Year: 2011

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This Is What They Mean When They Say “I Want My Country Back”

Roland Martin of CNN and the Editor-In-Chief of Roland Martin Reports, published a letter on his blog from someone he called a “bigot.” Curiosity got the best of me, as I wanted to see why someone who worked for CNN would use such a word to describe anyone. A short time later, I realized why Roland used the word and I totally agree with his description.

The author of the letter posted by Martin is James Edwards, or as Roland called him, “Bigot.”

For example, “Bigot” tried to describe the difference between the races. He explained that “only 3 million nucleotide SNPs separate the races,” and he went on saying that within a decade, we will have a better understanding of these nucleotide SNP’s. This understanding, “Bigot” said, would;

… pinpoint the DNA that gives blacks such a remarkable talent for music, Asians a talent for math, and whites an incredible talent for creativity and inventiveness. If it wasn’t for whites, you would be practicing your own culture in Africa– just starving to death in a mud hut. At least, for the 60% or so of your genes that are African. African-Americans are really more like dark Latinos.

“Given this situation, I am really very moderate in my views, almost liberal. I just want segregation and an end to immigration, not the mass genocide that could easily be justified under even the simplest understanding of evolution. Life is supposed to be a struggle for survival; a survival of the fittest. I OWN you, nigger. Whites have invented technology making slavery obsolete– it’s now cheaper to just make everything with technology. So, chuk your spear, use your own culture to fight sniper rifles and helicopters with machine guns; replacing you wouldn’t even be much of a challenge.

The economy is going to keep shrinking and shedding jobs from here on out, which will cause third parties to be successful due to the outrage of Americans at their country slipping into the Third World. We are already becoming a Third World nation, but we will be victorious and take this country back, and return it to the `50s, when we had moral and racial integrity. You will be put in your place, and whites will one again take their ruling place as the masters of their own cultural heritage.”

So, to all who are not ‘pure‘-white, “chuk your spear” and be prepared to struggle and fight  for our rights as American citizens…once again!

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Will The Gingrich Steal Christmas (Or Is Newt Moot)?

Consider: This has been the year of economic gloom, a devastating Japanese tsunami, an earthquake in Virginia, a hurricane in New England, and a destructive East Coast snow storm before Halloween. These are bad enough.

Are we really headed for a holiday season dominated by discussion of Newt Gingrich’s chances in the Republican primaries? The fates are indeed playing a cruel joke on us mere mortals.

The stories and analysis are coming fast and furious. Let’s see…

So which Newt are we going to get? And why should we care? After all, he’s not going to win the nomination.

I still think that ring will be worn by Mitt Romney, the subject of a long story in the New York Times Magazine today. It’s not an especially flattering account, but it gets to the heart of how Romney intends to win next year. From the article:

Mitt Romney’s campaign has decided upon a rather novel approach to winning the presidency. It has taken a smart and highly qualified but largely colorless candidate and made him exquisitely one-dimensional: All-Business Man, the world’s most boring superhero. In the recent past, aspirants and their running mates have struggled to clear the regular-guy bar. Dan Quayle lacked a sense of struggle; Michael Dukakis couldn’t emote even when asked what he would do if his wife were raped and murdered; George H. W. Bush seemed befuddled by a grocery-store scanner; John Kerry was a windsurfer; John McCain couldn’t count all of his houses. 

Romney, a socially awkward Mormon with squishy conservative credentials and a reported worth in the range of $190 million to $250 million, is betting that in 2012, recession-weary voters want a fixer, not a B.F.F. As the Romney campaign’s chief strategist, Stuart Stevens, told me: “The economy is overwhelmingly the issue. Our whole campaign is premised on the idea that this is a referendum on Obama, the economy is a disaster and Obama is uniquely blocked from being able to talk about jobs.” 

