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Jan Brewer-Governor of Arizona-Just Wow

September 4, 2010August 10, 2015 199 Views 1 Comment Arizona, Debate, Governor, Jan Brewer

OK, so things are a little crazy in Arizona lately. I know they’re so concerned about the hordes of illegal aliens running over the boarder and destroying our economy (which the good bankers on Wall Street spent so much time creating for us), that they have to a pass a law that flies in the face of the Constitution. But I think opening statement in a recent gubanatorial debate for Arizona Governor explains a lot. It doesn’t get much freakier than this. I thought it might be a Saturday Night Live skit at first. As the title says, “Just Wow!”

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Ted Olson Plaintiff's Attorney Discusses Proposition 8 Decision

August 4, 2010 B. John 200 Views 0 Comments Gay Marriage, Judge Vaughn Walker, Proposition 8, Ted Olson

This is a CNN Video of Ted Olson discussing the ruling by Judge Walker today in the Constitutional Challenge to California’s Proposition 8. As you’ve probably now heard, Judge Walked declared Proposition 8 Unconstitutional, and basically said if failed on strict scrutiny and on a rational basis argument.

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Tim Curtis Gets My Vote for U.S. House

August 4, 2010 B. John 240 Views 1 Comment 11th congressional district, Cathy Castor, Tim Curtis

OK, I admit I’d not given much thought to the Democratic Primary for 11th Congressional District. I’m not overly impressed with Cathy Castor, but she’s generally socially progressive, so I expected to vote for her. I frankly didn’t even know she had an opponent. That changed tonight, and Tim Curtis has earned my vote.

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BP Off the Hook for Oil Spill-WorldNet Daily Says it was God

June 27, 2010September 29, 2018 B. John 385 Views 2 Comments David Vitter, Diapers, God, Israel, Obama, Tea Bagger Party

Yes, that’s right folks. I knew it would be just a matter of time, but the tea bagger crazies are now claiming the oil spill in the Gulf was caused by God. So why would you say God would blow up an oil drilling platform off the Louisiana coast? Well, Katrina was because of those devil worshiping, gays down in New Orleans, so you might think this was because the people down there keep electing prostitution supporter, diaper wearing David Vitter, but you would be wrong. Turns out, it’s all Obama’s fault.

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Crazies out in Force Friday

June 26, 2010August 10, 2015 185 Views 0 Comments Idiots, Louie Gohmert, republicans, Terrorist Babies, Terrorists, texas

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-1st TX) speaking on the floor about the terrorists babies coming to destroy our way of life. He reports a conversation with an un-named “retired” FBI agent who claimed terrorists were gaming our system by sneaking in pregnant women to have their babies here, then taking them back (and they don’t even have to pay anything for the babies) and raising them in the “terrorist way of life,” so they can send them back in 20-30 years to destroy our way of life.

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DADT Letter to Rep. Todd Akin (R-MI)

May 27, 2010September 29, 2018 208 Views 0 Comments DADT, DADT Repeal, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, George Washington, House, Todd Akin

This is a letter written to Republican House Member Todd Akin in response to remarks he made today in a floor speech concern the possible repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Funny thing, we owe our victory over the British to a Gay General, and Akin wants to invoke Washington and what he would think.

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Don't Drunk Dial Freedom Works

May 19, 2010September 29, 2018 B. John 239 Views 1 Comment D. C. Douglas, Dick Army, Freedom Works, FreedomWorks, Geico, Koch, Tea Party, Teabaggers

D. C. Douglas lost his gig as the voice-over announcer for Geico commercials after leaving a rather nasty message on the voice mail for the Teabagger group known as FreedomWorks. This is a hilarious satirical video about their reaction to his message, and calls out the Teabagger for what it actually is…an astro-turf, Koch Industry’s funded front group which has managed to get people to vote against their own best interests in support of big corporations.

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New Poll at Deep Something-The 60 Vote Requirement

March 20, 2010August 10, 2015 253 Views 0 Comments Cloture, Filibuster, Poll, U S Senate

As most of you know, the United States Senate has a cloture rule which requires at least 60 votes to end debate to then vote up or down on the bill itself. It is important to note that the Constitution says nothing about the rules of the Senate, and does not require such a super-majority. Should the rule be modified to require a lower threshold for cloture, or eliminated all together? Tell us what you think in our poll.

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New Poll at Deep Sand-The 60 Vote Requirement

March 20, 2010 B. John 253 Views 0 Comments Cloture, Filibuster, Poll, U S Senate

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Would Health Care Reform Help You?

March 16, 2010 B. John 348 Views 0 Comments Asbestos, Barbara O'Brien, Cancer, Healthcare Reform, Maha Blog, Mesothelioma

Many obstacles and stumbling blocks remain in the way of health care reform. The House and Senate bills will have to be merged, and then the House and Senate both will vote on the final bill. But just for fun, let’s look at what conventional wisdom says will be in the final bill and see if there is anything in it that will be an immediate benefit to people with mesothelioma cancer and other asbestos-related disease.

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The BS on Reconciliation

March 8, 2010August 10, 2015 314 Views 0 Comments E. J. Dionne, Healthcare Reform, Meet the Press, Orrin Hatch, Procedure, Reconciliation, Religion

Below is a youtube of a segment from Meet The Press this past Sunday in which E. J. Dionne calls out Sen. Orrin Hatch for the Republican’s continuing bullshit about the use of reconciliation to pass things based on a simple majority vote in the Senate. We need to be discussing policy and health insurance reform (or elimination), but instead, all the Republicans can come up with to try to “win” is to run around like Chicken Little complaining that the sky will fall if some Senate procedure is “out-procedured.”