Mike Reynolds, Oklahoma Rep: 'It's Not Our Job To See That Anyone Gets An Education'

Rep Reynolds thinks the inbred WASP elites have all the brains America needs ... good luck with that.
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Is The War On Drugs Nearing An End?

I wouldn't be surprised if voter disenfranchisement is behind the drug war felony convictions, which effect minorities and the poor predominantly. No better way for Republicans to leverage the electoral game to their benefit than by taking the voting rights away from groups that tend to be politically hostile to them with felony drug convictions.
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Tax Lobby Builds Ties To Max Baucus - NYTimes.com

The lobbyists gifted Baucus with his current wife, didn't they?
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'Missing In Action': Congress Ignores America's Poverty Crisis

Those the Democrats and Republicans in Washington work for are doing quite well. That's all that matters, right?
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Obama: Proposed Budget Not His 'Ideal Plan'

If President Obama touches Social Security his lame-duck status has begun. The Dems will lose the Senate in 2014, and not regain the House, and POTUS will spend the last two years of his Presidency doing public interest photo ops and not much else.
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Christianity As State Religion Supported By One-Third Of Americans, Poll Finds

One Third of Americans, who don't understand what being American is, favor Christianity as a State Religion.
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Obama's Social Security Cut Proposal Sparks Backlash, Threats Of Primary Contests

2014 will make 2010 look like a landslide victory for the Democrats if they attack the American people's Earned Benefits programs. This isn't touching the Third Rail of Politics ... this is French Kissing it.
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Obama Budget: Administration Explains 'Compromise Proposal'

There is no such thing as "Entitlements", the President is going after the American People's Earned Benefits.
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New Jobs Report 'Should Be A Wake-Up Call,' Analyst Says

American life in the Undeclared Depression.
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Jobs Report: First Reaction

The United States and Global Economies have been in an Undeclared Depression since the crash of 2008 ... so what is occurring across the US and World in terms of dreadful economic realities makes perfect sense. The upside is the fraud based economic system that is currently being kept together with chewing gum, scotch tape, and bailing wire will eventually crash ... then we can get down to the business ( pardon my borrowing of the word ) of fixing the core issues of criminality, corruption and fraud that underpin the contemporary American Economic and Political System that should have been addressed with relentless and punitive laser focus in 2008.
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Obama Budget: Administration Explains 'Compromise Proposal'

Honestly, the economy is nothing but a fraud at this point. When it crashes ... and it will BIG TIME ... those H1B visas will be worthless because there will be no reason for skilled workers to want to immigrate here. H1B visas are a symptom of the problem, not the problem in itself. The problem is that the Rich, through their Corporations, own the entire US political system. The United States, like the Soviet Union, is a one party state. In the USSR it was Communist, in the US it is Corporatist.



Why would a skilled worker want to accept an HiB visa to work in the broken outhouse Corporatism has turned the United States of America into? I've worked with folks on H1B visas, believe me they aren't stupid. I can't think of a single one who didn't miss home when they figured out what the USA was really about. The USA is a paradise for undocumented workers willing to live in the shadows to feed their families back home, but it is a step down for those who have skills. Maybe not in the 1990s, but now? Definitely.



Theodore Roosevelt, THE Progressive, addressed The People's needs in a beneficial way no other President was willing to, because he believed the little people of America were just as important as the big people. The principles he operated under are just as meaningful, and crucial to implement today as they were in the Progressive Era he inspired.
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Obama Budget: Administration Explains 'Compromise Proposal'

Can we have a Progressive Party now? The Democrats no longer have any value to the American People.
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NRA Attacks Connecticut 'Sandy Hook Law'

I'm guessing the NRA is so steadfast against Universal Background Checks because it would tip off the Feds to straw buyers the US Gun Manufacturers use to traffic guns. I bet that's quite a lucrative "off book" business. The President of Mexico has already complained about the wide open spigot of firearms flowing from the US into his country ... someone has to buy them in gun shops in Arizona and Texas and transport them. Universal background checks would blow the cover off that game almost immediately.



