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Alabama's dim hate-filled Klan loving Senator Left the warmth and familiarity of Fox for a moment to complain on CNN that Judge Sotomayor isn't answering questions to his satisfaction and called her testimony "muddled" and unclear, in comparison to Alito's and Roberts' Testimony.

Since the KKK's most outspoken leader in the Senate isn't known for having any measurable intelligence, he couldn't even get into a real school and attended an unaccredited Bible College!

That seems to be a theme in modern Republican politics.....

Senator Reid's office put together an actual video showing Alito's and Roberts' clarity, consistency and forthrightness in answering questions.

I don't know why this weasel rubs me the wrong way, maybe it's the fact that he is a dyed in the wool racist himself? He makes me extremely angry, and it doesn't help that he talks like Forest Gump, is and has an obvious Napoleon complex.

He called a fellow attorney a "Disgrace to his race" for taking Black clients, he called a Black attorney "Boy", and once called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union “un-American” and “communist-inspired.” because they “forced civil rights down the throats of decent people.”!

He is also quite stupid. As remarks he has made bear witness:

Bin Laden, who was in his country, attacked and damaged our Pentagon, and killed our soldiers right out here at the Pentagon. But his pentagon no longer exists. It is rubble.
Jeff Sessions

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Bemused

The loonies are loose on the judicial bench and in the military!!!!

U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, set to deploy to Afghanistan, says he shouldn’t have to go,
Because Barack Obama was never eligible to be president because he wasn’t born in the United States.

*FACEPALM*

Cook further states he “would be acting in violation of international law by engaging in military actions outside the United States under this President’s command. ... simultaneously subjecting himself to possible prosecution as a war criminal by the faithful execution of these duties.”

I guess his ideology prevents him from worrying about Gross Insubordination, Dereliction of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, and Refusal to Follow Lawful Orders, charges being leveled against him. 20 years in Leavenworth, possibility of hanging (We are on a wartime footing), doesn't seem to bother his lawyer, a shyster by the name Orly Taitz, who has also challenged the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency in other courts, filed a request last week in federal court, which brings us to our next lunacy:

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter told Taitz and Allen Keyes to fix their paperwork and that he would listen to "the merits" of their case.

The case, Alan Keyes, et al. v Barack H. Obama, et al. was filed on Inauguration Day and is one of a raft of suits alleging Obama is ineligible to be president because he is not a "natural born citizen, despite the fact that he has been vetted for State and US Senate seats....

Wing nuttery at it's finest! The idea that 48 years ago, Mrs. Obama, knowing that her son would be President, had these documents falsified in advance..... I wonder if that was before or after Saddam Hussein was his Allah father, and the plan to take over America was fomented?

Republican Congresspeople, pundits and radio blowhards have claimed that no "Real" bith certificate was ever produced, Jerome Corsi, the liar that brought you the "Swift Boat Veterans" bullshit, wrote that he had proof that Obama's mother gave birth in Kenya, then brought the child to Hawaii, despite the fact that Mrs Obama was working in Hawaii at that time, and every time they are shown one, they deny it is "Authentic".

FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
The link has pictures of the document.

So sorry Major Cook, looks like your choices are Afghanistan or a noose, and Allen Keyes, too bad your sour grapes at not being a relevant politician has made you crazy, maybe now you can get back to gay bashing and hating your heritage.......

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Who is running the asylum?

It was actually the less controversial choice. Cynthia Dunbar, reportedly under consideration for the post, believed government should be guided by a "biblical litmus test" and thought public education was a "subtly deceptive tool of perversion." (She home-schooled her own children.) She has also endorsed conspiracy theories suggesting President Obama is not a natural-born citizen.

Lowe, on the other hand, thinks evolution should be taught and "kids ought to be able to hold religious beliefs and still study science without any conflict." But in 2008, she took the position that "biology textbooks which do not teach both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of the theory of evolution must be rejected by the board." She has voted against new textbooks that do not contain those "weaknesses." She is a newspaper editor, not a teacher.

Lowe will replace Don McLeroy, another self-described creationist and dentist whose reappointment was blocked by Democrats. He had been chairman of the board since 2007 and will remain a member.

AP wire:

Does that not beat all?

So Texas is trying to undermine education in favor of ideology. It's time for educated folk to take their families out of Texas. Leave the state to the ideologues and the ignorant!

Then Texas can secede and become it's own Theocratic Totalitarian nation, where all of the "Christians' and all 60 million folk that self identify as Republicans, can go and be xenophobic, ignorant, blowhards together!

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Appalled

It seems that everyday there is a new video of police officers aggressing BEYOND the needs of the confrontation!
It now appears that any attempt to question law enforcement is seen as belligerence, and that seems to equal a beat down!

