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Crazies out in Force Friday

June 26, 2010August 10, 2015 331 Views 0 Comments Terrorists, Idiots, Louie Gohmert, Terrorist Babies, republicans, 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 346 Views 0 Comments DADT Repeal, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, George Washington, DADT, Todd Akin, House

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 367 Views 1 Comment Tea Party, Dick Army, Koch, FreedomWorks, Freedom Works, D. C. Douglas, Geico, 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 357 Views 0 Comments U S Senate, Cloture, Poll, Filibuster

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 357 Views 0 Comments Filibuster, U S Senate, Cloture, Poll

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Would Health Care Reform Help You?

March 16, 2010 B. John 432 Views 0 Comments Healthcare Reform, Asbestos, Cancer, Mesothelioma, Barbara O'Brien, Maha Blog

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 425 Views 0 Comments Religion, Reconciliation, Orrin Hatch, Healthcare Reform, E. J. Dionne, Procedure, Meet the Press

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.”

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AIG Executives Say They’ll Quit

December 7, 2009August 10, 2015 254 Views 0 Comments AIG, Government Bailout, Bailout, TARP

The New York Times has a Reuters report that five AIG executives wrote letters on December 1 stating they may quit if their salary and bonuses are cut.The senior executives at American International Group told the insurer last week they may quit if their compensation was cut significantly by the U.S. pay czar, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. I think this would fall under the auspices of that grand old southern phrase, “Well bless their hearts.”

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AIG Executives Say They'll Quit

December 7, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 256 Views 0 Comments AIG, Government Bailout, Bailout, TARP

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New York Gay Marriage: Diane Savino's excellent testimony

December 4, 2009 B. John 269 Views 0 Comments marriage equality, New York, Gay Marriage, NY, Diane Savino

Although defeated because of eight regressive Democrats in the New York State Senate, straight Senator Diane Savino gives one of the finest floor speeches I’ve ever heard, and does an outstanding job of making the case for the importance of equality for all. This is a must watch.

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Broken Wrist a Pre-existing Condition

November 29, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 335 Views 0 Comments Harvard, CNN, Economics, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance, Health care reform, Public Health Insurance, Health Care Insurance Reform, United Healthcare, David Brooks, Greg Mankiw

Today’s stupid health insurance company tricks includes one lady’s experience of having her insurance company deny paying for the treatment of her broken wrist because it was a “pre-existing condition,” my experience with having denial codes that even the insurance company can’t explain, and the writings of some conservatives who say we can’t reform heath care insurance because it would make a more decent society and let us enjoy more leisure time.