What happens when the economy starts improving? This is the oft-repeated conundrum of the candidate running against a recession. Ronald Reagan made it an issue in 1980 and won overwhelmingly. Bill Clinton hammered George H.W. Bush about the economy and defeated him, despite the fact that the economy was improving during the fall of 1992. In 2012, Romney will be in a position where he has to hope that things don’t markedly improve before the election. For an American exceptionalist, it must hurt him to have to root against jobs, rising wages, recovering banks and the success of the euro zone, but I think he believes that if he smiles all the time, voters will forgive him.

And Newt (this is a story about Newt)? Well, Newt is touting his résumé these days.. He’s running on ending communism and getting the economy moving in the 90s, despite voting against (and having every Republican vote against) the Clinton budget of 1993 that set the stage for the decade’s expansion. On that issue, Newt is moot. But, again, it doesn’t matter, because Newt will never be the GOP nominee.

The pundits tell us it’s a two-man race over on the right, now that Herman Cain has dropped out and the other retreads have had their days in the sun and their corresponding sunsets. I feel bad for John Huntsman, who never got his renaissance, and who might qualify as the only reasonable Republican in the race. But this is the year of the uncompromising conservative and I imagine that Mitt and Newt will fight to see who can oppose abortion, taxes and union rights more than the other.

The good news is that the holidays are fast approaching, and this year, we’ve really earned the good cheer.

For more good cheer, visit me at facebook.com/WhereDemocracyLives

This post originally appeared on my blog: anjfarmer.blogspot.com

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Herman Cain’s Problem? He’s Gay – Steven Colbert

And we thought Herman Cain had a woman (or multiple women) problem all along. Steven Colbert, through a process of elimination, has put his finger on the real issue Herman Cain is hiding.

According to Colbert, Cain is gay, that’s why he cancelled an appearance on The Colbert Report. Colbert figured Cain couldn’t stand being around all his beauty.

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Birds Of A Feather Flock Together – Cain May Endorse Newt

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Herman Cain recently “suspended” his presidential ambitions because of allegations of sexual misconduct from various women. And Newt Gingrich is a known womanizer, cheating on his first two wives, even serving one of them divorce papers while she laid in a hospital bed battling cancer.

So is it any surprise that Herman Cain may endorse Newt Gingrich? Nope. It is expected.

A top adviser to Herman Cain says the former presidential candidate plans to endorse one of his ex-rivals, most likely New Gingrich, this month in order to have an impact before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3.

“He wants to play ‘who to endorse’ for a while,” said the adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to speak bluntly. “Then he’ll probably be endorsing somebody in a couple weeks — before the caucuses…. I’d say he’s going to endorse Newt Gingrich,” the adviser said.

Five women with Cain and three with Gingrich. Eight women between these two men. Yep, keep an eye on these two birds!

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Billionaire Says Rich People Are Not “Job Creators”

He is a billionaire. He is responsible for starting, or contributing to getting many corporations off the ground. If anyone knows about job creation and who creates them, it’s him. His name is Nick Hanauer, and it is his belief that tax cuts to the rich does not create jobs. And I agree with him 1000%!

I’m a very rich person. As an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, I’ve started or helped get off the ground dozens of companies in industries including manufacturing, retail, medical services, the Internet and software. I founded the Internet media company aQuantive Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2007 for $6.4 billion. I was also the first non-family investor in Amazon.com Inc.

Even so, I’ve never been a “job creator.” I can start a business based on a great idea, and initially hire dozens or hundreds of people. But if no one can afford to buy what I have to sell, my business will soon fail and all those jobs will evaporate.

That’s why I can say with confidence that rich people don’t create jobs, nor do businesses, large or small. What does lead to more employment is the feedback loop between customers and businesses. And only consumers can set in motion a virtuous cycle that allows companies to survive and thrive and business owners to hire. An ordinary middle-class consumer is far more of a job creator than I ever have been or ever will be.

