August 20, 2009
Barney Frank Followup
John Stewart weighs in:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Barney Frank’s Town Hall Snaps | ||||
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John Stewart weighs in:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Barney Frank’s Town Hall Snaps | ||||
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Filed by CitizenRob at August 20th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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The absolutely unconscionable behavior of the Republicans over the past month in regards to the healthcare reform bills before Congress and the Senate has resulted in an all out dismissal of the Republican minority in congress.
It’s about damn time!
According to the NYT (via San Jose Mercury):
Given hardening Republican opposition to congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance for the minority’s cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks.
Filed by CitizenRob at August 18th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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Barney Frank hits this one out of the park. This should be the standard democratic response to these right wing fascist nuts:
and just in case you needed it… a little reminder of why we voted for Barack Obama:
Filed by CitizenRob at August 18th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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The leadership of the AFL-CIO let the Democrats know that they were trying to burn the wrong crowd with their attempt to drop a public option from the Healthcare reform bill currently in the Senate.
One of the country’s most prominent union officials is warning that big labor may pull its support from Democrats who don’t fight for a government-run insurance plan.
In an interview with the Huffington Post on Saturday, Richard Trumka, the secretary-treasurer and likely next president of the AFL-CIO, said his federation is drawing a line in the sand when it comes to a public option in the health care bill. Lawmakers who don’t support the provision, he said, shouldn’t take anything for granted.
Watch Rachel Maddow give her own ass whopping to Democrats after the jump.
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Filed by CitizenRob at August 17th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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Over on HuffingtonPost.com today a couple of Republi-thugs were posting in the comments that “at least Bush kept us safe.”
Republi-thugs think that “Bush kept us safe?” What world have they been living in?
| Bush Death Count | Clinton Death Count |
| 9/11/2001: 3017 [source] | 1993 WTC Bombing: 6 |
| Iraq War: 4330 [source] | Somalia (started under Bush Sr.): 43 [source] |
| Hurricane Katrina: 1464 [source] | Mississippi Floods: 32 [wikipedia]
Hurricane Andrew: ~70 |
| Bombing of the USS Cole: 17 [wikipedia] | |
| Total Dead Americans: | |
| Bush: 8,811 | Clinton: 169 |
If I were asked to make a choice between who I would want guarding my hen house, it sure as hell wouldn’t be Bush.
Filed by CitizenRob at August 17th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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The .1% that claims it cannot pay living wages to Americans while throwing $300,000 parties for their daughters 16th birthday continued to get richer last year while the rest of us hunted for scraps.
In a truly disturbing paper by a noted Berkeley professor the facts were laid out: a full 6% of all income is earned by the top .01% of people in this country.
SIX. PERCENT.
Filed by CitizenRob at August 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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EQCA and HRC have decided to wait until 2012 to pursue repeal of the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment in California.
It’s been interesting to watch HRC since Prop 8 passed. They were obviously caught off guard as the gays responded angrily and energetically to Prop 8’s passage, what with having a spa night scheduled in San Francisco just days after the election (yes, I know, they scheduled that in advance, but no one seriously thought losing Prop 8 was outside the realm of possibility going into the election). They celebrated Obama’s election, then laid low for a while, issuing the occasional press release, but staying out of trouble and avoiding interviews. Belerico
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The Texas School Board is ordering special “dumbed down for Texans” school books because their populace is too stupid to handle actual at-grade level materials. Lauri Lebo has more information:
If any question remains about the religious and political motivations of certain members of the Texas Board of Education, one need only read the words of their social studies curriculum experts.
Rev. Peter Marshall, for example, one of their appointed academic experts, wants to restore America, according to the website of his Massachusetts-based ministry, “to its Bible-based foundations through preaching, teaching, and writing on America’s Christian heritage and on Christian discipleship and revival.” He also believes that Hurricane Katrina, Watergate and the Vietnam War are the result of divine wrath.
Filed by CitizenRob at August 12th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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Lily Tomlin is back! This time she is supporting a great cause:
Filed by CitizenRob at August 11th, 2009 under Uncategorized
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