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Monday, June 21st, 2010The old saying, “With friends like this, who needs enemies?” comes to mind when I recently dealt with the DCCC. You see, I took the “Don’t Ask Don’t Give” pledge from AmericaBlog.com. It means that I will not give money to the DNC, DSCC, or the DCCC until I think that there is actual movement [...]
What is wrong with the media?
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Okay. So yesterday we had primaries. Lots of them. And what is the definition of a primary? It’s that several republicans run for one office, and the one with the highest vote count is chosen. And several Democrats run for one particular office and the one with the highest vote count is chosen. That’s what [...]
Boycotting Arizona – to make it hurt!
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Reposted from BuryingTheLead.com
By now everyone has heard about the new Arizona law that allows racial profiling – basically it’s a crime to be brown-skinned in Arizona. And cops can decide who and what to do about it. PAPERS, PLEASE!
Of course there are talks of boycotting Arizona, and the predictable “1,000,000 against Arizona’s [...]
WOW
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Okay – I am a political geek, and have loved watching Democratic conventions since I was a youngster. This one just blew my mind.
As the custom, the roll call took place, and when the votes got close enough, the home state was yielded to. Illinois took the floor, and looked like they were about to [...]
Memo to Harry Reid: Strip Lieberman from his committee chairmanships!
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008By now, you have probably heard that Independent Senator Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention. That’s fine – he has the right to do it. But because Lieberman was formerly a Democrat, and the Democratic Leadership has honored his past service and the fact that he will caucus with Democrats, with [...]
Two important things for progressives
Monday, August 18th, 2008Okay – as you know, Impeachment has been taken off the table by the Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Well, Dennis Kucinich, who wants to put it back ON the table. Kucinich met an earlier request to get 10,000 signatures on a petition to protect the constitution. Well now Kucinich is looking to [...]
Telecom Immunity vote AGAIN
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Okay , so we have defeated this in the past, but we have to lean on Congress one more time. There is another bill that is going to give the telecommunications companies THAT HAVE SPIED ON YOU AND ME immunity from prosecution.
I almost threw up when I read this quote:
“The bill meets the standards the [...]
FISA and a warning for Iran
Thursday, May 15th, 2008There is an upcoming action about FISA that we all need to take a stand on. Soon, there will be a new FISA bill in front of the House and Senate, with the President Bush making threats and calling for Telecom immunity. Do YOU want to sign away your rights? Contact your [...]
Why the T in GLBT is just as important as the other letters
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Like many people, I am in support of the ENDA (Employement Non-Discrimination Act) that Congress has recently debated, and passed, in the House, without the “T”. I thought that we should just pass it as is, because it’s important to get protections into place for members of the gay community. After all, I actually left [...]
Giving the gift of conscience – to George Bush
Friday, August 10th, 2007As I was listening to the artist P!nk’s song “Dear Mr. President”, an idea cut through the depression of a year and a half more of George Bush. The song, if you haven’t heard it, is a GOOD protest song. Not the best, but it’s pretty good! It deserves to be heard [...]
