tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59849528561912328462024-03-13T13:44:50.609-07:00Loose TN CanonWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.comBlogger493125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-53246132224256988892017-07-23T08:49:00.003-07:002017-07-23T08:49:36.771-07:00They say it couldn't happen here... with people like this, yes it couldHere is a post by far right racist blogger John D. Smithson. His attitudes typify the Trump base. They call themselves 'patriots' but they'd be very happy to see ALL Trump investigations stop and Mueller be fired. If they had their way, they'd prefer an authoritarian-Putin type leadership wher investigative journalism is crushed, journalists are imprisoned and killed, and investigators like Mueller end up with radiation poisoning. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Making the case that Trumps finances have "nothing to do with Russia" is stupid, corrupt, and shows he's hiding something. Trump's finances have EVERYTHING to do with Russia. </span><br />
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Yes, with people like John D. Smithson... it could happen here. <a href="http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/2017/07/make-case-and-fire-mueller-man-is-not.html">Check out this post</a> where he calls for Mueller's firing.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-69103268708074405942017-05-13T10:35:00.001-07:002017-05-13T10:35:47.494-07:00Quick guide to the corruption of Donald Trump and familyThe investigation on Trump's involvements in world-wide corruption is well underway. Following the money is essential. Here is the some of the most recent breaking news and a new investigative documentary on his business ties:<br />
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Breaking from the WSJ: Former Trump Adviser Paul Manafort’s Bank Records Sought in Trump / Russia Probe - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. are both pursuing Manafort’s real estate deals in the city.
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Breaking from the WSJ: Trump's finances revealed to Senate Intel Committee by the Financial Crimes Enforcement division of the US Treasury. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-crimes-monitor-to-share-records-in-trump-russia-probe-1494625140">LINK</a><br />
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The lawyers who wrote a letter saying President Trump had no significant business ties to Russia work for a law firm that has extensive ties to Russia and received a “Russia Law Firm of the Year” award in 2016. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-tax-law-firm-deep-ties-russia/story?id=47376041">LINK</a><br />
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Dutch documentary on Trump's contacts with Russia and other corrupt business dealings. <a href="https://youtu.be/kKLWloj2ohM">LINK</a>
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<br />Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-2994934040712147842016-12-10T23:18:00.001-08:002016-12-10T23:22:18.263-08:00The creation of a hypocriteChristian evangelicals, who believe they represent the 'moral fabric' of our country have proven what we all knew they were, abject hypocrites. 80% supported the Pussy-grabber elect. <br />
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Someone who calls himself a pastor, conservative blogger John D. Smithson of <a href="http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/">"Midknight Review"</a>, now a huge Trump supporter, went through a hypocritical transformation that was pretty amazing. <br />
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During the GOP primaries, John D. Smithson wrote the following about Trump:<br />
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<li>"The Confederate Right Wing of the GOP, aka Trump supporters" </li>
<li> "If Trump thinks Putin is anything but a thugish killer, I will not vote for him." </li>
<li> "Trump is no Conservative. Proof? This Sunday's morning shows" </li>
<li>" Reasons for rejecting Donald Trump as a pretend conservative: I can't imagine that he will make it through the GOP primaries and I know absolutely no one who likes the man . . . . . too full of himself and his mouth, it reminds me of a fish out of water, trying to get oxygen. " </li>
<li> "His four bankruptcies indicate, in part, poor personal judgement (Politifact, here) . I believe they also indicated a personal disregard for the trust of those who trusted in your promise to pay." (<a href="http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/2016/03/donald-trumps-sister-was-appointed-by-b.html">link here</a>)</li>
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Lets talk about who is the real moron, here. You support a man who is already backing off his pledge to deport the masses. Read his immigration paper and see if you can find a hint of his pledge to deport 11 million illegals. He ain't going to do it. Gun control: he will nominate someone like his sister to the High Court. He has already made that clear . . . . and she is a gun ownership hater. Apparently he is in love with the KKK and David Duke. He thinks the confederate flag (note the small "c") is a righteous symbol of some kind. He and Putin are going to get along "just fine." Wow, we should all be happy for Putin. He can't spell, but that probably doesn't bother you. He uses bankruptcies to balance his expenses, making him a first class cheat. But maybe you don't know how bankruptcy works for a con man. What the con artist does is promise and promise and promise to pay for goods and services received, knowing all along that he has no intentions of paying for those goods and services. One bankruptcy? You got yourself in a bind. Four bankruptcies costing 20,000 jobs and millions and millions of dollars to folks/investors/subcontractors/vendors who believed his crap lies . . . . . he did it on purpose with the intent of defrauding. Defense of that crap is what I call moronic." (<a href="http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/2016/03/my-latest-war-of-words-at-breitbartcom.html?">link here</a>) -- J.D. Smithson</li>
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He published a <a href="http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/2016/03/donald-trumps-sister-was-appointed-by-b.html">list of reasons</a> why to reject Trump. Now he kisses Trump's ass. Smithson is in LOVE with Trump. The guy who says about himself<br />
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Smithson defends the Russian interference in our election, oblivious to the fact that Trump is playing right into Putin's hands, and he calls himself and Trump, "Patriots."<br />
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Smithson says: "So what. The Russians have been hacking into our elections for 30 years."<br />
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What?<br />
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I pointed out:<br />
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"The framers of the Constitution intended that the Electoral College guard against the possibility that a foreign power influences the outcome of a presidential election. In Federalist No. 68, Alexander Hamilton wrote that a major purpose of the Electoral College was to stop 'foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils.' He said that the College would Guard against all danger of this sort … with the most provident and judicious attention from the electors.”