And remember ... the number one goal of the NRA is to maximize sales of guns and ammunition for the US Gun Manufacturers they represent.
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The Long Depression

"The Long Depression" works, but I like "The Undeclared Depression" for it both reflects its existence, and lack of intervention.
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Pastor Jesse Lee Peterson Claims Obama Racist Against Whites, Mother 'Hated Being White'

"His mother, she hated her color," Peterson said. "She hated being white and I’m thinking, I don’t have a whole lot of proof of this, but I do know she hated her color, hated being white. I think he may have been brought up not to accept that side of himself and that adds to him being a racist because he doesn’t really respect white folks."



"I don’t have a whole lot of proof of this"



"I don’t have a whole lot of proof of this"



"I don’t have a whole lot of proof of this"



"I don’t have a whole lot of proof of this"



"I don’t have a whole lot of proof of this"



Next!
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Does Our Government Believe in Capitalism?

A Capitalist is someone who lives off of money that makes money. If you don't live off of money that makes money, you aren't a Capitalist. The most refined state of Capitalism is Feudalism ... where the Lords control all the land, commerce and power, and the serfs squabble amongst themselves for scraps from the Master's table. There is nothing attractive in that social dynamic for me, for it requires me to believe that one set of mortals are to be valued more than another set of mortals due to their talent of hoarding wealth and resources ... that is folly.



What the US Government is currently empowering though application of corporate socialism is the rise of the Corporate Feudal State, roughly built on the template of Company Towns Coal Mining firms once ran. The miners in those towns were serfs whose living conditions were determined by the Company.



A hybrid Socialist/Regulated Capitalist model affords the greatest stability and longevity for a society, for it allows people to ascend the economic ladder and at the same time meets the basic needs of those at the bottom end of the economic scale, preventing societal evolution to revolution. Human history is fairly clear on how this game is played.
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More Work to Bring War Criminals to Justice

So, when do Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Powell and RIce get sent to the Hague for what they did to the people of Iraq?
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Rand Paul: Sandy Hook Shooting Could Have Been Prevented If Teachers Had Guns

Of course, if Adam Lanza didn't have access to an assault weapon with a 30 round magazine the same could be said.
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Tim Griffin, Arkansas GOP Rep, Stands By Keystone After Mayflower Oil Spill

My guess is that Rep Griffin is more concerned about not harming his campaign contributors than Arkansas.
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Don't Let the IRS Do Your Taxes

The best way to catch the Rich Crooks who are ripping the US off is to have the IRS do their taxes ... I love the idea!
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North Carolina May Declare Official State Religion Under New Bill

So these North Carolina Republicans, in essence, wish to secede from the United States of America.
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Obama's EU Trade Deal Would Include New Political Powers For Corporations

Business is the problem of humanity not the solution for humanity's problems. Business is just a front-end control for the wealthy miscreants who view themselves as the all-seeing, "enlightened" eye at the top of the pyramid. These wealthy miscreants would prefer none of us were here polluting "their" world with our presence to start with, so you can guess the further misery for us that comes from further empowering them through their corporations.



Giving more political power to Corporations is giving more political power to the global elite, who have nothing but contempt for us, and who are the root of mankind's problem to start with.
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MSG Chairman James Dolan Allegedly Fires Employee For Not Recognizing Him: Report

30 years ago, when business had more loyalty to it's employees, knowing the CEO or Chairman of the Board's name, or face, wasn't uncommon. Now, since employment at every level has become more mercenary, there really isn't a reason to bother recognizing the Execs that move in and out of the revolving door upstairs ... though the Exec's egos inform them otherwise.
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Beware the Upside Surprise

Mr Bernstein, on average, what percentage of corporate profits are derived from the core business revenue compared to investment of capital in the markets? 15-25%? In a deregulated environment there are many ways for a business to simulate profitability that have nothing to do with actually doing business. Correct? That concerns me as well.
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No Americans 'Getting A Free-Ride,' New Tax Study Finds

