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The Super Freedom & Democracy Bowl

January 31, 2012

According to Wikipedia, the United States has 413 billionaires. The world's total number is 1210. The U.S. Supremes have ruled that money equals free speech and that free speech, understood as spending money on political advertisements, cannot be limited by government. That is our new national paradigm…at least until the whole enterprise comes apart at [...]

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Perry: U.S. Is Unconstitutional

August 24, 2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry, GOP 2012 presidential frontrunner now by double digits over Mitt Romney, has clearly articulated what the real problem is with the United States. The United States, itself, according to Perry, is unconstitutional. In typical Tea Party fashion, Perry promises to "take the country back" from it's unconstitutional self. Ultra-conservatives are flocking [...]

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Biased Towards Big Bags Of Free Speech

June 29, 2011

Let's analyze the latest illogical ruling by the odious John Roberts-led Supreme Court. Arizona passed a law in 1998 called the Citizens Clean Elections Act. Briefly, Arizona's law says that… ….candidates who are willing to forego private fundraising may finance their campaigns with state money. First they must qualify by demonstrating a certain level of [...]

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Alito: The 1 in 8-1

March 3, 2011

In the controversial Citizens United Supreme Court case, Justice Samuel Alito voted with the 5-4 majority ruling which severely rolled back the tepid campaign finance reform attempted in the McCain/Feingold legislation. The majority opinion, the one Samuel Alito agreed with, was written by Justice Kennedy. Kennedy wrote…. "If the First Amendment has any force, it [...]

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Crushing Democrats By Busting Unions

February 21, 2011

There's a battle going on inside Ohio. The crux of the dispute is over the same union-busting proposals being fought over in Wisconsin under the leadership of Neo-Confederacy Governor-General, Scott Walker. In Ohio, Republican Sen. Shannon Jones (Springboro) has authored the anti-union bill tagged SB-5. From a unionized worker's point of view, here are the [...]

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Supreme Power Over States

February 5, 2011

I suppose it's all because a Democratically controlled federal government dared to pass legislation to confront our national health care cost crisis. It could, of course, just be another attempt to delegitimize a Democratic president. Whatever the reason, our national discourse, such as it is, has been filled with numerous claims about the Constitution, mostly [...]

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Judicial Divisions Threaten Nation

February 2, 2011

U.S District Judge Roger Vinson. Florida federal Judge Vinson's ruling to appease Tea Partiers hopeful of dismantling federal government power…..is found here. The ruling is so radically biased that it even takes the time to please TP'ers by including a silly and inapplicable throwaway comparison to…..wait for it…..the original Boston Tea Partiers. Just what we [...]

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Doomed

October 15, 2010

Watch only the first 20 seconds….. Tom Donohue, National Chamber of Commerce President says of outsourcing American jobs…. "There are legitimate values in outsourcing, not only jobs but work." Donohue's Chamber is spending $75 million to defeat Democrats November 2. The Chamber, which finds legitimate value in putting American workers out of work, has been [...]

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Citizens United…..In Action

September 25, 2010

Though George W. Bush will be remembered for his war crimes and disregard for national and international law, his real legacy is to be found in the Supreme Court. Bush appointed two Justices to the Supremes bench. Sam Alito and John Roberts. Since being appointed and confirmed, Chief Justice John Roberts, despite his many statements [...]

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It's Gonna' Be So Great

September 3, 2010

The voting machines haven't even been set up yet and already the Republicans, drool sloppily dripping uncontrollably from their mouthes, are pissing in their pants with excitement over the prospect of…..shutting the government down. Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly… Likely Senate candidate Joe Miller (R) in Alaska told Fox News last week that GOP [...]

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