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Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-16731365899344583042016-12-09T10:35:00.000-08:002016-12-09T10:42:54.581-08:00America in trouble - the Trump years begin<h2>
<b>This blog reopens in light of the new threat to America: Donald Trump</b></h2>
<b>Is it mandate?</b><br />
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1) Consider the fact, we have a new President elect that is now losing the popular vote by 2,676,670 votes, who won by a mere 106,000 votes in 3 key states. The less-than-500 counties that Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64% of America's economic activity in 2015. The more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won combined to generate only 36% of the country's economic activity last year. Clinton, in other words, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/22/donald-trump-lost-most-of-the-american-economy-in-this-election/?">carried nearly two-thirds of the American economy.</a><br />
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2) Also, consider the fact that since 1992, Democratic White House winners have won the popular vote by an average of 7.1 million votes while Republican White House winners have won the popular vote by an average of 84,000 votes. <br />
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3) This makes the Democratic party the winner of the popular vote for president in 6 of the last 7 elections. <br />
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Looking at the big picture... this is clearly, NOT a mandate. It is more like 'America held hostage' by an electoral system that is undemocratic and by a dangerously incompetent and regressive party whose president elect is a proven liar, a pathological narcissist, a racist, and by all accounts a non-reader and shallow thinker. <br />
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The American public is in grave danger with this regressive regime. It is clearly 'white identity politics' driving this regime, with a little help of Russian hackers and a huge level of gullibility to fake news among the American populace. It is not unlike Germany in the 1930s when a forceful speaker and demigod named Adolph took the nation with promises of making it great again. Joseph Goebbels would be having a field day with social media in today's America.<br />
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The resistance will be strong and hopefully, a more fact based society will emerge, probably only after the Trump regime begins to fail. And... they will fail. <br />
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Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-22408559661206317252013-04-19T13:38:00.002-07:002013-04-19T13:38:33.864-07:00Blog closedI have lost my interest in political banter. I will not be updating this blog but will save it for archival purposes. The views expressed previously in this blog may or may not reflect my present opinions or views as knowledge evolves with experience.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.”</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.” </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> ― Thich Nhat Hanh</span>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-69833881550407133992011-07-12T19:23:00.000-07:002011-07-13T07:29:19.103-07:0019 Different Polls: Americans agree - higher taxes necessary<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">From </span></span><a href="http://www.capitalgainsandgames.com/blog/bruce-bartlett/2292/americans-support-higher-taxes-really"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Bruce Bartlett</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">:</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Contrary to Republican dogma, polls show that the American people strongly support higher taxes to reduce the deficit and improve income inequality. ... </span></span><a href="http://www.capitalgainsandgames.com/blog/bruce-bartlett/2292/americans-support-higher-taxes-really"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">19 different polls since the first of the year</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> say yes- Americans think higher taxes are necessary - especially on the rich .</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">McConnell, Boehner, and Cantor voted EVERY TIME to increase the debt limit under Bush while Bush doubled the national debt. Now, suddenly the top 1% of Americans' tax breaks are more important to Republicans than America's credit and economic stability.<br /><br />Conservative economic policies are killing the middle class. It is class warfare and the average American is clearly losing.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><p style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Republican economic policies are based on proven fallacies like 'trickle-down', and 'higher taxes kill jobs,' 'taxes hurt the economy,' ... etc. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Bush cut taxes and had the </span></span><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/01/09/bush-on-jobs-the-worst-track-record-on-record/" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">worst</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> job creation record of any modern president. The Bush tax cuts were not supposed to last forever. Alan Greenspan, whose endorsement was perhaps the single most decisive event in their passage, made it very clear that they were a temporary solution to a temporary surplus, a surplus thanks to the Clinton administration. </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13.3333px; "><a href="http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11353"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Bush Tax cuts will cost America $5 Trillion</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b> - CRS.</b></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">66% of all income growth during the Bush years has been enjoyed by the top 1%. That is who the GOP is fighting for, against every poll that shows Americans feel the rich are not taxed enough. </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">For 6 of his 8 years as president, Reagan taxed the top 1% far MORE than Obama has proposed.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> But Mr. Black President is a ‘socialist’. The effective tax rate vs GDP was 18% under Reagan compared to 14.8% today. The GOP has piled on to the crazy wagon. They are invested in the failure of America. Their only objective is to bring Obama down, even if it means crippling the American economy.</span></span></p></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br />Conservative economic policies are killing the heart of America – the middle class. Yes, it is class warfare and the average American is clearly losing.<br /></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br />66% of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.<br /><br />Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975.<br /><br />n 1950, the ratio of the average executive’s paycheck to the average worker’s paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one.<br /><br />The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.<br /><br />The top 1% of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America’s corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago.<br /><br />Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009.<br /><br />83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.<br /><br />61 percent of Americans “always or usually” live paycheck to paycheck, up from 43 percent in 2007.<br /><br />Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 – the highest rate in 20 years<br /><br />43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement</span></span>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-23932298099227344282011-07-10T15:02:00.000-07:002011-07-10T15:03:05.001-07:00You might be a Republican if...<iframe src="http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?layout=&playlist_cid=&media_type=video&content=XYTBFR1QKK0LM4YV&read_more=1&widget_type_cid=svp" width="420" height="421" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-2991686597774678322011-05-27T12:11:00.000-07:002011-05-27T12:16:37.513-07:00Republicans: an embarrassment to TN<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Tennessee GOP makes the state look "barefoot and bucktoothed."</span><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/turner-says-gop-makes-state-look-barefoot-and-bucktoothed">NASHVILLE CITY PAPER</a>:<br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 21px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: left; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: arial; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 19px; "></p><blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: left; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: arial; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 19px; ">A Democratic legislative leader said Thursday Republicans made Tennessee look to the rest of the country like a “barefoot and bucktoothed” state with their social conservative agenda in the just-finished session.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: left; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: arial; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 19px; ">“A bunch of the radical extreme stuff passed,” House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner of Old Hickory said.