Capitalists always accuse others of their own moral turpitude. In the USA, Capitalists are the ultimate free-riders.
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Eurozone Unemployment Reaches Record High Of 12 Percent

I wonder if the goal of the Austerity is to inspire another World War. Somethings gotta give.
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Ben Carson: White Liberals Are 'The Most Racist People'

Whatever this guys race, he is still repugnant.
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NRA School Safety Report Recommends Arming Teachers, Loosening Gun Laws

The only purpose of the #NRA is to promote gun and ammo sales, so ...Voila!
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Bob Casey Backs Gay Marriage

When in Rome ...
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Nelson, Georgia Family Protection Ordinance Approved, Would Make Gun Ownership Mandatory For Some

What is Nelson, Georgia ... a Penal Colony? Is every neighbor a criminal requiring every neighbor armed?
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Sex Education Programs For Teens Targeted By GOP Lawmakers

Anything that prevents White Procreation the Conservatives are against ... Gay Marriage, Abortion, Birth Control, Sex Ed. The WASP Oligarchy has crunched the numbers and know they are being out bred, and their White Entitlement Society is at risk of collapse.



All of these White Conservative battles are about reversing the decline of the White Replacement Rate. You also hear them promoting immigration from Europe for the same reason.
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Paul Krugman: Here's The Real Problem With California

California is a horrible place. Just terrible. Can't pass a tree on the highway without some Hippy wrapped around it. The elevator music is all Tiny Tim. Drivers have to push their cars passed bird sanctuaries that litter nearly every city block. Surfing has been mandated by decree ... pastrami has been made illegal due to its lack of Om. Every home is vacant, as California residents prefer to camp under the stars waiting for a comet to deliver their Age of Aquarius beer cozy.



California is a miserable place ... do yourself a favor and visit to see the freaks, but don't stay.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Must Go

Does anyone seriously think the Republicans will allow anyone nearly as Liberal as Ginsburg on the High Court now? If she left, or Scalia, Thomas, or Kennedy crapped out, that open seat on the Supreme Court will be held hostage by the Republicans until the next Presidential election ... or until Obama caved a put a "reasonable Conservative" on the Supreme Court.



We are in a Cold Civil War currently, and I want Justice Ginsburg on the Supreme Court until she drops.
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David Stockman, Ex-Reagan Budget Director: George W. Bush's Policies Bankrupt The Country

Reagan simulated prosperity through deficit spending, which tripled the size of the national debt. That would be like a person running up thousands on their credit cards and then claiming they were rich because of all the stuff they have. Fraud.



Who knows what Bush was trying to do? Maybe he's like that guy I knew in High School who claimed to be an expert on cars and then wasted himself when he addressed a broken fuel gauge by trying to check the amount of gas in his car by peering into the tank with a match.
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Mikhail Gorbachev: Russia Must Move To 'Real Democracy' To Prevent Uprising

"This means that we face a new attempt by Russian society to move to real democracy and it will be of historic significance."



So Russia should move to "Real Democracy" so the country can be controlled by the Plutocrats in the way "Real Democracy" works in the United States?
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Markets Sending Unusual Signals

Right now the Markets are a "No Lose" Ponzi, so there is really no point in analyzing them. There'll be postmortem later.
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Popeyes President: Employees May Decide To Work Part-Time In Response To Obamacare

I love watching Right Wingers tremble and scream about "Obamacare" like infants in a crib with a dirty diaper.
About Obamacare
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JOBS Act Falls Short Of Grand Promises

The reason? The United States has been in an undeclared Depression since 2008.
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Bee Deaths From Colony Collapse Disorder On The Rise As Researchers Point To Pesticides

I saw the theory floating around that some crafty transnational agribusiness has genetically modified a variant of honeybee that is resistant to Colony Collapse, have patented said mutation, and will roll it out as a product. Sick concept, but not beyond the realm of possibility.
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Jeb Bush Praises George W. Bush For 'Not Having An Opinion' (VIDEO)

