Cock Fighting

For the dip shit Republicans who are still fighting the Cold War and a Red Scare. I don't know if they honestly believe such tripe or if they are using it as a club to bash progressives, but, a poster at Kos sets 'em straight:

Daily Kos: Socialism is Evil:

"Listen:

Democrats are not socialists. Democrats are not capitalists.

Democrats are problem solvers. We don't believe that government is THE answer. Nor do we believe that government is the problem. All we care about is finding solutions to problems. Sometimes the answers may be addressed by the free market. Sometimes that market may exhibit problems of its own which would require oversight. Sometimes the government may be the best tool to solve problems. Whatever works. That's all we care about.

Republicans are not the party of problem solvers. "

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In more cock fighting news.....

Wheeler over at Alablawg consistently produces some top-notch commentary. Always worth a read. I find myself agreeing with him often. A few days ago he tackled cock-fighting. The literal kind not the figurative kind.

Today’s Really Stupid Law:

"First of all, why cockfighting is a crime at all is beyond me. Is it something nice? No. Something I would ever do? No. But the only suffering is by a bunch of stupid roosters. And what’s gonna happen to these roosters after Johnny Law busts up the fights? They’ll be killed. So why not let them go out in a blaze of glory? Anyway, I sure hope no-one who opposes cockfighting eats chicken, because what happens to the Colonel’s best prior to the application of his secret recipe of herbs and spices would be called tortuous by even John Yoo.

Second, even granting the criminality of cockfighting, no-way this is a federal issue. How do cockfights in Alabama effect interstate commerce? I want a real answer, not a Wickard v. Filburn answer."

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This is late being posted but I still thought it important enough to include in today's post before it got relegated to the posts of Christmas past pile.

I may start focusing more on the lying nature of the GOP smear machine.

When Gore won his Oscar you knew the shit would be slung far and wide. And who better to start the fecal flying than Drudge (no link for that operative).

Read:

Gore Responds To Drudge’s Latest Hysterics:

"The right-wing is angry that Al Gore has won so much public attention and goodwill for his work on global warming. Determined to smear his efforts, Drudge writes in a screaming headline:"

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Come take a look at some of the people in my neighborhood, in my neighborhood, in my neigh-bor-hood.

If you want to buy the most perfectly seasoned wok and possible dabble in the skin trade.....

San Francisco: An insider's take on Chinatown:

"SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Behind Chinatown's gilded storefronts, dim sum joints and souvenir shops are stories -- often unpleasant ones -- of civil rights violations, racism and public housing struggles."

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