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: left; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: arial; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 19px; "><b>“It hurts business. It’s embarrassing for me to talk to people in other parts of the country. It hurts our image down here. We had an image of everybody being barefoot and bucktoothed with cow licks on the sides of their head. [In the past], we came a long way to try to diminish some of that. We might have stepped back in the pack in the South.”</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: left; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: arial; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 19px; ">Turner named two Republican proposals: the “don’t say gay” bill by Sen. Stacey Campfield of Knoxville to ban any mention of homosexuality in schools, and the bill by Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, to overturn Nashville’s anti-gay bias ordinance. Campfield’s bill passed the Senate in a watered-down form but did not advance in the House. Casada’s bill became law when Gov. Bill Haslam signed it on Monday.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: left; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: arial; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 19px; ">“On the social issues, the John Birch Society issues, Tennessee maybe led the way in that,” Turner told reporters. “We stood out. We made the paper a whole lot more. A lot of people around the country might think Sen. Campfield is a typical legislator here in Tennessee, which is unfortunate.</p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: left; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: arial; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 19px; "></p></span></div></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-82931656777497517502011-05-25T16:06:00.000-07:002011-05-26T17:17:26.051-07:00The writing is on the wall: the GOP is floundering<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Give them enough rope and they hang themselves.</span></div><div><br /></div>NY 26 - special election (to replace Republican Congressman Chris Lee who resigned after publicly trying to solicit women on Craigslist) goes to Democrat Kathy Hochul in a solidly Republican district that is <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/democrat-kathy-hochul-win-upset-in-ny-26-medicare-vote-key-to-victory.php">seen</a> as a referendum on Paul Ryan's plan to ditch Medicare.<div><br /></div><div>Obama's rating has been inching <a href="http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-approval-rating-high">higher</a> ever since the Bin Laden killing. Now at +10, Fox News has him at +14.</div><div><br /></div><div>The hate merchants Limbaugh and Hannity have <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/25/rush-limbaughs-ratings-have-fallen-30-in-the-last-six-months/">lost a third of their audience</a> in the past 6 months.</div><div><br /></div><div>A number of potential GOP presidential candidates have <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/transcript/huckabee-explains-decision-not-run-president-2012">bowed out</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Recent media has given bad new for <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0511/Roger_Ailes_thinks_Palin_is_an_idiot.html?showall#">Palin</a> and <a href="http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/12/jeremy_giefer_child_molester_pardon.php">Pawlenty</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Teabagger FL Gov. Rick Scott is now <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/floridas-governor-rick-scott-continues-">down below 30%</a> in the polls. </div><div><br /></div><div>Gingrich starts his campaign for president and gets <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/22/nation/la-na-0522-gingrich-20110522">smacked</a> down. </div><div><br /></div><div>In <a href="http://www.politicususa.com/en/russ-feingold-beats-walker-2">Wisconsin recall matchup</a>, both Feingold [D] and Barrett [D] lead Gov. Walker [R] by 7 to 10 points.</div><div><br /></div><div>The GOP digs themselves even deeper with the Senate GOP <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/senate-republicans-split-on-vote-to-end-medicare.php?ref=fpa">voting</a> to trash Medicare.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">GAME OVER GOP</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Obama will get 4 more years, the Dems will take back the House. 2012!</b></div><div><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-20119337179979952992011-04-17T08:12:00.000-07:002011-04-17T09:51:35.855-07:00Bible: Jesus was clearly a liberal socialist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Evm2oZ26iKs/TasL4agTZKI/AAAAAAAAB40/b2yWEx451lM/s1600/jesus_peace_sign_.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Evm2oZ26iKs/TasL4agTZKI/AAAAAAAAB40/b2yWEx451lM/s400/jesus_peace_sign_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596580025753363618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">Since conservatives seem to have claimed 'ownership' of religion and 'moral values,' it is also notable that they are ignoring Biblical moral value principles - true to their consistent hypocrisy.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Why was Jesus crucified?</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">According to Biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan, Jesus was a philosopher who argued that true happiness could be found by charity and kindness, not by accumulation of wealth. Jesus argued that Roman commercialism had corrupted Jewish society. Jesus was a trouble maker to the Romans and made his feelings known. <b>The only time Jesus was ever documented in the Gospls using physical force was when he </b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleansing_of_the_Temple"><b>expells the money changers</b></a><b> from the temple.</b> The small few elite Jews were getting very rich cooperating with the Romans while most were being dispossessed and taxed into oblivion. Under Roman rule, their society was becoming dominated by a wealthy arrogant elite grinding down on an increasingly desperate working class. This disparity was against the principles of Jesus, and the Bible is clear on these values:</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"></div><blockquote><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. [Luke 14:13 &14.] </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. [Matthew 19:21] </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">You cannot serve both God and Money. [Matthew 6:24.]</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">[1 Timothy 6:10,11]</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">(Proverbs 23:4,5) </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">(Proverbs 28:8) </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">(Psalm 37:21) </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">(Proverbs 28:20)</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>What would Jesus think of Republicans targeting the poorest and weakest among us by cutting funding for community health centers, heating for the poor, foodstamps, and medicare while fighting tooth and nail to protect tax cuts for the most weathy? </b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">During the election, Republicans <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/social-security/scaring_seniors_on_social_security.html">lied</a> through their teeth - <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/05/gop-proposes-to-slash-medicare-after-bashing-dems-for-cutting-medicare/">accusing</a> the Democrats of wanting to cut Medicare and SS. Now look at the hypocrites... planning to phase out Medicare for those under 55, cutting programs for the poor and elderly while fighting to preserve a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.<br /><br />A little history: Note the titles given to these Bush tax cuts for corps and the rich:</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cut #1: Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cut #2: Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cut #3: Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Well guess what? There was no economic growth and the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/01/09/bush-on-jobs-the-worst-track-record-on-record/">worst job creation of any modern presidency</a>. <b>The Republican fantasy of trickle down has a proven record of failure</b>, yet they keep sticking to it because of their puppet masters and their <a href="http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v10/n10/abs/nn1979.html">innate</a> mental predispostion of not being able to adapt.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">This is not to say that Obama is a socialist. We all know <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/29/fox-news-executive-admits-his-attempt-to-link-obama-to-socialism-was-a-lie/">where that lie comes from</a>. Like previous presidents, Obama is well connected to the JPMorgan Chase money machine. It just goes to show how hypocrisy runs deep among religious conservatives who now use "socialism" as a dirty word and rallying cry against Democrats.