a new home, one of about 180 that will be built, at taxpayer's expense, for residents who lost their abodes to Hurricane Ike back in 2008. Read More Here
On a gritty street in Galveston, Texas, a few blocks from the Gulf of Mexico, stands a prime example of the largesse of Republican Congressman Ron Paul. Workers here are putting the finishing touches on a new home, one of about 180 that will be built, at taxpayer's expense, for residents who lost their abodes to Hurricane Ike back in 2008. Read More Here
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Koch And Exxon Pay To Write State Legislation Repealing Climate Change Laws
Grover Norquist's Culture of Corruption | The Nation
Grover Norquist's Culture of Corruption | The Nation
Grover Norquist is once again playing kingmaker, determining not just the direction of the Republican Party but of the entire US economy. His anti-tax zealotry has made it virtually impossible for Republicans to cut a sensible deal to raise the debt ceiling. But just yesterday, Norquist seemingly flip-flopped and said that the expiration of the Bush tax cuts would not violate his anti-tax pledge, leaving the door open to Republicans supporting a “grand bargain” deal to cut spending, lower corporate taxes and restructure Social Security and Medicare, which sounds like an awfully good offer for the GOP (for Democrats, not so much). The White House is using Norquist to bolster its case while every reporter in Washington is amplifying his words. Norquist has since walked his original statement back. Read More Here
Grover Norquist is once again playing kingmaker, determining not just the direction of the Republican Party but of the entire US economy. His anti-tax zealotry has made it virtually impossible for Republicans to cut a sensible deal to raise the debt ceiling. But just yesterday, Norquist seemingly flip-flopped and said that the expiration of the Bush tax cuts would not violate his anti-tax pledge, leaving the door open to Republicans supporting a “grand bargain” deal to cut spending, lower corporate taxes and restructure Social Security and Medicare, which sounds like an awfully good offer for the GOP (for Democrats, not so much). The White House is using Norquist to bolster its case while every reporter in Washington is amplifying his words. Norquist has since walked his original statement back. Read More Here
The Maddow Blog - Could #Ohio governor get more unpopular? (Yes!)
The Maddow Blog - Could #Ohio governor get more unpopular? (Yes!)
Ohio Governor John Kasich has been disliked ever since he started balancing the state budget by shifting resources to corporations and stripping union rights. By one measure, he was already America's co-least-popular governor.
Read More Here
Read More Here
How Obamacare saved Ohio - The Other Paper
How Obamacare saved Ohio - The Other Paper: News:
BY LYNDSEY TETER
For the most part, the rhetoric from the GOP in Washington matches that of our governor: Obamacare is bad, bad, bad. And it should be repealed. Gov. John Kasich, along with several other Republican governors, signed a vaguely threatening letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services saying as much. Read More Here
BY LYNDSEY TETER
For the most part, the rhetoric from the GOP in Washington matches that of our governor: Obamacare is bad, bad, bad. And it should be repealed. Gov. John Kasich, along with several other Republican governors, signed a vaguely threatening letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services saying as much. Read More Here
No New "Taxes" on The Poor or Elderly--Motivated In Ohio
The Republicans always want to go after Social Security and Medicare. At the same time, they are keeping loopholes for corporate jet owners and other people of means.
But, by making the poor pay more of their health care costs, aren't they enacting a "tax" on poverty? People who have worked all of their lives and are now in their "golden years", do not need to have their Medicare or Social Security slashed, they are barely making it as it is. They have paid their FICA taxes (Federal Insurance Contribution Act). A promise was made.
Social Security is not adding to the deficit. It doesn't need to be changed except to have the salary cap raised. Medicare, should be able to bargain for drug prices, like the VA does. This will cut costs considerably. Big Pharma doesn't need corporate welfare on the backs of our citizens.
Another tax on the poor has been put in place in the states. The Voter Id Laws. These laws cause many of the poor, the elderly and anyone else who may not have a state I.D. to pay for one in order to vote. In my opinion it is a poll tax, and thus illegal. Stop the "tax hikes" on the poor and the vulnerable.
