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30 Reasons We Will Never Vote Republican in Our Lifetimes

2011-09-01T06:37:00.002-07:00

Listen to FDR relate the fights he had with the Republicans. History is repeating itself. We highlight at least 30 reasons why we will never vote for any Republican candidate in our lifetimes.

Michigan's GOP Governor Slashes Corporate Tax Rate by 86 Percent, Hikes Taxes for Working Poor

2011-03-15T04:58:00.000-07:00

Michigan's GOP Governor Slashes Corporate Tax Rate by 86 Percent, Hikes Taxes for Working Poor

Noam Chomsky Has ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’ « Orwell's Dreams

2011-02-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

Noam Chomsky Has ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’ « Orwell's Dreams: "The mood of the country is frightening. The level of anger, frustration and hatred of institutions is not organized in a constructive way. It is going off into self-destructive fantasies.”"

Jason Leopold: My Tortured Journey With Former Guantanamo Detainee David Hicks

2011-02-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

Jason Leopold: My Tortured Journey With Former Guantanamo Detainee David Hicks "Not surprisingly, the Pentagon has vehemently denied Hicks' torture claims. In 2007, as a condition of his guilty plea and release from Guantanamo, the US government forced him to sign a document stating that he had "never been treated illegally." Hicks, who was the first detainee sentenced under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, said he is also "not allowed to challenge or collaterally attack my conviction, seek compensation or other remedies, or sue anyone for my illegal imprisonment and treatment."

Wanted For My Cousin's Murder

2011-02-08T04:43:00.000-07:00

Wanted For My Cousin's Murder Brenton Tyler Spaulding's father, Brian David Spaulding, contacted at least one witness after Erik's death and stated that the witness should not contact the police to tell the police that Brenton admitted he killed my cousin Erik. Others are known participants in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of Erik, and in the subsequent obstruction of justice and destruction of evidence. Their identities have been known since 1983. Not a single arrest.

Liberals trying to draft Keith Olbermann for Joe Lieberman's Senate seat - The Hill's Ballot Box

2011-01-29T09:09:00.000-07:00

Liberals trying to draft Keith Olbermann for Joe Lieberman's Senate seat - The Hill's Ballot Box

'You lie' congressman to sit with Dems at State of the Union - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

2011-01-29T09:06:00.000-07:00

'You lie' congressman to sit with Dems at State of the Union - The Hill's Blog Briefing RoomThe Dems on either side have tazers.

Congress.org - News : More troops lost to suicide

2011-01-29T09:02:00.000-07:00

Congress.org - News : More troops lost to suicide

Glenn Beck's Rhetoric Inspires More Death Threats | Media Matters for America

2011-01-29T09:00:00.001-07:00

Glenn Beck's Rhetoric Inspires More Death Threats | Media Matters for America

Bush White House Broke Elections Law, Report Says - NYTimes.com

2011-01-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

Bush White House Broke Elections Law, Report Says - NYTimes.com

When the politically fueled murder of a 9-year-old girl in Arizona is NOT national news | Philly | 01/26/2011

2011-01-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

When the politically fueled murder of a 9-year-old girl in Arizona is NOT national news | Philly | 01/26/2011: "According to testimony, Bush shot Flores, then Gonzalez. Gonzalez was hit in the shoulder and leg and slumped to the floor. She testified that she played dead as she heard Bush pump more bullets into her husband as Brisenia woke up.

'Why did you shoot my dad?' the girl asked, sobbing, according to Gonzalez's testimony. 'Why did you shoot my mom?'

Gonzalez said she heard Bush slowly reload his gun and that he then ignored Brisenia's pleas and fired."

Andrew Bacevich on Afghanistan War: "The President Lacks the Guts to Get Out"

2011-01-04T10:05:00.000-07:00

Andrew Bacevich on Afghanistan War: "The President Lacks the Guts to Get Out" A great interview that puts it all into proper perspective and points out just how trivial the Vietnam War was after it tore the country apart. History is repeating itself. The military industrial complex must be fed.

Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time

2010-12-21T07:17:00.000-07:00

Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time "The good news is that the Federal Communications Commission has the power to issue regulations that protect net neutrality. The bad news is that draft regulations written by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski don't do that at all. They're worse than nothing."

Monitoring America | washingtonpost.com

2010-12-20T07:25:00.000-07:00

Monitoring America | washingtonpost.com: "The system, by far the largest and most technologically sophisticated in the nation's history, collects, stores and analyzes information about thousands of U.S. citizens and residents, many of whom have not been accused of any wrongdoing."

Tax Cuts And 'Starving The Beast' - Forbes.com

2010-12-20T07:20:00.001-07:00

There is not one iota of empirical evidence that it works the way it was supposed to, and there is growing evidence that its impact has been perverse--raising spending and making deficits worse.