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />So, do these GOP generated lies about America becoming consumed by socialism have any bearing in reality? Quite the contrary! America is anything but socialistic. <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.politicususa.com/en/u-s-ranks-dead-last-in-overall-social-spending">America ranks dead last in social spending </a><span style="font-weight: bold;">among industrialized nations.</span></span>*<br />(*<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oecd#Current_members">OECD members</a>)<br /></div><div><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-41150759793257278642011-01-24T21:33:00.000-08:002011-01-24T21:58:13.762-08:00Obama approval rating soars<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">With his approval at 51% in the </span><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">RCP poll of polls</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">, Obama is polling significantly </span><a href="http://www.politicususa.com/en/midterm-obama-reagan-clinton"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">higher</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> than both Reagan and Clinton at this point in their presidencies. </span> <div><br /></div><div>Just as important, Obama's disapproval of 42.8% is lowest in a year. </div><div><br /></div><div>We'll look for an additional bump after Obama's State of the Union Address.</div><div><br /></div><div>Look at GW Bush's approval graph by comparison, <a href="http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm">a continuous downward slope.</a> He only eeked out a 50% approval rating right at the time of his reelection. It is now revealed that <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48072.html">Bush broke Federal Campaign Law</a>, and got away with it. So much damage in his 8 years.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-86616163679189266722011-01-21T10:39:00.000-08:002011-01-21T11:07:26.256-08:00Conservatives desperately try to justify Glenn Beck's remark: "You're going to have to shoot them in the head"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TTnY9YZ5wcI/AAAAAAAAB18/BO3dQ6zBylI/s1600/GlennBeckGotGun.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TTnY9YZ5wcI/AAAAAAAAB18/BO3dQ6zBylI/s400/GlennBeckGotGun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564717363627672002" /></a><br />It's OK by conservatives that Glenn Beck tells people <b><i>"You're going to have to shoot them in the head"</i></b> ... because Beck wasn't appealing to his supporters, so that makes it OK.<br /><br />This astonishing apologist rhetoric comes streaming to us with denials and supportive comments (all non-supportive comments are of course deleted) from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><a href="http://patterico.com/2011/01/20/no-charles-johnson-glenn-beck-did-not-tell-his-viewers-to-shoot-anyone-in-the-head/">Patterico</a></span> blog. And these <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bloggers</span> consider themselves "Christians"! How's that for Christian behavior... defending this quote?<br /><br /><blockquote>"They believe in communism. They believe and have called for a revolution. <b>You're going to have to shoot them in the head.</b> But warning, they may shoot you. They are dangerous because they believe Karl Marx is their George Washington. You will never change their mind. And if they feel you have lied to them — they're revolutionaries. Nancy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pelosi</span>, those are the people you should be worried about." -- Glenn Beck, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594343,00.html#ixzz1BhJPW7st">Fox News, 6/10/10</a></blockquote><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594343,00.html#ixzz1BhJPW7st"></a>Yes, the same Glenn Beck who <a href="http://streetknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/pic-glenn-beck-removes-gun-pic-from-his-website/">pulled a photo of himself </a>with a gun from his website after the Tucson shootings.<br /><br />In the title of <a href="http://patterico.com/2011/01/20/no-charles-johnson-glenn-beck-did-not-tell-his-viewers-to-shoot-anyone-in-the-head/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Patterico's</span> post</a>: <i>"Glenn Beck Did Not Tell His Viewers to Shoot Anyone in the Head"</i> ... no, but it's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ok</span> that he told Democrat leaders to shoot so-called radical members of their party in the head.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">WTF</span> is wrong with these people ... defending a statement like that? <div><br /></div><div>Christians. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">heh</span>.<br /><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-44914097640951095702011-01-15T09:23:00.000-08:002011-01-15T09:27:55.556-08:00Bill Maher: Founding Fathers wouldn't have much in common with the teabaggersHillarious!!!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?layout=&playlist_cid=&media_type=video&content=XT0WKP1D0W53C7J0&read_more=1&widget_type_cid=svp" width="420" height="421" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-86531653484391907932011-01-11T17:44:00.001-08:002011-01-12T17:05:07.200-08:00Bill Maher nails it: AZ shooter's blackboard would look a lot like Glenn Beck'sEnough of the false equivalencies. <br /><br />Tell us Teabaggers, on what political side do we see gun fetish blogs? On what political side do we see <a href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/splc-report-return-of-the-militias">anti-government militias</a>? On which side do we hear most of the anti immigrant hate coming from? <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Answer the question teabaggers. How are those "second amendment remedies" workin out for you?<br /></span><br /><br />Why did Sarah Palin remove the crosshairs then say they were just "surveyors scopes."<br /><br />Why did Glenn Beck remove a website photo of a gun?<br /><br />Why has Roger Ailes <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/fox-news-chief-tells-gop-employees-tone-down/">told</a> his Fox News employees to "tone down the rhetoric."?<br /><br />Who is responsible for the gun culture? Gov. Jan Brewer [R] signed a bill allowing loaded guns in bars and restaurants, as well as another that prohibits property owners from banning guns from parking areas, so long as the weapons are kept locked in vehicles. And in July, Arizona became the only state in the nation with a large urban population to allow U.S. citizens 21 and older to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Lawmakers in 2010 blocked a bill that would have allowed university and community-college faculty to carry guns on school grounds, but Rep. Jack Harper [R], has proposed the bill again this year.<br /><br />Noooo, the teabagger conservatives don't want to answer these questions. <a href="http://www.ingramentertainment.com/">Ingram Entertainment</a> employee <a href="http://serr8d.blogspot.com">Serr8d</a> was too much of a coward to entertain these questions. In his remarkably twisted mind <a href="http://serr8d.blogspot.com/2011/01/jared-lee-loughners-skull-shrine.html">he reasoned</a> that the shooter was a liberal because he was not a Christian:<br /><blockquote>This skull crap means the guy wasn't an EVIL WHITE CHRISTIANIST, but a Democrat; outreaching to and embracing TEH OTHER religions and beliefs, as Democrats are so fond of doing.</blockquote><br /><br />Aaron Worthing at Patterico j<a href="http://patterico.com/2011/01/11/sensibility-and-sociopathy-jon-stewart-howard-fineman-and-others-react-to-the-safeway-massacre/comment-page-1/#comment-740523">oins the ranks of the cowardly.</a><br /><br /><object width="416" height="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ep"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2011/01/11/ac.maher.giffords.shooting.cnn" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><embed src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2011/01/11/ac.maher.giffords.shooting.cnn" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="416" wmode="transparent" height="374"></embed></object><br /><br />The AZ shooter was upset that people in his district were "illiterate" (read:Mexican). Kind of reminds me of what teaparty racist candidate Tancredo said in Nashville last year that Obama was elected by: "people who could not even spell the word 'vote' or say it in English.'... Further characterizing Democrats as "the cult of multiculturalism" and endorsing the return of Jim Crow laws.<br /><br />The AZ shooter also was paranoid about US currency and returning to the gold standard... a topic that Glenn Beck talks about all the time. Wonder where he heard that? <br /><br />There are extremists on both sides of course, but with the Right-wing, it's a bit different. The paranoid and conspiratorial style is much more mainstream, especially with Beck and Fox. On Fox, there are shadowy links between Soros, the Tides Foundation, and other liberal causes that aim to bring America down. Obama is at once fascist and a socialist. Don't forget Palin's dark insinuations about Obama's ties with terrorists and HCR's agenda to impose of Death Panels. Of course, you have questions about Obama birth certificate sadly mainstream when Republican representatives and candidates claim it's still an issue. Candidates and elected officials calling for "second amendment remedies", carrying signs promoting insurrection "Don't Tread on Me" and saying they want their constituents "armed and dangerous." Wake up, this is not an isolated incident. (H/T: <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/the-style-not-content-of-loughners-reading.html">the Atlantic</a>)<br /><br />-- July 2008: A gunman named Jim David Adkisson, agitated at how "liberals" are "destroying America," walks into a Unitarian Church and opens fire, killing two churchgoers and wounding four others.