Archive for July, 2011
Dump DOMA! And thank you President Obama
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011Tweet We all know that DOMA, the so called “Defense of Marriage Act” from the 1990s, is discriminatory. States are allowed to regulate marriage, and several have done so (along with the District of Columbia) to include gays and lesbians. Senator Dianne Feinstein brought forth a bill in the Senate that repeals DOMA earlier this [...]
A side effect of the Healthcare law?
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011Tweet This is pretty awesome. We all know about the health insurance companies that pay for Viagra, but refuse to pay for contraception for women. That’s not only not right, it’s downright sexist! But a side effect of the new healthcare law? Apparently because of a panel recommendation, health insurance companies will be required to [...]
Distraction, distraction, distraction
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011Tweet I, for one, think the Murdoch empire being under such tight scrutiny because of the phone hacking scandal is awesome. I mean seriously – the man has been supporting illegal search and seizure, phonetapping, and lord knows whatever else for decades. And he’s finally being brought up and questioned about it. And then an idiot [...]
The Debt Battle – Quantified
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Tweet You want to know who’s fighting for you? And who’s fighting for the billionaires out there? I thought I’d quantify if for people. And here it is: How’s that? In 2010, there were 308,000,000 Americans in the United States. At that same time, there were 7,800,000 millionaires. Democrats (blue) are fighting for every single [...]