Erik Cross Unsolved Murder: Family Uses Facebook To Convict Killer - FOX 17

2010-12-20T07:00:00.002-07:00

Erik Cross Unsolved Murder: Family Uses Facebook To Convict Killer - FOX 17The murder was solved long ago.

Study: Running Not so Bad for Your Joints After All - TIME

2010-12-20T06:59:00.000-07:00

Study: Running Not so Bad for Your Joints After All - TIME

News Black-Out in DC: Pay No Attention to Those Veterans Chained to the White House Fence

2010-12-20T06:55:00.000-07:00

"News Black-Out in DC: Pay No Attention to Those Veterans Chained to the White House Fence Washington Police arrested 135 of the protesters, in what is being called the largest mass detention in recent years. Among those arrested were Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst who used to provide the president’s daily briefings, Daniel Ellsberg, who released the government’s Pentagon Papers during the Nixon administration, and Chris Hedges, former war correspondent for the New York Times.

No major US news media reported on the demonstration or the arrests. It was blacked out of the New York Times, blacked out of the Philadelphia Inquirer, blacked out in the Los Angeles Times, blacked out of the Wall Street Journal, and even blacked out of the capital’s local daily, the Washington Post... ."

Republicans Drove the World Into The Grand Canyon

2010-09-29T06:46:00.000-07:00

Republicans Drove the World Into The Grand Canyon Check this GROWING list of reasons to never vote Republican in your lifetime!

50 False News Stories By Bush Propaganda Machine

2010-09-28T22:18:00.000-07:00

50 False News Stories By Bush Propaganda Machine: "Those stories include:

The link between terrorism, Iraq and 9/11
Iraqi agents meeting with 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta
Iraq's possession of chemical and biological weapons.
Iraq's purchase of nuclear materials from Niger.
Saddam Hussein's development of nuclear weapons.
Aluminum tubes for nuclear weapons
The existence of Iraqi drones, WMD cluster bombs and Scud missiles.
Iraq's threat to target the US with cyber warfare attacks.
The rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch.
The surrender of a 5,000-man Iraqi brigade.
Iraq executing Coalition POWs.
Iraqi soldiers dressing in US and UK uniforms to commit atrocities.
The exact location of WMD facilities
WMDs moved to Syria."

Part of the "Lest We Forget" series.

Scott McClellan Exposes the Bush Propaganda Machine -- TheDailyTube

2010-09-28T22:17:00.000-07:00

Scott McClellan Exposes the Bush Propaganda Machine -- TheDailyTube: "McClellan left the administration in 2006 and is now detailing what he claims was vast dishonesty towards the media regarding the Iraq War." Part of the "Lest We Forget" series.

Manufacturing Consent | Documentary Heaven | Watch Free Documentaries Online

2010-09-28T22:13:00.001-07:00

Manufacturing Consent - how government and big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine to manipulate opinions of United States citizens.| Documentary Heaven | Free Documentaries Online

Geir Haarde, Iceland Ex-PM, Indicted For Role In Financial Crisis

2010-09-28T21:36:00.000-07:00

Geir Haarde, Iceland Ex-PM, Indicted For Role In Financial Crisis We have a lot of unindicted co-conspirators waiting for indictments to issue.

Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan

2010-09-28T06:16:00.000-07:00

Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan: "He would later tell his White House aides that military leaders were 'really cooking this thing in the direction they wanted.'"

The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker

2010-09-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker Read it. Part of the "Know Thy Enemy" series.

Poll: Vast majority of tea party participants are white, wealthy and affluent | Raw Story

2010-09-28T06:11:00.000-07:00

Poll: Vast majority of tea party participants are white, wealthy and affluent | Raw Story: "In a survey of Americans who voted in 2008, the nonpartisan group Project Vote found that, by and large, those sympathetic to the tea parties were white, wealthy and affluent people, whose political views represent approximately 29 percent of the electorate." Gee, that's the same as the GOP percentage. Imagine that.

REPORT: Fox News' candidates "speak through Fox News" a whopping 269 times | Media Matters for America

2010-09-28T06:03:00.000-07:00

REPORT: Fox News' candidates "speak through Fox News" a whopping 269 times | Media Matters for America: "Five potential Republican presidential candidates that serve as Fox News contributors or hosts have made at least 269 appearances on the cable channel - compared to a total of six appearances on all other major news channels combined."

Boycott FOX News Advertisers | Democrats.com

2010-09-28T06:02:00.000-07:00

Boycott FOX News Advertisers | Democrats.com: "The worst offenders are Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, whose shows are broadcast in prime time to large audiences. In the past two years, their incitement is connected to the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas, a gun battle that wounded two policemen in Oakland, and the murder of three policemen in Pittsburgh."