<br /><br />-- April 2009: A white supremacist named Richard Poplawski opens fire on three Pittsburgh police officers who come to his house on a domestic-violence call and kills all three, because he believed President Obama intended to take away the guns of white citizens like himself. <br /><br />-- July 2010: An agitated right-winger and convict named Byron Williams loads up on weapons and drives to the Bay Area intent on attacking the offices of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU, but is intercepted by state patrolmen and engages them in a shootout and armed standoff in which two officers and Williams are wounded.<br /><br /><a href=" http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/terror-arizona-just-another-isolated">More here:</a><br /><br />Exactly how many "liberals" can you find out there who walk into churches, museums and political rallies and shoot people in the head?<br /><br />Enough of the BS false equivalencies, we can see where this vitriol is coming from.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">UPDATE:</span><br /><br />Another nut-job was arrested TODAY 1/12/11 by the FBI for threatening to kill Rep. Jim McDermott (D - WA). Check out the afidavit and see how ingrained the right-wing talking points are in <a href="http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0112_mcdermott.pdf">his threats.</A><br /><br />A SC gun retailer is now selling magazines for assault rifles engraved with Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) famous quote "you lie" that was yelled at Obama during a speech. <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/gun-maker-sells-component-engraved-you-lie-congressmans-quote/">Joe Wilson appears in the ad for these Limited Edition(!) assault rifle components.</a>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-17261459889127720462011-01-06T06:04:00.001-08:002011-01-06T06:42:05.793-08:00Republicans love the Constitution so much they want to change itThe first day of the Republican controlled House, they intend on reading the Constitution.<br /><br />Why is it that Tea Party Republicans that have wrapped themselves in the Constitution are so <a href="http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/slideshows/12-ways-republicans-want-to-change-the-constitution">bent on changing it?</a> They want to change the 14<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> amendment, the 17<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> amendment, they want to reject the supremacy clause Article VI, Clause 2, and federal taxation Article I, Section 8, ...clause 2.... and if it were up to them, they'd have a religious (Christian) test for political office which violates Article VI, paragraph 3.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Actually, Republicans want to change the Constitution in a </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/republicanteabaggers-like-the-constitution-so-much-they-only-want-to-change-it-in-12-different-ways/question-1381633/">dozen different ways</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><br />Now that's respect for the Constitution!<br /><br />To top it all off, they had Antonin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Scalia</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">school</span> them on the Constitution - he's the guy who thinks that the 14<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span> Amendment - "equal protection under the law" - <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/04/supreme-court-justice-scalia-womens-rights-not-in-constitution/">does NOT apply to women</a>, despite a 1971 unanimous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">SCOTUS</span> ruled that the equal protection does apply to women.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Scalia</span> also has <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/28/national/main542388.shtml">no problem </a>with promoting religion in government (which is unconstitutional), and is basically one of the most dangerous people of power in America. Let's hope for a retirement soon.<br /><object id="msnbc20219a" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640"><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=40916940&width=420&height=245"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed name="msnbc20219a" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" flashvars="launch=40916940&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" height="245" width="420"></embed></object><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 5px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; text-align: center; width: 420px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;">Visit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">msnbc</span>.com for <a style="text-decoration: none ! important; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">breaking news</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration: none ! important; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;">world news</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration: none ! important; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;">news about the economy</a></p><p face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="11px" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 5px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; text-align: center; width: 420px;"><br /></p><p face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="11px" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 5px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; text-align: center; width: 420px;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration: none ! important; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;"><br /></a></p><br />UPDATE: Denialist blogger who can't handle debate - Patterico - stikes again. I commented on Scalia yesterday. My comment was of course deleted but <span style="font-style:italic;">wha-lah</span> .... he has a <a href="http://patterico.com/2011/01/05/reading-the-constitution-a-reminder-that-the-words-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-736952">post on Scalia</a> today. heh...Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-27885766100732833462010-12-30T19:16:00.000-08:002010-12-30T19:28:27.617-08:00Teabagger Christine O'Donnell caught stealing campaign moneyChristine O'Donnell is in for a lesson. You can't make a career out of failed political campaigns and steal your contributor's campaign funds for your personal use. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20016966-503544.html">O'Donnell is under criminal investigation.</a> It seems not a matter if she stole campaign money, but how much. She could even do time if convicted. This is what passes for morality for the religious right wing teabaggers <a href="http://patterico.com/2010/12/30/odonnell-under-criminal-investigation/">jumping to her defense</a>.<br /><br />It is shocking that anyone would have supported this candidate, who<a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/odonnell-in-2007-scientists-have-created-mice-with-human-brains.php"> claimed</a> American scientists had created mice with "fully functioning human brains." But, that's the level of intellect we're dealing with when it comes to the teabagger: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TR1Mm3f-T6I/AAAAAAAAB1c/v9VYFeXBm1k/s1600/odonnell.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TR1Mm3f-T6I/AAAAAAAAB1c/v9VYFeXBm1k/s400/odonnell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556681745861857186" /></a><br /><br />GAME OVERWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-74178053209561804722010-12-20T15:55:00.001-08:002010-12-20T19:35:58.178-08:00Patterico - another denialist conservative blog deletes comments, stifles debate<a href="http://patterico.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Patterico</span> - a conservative blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> whose master, Patrick Frey has apparently entrusted to "Aaron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Worthing</span>" to it's operation has proven once again, conservatives can't handle the truth. </span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span>Not only has "Aaron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Worthing</span>" apparently deleted my comments and banned me from commenting (possibly against the blog owners intent), he has taken links from my very comments and produced posts on them, not even allowed me the courtesy to discuss the issue that I brought to his attention. At least this time, "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Worthing</span>" gave me <a href="http://patterico.com/2010/12/20/fox-news-presents-both-sides-of-the-climate-debate-la-times-says-they-are-not-fair-and-balanced/">credit for it.