For example, Steven Anderson, a Phoenix-area church leader, tased and beaten for non compliance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJF5cUWXA_A&feature=channel_page

In Texas, an officer tased a pastor and pepper sprayed the congregation when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened.

Last year, a Sheriff's deputy savagely beat a 15 year old girl for being "Mouthy" and assaulting him with a sneaker! Horrors!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipb_PeXOdT4

He has refused a plea deal that would have netted him less than 1 year in jail, if he resigned from the Sheriff's Department. He now faces a Federal Felony civil rights abuse charge that carries a 3-5 year sentence. Some justice prevails.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407640_deputy29.html

On Friday, June 26, 2009, Francine Busby, Democratic contender for Randy Cunningham's vacated seat, was present at a fundraising event in a private home in Encinitas, California, when a deputy sheriff, Marshall Abbott, arrived to investigate a noise complaint at 9pm, 1 hour before noise ordinance laws go into effect.
Approximately 25 people were in attendance when the sheriff arrived. The homeowner, 60-year old Shari Barman, asked the sheriff why her date of birth was needed. In response, the sheriff "began pulling on her arm" according to numerous witnesses, despite Barman's partner pleading that the woman had recently undergone shoulder surgery. The sheriff then threw Barman to the ground. Afterwards, the deputy discharged pepper spray in the home and on the crowd, with Busby present. Paramedics were then required to treat the people present at the fundraiser, according to Busby.

Busby described the incident thus:
“ The deputies were telling people that they were taking statements from, that the call came in about noise from a Democratic rally, or Democratic demonstration. He was not listening; there was no controlling this person. The people who asked him to stop hurting this woman were pepper-sprayed without warning, there was no talking to this man.”

Barman alleged the entire incident may be politcally motivated, as Busby was heckled during a speech by a neighbor, and that the heckling was the only "noise" that evening in the neighborhood, contrary to the original complaint that prompted the arrival of the sheriff Abbott. Busby described it as, "I heard my name, and obviously derogatory words. Other people heard profanity, and somebody heard something about gays, as well."The received noise complaint from the neighbor to police was to "complain of loudness from Democrats".

The San Diego District Attorney opened an investigation into the actions of the deputy, Marshall Abbott, in July 2009. Abbott, age 29, is a former United States Marine and a sheriff since 2006.

In January, BART transit police shot an unarmed man, in handcuffs. The Department immediately issued statement regarding the "Discharge" of his weapon. He did appear to be suprised.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZTbJH6BNaU

And then there is this gem, from the Critical Mass bike event in NYC last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ

Who protects us from the police? Who protects us when probable cause is whatever the officer decides it is? Even if you are innocent of any crime, you can be put into the system, and be forced to pay thousands of dollars in fees, fines and court costs!

Who protects us from the police mentality that it is "Them" against "Us"? The Police State does not mean what you think it means.

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scared

Of course! It is all so clear now!

The reasons to seat the Supreme Court with ideologues and yes men! We've seen the same 5 judges and their conservative activism from the bench, unabashedly vote pro-corporate, pro-establishment, and most recently pro-white.

Rather than publish an opinion at the end of the term as expected in an obscure campaign finance case, Citizens United v. FEC, the court issued a rare order for re-argument of the case in September! Before the usual start of their term.
At that point, the court will consider whether to overrule its two previous decisions that in 1990 and 2003 upheld limits on corporate spending in federal elections.

The ramifications are fairly obvious given the corporatist leanings of the 5 conservative judges.

Given their conservative activism, there is a great chance the justices will use the opportunity to overrule limits on how much money corporations can spend supporting candidate.

I'll say that another way.

In addition to the legalized bribes Lobbyists give politicians to curry favor, now the corporations themselves, can spend unlimited amounts to get their preferred candidates elected!

Obama earned $600 million from individual citizen campaign contributions in the 2008 election.
McCain trailed him by a lot. Monsanto for example could pay all of the campaign costs, effectively buying the new president's favor.

( Background on Citizens United: )

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nervous

Dept. HHS Director Sebelius released a state by state report outlining these factors.
I post them here for easy perusal.

HOOSIERS CAN’T AFFORD THE STATUS QUO

* Roughly 4.1 million people in Indiana get health insurance on the job, where family premiums average $13,252, about the annual earning of a full-time minimum wage job.

* Since 2000 alone, average family premiums have increased by 100 percent in Indiana.

* Household budgets are strained by high costs: 11 percent of middle-income Indiana families spend more than 10 percent of their income on health care.

* High costs block access to care: 13 percent of people in Indiana report not visiting a doctor due to high costs.

* Indiana businesses and families shoulder a hidden health tax of roughly $1200 per year on premiums as a direct result of subsidizing the costs of the uninsured.

AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE IS INCREASINGLY OUT OF REACH IN INDIANA

* 12 percent of people in Indiana are uninsured, and 71 percent of them are in families with at least one full-time worker.