George W Bush ranks as one of the worst Presidents in American History, if he had an opinion, who'd care?
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NRA Robocalls In Newtown Spark Outrage From Local Gun Control Group

Remember, no one in the gun industry possesses a soul. American Gun Manufacturers make and sell products meant to terminate life by violent means. The gun manufacturers make their money off of murder. Even the incident at Sandy Hook was a sales opportunity for American Gun Manufacturers. The NRA is just a front for the gun manufacturers ... so this callousness is to be expected.
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Don't Forget the Geopolitics of Cyprus

I've heard a couple of interesting scenarios ... that should Cyprus leave the Eurozone the door would open for Russian influence, or ... that an independent Cyprus would be attractive for annexation by Greece. I think there is something else at play here that makes such extreme possibilities vocalized now. Cyprus has proven itself to be the Eurozone's Achilles' Heel. Should Cyprus exit the Euro, it sets a precedent for the other countries suffering from the effects of austerity currently. The message sent should Cyprus exit is "It IS possible for a state to exit." That, more than anything else, has to be the major concern for Germany and the ECB. Forget Russia, the whole Eurozone could fracture if Cyprus leaves, no scenario is more threatening than that for those trying to keep the wheels from coming off.
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S&P Cuts Cyprus Sovereign Credit Rating To CCC

Methinks Cyprus exits the Euro ... then things get interesting.
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States Told To Plan For Sequestration Military Cuts

I remember when Bush41 shutdown bases in California, the economic impact was rough for years, but communities recovered. Of course the boom economy of the Clinton years helped to soften the blow. Back then there was a lot of talk that the Republicans were just picking on California with all the base closings, and defense cuts, but, in retrospect, I'm glad the hatchet fell on us then rather than now.



I'd hate to be a Red State that relies on Bases and Defense Contracts and has little else economically going for it ... these are going to be some lean times. No doubt.
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Michele Bachmann: Repeal Obamacare Before It 'Literally Kills' People (VIDEO)

I'd like to see her finances audited.
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Michele Bachmann: Repeal Obamacare Before It 'Literally Kills' People (VIDEO)

Bachmann has evolved from nutty to sad.
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John Boehner Sets Up Debt Ceiling Battle With Demand For Major Cuts

This time let the Republicans crash the economy again. It has the most beneficial long term results.
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Universe's Age? Planck Space Probe Data Push Back Date Of Big Bang That Started It All

Let's have some fun. The Universe is limitless and timeless with no beginning or end. Your move.
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Freddie Mac Unaware Of Homeowner Complaints, Inspector General Concludes

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have been a Public/Private partnership between the US Government and the Financial Sector for decades, and for Banks it became an appendage of its Business Model. So, before folks start screaming that the Government can't do anything right, there was nothing wrong with Fannie Mae until the Private Sector got a piece of the action and corrupted it. Freddie Mac was created as a "competitor" for Fannie Mae once it went "Free Market" ... so of course these organizations are now a mess.



Prior to the last crash, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were just places the Banking Industry laundered toxic mortgages, that is why these agencies were at the center of the crisis when the crash occurred.



If you sever the influence of the Private Sector from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and regulate them responsibly, they won't wind up a risk to US Taxpayers again, and the housing sector would wind up being more stable and robust.
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Saxby Chambliss: 'I'm Not Gay. So I'm Not Going To Marry One.'

Chambliss probably believes he has the virtue of some god to defend.
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Orrin Hatch: Obamacare Is Designed To Fail, Lead To Socialized Medicine

Gee, if Obamacare was designed to fail lead to socialized medicine, I just gained a ton of respect for it.
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Ben Bernanke: 'I Agree With Elizabeth Warren 100 Percent' On Too Big To Fail

"Too Big To Fail" leads to "Too Big To Bail" when the next crash comes, so it is better to address the issue now.
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