</a> So upset with my links, facts and debate, everyone I saw post a contrary opinion was suspected to be me. I guess I shook up their little world. At least they haven't libeled me yet, <a href="http://loosetncanon.blogspot.com/2010/09/protein-wisdoms-jeff-goldstein-commits.html">as did Protein Wisdom.</a><br /><br />More insidious have been the jokers complaining that I post under different names. When I called their bluff and told them that I would post under my own name if they posted under theirs, well, you guessed it.... they cowardly ran like hell and continued to insult me personally under their cowardly monikers - mentioning my real name, place of employment, often without any meaningful debate or discussion.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">One rather infantile self-proclaimed scientist/PhD was particularly insulting and challenging: "Eric Blair".</span><br /><br />Due to significant evidence, I have determined "Eric Blair" to likely be <a href="http://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-pages/momartin">Mark Martin - biology professor at the University of Puget Sound</a>. His m.o., giving "test questions" and drawing conclusions based on my unwillingness to participate, was so infantile, I could hardly imagine this guy was my elder, and even a professor. I thought him to be some smart ass grad student at a religious college or something. No surprise, he has been in academia much longer than I and hasn't even been able to muster a Full Professor ranking.<br /><br />This unfortunate science denier - had made repeated comments showing that like most conservatives, his mind is contaminated by politics and he can not accept the scientific consensus on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">global</span> climate change. When I outed him, he ran like hell, never to have since appeared at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Patterico</span> as "Eric Blair." Not surprising that a scientist like him would go to great lengths to protect his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">identity</span>, the denier he is. Yet he would always mention MY full name and university in some foolish effort to disparage me.<br /><br />Apparently, he was not smart enough to keep from being tracked. .. touche' <span style="font-style: italic;">Assoc. Prof.</span> Martin. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">heh</span>....</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, thanks "Aaron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Worthing</span>" for going on the record as another conservative who fears the truth and debate. Keep it tuned to Fox News. </div><div><br /></div><div>Pathetic. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Holidays and keep the up the denial!<br /><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-42398615284640809742010-12-17T02:24:00.000-08:002010-12-17T02:40:38.631-08:00Fox News viewers are the most misinformed<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><blockquote></blockquote><br /></span></div>University of Maryland study confirms what we already knew... Fox News deliberately misinforms viewers.</span><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/908391--watching-fox-news-leaves-viewers-less-informed-study-finds?bn=1">Toronto Star</a>:<br /><blockquote>There were however a number of cases where greater exposure to a news source increased misinformation on a specific issue.<br /><br />Researchers found that the more you watched Fox News the more misinformed you became; it didn’t matter whether you turned on the channel as a Republican or a Democrat.<br /><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Blockquote" border="0" class="gl_quote" /><br />“The effect was also not simply a function of partisan bias, as people who voted Democratic and watched Fox News were also more likely to have such misinformation than those who did not watch it — though by a lesser margin than those who voted Republican,” said the study.</blockquote></div><div><a href="http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_rpt.pdf"></a><b><br />Check out the list of lies....</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_rpt.pdf">World public opinion org:</a><br /><blockquote></blockquote></div><blockquote><div>Those who watched Fox News almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe [the following lies]:</div><div><br /><ul><li>most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (12 points more likely)</li><li>most economists have estimated the health care law will worsen the deficit (31 points)</li><li>the economy is getting worse (26 points)</li><li>most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring (30 points)</li><li>the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts (14 points)</li><li>their own income taxes have gone up (14 points)</li><li>the auto bailout only occurred under Obama (13 points)</li><li>when TARP came up for a vote most Republicans opposed it (12 points)</li><li>that it is not clear that Obama was born in the United States (31 points)</li></ul></div></blockquote>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-6552953528407276832010-12-05T09:57:00.000-08:002010-12-06T21:33:32.829-08:00The LIE of 'trickle-down economics' - Republicans fight for tax cuts for the rich<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> At the expense of the American people, Republicans fight to increase the wealth of the top 1% - their puppet masters.</span><div><div><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H5OtB298fHY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H5OtB298fHY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /><br />"Trickle down economics" is a lie and a scam. A way for the GOP to pay their puppet masters. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Did trickle down economics work for Reagan? </span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> No:</span></span><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div><div>The UPI headline on 12/30, 1989 - a report on Reaganomics included -</div><div></div><blockquote><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> "upper income Americans were the main direct beneficiaries of tax cuts in the early 1980s. there is no evidence in our data that those benefits have trickled down to lower-income Americans."</b></div></blockquote><div></div><div><br /></div><div>When Reagan came into office in 1981, he inherited a $994 million national debt. by the time he left, it had ballooned to $2.6 billion. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reaganomics was a spectacular success for the richest Americans in the country who benefited most from the tax cuts. The top 1% had seen their wages rise by 80%. Average wages in the rest of the country remained flat and the poorest Americans saw their income shrink by more than 10%. That was Reaganomics. </div><div><br /></div><div>The designer of Reaganomics, David Stockman, declared on NPR that “Reagan would never support extending the Bush tax cuts.” Stockman took this assertion a step further in calling out the Republican leadership for perverting the notions of fiscal conservatism and betraying what the Party used to stand for. He laid blame on the Bush administration. <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/reagan-insider-gop-destroyed-us-economy-2010-08-10">Stockton blames the GOP for "destroying the American economy."</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object id="msnbc8224ac" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640"><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=40501142&width=420&height=245"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed name="msnbc8224ac" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" flashvars="launch=40501142&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" height="245" width="420"></embed></object><p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 5px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; text-align: center; width: 420px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration: none ! important; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">breaking news</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration: none ! important; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;">world news</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration: none ! important; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;">news about the economy</a></p></div></div><br />Warren Buffett said that he was taxed at 17.7% on the $46 million he made last year while his secretary, who earned $60,000, was taxed at 30%.<br /><br />That is what the GOP is fighting for. I think Buffet knows a bit about money. You might care to hear what <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/tax/article1996735.ece">he has to say.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Trickle down economics is not trickling to American jobs, it’s trickling to China. What percentage of your clothing and manufactured good are made in America and who is earning the money for those goods? The top 1/10 of 1% – the CEOs. Delusional Republicans think the tax breaks to CEO’s and big corporations put Americans to work. No, the big corps instead oursource to improve their profit margin. They don't give a shit about putting Americans to work if they can make a few buck by moving operations to Malaysia.