* The percent of Indianians with employer coverage is declining: from 71 to 66 percent between 2000 and 2007.

* Much of the decline is among workers in small businesses. While small businesses make up 69 percent of Indiana businesses,9 only 34 percent of them offered health coverage benefits in 2006 -- down 11 percent since 2000.

* Choice of health insurance is limited in Indiana. WellPoint Inc. (BCBS) alone constitutes 60 percent of the health insurance market share in Indiana, with the top two insurance providers accounting for 75 percent.

* Choice is even more limited for people with pre-existing conditions. In Indiana, premiums can vary based on demographic factors and health status, and coverage can exclude pre-existing conditions or even be denied completely.

HOOSIERS NEED HIGHER QUALITY, GREATER VALUE, AND MORE PREVENTATIVE CARE

* The overall quality of care in Indiana is rated as “Weak.”

* Preventative measures that could keep Indianians healthier and out of the hospital are deficient, leading to problems across the age spectrum:

o 15 percent of children in Indiana are obese.

o 24 percent of women over the age of 50 in Indiana have not received a mammogram in the past two years.

o 41 percent of men over the age of 50 in Indiana have never had a colorectal cancer screening.

o 72 percent of adults over the age of 65 in Indiana have received a flu vaccine in the past year.

The need for reform in Indiana and across the country is clear. Indiana families simply can’t afford the status quo and deserve better. President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass health reform this year that reduces costs for families, businesses and government; protects people’s choice of doctors, hospitals and health plans; and assures affordable, quality health care for all Americans

The Report can be read in it's entirety here: http://www.healthreform.gov/

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No Idea

Michael Savage has decided to engage in a tidy bit of web-stalking of his critics at Media Matters, threatening to put up the pictures and "pertinent information" of the organization's employees.

And given the violent nature of his rhetoric concerning Liberal Media, this could be a call to violence?

In a mashup between his TV personality and his talk show audio, MM brings you the True Mike Weiner, known to rednecks and Republicans as Mike Savage:

He tries to come off sounding like a reasonable man that has been misunderstood. His own words will vilify him far more artfully than anything I could say.

Also, His son is the CEO for RockStar energy drinks, and he owns a share, so do not buy this beverage!

HAARM has launched a website to promote its efforts to derail health care reform. Their message: Health care for everybody is just bad and wrong, and the Obama administration's plan will lead to socialism!!!!

"We worked with some really funny writers on this project, but nobody was able to top the crazy things Republicans are actually saying to stand in the way of health care reform," said SEIU spokeswoman Lori Lodes. "HAARM highlights the fact that the GOP spends more time coming up with ways to say 'no' than they do coming up with any policies of their own."

The sight is a good one, and lays out a who's who of dickitude!

http://haarm.org/

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amused

The bloviating fucktard Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley are calling the Senate Finance Committee's health reform proposal "A thinly-disguised bailout for an Insurance Industry that everyone hates"!

Well almost everyone.

Corrupt and weasely politicians like Baucus and Grassley love the Insurance Companies! They scratch each others' backs, among other things I should warrant.

The Insurance Industry(tm) have spent $1,219,675,114.00 (That's Billion, with a B!) on lobbying Congress in the last decade to pass favorable legislation and to look the other way, but that doesn't even count the $316,522,578 in direct payments to candidates and members of Congress in legal bribes.

And I bet it wouldn't surprise any one to hear that some of the most vociferous and passionate opposition to single payer, or even a compromise public option, comes from the members of the Senate, like Baucus and Grassley, who have personally profited the most from Insurance company's generosity! (Think of all the claims that $1.5 Billion could have paid instead of going to bribes!)
>p>
Among the worst shills-- and this is just insurance cash, not the entire Medical-Industrial Complex, which is far more-- is this dirty dozen corrupt and sleazy characters:

John McCain (R-AZ)- $2,885,602
Ben Nelson (D-NE)- $1,210,299
Max Baucus (D-MT)- $1,182,613
Arlen Specter (D-R-PA)- $1,037,205
Joe Lieberman (D-CT)- $1,035,302
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)- $928,007
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)- $888,724
Kent Conrad (D-ND)- $825,337
Jim Bunning (R-KY)- $793,999
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)- $664,057
Kit Bond (R-MO)- $644,571
Dick Shelby (R--AL)- $637,748

And if you're worried about Blanche Lincoln D Ark., don't. She's gotten $462,383 out of them and this year she's #2 on the list of who the health insurance industry is financing.

In terms of crucial, substantive votes since Obama has become president, only 5 Democrats have voted more frequently with the GOP than with the Democrats: Max Baucus, Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Arlen Specter, and Ben Nelson. Lincoln and Specter are up for re-election next year and each-- a major recipient of legalized corporate bribes far beyond what an average senator gets-- is a determined opponent of health care reform.