Don't Cut Social Security | Democrats.com

2010-09-28T06:00:00.000-07:00

Don't Cut Social Security | Democrats.com: "Social Security is once again under attack, just as it was under George Bush in 2005.

Alan Simpson (R-WY), the Republican co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, gave away the game in a nasty, sexist letter to the Older Women's League when he called it 'a milk cow with 310 million tits.'" Contact your senators and representatives. Here is your GOP Pledge: outsource to friends anything of value still standing.

Atheists Know More About Religion than Religious People - Truthdig

2010-09-28T05:53:00.000-07:00

Atheists Know More About Religion than Religious People - Truthdig

Postcards From the Pledge - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 9/23/2010 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

2010-09-28T05:46:00.000-07:00

Postcards From the Pledge - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 9/23/2010 - Video Clip | Comedy CentralJon Stewart once again demonstrates why his news show is better than the real thing. The two year GOP search for "new ideas" turned up NADA! Zero, no, nothing, never, sounds exactly the same. The pledge: "we are not going to be any different from what we've been." Exactly.

Informed Comment | Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

2010-09-28T05:38:00.001-07:00

Informed Comment | Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion: "Now Netanyahu has reneged on his pledge to negotiate in good faith, and has let the settlement freeze expire while making no effort to extend it. In other words, he humiliated the United States and let them know who is boss."

Israel should NEVER have built settlements in the land she took in the 1967 War. Plain and simple. Everyone knew that at the time. With the passage of time, when the lands were not returned, the Israeli memory faded. The world's did not. Return the land, Jerusalem excepted. Give the settlements to the Palestinians intact. Be done with this nonsense.

SNL Returns with Christine O'Donnell as First Political Target with Masturbation Parody | Video Cafe

2010-09-28T05:37:00.000-07:00

SNL Returns with Christine O'Donnell as First Political Target with Masturbation Parody | Video Cafe

GOP 'Pledge To America' Director Lobbied For AIG, Exxon, Pfizer, Chamber

2010-09-28T05:29:00.000-07:00

GOP 'Pledge To America' Director Lobbied For AIG, Exxon, Pfizer, Chamber

Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications | CommonDreams.org

2010-09-28T05:25:00.000-07:00

Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications | CommonDreams.org: "The Times said the Obama administration is drafting a law that would impose a new 'mandate' that all communications services be 'able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages' — including ordering '[d]evelopers of software that enables peer-to-peer communication [to] redesign their service to allow interception'" Et tu, Obama?

Papantonio Goes 4 Against 1 on CNBC, Again

2010-09-28T05:23:00.000-07:00

Papantonio Goes 4 Against 1 on CNBC, Again: "Unfortunately, their idea is rooted in the false belief that corporations care about American workers, which their actions prove they couldn’t care less about Main Street America. Mike Papantonio takes on 4 right wing mouthpieces who blindly support Wall Street’s continuous rape of America"

Maestro - Dick Cheney Was In Charge On 9/11 | Thom Hartmann

2010-09-28T05:18:00.000-07:00

Maestro - Dick Cheney Was In Charge On 9/11 | Thom Hartmann: "many people have asked to hear the case against Cheney argued 'short & sweet.'"

Anderson Cooper Takes On Anti-Mosque GOP Candidate (VIDEO) | TPMDC

2010-09-28T05:15:00.000-07:00

Anderson Cooper Takes On Anti-Mosque GOP Candidate (VIDEO) | TPMDC: "Renee Ellmers, a Republican House candidate in North Carolina" opened her mouth and removed any and all doubt whether she is qualified to hold any public office, even one in North Carolina. The GOP continue to prove they have ZERO to offer the country in any candidate. The Party of NO, NEVER, NOTHING, is in an all out race to the bottom of the dung heap, as evidenced by yet another incredibly ignorant candidate.

t r u t h o u t | EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Refuses to Revoke BP's Probation Over Safety Violations at Texas City Refinery

2010-09-28T05:06:00.000-07:00

t r u t h o u t | EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Refuses to Revoke BP's Probation Over Safety Violations at Texas City Refinery: "the company was found to have violated a federal judge's March 2009 felony judgment, which required BP to fulfill the terms of a settlement agreement it entered into with government regulators five years ago to make certain safety upgrades at its Texas City refinery by September 2009"

Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up - Page 1 - News - Phoenix - Phoenix New Times

2010-09-28T05:03:00.000-07:00

Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up - Page 1 - News - Phoenix - Phoenix New Times

AZ Sheriff's Dept Reopens Case Of Deputy Allegedly Shot By Drug Smugglers | TPMMuckraker

2010-09-28T04:57:00.001-07:00

AZ Sheriff's Dept Reopens Case Of Deputy Allegedly Shot By Drug Smugglers | TPMMuckrakerThe Arizona criminal defense bar will be very surprised if this event occurred as reported.