Still, we’ll hear the Republican talking point that the only way to create jobs in America, is for the rich to continue getting tax cuts and subsidies. Since George Bush became president, he went on a tax cutting frenzy for rich people, and during his entire eight years in office, only 1.09 million jobs were created. This, after the rich saw their taxes drastically reduced during the time Bush was in power.

But don’t tell this to Republicans in Congress. Although the facts don’t back up their claims, Republicans will go to their graves demanding more tax cuts for the rich in order to “create jobs.”

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Another Republican Candidate Declines Trump Moderated Debate

If you have a circus and the clowns don’t show up, is it still a circus?

Well Ring Master Donald Trump and the conservative organization Newsmax may find out sooner than later. Yesterday, Jon Huntsman was the first Republican Presidential candidate to decline a Newsmax invitation to their December 27th debate, simply because The Donald is scheduled to moderate the event. And now we learn that Ron Paul will not attend either.

Citing a “circus-like” atmosphere as their reason for declining, Paulson campaign issued this statement.

“The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the Presidency and flies in the face of that office’s history and dignity,” campaign chairman Jesse Benton said.

“Mr. Trump’s participation as moderator will distract from questions and answers concerning important issues such as the national economy, crushing federal government debt, the role of the federal government, foreign policy, and the like. To be sure, Mr. Trump’s participation will contribute to an unwanted circus-like atmosphere,” Benton continued.

“Mr. Trump’s selection is also wildly inappropriate because of his record of toying with the serious decision of whether to compete for our nation’s highest office, a decision he appeared to make frivolously. The short-lived elevation of Mr. Trump’s stature as a candidate put him on the radar of many organizations and we recall that last spring he was invited to keynote the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, yet at the last minute he left RPI holding the bag by canceling. In turn, RPI canceled its biggest fundraising gala of the year and suffered embarrassment and in addition RPI was required to engage in refunding measures.

Our candidate will not even consider participating in the late-December debate until Mr. Trump publicly apologizes to Iowa party leaders and rectifies in full the situation.

“Therefore our candidate Ron Paul, the champion of the Constitution, has advised he will not attend.

Two clowns out, what will the others do? Hope you haven’t already bought tickets to the show.

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Herman Cain Drops Out – “It Hurts My Wife, It Hurts My Family, It Hurts Me”

Herman Cain went on television today, hand in hand with his wife Gloria. He stood on a stage and talked about the reason he decided to run for president in the first place, which was  “…because the people in Washington refused to do their jobs.”

Cain began his speech by dropping one-liners that got his supporters cheering. One-liners like “people are  more powerful than the media and message is more powerful than money.” And it was these type of statements that gave viewers the initial impression that Herman was about to announce the continuation of his candidacy.

Then Herman he dropped the bomb.

“I’ve made mistakes in life, everyone has.” Cain said, as he began laying out the disappointing path for his supporters. He called the four recent sexual harassment claims against him, and his 13 year extra-marital relationship “false and untrue accusations,” saying that  “false and untrue allegation continues to be spin in the media and the court of public opinion.”

Mr. Cain continued…

“That spin hurts. It hurts my wife, it hurts my family, it hurts me and it hurts the american people because you’ve been denied solutions.”

It hurts because my wife, my family and I…, we know that these false accusations are not true.

And, “I am at peace with my God. I am at peace with my wife”,  this followed by the crowd  chanting “Gloria!, Gloria!”, “…and she is at peace with me. And I am at peace with my family and I am at peace with myself.”

“As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul-searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign. I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, because of the continued hurt to me and my family.”

But like we all suspected, Herman Cain’s candidacy was never about winning the White House. Like Newt Gingrich, Cain was more interested in making money through book sales and donations. So what better way to ensure the continued stream of donations, than launching his new endeavor –  The Cain Solutions, a new website, launched after Herman dropped out of the race, where visitors to the site can continue donating to the Cain Train wreck.