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">UPDATE: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/05/congress.final.weeks/index.html?hpt=Sbin">Obama caves</a>. </span><span>The puppet masters win again. The GOP push their "Leave No CEO Behind" policy. </span><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/obama-cuts-deal-gop-taxes/">Bernie Sanders to the rescue</a><span>?<br /><br /></span><div><span>Some people just don't get it.</span><br /><br /><b>George Carlin can explain it to you: </b><br />(H/T - Shelly Stone)<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hYIC0eZYEtI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hYIC0eZYEtI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-26289003690077036862010-11-27T12:10:00.000-08:002010-11-27T13:17:27.655-08:00How dumb is Fox News ... and their viewers?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TPFzGzOKarI/AAAAAAAAB0E/7g_HmvwtghE/s1600/foxnation_obama_email_pt1_101126b.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 334px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TPFzGzOKarI/AAAAAAAAB0E/7g_HmvwtghE/s400/foxnation_obama_email_pt1_101126b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544339176935811762" /></a><br /><a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=cache:http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2010/11/26/frustrated-obama-sends-nation-rambling-75000-word-e-mail"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Fox News posts a fake story</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> disparaging Obama <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-large;">as real news<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">... from </span></span></b></span>"</span><a href="http://www.theonion.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The Onion</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">," a satirical 'faux news' site.</span><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Further adding to the realization that Fox News thought this was real, they scrubbed the article and comments from their site as soon as they were called on it. They published no retraction, clarification, or correction. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">What a bunch of dumbasses.</span></b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/fox-nation-readers-confuse-onion-article-real-news/">RS:</a></div><div><br /></div><blockquote>The Fox News sister site re-posted a joke from the satirical website The Onion Friday about President Barack Obama sending a 75,000-word e-mail to the the entire nation. At no point does Fox Nation note that the story is a satire.<br /><br />The Onion story joked that Obama had "reached the end of [his] rope" and sent out the "rambling" stream of consciousness e-mail that addressed everything from the war in Afghanistan to his live-in mother-in-law.<br /><br />The story goes on to say that the fake Obama e-mail was 27 megabytes and 127 printed pages.<br /><br /><br />...many of the comments on the post treat the story as if it were actual news.<br /><br />"It is really sad that in a time of crisis in this country with troops on foreign soil the economy lack of jobs and now N. Korea once again rattling their saber we have a President sitting in the White House that by what I read in the email is utterly losing it," Goofy1954 wrote. "We can not afford to have him in the White House at such a critical time."<br /><br />"This should be enough to have him removed from office immediately......he is now the highest security risk to this nation," Obamababble observed.<br /><br />"What you are seeing folks is the human unraveling and development of a self-delusional, irrational madman becoming unhinged. Can anyone say Hitler?" Mmttomb3 asked.</blockquote><b>This speaks pretty clearly to the level of intelligence of Fox News and their viewers.</b><br /><div><br /></div><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-2592624721074396952010-10-28T08:47:00.000-07:002010-10-28T09:08:42.782-07:00Republican Tea Party Positions - In their own words. GO VOTE!!1) Eliminate Federal funding for colleges and Universities – <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/06/armey-eliminate-higher-education/">Dick Armey</a><br /><br />2) Outsource American jobs oversees and prevent the Democrats from bringing jobs back to America by using foreign funding to attack their candidates. (<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/gop-blocks-democrats-jobs-outsourcing-bill/">GOP defeats Dem bill to prevent outsourcing)</a><br /><br />3) Government should not prevent private businesses from discriminating on the basis of race. – <a href="http://racerelations.about.com/b/2010/05/24/rand-paul-criticizes-civil-rights-act-argues-businesses-should-be-able-to-discriminate.htm">Rand Paul</a><br /><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/25/odonnell-in-1998-evolution-is-a-myth/"></a><br />4) Gays and single sexually active women should not be legally allowed to teach. – <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/demint_sexually_active_unmarried_women_and_gay_teachers_should_be_barred_from_classrooms.php">Jim DeMint</a><br /><br />5) Victims of incest rape should be forced by the federal government to bear their rapists child. – <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/78-gop-candidates-force-rapists-babies/">Angel, Palin, Paul, O’Donnell (official GOP platform calls for illegal abortion - no exception)</a><br /><br />6) Evolution is a myth, intelligent design needs to be taught in schools. –<a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/25/odonnell-in-1998-evolution-is-a-myth/"> Christine O’Donnell</a>, Michele Bachmann, Palin<br /><br />7) Eliminate the minimum wage. – <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/10/04/ak-sen_joe_miller_wants_to_eliminate_minimum_wage.html">Joe Miller</a>, Michele Bachman<br /><br />8) Raise the social security retirement age. – <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/rand-paul-retirement-age-raised/">Rand Paul</a><br /><br />9) Impose a $2000 Medicare deductible. – <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politifact-ad-that-says-rand-paul-has-suggested-2000-medicare-deductible/1127775">Rand Paul</a><br /><br />10) “Second Amendment remedies” are needed against government – <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/06/what-are-sharron-angles-2nd-amendment-remedies-to-reids-oppression.html">Sharron Angle<br /></a><br />11) The separation of church and state is invalid – <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/ken-buck-said-he-opposes-separ.html">Ken Buck</a>, Angle, O’Donnell<br /><br />12) Abolish public schools and the Dept. of Education – <a href="http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk-elections/article/tea-party-candidate-david-harmer-abolish-all-public-schools/19674478">David Harmer</a>, Rand Paul<br />---------<br /><br />The Tea Party supposedly touts the US Constitution, yet we have never seen a group more <a href="http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/slideshows/12-ways-republicans-want-to-change-the-constitution">bent on CHANGING the the Constitution.</a> They want to change the 14th amendment, the 17th amendment, they want to reject the supremacy clause Article VI, Clause 2, and federal taxation Article I, Section 8, clause 2.... and if it were up to them, they'd have a religious (Christian) test for political office which violates Article VI, paragraph 3. <br /><br />Now that's respect for the Constitution. They raise their "Taxed Enough Already" signs<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2010-05-10-taxes_N.htm"> in a year where the US saw the lowest taxes in 60 years.</a> A real real bright group you have there!<br /><br />---------<br />Republican Tea Party Positions - In their own words. GO VOTE!!<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Cm6eV2vvJM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Cm6eV2vvJM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-86735674912866503582010-10-03T19:07:00.000-07:002010-10-03T19:43:40.179-07:00PJTV: "Teabagger Central" touts documented liar: Michele Bachmann<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TKk967ombSI/AAAAAAAABxM/8JkyYaFRaSU/s1600/michele-bachmann.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 368px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TKk967ombSI/AAAAAAAABxM/8JkyYaFRaSU/s400/michele-bachmann.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524014500596313378" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Top teabagger website, </span><a href="http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=174&load=4231"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">PJTV, touts documented liar Michele Bachmann [R-MN]</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> as an example of a "smart girl." Pulitzer Prize winning non-partisan fact checking website <a href="http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/">PolitiFact.com</a> has called her out on <a href="http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/sep/21/bachmann-and-truth-o-meter-collected-works/">eleven separate lies</a>, giving her the distinction of an "all false/pants on fire record" - <b>one of the most consistent lying politicians in congress.</b></span><br /><br />Thanks PJTV for showing us an apt example of whom conservative teabaggers consider a "smart gi<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;">rl."