Billionaires give 91 percent of funds for Rove-tied group - War Room - Salon.com

2010-09-26T11:45:00.000-07:00

Billionaires give 91 percent of funds for Rove-tied group - War Room - Salon.com

The Kucinich Impeachment Speech and the 35 Articles in Full - New York News - Runnin' Scared

2010-09-26T04:56:00.000-07:00

The Kucinich Impeachment Speech and the 35 Articles in Full - New York News - Runnin' Scared Prosecute war criminals, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Gonzalez, Pearl, and others responsible for the Iraq War, and for the War in Afghanistan. The two most unnecessary illegal wars of aggression in American History. And that is saying a lot, because there have been so many of them.

The Plot to Overthrow FDR

2010-09-26T04:43:00.000-07:00

The Plot to Overthrow FDR How many of you knew of Corporate America's conspiracy and attempt to overthrow Franklin Delano Roosevelt before World War II broke out just in time to keep the overthrow from happening? It happened then. General Motors, Dupont, and many other corporations still amongst us today, were all part of the conspiracy. Watch the video. It happened. It can happen again.

YouTube - FDR 1936 I welcome their hatred

2010-09-26T04:40:00.000-07:00

YouTube - FDR 1936 I welcome their hatred"Hear nothing, see nothing, do nothing government." FDR in 1936 was dealing with the same issues we face today. The GOP merely calls themselves "The Party of NO, NOTHING, NEVER!" Part of the "Never Vote Republican In Your Lifetime" series.

YouTube - FDR in 1936 and 2008

2010-09-26T04:37:00.000-07:00

YouTube - FDR in 1936 and 2008 The Republicans have not changed their tune EVER! They ran the entire World into a ditch in 1929, and they did it again in 2008. Time for the GOP to vanish from history.

t r u t h o u t | Olbermann | Bush Years: 8 in 8 Minutes

2010-09-26T04:31:00.000-07:00

t r u t h o u t | Olbermann | Bush Years: 8 in 8 Minutes The first President with a criminal record. And then it continues. No, we will never miss this war criminal.

YouTube - Exposed: Christine O'Donnell Using Campaign Funds to Pay Rent

2010-09-26T04:26:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Exposed: Christine O'Donnell Using Campaign Funds to Pay Rent

Bulldozers prepare as deadline on West Bank settlement freeze looms | World news | The Guardian

2010-09-26T04:20:00.000-07:00

Bulldozers prepare as deadline on West Bank settlement freeze looms | World news | The Guardian: "Campaigners worry that Israel might let the freeze lapse, giving contractors time to lay down concrete foundations so that building projects can continue if a moratorium is later reinstated."

Israel halts freeze on settlements and endangers peace talks | World news | The Guardian

2010-09-26T04:19:00.000-07:00

Israel halts freeze on settlements and endangers peace talks | World news | The GuardianIsrael's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has signalled that he will not extend a partial, temporary freeze on settlement construction, potentially jeopardising peace talks, which are set to continue in Egypt tomorrow.

Informed Comment | Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

2010-09-26T04:17:00.000-07:00

Informed Comment | Thoughts on the Middle East, History and ReligionThe Palestinians demanded the freeze on new settlement-building in summer of 2009 as a prerequisite to face to face talks. When Israel finally made that concession, it exempted edifices on which work had already begun, ensuring that the ‘moratorium’ was a small gesture indeed.

R.I.P. Kimi Young, 22, Another Casualty of Our For-Profit Deathcare System. | Crooks and Liars

2010-09-26T04:15:00.000-07:00

R.I.P. Kimi Young, 22, Another Casualty of Our For-Profit Deathcare System. | Crooks and Liarskimberly_cedd5.jpg

OXFORD — Friends say the Miami University graduate who died this week after reportedly suffering from swine flu delayed getting medical treatment because she did not have health insurance.

Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and David Bender

2010-09-26T04:04:00.001-07:00

Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and David BenderMike Papantonio and Bobby Kennedy, Jr. discuss the GOP’s efforts to prevent eligible voters from casting votes in the 2010 Midterm elections.

