cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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The New Face of the GOP Indeed
Get your coffee and then settle in to see this (I think about 5 or 6 mins long): He already has the FBI looking into a campaign payment to a defunct company owned by his sister. Today we see the full embrace of the movement tactics of just funneling money to your buds. Who knows […]
No Country For Clean Coal
The Reality Campaign has lured the Coen Brothers into making a commercial to mock the whole idea of “clean coal”: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJVbdiMgfM[/youtube] Their signature dry (and quirky) humor is on full display here, but I’m not so sure how well this works for a 30 second commercial. But they’ve also got a blog to help you […]
Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are The Biggest Consumers
(I think that this is harmless, but will go through the motions of warning that this may be NSFW). New Scientist points us to a study done by Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School that shows that conservatives love their porn: …Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and […]
Not Taking No for An Answer
Awesome ad from Americans United for Change. Not sure when or where it is running: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ml16zGPy8[/youtube]
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging
Presented without comment: h/t This Is Why You’re Fat blog — NOT for the faint of heart!
Bill Kristol sums up the Republican Reaction to Obama’s Speech
Via Brad DeLong who is the Blogger of the Day for this find: Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!
Burger King Backs Off EFCA Support
With a little help from this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABI2dwbQMQ[/youtube] From the SEIU announcement: (From BKC’s response – Ed.) “Burger King Corp. (BKC) believes unions serve a purpose in some workplaces and a number of its guests, vendors and franchisees have positive union membership experiences. BKC is not anti-union. BKC and its franchisees serve a diverse consumer base […]
Nemski Did Not Make This Up
The Conservative Political Action Conference is going on now in DC, and TPM reports that the BushCo man whose job it was to actually oppose voting rights — Hans von Spakovsky — is on a panel this weekend titled: “Al Franken and ACORN: How Liberals are Destroying the American Election System.” They’re documenting more of […]
Day 30: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware
According the DCCC calls that are being made to Delawareans: “Castle’s empty rhetoric can’t hide that he voted to raise the (alternative minimum tax) on 22 million middle-class Americans and against the largest tax cut in history,” the calls say. Exactly right. Castle betrayed any of his so-called moderation by voting against these tax cuts. […]
AG Holder Puts A Stop to Medical Marijuana Raids
From a press conference today: Today came word that newly installed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder would stop the practice established by the Bush administration of raiding legally licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. The Drug Enforcement Agency will now cease the raids that have continued, according to reports, even after Bush left office. Holder said Obama’s […]
GOP Hates Earmarks?
Except the ones they add, of course. Surprised? McClatchy reports that the GOP members of Congress are responsible for about 40% of the earmarks on the omnibus spending bill making its way through Congress. This is the one Mike Pence called for spending freezes on. John Ensign is on record in this article endorsing spending […]
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