Bob Cesca: Time for the Democrats to Get Loud and Fearless:
"Here's a major reason why the Republicans are still a viable party: they don't mind getting loud. They're willing to flagrantly lie out loud, while also making a huge production out of insignificant and contradictory nonsense that heretofore was never even considered to be a political trespass -- shamelessly and unapologetically amplifying it all to a level of noise that forces the press and voters alike to pay attention.
The Democrats could learn a thing or two about this. More presently."
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What this dude says:
Charles Karel Bouley: Dear Mr. President: No Bi Ideas Please:
"You see, Republicans, neocons, the Right has had their say, for eight years, and it destroyed us. Over those eight years they did not practice bipartisanship, they practiced a mock dictatorship or coup. Democrats sat by and basically watched as the country was decimated; in 2006 when the country gave the Congress a Democratic majority, Nancy Pelosi, your speaker of the House, refused to impeach George W. Bush (we both know starting the proceedings doesn't mean removal, but it's the process that's important) and Democrats continued to support and fund the wars which the people that sent them there opposed. We didn't want bipartisanship then, either, we wanted resolutions.
The fact is, Republicans lost because We, the People, wanted them to. We were tired of their governance, their style, their lack of concern for the people and their sole focus on corporations and monied interests. We sent you, and others to Washington D.C. for change, we gave you a majority, and now we want that change. What we don't want is rehashed ideas that only serve the Republican masters of money and power."
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Include me with the finger pointers.
Congressional Democrats point finger of blame at Rahm Emanuel - TheHill.com:
"Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform.
The emerging consensus among critics in both chambers is that Emanuel’s lack of Senate experience slowed President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority."
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Amen
Hullabaloo:
"And Rahm, by the way, is way more trouble than he's worth. Even Nixon's advisors were more subtle --- and far more lethal. You don't keep a nasty henchman who makes enemies of everyone and inspires loathing by his very presence if he can't even get the job done."
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The Tea Bagging convention in Tennessee apparently has opened a few conservative eyes.
Good luck stuffing that monkey back into the box.
Good luck stuffing that monkey back into the box.
Return Of the Repressed? Birtherism, Homophobia, Racial Paranoia Rise To Surface At Tea Party Confab | TPMMuckraker:
"Tea Party leaders had worked hard to keep the public face of the movement focused tightly on a small government, anti-tax message, largely steering clear of social issues, and appeals based explicitly on race. But this weekend, from the podium at Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Hotel, convention speakers espoused birtherism, anti-immigrant nativism, homophobia, Christian fundamentalism, and an apparent nostalgia for racially discriminatory barriers to voting.Here's a conservative that was simply shocked by it all.
Here's a quick recap:"
Daily Kos: A Conservative Spits Out His Tea:
"Perhaps the most distressing part of all is that few media observers bothered to catalog these bizarre, conspiracist outbursts, and instead fixated on Sarah Palin's Saturday night keynote address. It is as if, in the current overheated political atmosphere, we all simply have come to expect that radicalized conservatives will behave like unhinged paranoiacs when they collect in the same room."
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Remember when we had people who ran the government but who did not believe in government?
Yeah, remember? Killed a lot of folks didn't it. Yeah... It did.
Yeah, remember? Killed a lot of folks didn't it. Yeah... It did.
Insurer State Farm says it warned gov't about Toyota acceleration in 2007 - chicagotribune.com:
"NHTSA received complaints about acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles as early as 2003,"Those same people sure helped out rich whitey, though.
'No Labor Market Recession For America's Affluent,' Low-Wage Workers Hit Hardest: STUDY
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Damn communist with their evil magic that slices government costs. Penny pinchers! Social.... somethings! Creating ways to save the environment and money at the same time! Evil I tells ya. EVIL!
Recycling push puts Berkeley's budget in dumps:
"In a $10 million deficit announced last week, the single biggest factor - $4 million - was a decline in its refuse revenues.
The city says, in part, that it's a victim of its own success. Residents pride themselves on aggressively recycling and composting, so they're switching to smaller, cheaper trash cans - the only collection for which the city charges."
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Another reason not to answer the phone.
The Rise of Caller ID Spoofing - Digits - WSJ
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Tom Selleck Sandwiches
Tom Selleck, Weird Waffles, And Keggers Of Yore: 7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time On Right Now!
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RIP, Phil. RIP.
Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies - Yahoo! News
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