Op-Ed Columnist - Downhill With the G.O.P. - NYTimes.com

2010-09-26T02:33:00.000-07:00

Op-Ed Columnist - Downhill With the G.O.P. - NYTimes.com

Obama invokes 'state secrets' claim to dismiss suit against targeting of U.S. citizen al-Aulaqi

2010-09-26T02:30:00.000-07:00

Obama invokes 'state secrets' claim to dismiss suit against targeting of U.S. citizen al-Aulaqi

NLG Legal Observers targeted by police in Arizona – National Lawyers Guild

2010-08-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

NLG Legal Observers Targeted by Police in Arizona – National Lawyers Guild

t r u t h o u t | Greg Palast | Behind the Immigration Law (Video)

2010-08-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

t r u t h o u t | Greg Palast | Behind the Immigration Law (Video)It is all about suppressing the minority vote, the NON-GOP vote, in November. Jam Brewer wiped out over 100,000 minority voters from the voter registration rolls in Arizona. Then, she was appointed governor. Then she signed SB1070 to finish the job. Now other states want to copy it. It is all about stopping US citizens from voting, those minorities who may legally vote, but who will not carry their citizenship papers to the polls in November. "PAPERS!" PAPERS! PAPERS, VER ARE YOUR PAPERS!?"

Tea-party leader leaves post over racial remarks

2010-07-24T08:34:00.000-07:00

Tea-party leader leaves post over racial remarks: "Williams, a talk-radio host with a long history of making racially tinged statements, had become a growing problem for Tea Party Express and the candidates it supports.

Tea Party Express is among the few organizations in the larger federation that has raised large amounts of money and has attempted to sway elections. Its support was key to Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle's primary victory and it has paid for television ads in Massachusetts, Michigan and Alaska."

Feinberg Says Bonuses Paid by Troubled Banks Were Unmerited - NYTimes.com

2010-07-24T08:25:00.000-07:00

Feinberg Says Bonuses Paid by Troubled Banks Were Unmerited - NYTimes.com: "With the financial system on the verge of collapse in late 2008, a group of troubled banks doled out more than $2 billion in bonuses and other payments to their highest earners. Now, the federal authority on banker pay says that nearly 80 percent of that sum was unmerited."

Daniel Schorr, Aggressive Journalist, Dies at 93 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

2010-07-24T08:23:00.000-07:00

Daniel Schorr, Aggressive Journalist, Dies at 93 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com "At CBS, Mr. Schorr won three Emmy Awards for his coverage of the Watergate scandal and took pride in his often blunt reporting on the administration. In one instance he hurriedly began broadcasting after acquiring a copy of Nixon’s notorious “enemies list” only to discover in reading the names aloud that his was No. 17."

"Voice of the opposition": Fox News openly advocates against Democratic Congress, White House | Media Matters for America

2010-07-24T06:21:00.000-07:00

"Voice of the opposition": Fox News openly advocates against Democratic Congress, White House | Media Matters for America FOX Entertainment is the mouth piece of the Republican Party.

Op-Ed Columnist - Addicted to Bush - NYTimes.com

2010-07-24T06:07:00.000-07:00

Op-Ed Columnist - Addicted to Bush - NYTimes.com
"But they have a problem: how can they embrace President Bush’s policies, given his record? After all, Mr. Bush’s two signature initiatives were tax cuts and the invasion of Iraq; both, in the eyes of the public, were abject failures. Tax cuts never yielded the promised prosperity, but along with other policies — especially the unfunded war in Iraq — they converted a budget surplus into a persistent deficit. Meanwhile, the W.M.D. we invaded Iraq to eliminate turned out not to exist, and by 2008 a majority of the public believed not just that the invasion was a mistake but that the Bush administration deliberately misled the nation into war. What’s a Republican to do?

You know the answer. There’s now a concerted effort under way to rehabilitate Mr. Bush’s image on at least three fronts: the economy, the deficit and the war."

BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle | The Nation

2010-07-24T05:55:00.000-07:00

BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle | The Nation

Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now

2010-07-24T05:54:00.000-07:00

Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now"Of course when attempting to determine why the people's will is so frequently frustrated in our system, any author would be remiss if he did not turn first and foremost to the power of money. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics calculated that approximately $3.47 billion was spent lobbying the federal government in 2009, up from $3.3 billion the previous year. By the final quarter of the year, lobbies were handing out $20 million a day. The most generous spreaders of wealth were in the pharmaceutical and health products industries, whose $266.8 million set a record for "the greatest amount ever spent on lobbying efforts by a single industry for one year" according to CRP. At one point, PhRMA employed forty-eight lobbying firms, in addition to in-house lobbyists, with a total of 165 people overall, according to the Sunlight Foundation's Paul Blumenthal."

Wall Street Spent $300 Million on Lobbying Senators and Representatives in 2009

2010-04-28T10:56:00.003-07:00

Republican senators today filibustered three (3) votes to prevent discussion of financial reform in the United States Senate. It is clear who Republican senators work for: Wall Street and the banks. Republican Senators could give a damn about the American people. Three (3) times today the United States Senate filibustered the Democratic senators' efforts to reform the massive fraud committed against the American people and the rest of the world.

