Mitt Romney and company continue to blame President Obama for the condition of the U.S. economy but the polls continue to show that people believe otherwise.
Never before in our history have we fought a war - never mind 2 wars - while cutting taxes at the same time. These acts are primarily to blame for the huge deficits we are seeing today.
Jeb Bush: Obama needs to 'move on' from blaming my brother - POLITICO.com:
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Foundation of Democracy
This next entry was supposed to delve into the issue of the Keystone pipeline and whether it should or should not be built. However, another hot-button issue has jumped out into the forefront: The prevalence of voter suppression bills that have been passed by Republican state legislatures all around the country. This is a huge issue facing this country and one that should not just offend, but deeply piss off, any person who truly calls himself an American.
The right to vote is the foundation of any democracy. it is a right that most of us take for granted and one that defines America as a democracy. It is the standard by which we judge other countries and it is a right guaranteed in the Constitution.
Look at this picture.
These are Iraqi police showing their ink stained fingers - proof that they voted in Iraq's first free election in 2005. In 2010, despite mortar attacks, bombings and grenades that claimed 36 lives, Iraqis turned out in droves to vote. This is what democracy is all about. It was the foundation for George W. Bush's foreign policy in the Middle East. Remember that?
And yet, here, in America, the country that gave birth to Democracy, Republican legislatures all across the country have been passing new restrictive voting laws that in the end will suppress the voting rights for millions of Americans - the majority of whom are elderly, poor or minorities. All of whom generally vote Democratic.
The Republican Party. The party that wraps itself in the American flag. The party that came up with the Patriot Act. The party who for generations has claimed the mantle of Protector of America. I don't have the space here to report on all of the voter suppression efforts but you can click here to read all about them for yourself. I encourage you to do so.
I can hardly contain my anger about this subject. I am pissed. I mean really really pissed. There are posting going around now that say "If you have to prevent people from voting, then your ideas suck!". Funny. Yes. True. Also yes. But it is so much more than that. There is something incredibly... profane about denying American citizens their fundamental right to vote.
I am pissed. You should be too.
The right to vote is the foundation of any democracy. it is a right that most of us take for granted and one that defines America as a democracy. It is the standard by which we judge other countries and it is a right guaranteed in the Constitution.
Look at this picture.
These are Iraqi police showing their ink stained fingers - proof that they voted in Iraq's first free election in 2005. In 2010, despite mortar attacks, bombings and grenades that claimed 36 lives, Iraqis turned out in droves to vote. This is what democracy is all about. It was the foundation for George W. Bush's foreign policy in the Middle East. Remember that?
And yet, here, in America, the country that gave birth to Democracy, Republican legislatures all across the country have been passing new restrictive voting laws that in the end will suppress the voting rights for millions of Americans - the majority of whom are elderly, poor or minorities. All of whom generally vote Democratic.
The Republican Party. The party that wraps itself in the American flag. The party that came up with the Patriot Act. The party who for generations has claimed the mantle of Protector of America. I don't have the space here to report on all of the voter suppression efforts but you can click here to read all about them for yourself. I encourage you to do so.
I can hardly contain my anger about this subject. I am pissed. I mean really really pissed. There are posting going around now that say "If you have to prevent people from voting, then your ideas suck!". Funny. Yes. True. Also yes. But it is so much more than that. There is something incredibly... profane about denying American citizens their fundamental right to vote.
I am pissed. You should be too.
I Don't Buy It
Nope. Representative Akin, you said it. You own it. We have seen the video. You went on and on making your point about what your position is on abortion and rape. When first called out on your disgusting comments you took the cowards way out claiming you "misspoke". We just don't buy it. Now, with your senate campaign heading into the toilet as even those in your own party disavow your comments, you come grovelling to us with an "apology".
Well, Representative Akin, apology NOT accepted. So, you can just pick up your campaign and go home. You will not be going to the Senate. Oh, and Claire says. "Thanks!"
Well, Representative Akin, apology NOT accepted. So, you can just pick up your campaign and go home. You will not be going to the Senate. Oh, and Claire says. "Thanks!"
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Trust Me
The birthers called for President Obama to release his birth certificate saying he had to do it to prove what he said was true; that he was indeed born in the United States. Even though this was a blatantly racist "papers please request", one that had never been made of a sitting president ever, he released it. Despite the fact that this man was thoroughly vetted before he even became a candidate for president, he released it.
Now, a recent poll shows that 63% of the people, including almost a third of Republicans, say that Mitt Romney should release more of his tax returns to prove that what he says about what is in those returns is true.
Mitt says he doesn't have to. Mitts says "trust me". We were not supposed to trust Barack Obama, but we are now asked to trust Mitt Romney, probably the most pathological liar any party has ever run for president.
I don't. I say prove it. I say put up or shut up. Come on Mittens, put your money where your mouth is. Show us the money.
Now, a recent poll shows that 63% of the people, including almost a third of Republicans, say that Mitt Romney should release more of his tax returns to prove that what he says about what is in those returns is true.
Mitt says he doesn't have to. Mitts says "trust me". We were not supposed to trust Barack Obama, but we are now asked to trust Mitt Romney, probably the most pathological liar any party has ever run for president.
I don't. I say prove it. I say put up or shut up. Come on Mittens, put your money where your mouth is. Show us the money.
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