But, by making the poor pay more of their health care costs, aren't they enacting a "tax" on poverty? People who have worked all of their lives and are now in their "golden years", do not need to have their Medicare or Social Security slashed, they are barely making it as it is. They have paid their FICA taxes (Federal Insurance Contribution Act). A promise was made.
Social Security is not adding to the deficit. It doesn't need to be changed except to have the salary cap raised. Medicare, should be able to bargain for drug prices, like the VA does. This will cut costs considerably. Big Pharma doesn't need corporate welfare on the backs of our citizens.
US senator invokes website-hacking trial in call for Murdoch inquiry | Media | The Guardian
In July 1999, two brothers called George and Richard Rebh, the founders of a small start-up company called Floorgraphics, were invited to lunch with the dominant firm in their new area of business. The brothers were excited: they had invented a new product that involved sticking giant adverts on the floors of supermarkets, and were keen to show it off to the market leaders and talk about possible joint promotions. Read More Here
The Book of Cletis: The Wizard of Ahs Chapter 8
The Book of Cletis: The Wizard of Ahs Chapter 8
I hadn't slept in a month frettin about Barack but I hadn't seen hide nor hair of the mist. Like every other time it rolled in when I least expected it. One second I was at the supper table, eyeing a lonely looking drumstick, and the next thing I knowed I was back in Ahs watching Barack struggle against the river. Read More Here
I hadn't slept in a month frettin about Barack but I hadn't seen hide nor hair of the mist. Like every other time it rolled in when I least expected it. One second I was at the supper table, eyeing a lonely looking drumstick, and the next thing I knowed I was back in Ahs watching Barack struggle against the river. Read More Here
Gov. Walker's Multi Million Dollar Mistake
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GOP Anti Union Fervor Threatens FAA
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Progress in Debt Talks
For those who don't know, David Frum is a conservative who actually makes some good points. Frumforum.com
The Walrus and Carpenter
As you listen to this masterpiece, simply substitute Charles Koch for the Walrus and David Koch for the Carpenter. Let the eager oysters represent the mindless teabaggers of our time and you have a wonderful allegory for Carroll's genius. Odd how fools gleefully seal their own doom, isn't it?--Cletis Stump
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection | Center for Media and Democracy
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection | Center for Media and Democracy
Hundreds of ALEC’s model bills and resolutions bear traces of Koch DNA: raw ideas that were once at the fringes but that have been carved into “mainstream” policy through the wealth and will of Charles and David Koch. Of all the Kochs’ investments in right-wing organizations, ALEC provides some of the best returns: it gives the Kochs a way to make their brand of free-market fundamentalism legally binding. Read More Here
Hundreds of ALEC’s model bills and resolutions bear traces of Koch DNA: raw ideas that were once at the fringes but that have been carved into “mainstream” policy through the wealth and will of Charles and David Koch. Of all the Kochs’ investments in right-wing organizations, ALEC provides some of the best returns: it gives the Kochs a way to make their brand of free-market fundamentalism legally binding. Read More Here
Affordable Care Act Could And Should Lead To Free Contraceptives
Nearly 10 Years Ago Today, The U.S. Began Borrowing Billions To Pay For The Bush Tax Cuts
Nearly 10 Years Ago Today, The U.S. Began Borrowing Billions To Pay For The Bush Tax Cuts: "As debates about deficit reduction continued to be heavily tilted toward cutting spending, which threatens to undermine a fragile recovery, rather than raising revenue from those who can afford it, it’s important to remember the budgetary impact of the Bush tax cuts. Nearly 10 years ago today, on August 1, 2001, the Associated Press reported [...]/" Read More Here
Why the Wealthiest Americans Are the Real 'Job-Killers' | Economy | AlterNet
Why the Wealthiest Americans Are the Real 'Job-Killers' | Economy | AlterNet
The top 1 percent takes in more than twice the share of national income today than they did 30 years ago, and that's a big reason why consumers are tapped out.