Wall Street bonuses today total $140 billion. That is billion, not million. In contrast, the entire country of Greece, ruined by the fraud committed by Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms, merely needs $60 billion to rebound from the disaster caused by the Bush Depression. Normally, when criminals cause financial loss to the victims, they are required to pay restitution. It is mandatory. All financial conglomerates who participated in this fraud on the world should be required to forfeit all profits, all property of their officers, and any other property they own under the names of family members, relatives, or in trust.

The people gave the Fed $2 trillion to bail out Wall Street. However, the Fed refuses to even name those firms that received the bailout funds, and refuse to give any accounting for the American people's money.

Even after the Bush Depression, Wall Street still owns 35% of all profits made in the United States in 2009. Prior to the depression, and it is a depression, Wall Street's percentage of this nation's profits will be well above 40%.

Senator Kit Bond, a Republican from Missouri, is a bought and paid for whore for Wall Street masquerading as a United States Senator, as are all Republican senators today, including Ben Nelson, a Democrat from Nebraska. These persons deserve your utter contempt because they forgot who pays them. On second thought, they know who pays them, and they vote accordingly. Throw these sons of bitches out of office, put a pox on their houses, and a curse on their families.

The Republican Organized Crime Family is robbing the world blind. If you vote Republican again in your lifetime, you are aiding and abetting their fraud. You are an accomplice, and you deserve to go to prison with them. What is needed in America is an investigation of the Republican Organized Crime Family that mirrors the investigation and prosecution of the Mafia in this country. Grand juries and indictments.

Sen. Bernie Sanders Wants Amendment to Audit Fed as Part of Financial Reform

2010-04-28T10:54:00.002-07:00

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont just called for an amendment to the financial reform bill calling for an audit of the Fed to find out exactly what happened to the bailout funds, which information is being kept secret.

Facebook | Bruce Stirling

2010-04-28T10:54:00.000-07:00

Facebook | Bruce Stirling: "Republicans are blocking debate right now on financial reform. It is clear they were for the banks and Wall Street, and not for the public who voted them into office. The difference between Republicans and Democrats, in general, is like night and day. There are always exceptions to the rule. Right now his name is Ben Nelson, the only Democrat voting with the Republicans. D-Nebraska."

Greg Palast » Behind the Arizona Immigration Law:GOP Game to Swipe the November Election

2010-04-28T01:44:00.000-07:00

Greg Palast » Behind the Arizona Immigration Law:GOP Game to Swipe the November ElectionMore lawsuits are needed in Arizona, and they need to address voter suppression.

William Black Warns That Financial Reform Bill Won't Stop The Wall Street Crime Wave

2010-04-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

William Black Warns That Financial Reform Bill Won't Stop The Wall Street Crime Wave: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Media Matters ' Burns: Fox News made "deliberate decision" to "lie to their viewers" about health care "to scare them" | Media Matters for America

2010-04-15T20:32:00.000-07:00

Media Matters ' Burns: Fox News made "deliberate decision" to "lie to their viewers" about health care "to scare them" | Media Matters for America

Anyone who watches FOX Entertainment and believes it is NEWS, or who falls for the "fair and balanced" BS is pretty stupid. ALL PROPAGANDA. ALL LIES. ALL OF THE TIME. Boycott all of the FOX advertisers. The FAIRNESS DOCTRINE would stop this lying immediately. Or take them off of the air for violating the public trust and the public airwaves.

Orwell Rolls in his Grave | Link TV

2010-04-08T23:38:00.000-07:00

Orwell Rolls in his Grave | Link TV: "Meticulously tracing the process by which media has distorted and often dismissed actual news events, Pappas presents a riveting and eloquent mix of media professionals and leading intellectual voices on the media."

Daylight Robbery | Documentary Heaven :: Food For Your Brain | Free Online Documentaries

2010-04-03T10:27:00.000-07:00

Daylight Robbery | Documentary Heaven :: Food For Your Brain | Free Online DocumentariesWatch and learn about war profiteering by corporate America. No-bid, cost-plus contracts at their free market best. All of-of-the-books, too. And at a time when Bush rolled back income taxes on the wealthy profiteers! Ahhh... America! Remember her? Miss the Republican Organized Crime Family, yet? It will be a cold day in hell when Americans miss the most corrupt government on the planet. Watcg the movie.