[cincopa AoHA-yaMnNyW]

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President Obama To Republicans – Stop The Politics And Put Country First

In another weekly presidential speech, President Obama urged Republicans to put country first and do what is necessary to uplift the economy, not a political party.

Unfortunately, too many Republicans in Congress don’t seem to share that same sense of urgency. Over the last few months, they’ve said “no” to most of these jobs bills. “No” to putting teachers and firefighters back to work. “No” to putting construction workers back on the job. And this week, they actually said “no” to cutting taxes for middle-class families.

You see, last year, both parties came together to cut payroll taxes for the typical middle-class family by about $1,000. But that tax cut is set to expire at the end of this month. If that happens, that same family will see its taxes go up by $1,000. We can’t let that happen. In fact, I think we should cut taxes on working families and small business owners even more.

And we’re going to keep pushing Congress to make this happen. They shouldn’t go home for the holidays until they get this done. And if you agree with me, I could use your help.

We’ve set up a simple tax cut calculator on WhiteHouse.gov so that you can see exactly what the stakes are for your family. Try it out. Then let your members of Congress know where you stand.

Tell them not to vote to raise taxes on working Americans during the holidays. Tell them to put country before party. Put money back in the pockets of working Americans. Pass these tax cuts.

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Donald Trump To Be Ring Leader At Next Republican Circus Debate

The joke that is Donald Trump is taking it’s act to a whole new level. Trump is scheduled to be the ring leader of  a Republican presidential circus debate scheduled for December 27th. We’re torn between the idea of this being a new low for Donald Trump or an even newer low for the Republican presidential candidates who will attend, but it’s definitely an even greater low for our political system.

Luckily for Jon Huntsman, he will not be played for a clown fool. He sent a rejection letter to the Donald and Newsmax, the conservative News magazine who organized the event.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is the first to send his regrets.

“We look forward to watching Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich suck up to Trump with a big bowl of popcorn,” Huntsman spokesman Tim Miller told Yahoo News.

The debate organizers sent out debate notices to the presidential campaigns today, but they have not yet heard back about who will show, Newsmax Social Media Director Brett Sandala confirmed.

“We’ve gotten a few positive responses but we’re not doing any release on that until next week,” Sandala said.

Trump will moderate the debate on his own, Sandala said, and will cover several topics.

I personally would not be watching this debate. But if Newsmax organizes a news conference where Trump’s investigators tell of their findings in Hawaii regarding President Obama’s Kenyan birth, I will definitely watch that!

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Unemployment Falls To 8.6% – Still, Republicans Cast Doubt About Recovery

Yay for America!

It’s the news no one has heard over the last 2 and a half years – unemployment is at 8.6%. With all the anti-economy, anti-middle class antics of the Republican party, and their obvious efforts to make things worse for the American people, this is welcome news for all true patriots.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 120,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, and the jobless rate dropped to 8.6 percent, the lowest since March 2009, from 9.0 percent in October.

It was the biggest monthly decline since January. While part of the decrease was due to people leaving the labor force, the household survey from which the department calculates the unemployment rate also showed solid gains in employment.

“The economy is continuing to head in the right direction,” said Millan Mulraine, senior macro strategist at TD Securities in New York. “However, the ultimate test of the sustainability of the recovery is for the economy to create a sufficient number of jobs to sustain a consumer-led rebound in activity.”

“On this measure, this report falls short,” he said.

Although the gain in the number of jobs created as measured by the survey of employers was relatively modest, it marked a pickup from October’s upwardly revised 100,000 increase.

In all, 72,000 more jobs were created in October and September than previously reported.

Of course, Republicans must come up with a way to try to damper this good news. They must remove any feeling of optimism the American people might have about the economy, and who is better at casting doubt about our economic recovery than Eric Cantor.

After the new unemployment data was released, Cantor, surrounded by his Republican allies, stepped to the podium to deliver their warning – there just aren’t enough jobs in America.