</span><div><div><br /></div><div>Check out <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-10-craziest-michele-bachmann-quotes">some quotes</a> from the "smart girl."</div><div></div><blockquote><div>"There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them with Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design." </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Michele Bachmann</div></blockquote><div><a href="http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/sep/21/bachmann-and-truth-o-meter-collected-works/">Politifact:</a><br /><blockquote>Bachmann has scored five Pants on Fire ratings, plus six False ratings. After 11 encounters with the Truth-O-Meter, Bachmann continues to hold the rare distinction of an all-False/Pants on Fire record.</blockquote></div></div>Bachmann is up by single digits in recent polls, ahead of her Democratic challenger <a href="http://tarrylclark.com/">Tarryl Clark</a>.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-12595938659472802442010-09-24T08:39:00.000-07:002010-09-27T19:29:10.657-07:00GOP's Bogus "Pledge to America" doesn't pass 8th grade arithmetic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The GOP Pledge: increase the deficit by trillions of dollars and take health-care insurance away from tens of millions of people.</span><div><br />The party of NO becomes the party of nonsense. It must be difficult for any thinking person to be a Republican these days. </div><div><br /></div><div>As House GOP leader John Boehner said, "We're not going to be any different than what we've been." <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/reagan-insider-gop-destroyed-us-economy-2010-08-10">That's reassuring</a>.<br /><br />More.... <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/24/gop_pledge_to_america_is_nonsense.html">here</a> and <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/09/the_gops_bad_idea.html">here</a>.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 26px; font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:18px;"><blockquote> In essence, what they [the GOP] say is, “Deficits are a terrible thing. Let’s make them much bigger.” The document repeatedly condemns federal debt — 16 times, by my count. But the main substantive policy proposal is to make the Bush tax cuts permanent, which independent estimates say would add about $3.7 trillion to the debt over the next decade — about $700 billion more than the Obama administration’s tax proposals.</blockquote><blockquote>-- <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/opinion/24krugman.html?_r=1">Paul Krugman,</a> award winning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman#Awards">economist</a></blockquote></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />UPDATE:<br />GOP pledge </span><a href="http://factcheck.org/2010/09/factchecking-the-pledge/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">fails the Fact Check.</span></a>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-17584783364234678312010-09-21T16:23:00.000-07:002010-09-21T18:02:11.089-07:00Newt Gingrich becomes the new Joe McCarthy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TJlEzJvTYdI/AAAAAAAABwU/bpX3G7hDAFY/s1600/devolution09.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 219px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rgqz8UD5Vb8/TJlEzJvTYdI/AAAAAAAABwU/bpX3G7hDAFY/s400/devolution09.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519518463897592274" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">What is wrong with Newt Gingrich? </span></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"></span> He was once thought of as "the thinker" of the Republican Party, an intellectual. </div><div><br /></div><div>Putting Gingrich in perspective among his fellow Republicans, Bill Maher remarked on Hardball:<div><br /></div><div></div><blockquote><div></div></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><div>"Pygmies cast large shadows among midgets."</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Bill Maher on Newt Gingrich, MSNBC's Hardball 9/21/10</div></blockquote><div></div><div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Does anyone with some level of intelligence actually believe Sharia law to be such a threat that he has to warn the United States Supreme Court: </div><div><blockquote> "And we should make clear to Justice Breyer and Justice Kagan, who both seem confused on this topic, that no judge will remain in office who tries to use Sharia law to interpret the American Constitution." </blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201009180003">Newt Gingrich</a>, Values Voters Summit, 9/18/10</blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>Well Newt, maybe you should warn our Justices not to use Swedish Law, or Japanese Law, or Icelandic Law, as well? What would warrant such a foolish statement? Perhaps to cash in on teabagger white KKKristian Islamophobia? </div><div><br /></div><div>What is wrong with this picture.... that a majority (52%) of Republicans now believe Obama is sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists to impose Sharia Law? (<a href="http://nw-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/1004-ftop.pdf">Princeton Survey</a> - 8/27/10). Could this perception have been applied to a Hillary Clinton? Never, it's clearly about race. </div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div>This level of Islamophobia is absurd. The teabaggers represent an ignorant and hateful bunch - truly a low mark in the devolution of American politics. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/texas-board-ban-proislamic-bias-school-books/">Check this out</a> - TX Board of Education wants to ban "pro-Islamic Bias" in textbooks. Pro-Islamic bias??????? Could these assholes be any more paranoid or hateful?</div><div><br /></div>Even worse, Gingrich characterized President Obama mindset as:<br /><blockquote>"so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]... That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior.”<br /><br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Newt Gingrich, <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/246302/gingrich-obama-s-kenyan-anti-colonial-worldview-robert-costa">National Review</a>, 9/11/10</blockquote><br />This is the same guy who <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/23024.html">called</a> Justice Sotomayer a "racist." Why is this guy so paranoid and hateful? <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">What is wrong with Newt Gingrich's brain? Why are these teabaggers such a hateful bunch?</span><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984952856191232846.post-86824855271026664602010-09-20T09:46:00.000-07:002010-09-20T11:15:56.314-07:00Teabaggers fall for the "bearded Marxist" joke<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Every right wing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">teabagger</span> site in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wingnut</span> universe is painting Delaware's Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons as a "self described Bearded Marxist." This whole title is based on a joke that Coons used to entitle a college student newspaper article when he was 21. He was making fun of his college Republican friends whom he helped campaign for Ronald Reagan.</b></span><br /><br />His campaign <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">spokesman</span> <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36726.html">explains</a> how Coon's study abroad in Kenya changed his political leanings:<br /><br /><blockquote>“After witnessing crushing poverty and the consequences of the Reagan Administration’s ‘constructive engagement’ with the South African apartheid regime, he rethought his political views, returned to the America he loved and proudly registered as a Democrat.”</blockquote><br /><br />How does Coons' political career stand up to the Marxist title?<br /><blockquote><br />He's spent six years as county executive, which would have been a great place to try out Marxist theory. Sadly, he became a pretty standard cut-some-spending-increase-property-taxes hack. - <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/09/16/of-beards-and-marxism.aspx">David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Weigel</span></a></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><br />Funny to hear someone like Glenn Beck - a college dropout, criticize Chris Coons - a Yale Law grad. But... that's the tea party in a nutshell.<br /></b></span><br />Meanwhile, Coons opponent, O'Donnell (who says she'd not even lie to Hitler to protect a Jew), is the target for a criminal investigation. <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/watchdog-christine-odonnell-criminal/">"She's clearly a criminal"</a><br /><blockquote><br /><div>"Christine O'Donnell is clearly a criminal, and like any crook she should be prosecuted," CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan said in a release. "Ms. O'Donnell has spent years embezzling money from her campaign to cover her personal expenses. Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much these days, but both sides should agree on one point: thieves belong in jail not the United States Senate."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></blockquote><div></div>Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861596158055480390noreply@blogger.com1