SSRN-Why Senator John McCain Cannot Be President: Eleven Months and a Hundred Yards Short of Citizenship by Gabriel Chin

2010-03-28T04:37:00.000-07:00

SSRN-Why Senator John McCain Cannot Be President: Eleven Months and a Hundred Yards Short of Citizenship by Gabriel Chin Every American Foreign Service Brat and Military Brat born anywhere overseas KNOWS they can never become President of the United State of America. It is the subject of fourth grade playground talk. And yet, the Admiral's son, married to millions, thought he was special. No se puede! Hey, Birthers! Where were your concerns when the WHITE GUY, who really WAS born overseas tried to become President. The sad thing is that the U.S. Supreme Court would have gone along with it had McCain won. I was a Foreign Service Brat and my wife was a Military Brat born on an American Air Base in Japan. She was told in the fourth grade she could not ever become President, and when I was in the fourth grade, I used to tell other American kids born abroad that they could never become President.

Birthers are nothing more than modern day KKK.

Arizona Drops Children’s Health Program - NYTimes.com

2010-03-19T18:53:00.000-07:00

Arizona Drops Children’s Health Program - NYTimes.com There is a special place in hell reserved for Republicans.

Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre | Documentary Heaven :: Food For Your Brain | Free Online Documentaries

2010-03-06T20:07:00.000-07:00

Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre | Documentary Heaven :: Food For Your Brain | Free Online Documentaries

When do the war crimes tribunals come for Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld?

Bush Cronyism - foxes guarding the henhous

2010-03-06T07:53:00.000-07:00

Bush Cronyism - foxes guarding the henhous

AMERICAblog News: GOP Senators break record for filibusters

2010-03-01T18:30:00.000-07:00

AMERICAblog News: GOP Senators break record for filibusters

BBC News - UK police in Israel to probe use of fake passports

2010-02-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

BBC News - UK police in Israel to probe use of fake passports

BBC News - Australia summons Israeli envoy over Dubai killing

2010-02-24T19:35:00.000-07:00

BBC News - Australia summons Israeli envoy over Dubai killingApparently, this has been going on for a long time. If you visit Israel, they scan your passports and strange things have been known to happen in the names of those whose passports were scanned.

Ariz. lawmakers: Verify citizenship of candidates

2010-02-24T12:29:00.000-07:00

Retarded Arizona Legislature Reveals Collective IQ

The complete retards that comprise the elected Republican officials of the Arizona legislature want President Obama to show his Hawaiian birth certificate if he runs for re-election. The collective ignorance of the Republicans cannot but help seep out of the sewer to expose their bigotry.

I do not recall ANYONE in Arizona, or elsewhere, challenging the candidacy of John McCain, who is NOT from Arizona, when he ran for the Presidency. Born outside of the United States in Panama, every military and foreign service brat born overseas KNOWS there is no way McCain could legally run for President. Nor do I recall any of these same Republican ignoramuses challenging Sarah Palin for aiding and abetting the Alaskan Independence Party, on its face an act of treason.

Arizona is comprised of racists imported from other parts of the country.

Andrew Thomas disqualified from Wilcox prosecution

2010-02-24T12:14:00.000-07:00

Andrew Thomas disqualified from Wilcox prosecution

"In his ruling, Leonardo said:

* that Thomas was retaliating against members of the board of supervisors for perceived actions against his office, including filing a racketeering lawsuit against them in federal court.

* that Thomas was attempting to gain political advantage by prosecuting those who oppose him politically, including Wilcox.

* that Thomas acted in concert with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who also misused his power in targeting members of the board."

Henry A. Wallace, The Danger of American Fascism

2010-02-24T05:49:00.000-07:00

Henry A. Wallace, The Danger of American Fascism: "The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity, every crack in the common front against fascism. They use every opportunity to impugn democracy. They use isolationism as a slogan to conceal their own selfish imperialism. They cultivate hate and distrust of both Britain and Russia. They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection."

Chris Hedges: Boycott FedEx - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

2010-02-24T05:48:00.000-07:00

Chris Hedges: Boycott FedEx - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig: "Those cast aside are reaching out to anyone, no matter how buffoonish or ignorant, who promises that the parasites and courtiers who serve the corporate state will disappear. Right-wing rage is being fused with right-wing populism. And once this takes hold, a protofascism will sweep across our blighted landscape fueled by a mounting personal and economic despair. Take a look at Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here.” It is a good window into what awaits us."

Henry A. Wallace, The Danger of American Fascism

2010-02-23T21:11:00.000-07:00

Henry A. Wallace, The Danger of American Fascism

"The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity, every crack in the common front against fascism. They use every opportunity to impugn democracy. They use isolationism as a slogan to conceal their own selfish imperialism. They cultivate hate and distrust of both Britain and Russia. They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection."

