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Obama & Imposter-News Reporters

November 19, 2009

Obama, while visiting China, talks to imposter-news "reporter" Major Garrett of FOX….
Obama warned the United States' climbing national debt could drag the country into a "double-dip recession," though he said he's still considering additional tax incentives for businesses to reverse the rising unemployment rate.
"There may be some tax provisions that can encourage businesses to hire [...]

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Disloyal Opposition

October 30, 2009

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Sen. Thomas Coburn (R-OK)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
Sen. Jefferson Sessions (R-AL)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Those are the Republican senators who voted against cloture on a bill extending unemployment benefits. Apparently, [...]

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Tea Party Babylon

April 15, 2009

When the Biblical Tower of Babel was under construction, as the legendary myth goes, God intervened, (still not sure why), by confusing the languages of the workers so they couldn't continue building. Hard to construct something if the construction workers can't communicate with one another.
Out of that mythical story we learn the original meaning of [...]

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GOP Alternative? Same One Trick Pony

April 2, 2009

Last week we were treated to a Laugh-a-thon emceed by John Boehner(R-OH), in which Ohio's Tanned Bonehead lifted up a blue folder and said, "here it is Mr. President." The GOP House minority leader was holding up a non-budget, budget….which included NO numbers, projections, or deficits. A pre-emptive non-budget, budget, as it were…..quite an alternative.
This [...]

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"Blackwhite" America

March 9, 2009

From George Orwell's, "1984", first published in 1949…
"The keyword here is blackwhite. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness [...]

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Proof Texting

February 17, 2009

UPDATED with cartoon below
Among fundamentalist Protestant Christians, the practice of "proof texting" the Bible is very common. Well meaning evangelical Christians very often rely on this methodology as they seek to defend their belief system. This approach is rarely, if ever, relied upon among Catholic Christians because the burden of proof with Catholics is the [...]

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RNC Chair….."No Reason To Trust GOP"

February 15, 2009

Unfortunately for Republican voters, the RNC voted to place Michael Steele at the helm of the Republican Party. Steele is quite a character. To be fair, it did take 6 ballots before Republican "leaders" decided to give Steele enough votes to become chairman. The Republican "leaders", it would seem, were not really sold on Mr. [...]

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GOP'ers "Proud" of Specter, Collins, Snowe

February 14, 2009

Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) on the stimulus agreement….
"When I came back to the cloak room after coming to the agreement a week ago today," said Specter, "one of my colleagues said, 'Arlen, I'm proud of you.' My Republican colleague said, 'Arlen, I'm proud of you.' I said, 'Are you going to vote with me?' And [...]

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"Ideological Blockage"

February 10, 2009

Miss President Obama's press conference last night? Go here.
Last night, America witnessed something they have not seen in over 8 years…..an extremely intelligent and engaged President of the U.S.
A true American leader.
The Rumpelstiltskin press, awakened on Nov. 5, 2008 from their 8 year slumber and now fully rested and prepared to rip up another Democratic [...]

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The Only GOP Objective

February 8, 2009

What are the Republicans doing with their incessant bitching about Obama's stimulus bill? What is the real point of Republican attempts to obstruct and block the passage of this legislation?
Yes, we can kick around the endless arguments about tax cuts versus government spending, what fiscal responsibility should look like, how money should be spent, if, [...]

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