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska and complete idiot, initially declared that the public option-- which, remember, has overwhelming popular support, was a “deal-breaker.”

Why? Because he didn’t think private insurers could compete: “At the end of the day, the public plan wins the day.” Um, isn’t the purpose of health care reform to protect American citizens, not insurance companies?

We are fucked, so the insurance and medical industry can continue to profit hugely on our suffering.

The people of this country just want the same health care these congresspeople and their families get from the federal government with our taxes. Don't we deserve it?

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cranky

Mark Theissen, senior speech writer for Bush, gets his ass handed to him by CNN correspondent Michael Ware.

This is no where near a fair fight!

Theissen contends that Obama's Cairo speech undercut the military, and threw servicemen under the bus.

It's 10 minutes of Bullshit verses reality on Campbell Brown.

It is a good indicator of talking points yet to come.

Ware kicked the shit out of Theissen's platitude filled Bullshit!

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amused

I saw this and had to laugh. I am sure that you have heard of these "Birthers", morons that despite ample evidence to the contrary, will not believe that Obama is an American citizen.

So now, these twits have formed "Citizen Grand Juries" and handed down some pretend indictments.
These folks, so incensed that there is a black guy in the White House are going to ridiculous and yet frightening lengths for their hatred of the President.

Having failed to get any actual legal bodies to take an interest in this nonsense, these people are just making up their own! And possibly meeting in tree forts, or Perkins or something!

Carl Swensson, standing in front of a courthouse that had nothing to do whatsoever with the report, talking about the awesome pretend indictments that an ad hoc, Aaron Copland-inspired Star Chamber has handed down, accusing Barack Obama of fraud and treason! Swensson never mentions that they are NOT legitimate grand juries.

The intro just slays me! The use of Rev war re-enactors to symbolize their struggle for freedom against the oppressive regime that the Obama Administration is..... It's really funny! And really frightening.

"There are no records of Obama ever being a Senator"....HAHAHAH! This is paranoid delusional claptrap, but it is out there, and it is dangerous.

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WTF?

George Tiller was killed on May 31, 2009, shot to death during worship services at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita where he was serving as an usher.

Tiller was was a physician from Wichita, Kansas. He was the medical director of a women's health care clinic in Wichita, Women's Health Care Services, one of only three nationwide which would provide abortion services after the 21st week of pregnancy. Some of Tiller's patients discovered late in pregnancy that their fetuses had severe or fatal birth defects, but he also aborted late-term fetuses in cases where this would prevent "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" for the mother.

So anti-choicers hated him. in 1993, Shelley Shannon, a rabid anti-choice nutter shot him in both arms. At her trial in state court, she testified that there was nothing immoral about trying to kill Tiller. She also stated that Michael Griffin, murderer of David Gunn, a Florida OB-GYN. was "the awesomest, greatest hero of our time."

Right wing demagogue and complete idiot Bill "The Clown" O'Reilly, had named Tiller: "Tiller the Baby-Killer", and featured him 29 times on his FOX News show. Billo, obviously unaware that a zygote, is not yet a "Baby"...

Some of the things O'Reilly has said of Tiller:

He "destroys fetuses for just about any reason right up until the birth date for $5,000."
He's guilty of "Nazi stuff,"
The moral equivalent to NAMBLA and al-Qaida
"This is the kind of stuff that happened in Mao's China, Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union"
"operating a death mill"
"has blood on his hands"
"executing babies about to be born"

All with nothing more than Billo's imagination to go on. O'Reilly has also frequently linked Tiller to his longtime obsession, child molestation and rape. Because a young teenager who received an abortion could, by definition, have been a victim of statutory rape, O'Reilly salaciously suggested that the clinic was covering up for child rapists (rather than teenage boys) by refusing to release records on the abortions performed.

Salon's Gabriel Winant writes: "There's no other person who bears as much responsibility for the characterization of Tiller as a savage on the loose, killing babies willy-nilly thanks to the collusion of would-be sophisticated cultural elites, a bought-and-paid-for governor and scofflaw secular journalists" than O'Reilly!

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/31/tiller/

TVNewser reports that O'Reilly will address Tiller's murder on the Factor Monday night. No doubt to attempt to crow his glee, while trying to obfuscate his complicity. Much like Glenn Beck did, when the day after his "OBAMA IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS" paranoid rant, caused Richard Poplawski to kill 3 police officers because Poplawski feared "the Obama gun ban that's on the way" and "didn't like our rights being infringed upon."

( Pro life reactions to the murder )

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Appalled

Because creationists just piss me the fuck off.....

This last pic is a display in the Creationism museum, a really lame and ridiculously stupid attempt to make reality jibe with mythology 6000 year old Earth, Dinos and people living as one........

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Amused