Top DOJer Overruled Finding Of Misconduct For Torture Memo Authors | TPMMuckraker

2010-02-20T02:46:00.000-07:00

Top DOJer Overruled Finding Of Misconduct For Torture Memo Authors | TPMMuckraker: "While the final report by the department's internal watchdog, the Office of Professional Responsibility, found that attorneys John Yoo and Jay Bybee engaged in professional misconduct, top DOJ official David Margolis overruled that finding in a memo to Attorney General Eric Holder."

AP Source: FBI formally closes anthrax case | TPM News Pages

2010-02-20T02:44:00.000-07:00

AP Source: FBI formally closes anthrax case | TPM News Pages: "At the urging of lawmakers, the National Academy of Sciences has launched a formal review of the FBI's scientific methods in tracing the particular strain of anthrax used in the mailings to samples Ivins had at his Fort Detrick lab."

BBC News - Torture collusion probe urged by human rights watchdog

2010-02-20T02:40:00.000-07:00

BBC News - Torture collusion probe urged by human rights watchdog: "In the letter, Mr Phillips says the government has not given good enough answers to allegations that officers from British intelligence agencies had colluded in the alleged torture or mistreatment of terrorism suspects held by the US, or on its behalf by allies, around the world."

BBC News - US school accused of web spying

2010-02-20T02:38:00.000-07:00

BBC News - US school accused of web spying: "They say their son was told off by teachers for 'engaging in improper behaviour in his home' and that the evidence was an image from his webcam."

BBC News - Dutch cabinet collapses in dispute over Afghanistan

2010-02-20T02:33:00.000-07:00

BBC News - Dutch cabinet collapses in dispute over Afghanistan: "The Dutch government has collapsed over disagreements within the governing coalition on extending troop deployments in Afghanistan."

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2010-02-06T15:18:00.001-07:00

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Informed Comment: Undoing Lex Luthor

2010-02-06T15:18:00.000-07:00

Informed Comment: Undoing Lex Luthor

The red increase in job loss is the climax of Republican rule. The blue decrease in job loss is Obama and the Democrats.

Mystery Men of the Financial Crisis - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

2010-02-04T19:03:00.000-07:00

Mystery Men of the Financial Crisis - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

Remarks by the President at GOP House Issues Conference | The White House

2010-02-02T06:05:00.000-07:00

Remarks by the President at GOP House Issues Conference | The White House

Read the full transcript here. President Obama takes the Republican Organized Crime Family, aka, The Party of No, to school, and then some.

Play Movie | Free For All: The Movie - One Dude's Quest to Save Democracy!

2010-01-30T11:00:00.000-07:00

Play Movie | Free For All: The Movie - One Dude's Quest to Save Democracy!

Connect all of the dots and see how the Republican Organized Crime Family steals elections. Send this via email to every one you know. Demand the truth and paper ballots!

Informed Comment: 22 Dead, 80 wounded in Baghdad Crime Lab Bombing,

2010-01-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

Informed Comment: 22 Dead, 80 wounded in Baghdad Crime Lab Bombing,

Time to get out and save the future American generations some money. We have already spent 953 BILLION dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And for what? American jobs? Infrastructure? Social Security? Education? Bank reform? Regulation of Wall Street? Usury laws? Public financing of clean elections?

Nope. For the facist corporations comprising the Military Industrial Complex that Eisenhower warned us about? Do they produce wealth? No. Just bullets, bombs, and other "goods" that once used no longer constitute anything. Poof! They are gone for all time. Unlike the manufacture of steel, roads, bridges, railroads, etc., that continue to benefit our economy and country. We are a throw-away economy in more ways than we ever imagined. The middle class has been thrown onto the trash heap.

Stop voting against your own interests, idiots.

Game Change: Corporations Gearing Up To Exploit New Money-In-Politics Rules | TPMMuckraker

2010-01-26T21:24:00.000-07:00

Game Change: Corporations Gearing Up To Exploit New Money-In-Politics Rules | TPMMuckraker

McCain Primary Challenger Hayworth: Obama 'Should Come Forward' With His Birth Certificate (VIDEO) | TPMDC

2010-01-26T21:21:00.000-07:00

McCain Primary Challenger Hayworth: Obama 'Should Come Forward' With His Birth Certificate (VIDEO) | TPMDC

Can you say, "carpetbagging loser?"

7 Things About The Economy Everyone Should Be Worried About - Yahoo! News

2010-01-25T22:13:00.000-07:00

7 Things About The Economy Everyone Should Be Worried About - Yahoo! News

Obama Moves to Centralize Control Over Party Strategy - NYTimes.com

2010-01-24T08:03:00.000-07:00

Obama Moves to Centralize Control Over Party Strategy - NYTimes.com

GOP Candidates Latch On To Scott Brown

2010-01-24T04:31:00.000-07:00

GOP Candidates Latch On To Scott Brown