Maybe if Cantor and his Republican friends concentrated more on the American people, instead of the top 1%, there will be enough jobs for anyone looking for work.

But working for the American people is not the priority.

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Republicans Failed The Middle Class Again. No Payroll Tax Cuts For You

For the majority of people reading this post be prepared. Starting in January of 2012, your family will pay $1000.00 more a year because of what happened in Washington yesterday. Yesterday, the American people watched in amazement as two separate plans designed to help the middle class got defeated in the Senate.

Plan 1 was proposed by the Democrats. It required an extension of the payroll tax cuts that working families currently benefit from, but which is set to expire on December 31st. The plan was defeated by Republicans who objected to the way Democrats wanted to pay for the tax cuts – by slightly increasing the taxes on people making over 1 million dollars. Republican’s reasoning for defeating the plan was a claim that people making over $1 million were job creators, and they didn’t want to raise taxes on these people.

With the Democratic plan defeated, Republicans got a chance to offer their own plan to extend the payroll tax cuts. But the way they wanted to pay for the cuts was to continue a pay freeze on federal workers until 2015, and to eventually eliminate 10% of the federal work force.

With the economic benefits for the working middle class to have these payroll tax cuts extended past December 31st, the Republican plan was voted on and that too went down in defeat. The Republican proposal wasn’t defeated by Democrats, but by the very people who introduced the plan… Republicans!

The President, who has pushed Congress to approve the payroll tax cut extension called the vote “unacceptable,” and asked Republicans to “stop playing politics” with the American people.

Tonight, Senate Republicans chose to raise taxes on nearly 160 million hardworking Americans because they refused to ask a few hundred thousand millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. They voted against a bill that would have not only extended the $1,000 tax cut for a typical family, but expanded that tax cut to put an extra $1,500 in their pockets next year, and given nearly six million small business owners new incentives to expand and hire. That is unacceptable. It makes absolutely no sense to raise taxes on the middle class at a time when so many are still trying to get back on their feet.

Now is not the time to put the economy and the security of the middle class at risk. Now is the time to rebuild an economy where hard work and responsibility pay off, and everybody has a chance to succeed. Now is the time to put country before party and work together on behalf of the American people. And I will continue to urge Congress to stop playing politics with the security of millions of American families and small business owners and get this done.

And the American people watch in amazement, as the Republicans in Congress continue to put the middle class on the chopping block, while they infinitely protect the top 1%, even when the 1% are asking, no, begging to pay more in taxes.

The American people currently pay 4.2% in payroll taxes. Because of Republican’s actions yesterday, the taxes will go up to 6.2% in January, which will cost the average family another $1000.00 a year.

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Herman Cain Admits He Lied To His Wife

Herman Cain confirmed today in an interview with the editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader, that whatever he had with woman number 5 for over 13 years was a secret to his wife. And it was essential and necessary for the survival of his 13 year adventure that his wife be kept in the dark.

“My wife did not know about it, and that was the revelation. My wife found out about it when [White] went public with it,” Cain said. “My wife now knows. My wife and I have talked about it and I have explained it to her. My wife understands that I’m a soft-hearted giving person.”

And Mr. Cain continued claiming that all five women accusing him of sexual misconduct are lying. The different women are telling “baseless” stories about him, simply because he says that they are.

“Every time a new story comes on TV, it mentions sexual harassment charges. That’s inaccurate because they were found baseless. I call them false accusations.

“They were false. They were not proven, so every time they are called sexual harassment charges, that just keeps saying to people sexual harassment, rather than false accusation.

Herman Cain is facing tremendous pressure from the Republican big shots to terminate his candidacy for the Republican nomination. After woman number 5 broke her silence on their 13 year relationship, Cain said that he will now re-evaluate his decision to run. He has stated that when he eventually sees his wife face to face and convinces her that he is telling the truth (his version), he will then make a decision on whether to continue his doomed run for the Republican nomination.

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