Read More Here
The top 1 percent takes in more than twice the share of national income today than they did 30 years ago, and that's a big reason why consumers are tapped out.
Read More Here
Underground Politics: America Babylon by Insidious Prophet
Underground Politics: America Babylon by Insidious Prophet
Can somebody please point out to me where capitalism and free markets are mentioned in our constitution? Read More Here
Daily Kos: Defending the American Social Safety Net
Daily Kos: Defending the American Social Safety Net
This is a pivotal moment in American history.
The United States currently faces more serious challenges than at any time since the Great Depression. This is true whether one looks at our economy, health care, foreign policy, infrastructure, national debt, education or environment. Read More Here
This is a pivotal moment in American history.
The United States currently faces more serious challenges than at any time since the Great Depression. This is true whether one looks at our economy, health care, foreign policy, infrastructure, national debt, education or environment. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
White Male Liberty Patriot Bingo
http://www.barefootandprogressive.com/2010/07/wmlp-bingo.html
This is the funniest Thing I have seen in a long time. Check it out.--MIO
This is the funniest Thing I have seen in a long time. Check it out.--MIO
While British Pols Denounce Murdoch, His Fox-Connected Friends Play Defense | Media Matters for America
While British Pols Denounce Murdoch, His Fox-Connected Friends Play Defense | Media Matters for America
The unraveling of the Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal has illuminated the extraordinary power the media mogul wielded over British politics through the use of newspapers; dailies that often embraced unseemly ways of digging up dirt on their favorite targets. The fear factor that surrounded Murdoch for so many years (politicians were “terrified” of him) has melted away, leaving him vulnerable. Read More Here
The unraveling of the Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal has illuminated the extraordinary power the media mogul wielded over British politics through the use of newspapers; dailies that often embraced unseemly ways of digging up dirt on their favorite targets. The fear factor that surrounded Murdoch for so many years (politicians were “terrified” of him) has melted away, leaving him vulnerable. Read More Here
[Our own King John of Ohio, is one of the people who is defending him, but since Murdoch gave him free air time for his campaign, he must be very grateful.]
h/t Judi Powell
h/t Judi Powell
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
[Exclusive]: Senator Kris Jordan being investigated for fourth-degree misdemeanor domestic violence
[Exclusive]: Senator Kris Jordan being investigated for fourth-degree misdemeanor domestic violence--Plunderbund
On July 11th at approximately 10:55 p.m., the 911 call center in Delaware County received a telephone call requesting immediate assistance at the residence of State Senator Kris Jordan. An unidentified female voice simply requested assistance, provided the residential address for Senator Jordan, and hung up. The 911 call center then dialed the number that dialed in and talked to a woman who identified herself as “Melissa,” which is the name of Senator Jordan’s wife. Read More Here
Sherrod Brown backs repeal of SB 5 in speech to FOP | Sherrod Brown
CANTON —
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown told members of the Fraternal Order of Police union that a “pretty small group of radicals” is attacking the collective bargaining abilities of public employees in Ohio and other parts of the country. Read More Here
Monday, July 18, 2011
Greenstein Statement on the “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act” That the House Will Consider on July 19 — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Greenstein Statement on the “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act” That the House Will Consider on July 19 — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act” that the House of Representatives will vote on next week stands out as one of the most ideologically extreme pieces of major budget legislation to come before Congress in years, if not decades. It would go a substantial way toward enshrining Grover Norquist’s version of America into law. Read More Here
The “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act” that the House of Representatives will vote on next week stands out as one of the most ideologically extreme pieces of major budget legislation to come before Congress in years, if not decades. It would go a substantial way toward enshrining Grover Norquist’s version of America into law. Read More Here
Lobbying Spending Database - News Corp, 2011 | OpenSecrets
A special interest's lobbying activity may go up or down over time, depending on how much attention the federal government is giving their issues. Particularly active clients often retain multiple lobbying firms, each with a team of lobbyists, to press their case for them.
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