Day: August 31, 2011

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Politics Republican

The Nerve. Allen West Thinks This Is Reprehensible?

Allen West, the only Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus, thinks something a fellow caucus member said was “very reprehensible.”

West appeared on Fox News and spoke about a comment Democratic Representative André Carson made about the Teaparty. Carson previously said that some Teaparty members of Congress “would love to see us as second-class citizens” and would love to see blacks “hanging on a tree.”

Asked for his response to Carson, Allen West had this to say;

“When you start using words such as lynching, that’s a very reprehensible word and I think we should move away from using that type of language.”

Yes, lynching used in any form is reprehensible. But Allen West, acting as the water boy for morality is simply laughable. West was the same Republican moral figure who entered the crazy zone and threatened a female member of congress, telling her “you want a per­sonal fight, I am happy to oblige.”

But West didn’t stop there with his attacks on Debbie Wasserman-Schultz . He went on to say, “you are the most vile, unpro­fes­sional ‚and despi­ca­ble mem­ber of the US House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives. If you have some­thing to say to me, stop being a cow­ard and say it to my face, oth­er­wise, shut the heck up.”

Reprehensible, indeed Mr West. You and the things you say are reprehensible!

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Politics

Boehner Listens To His Leader – Rush Limbaugh

The American people need jobs and they need them now. So there is literally no better  day to present a massive jobs proposal than on the first day Congress returns from their August vacation. President Obama requested a joint session of Congress to present his plan to create jobs, but Republicans have already decided to play politics with this issue… again!

The day the President is requesting is September 7th, the first day congress returns to work. But September 7th is also the day the Republican presidential misfits come together onstage and hold another debate. The President’s choice to use the first day congress comes back to announce his plan to get Americans working again, pissed off the leader of the Republican party, and he made his disgust known. No, we’re not talking about John Boehner, we’re talking about the conservative radio personality, Rush Limbaugh.

Limbaugh went on his radio show today, and demanded that Boehner deny the President the opportunity to make a joint address to present his jobs plan. Limbaugh, gasping for breath as he yelled into the microphone, said;

“Why should the Republicans grant the president a joint session of Congress to make a political campaign speech on any date? Why should the Republicans handcuff themselves that way?”

“Speaker Boehner must say no to this request. He can say no to this. It is up to the Speaker of House. The president just can’t say ‘I’m showing up. Put everybody in the audience, I’m coming over to make a speech.’ Boehner can say no to this. He should say no,”

So what’s a Boehner to do when his leader is demanding he stop his President from announcing his jobs plan? Like a good follower, Boehner did what was expected and wrote the President suggesting that the CIA will not be able to effectively do their job in sweeping the Chamber for security threats, and he asked the President to use September 8th instead. Boehner wrote;

“As the Majority Leader announced more than a month ago, the House will not be in session until Wednesday, Sept. 7, with votes at 6:30 that evening. With the significant amount of time, typically more than three hours, that is required to allow for a security sweep of the House Chamber before receiving a President, it is my recommendation that your address be held on the following evening, when we can ensure there will be no parliamentary or logistical impediments that might detract from your remarks.”

We all know that the President’s safety is not a concern for Boehner or his Republican friends. We also know that politics is at play here. If September 7th wasn’t a Republican debate, then this would not be an issue for Rush Limbaugh, and he wouldn’t have any reason to command Boehner to deny the President.

And just for the record, this would be the first time in our history that a President gets denied an opportunity to present a joint address.

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Abortion Politics Texas

Federal Judge Strikes Down Parts of Rick Perry’s Abortion Law

A key provision of Rick Perry’s abortion law in Texas got struck down by a federal judge on Tuesday. The law – which would have required a sonogram of the fetus to be done, then an explanation of the results to a woman seeking the abortion – will go into effect on Thursday.

According to U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, the sonogram provision of the law could still proceed, but requiring the doctor to give a description of the sonogram “compels physicians to advance an ideological agenda with which they may not agree, regardless of any medical necessity and irrespective of whether the pregnant women wish to listen.”

Sparks wrote;

“(It) is difficult to avoid the troubling conclusion the Texas Legislature either wants to permanently brand women who choose to get abortions, or views these certifications as potential evidence to be used against physicians and women,”

Rick Perry, who made this issue a primary part of his 2011 platform, basically proved the Judge’s point that Republicans are expecting doctors to push their ideological agenda when he said in a statement, “every life lost to abortion is a tragedy and today’s ruling is a great disappointment to all Texans who stand in defense of life.”

The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights sued to get this policy blocked, and expressed their approval with the ruling, calling it a “huge victory for women in Texas and a clear signal to the state Legislature that it went too far when it passed this law.”

Perry and his Republican legislatures already said they will appeal the ruling.

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Featured

Sean Hannity Thinks President Obama Is Not “That Smart”

So Called, FOX "News" Sean Hannity

An enraged Sean Hannity reacted to a controversial Politico article about Rick Perry’s intelligence by questioning President Obama’s intelligence for almost eight minutes.

The Politico piece had a blunt title: “Is Rick Perry Dumb?” Writer Jonathan Martin spent nearly 1,800 words pondering the question, essentially concluding that, while Perry is not an “ideas man,” he has a sharp and potent political mind and should not be underestimated. Hannity was incensed, though, seeing a clear case of liberal media bias.

“The question of intelligence is one the mainstream media never bothered to ask about President Obama,” he said. He then brought on Tucker Carlson and Democratic cable news mainstay Steve McMahon on to discuss just that.

Eventually, Hannity stated “Every liberal’s a genius that drives the economy into a ditch,” he concluded , “…I don’t think he’s that smart.”

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Source: The Huffington Post

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Barack Obama George Bush Politics

Debunking The Fox And Limbaugh Lie Machine

George Bush

I like the way Dave Johnson started his article on this subject.

He gathered the following three charts from the  Budget of the United States Government: Historical Tables Fiscal Year 2012, and advised us that the next time “your right-wing brother-in-law” who “…is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh Lie Machine, and keeps sending you emails about “Obama spending” and “Obama deficits” and how the “Stimulus” just made things worse…”,  these are the charts you should show him.

Keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best. Although you will be presenting that person with the facts, the FOX-Limbaugh Lie Machine is very effective. Most, subjected to their daily dose of lies, don’t even know they’re infected.

Here goes!

Chart 1 – Spending

  • Under George Bush, spending increased by 88%.
  • Under Barack Obama, spending increased by 7.2%. Yet, this President is being blamed by the right for massive spending.

Chart 2 – Deficit

  • On the left of this chart, we see Bush increases the deficit by $1.4 trillion. This was after taking office with a $128 billion surplus from his predecessor, Bill Clinton.
  • On the right of this chart, we see Barack Obama temporarily increasing the deficit, mainly because when he came into office, George Bush’s fiscal policies were still in effect. For the remaining years of Obama’s term/s, deficit projection is expected to be at reduced levels, as compared to that of Bush.

Chart 3 – The Stimulus

  • This one is so simple, even Fox dedicated viewers could see what’s happening. When George Bush left office, as shown in the red, his policies caused a consistent job loss in the private market every month. After Obama took office, and after signing the stimulus into law, the blue lines shows fewer and fewer monthly job loss, eventually resulting in job gains. And as the chart says, July marked the 17th consecutive month of private sector job growth under President Obama.

But then again, if your brother-in-law is already brainwashed by the FOX-Limbaugh Lie Machine, charts like this showing the truth are not what he’s looking for. For him, it may already be too late. But try anyway.

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