Nancy Pelosi: Republicans Will Continue Obstruction If Obama Is Reelected

Nancy Pelosi, the last competent Speaker of the House the United States has had, is absolutely right about this. If Romney loses to Obama, and the current crop of Republicans retain their seats in Congress they will continue sabotaging the US Legislative system and the economy. What the American people need to understand is that the pain they are experiencing in their day-to-day lives is directly due to the Republican Party feeling the American people needed to be punished for the 2008 election outcome. The Republicans seem to believe that meeting the ideological needs of their party comes before meeting the needs of the constituents who hired them.



Let's be clear here, based on their performance over the last four years there is no Republican in the House or Senate that deserves to retain their seat. The people elected these Republicans to office to make things better and instead the Republicans went out of their way to make things worse. The Republicans have forgotten who they work for ... its not the Billionaires that use them as handmaidens, its the constituents that hired them.



The American people need to fire the Republicans in the House and Senate for malpractice of office. The Republicans do not deserve the honor of serving the American people.
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Some Iran Containment Supporters 'Set A New Standard For Human Stupidity' (VIDEO)

I'd say it was time to tell Israel that the United States cannot work with Netanyahu any longer, and either the Israelis select a different representative to work with the United States or expect to have the interests of Israel relegated to a much lower priority for the foreseeable future by the United States. Further, I would say the United States welcomes partnerships with nations who wish to work in a spirit of mutual cooperation but we will not be dictated to by anyone ... friend or foe.



This should be the official statement from the State Department.
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Advice to Media and Muslims: Don't Feed the Trolls

I think we have yet to discover if this anti-Islamic piece was simply the work of a Troll, or a deliberate, politically motivated act to incite violence in the Middle East in a period leading up to a US Presidential Election. Trolls are all about "look at me" ... this film had a different purpose entirely.



This anti-Islamic video cost the life of a US Ambassador and three additional State Department employees ... it also is responsible for the deaths of Marines in our base in Afghanistan. Let us also remember it cost the lives of ten Libyan guards protecting out consulate, and unknown number of additional people in the nations the riots are taking place.



This Video is as much an example of free speech as a maniac dressed as the Joker bursting into a crowded movie theater and opening fire is.
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South Africa Mine Strikes: Police Fire Tear Gas, Force People Into Shacks

-The strikers have said they would rather see Lonmin shut down the mine than accept a lower offer.



Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said Friday the strikes are "extremely damaging" to the economy.



"It undermines confidence in the South African economy and, if we undermine confidence, we undermine investment," he said.



Strikes are illegal in South Africa unless approved by the government labor conciliation board, which only allows stoppages once workers prove they have tried and failed to negotiate with an employer and after the conciliation board itself also tries to resolve the issue.-



It's time for the South African Miners to walkout en mass across the country, and ignore the Government Labor Conciliation Board for it evidently only exists for the benefit of the mining companies. If the Miners don't make a stand they will be crushed. Without Miners there is no South African Mining Industry ... that's their leverage.
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran Containment Strategy 'A New Standard For Human Stupidity'

Netanyahu was a coworker of Romney's in the 1970s:



"The two both worked at Boston Consulting Group in the mid-1970s. Romney had graduated from Harvard Business School, while Netanyahu's degree came from the MIT Sloan School of Management across the Charles River."



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/benjamin-netanyahu-mitt-romney-relationship_n_1524140.html?ref=elections-2012



... and has a close relationship with US Neocons:



"Richard Perle, who later became a core member of PNAC, was involved in similar activities to those pursued by PNAC after its formal organization. For instance, in 1996 Perle composed a report that proposed regime changes in order to restructure power in the Middle East. The report was titled A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm and called for removing Saddam Hussein from power, as well as other ideas to bring change to the region. The report was delivered to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu"



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century



To what degree he is actually committed to Israel is debatable, despite being PM. Netanyahu won't be the one in Israel who will suffer if things go bad. He has friends abroad who will take care of him.
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John Roberts Health Care Switch Detailed By Jeffrey Toobin In New Book

I don't think we can dismiss ego when considering Robert's decision either. I know my perception of the Supreme Court has been Roberts, as Chief Justice, being more-or-less a figurehead with the real control of the court being in Scalia's hands. With this action, Roberts showed his colleagues on the court and the world, who was boss.



And if you ask whether individuals with such lofty positions as Justices on the Supreme Court would stoop to petty interpersonal ego play ... the answer is "of course."
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Feds Question Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, AKA Sam Bacile, At LA Sheriff's Station

Squeeze that zit until he pops. I want to know who was backing him. I want to know who engaged him to do this. I want to know who will be pulling strings at higher levels to get him off. I'm thinking this guy falls in the category of Brietbart's little minion, James O'Keefe. Too much subterfuge in this incident for Nakoula to be a free agent.
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Todd Akin Staying In, So Social Conservatives Say Time To Move On

Any woman that votes for Todd Akin in Missouri after what he said about rape is simply an idiot, and, sincerely, who cares what the closet cases who represent the Social Pervert-atives of the Right Wing have to say? They don't even like women.
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Mitt Romney On 'Innocence Of Muslims' Video: They Have A Right To Make It, But It's Not Right

So, evidently, this film was available on YouTube since July, and yet, there was no reaction to it in the Middle East until the anniversary of September 11th ... and when it was evident that Mitt Romney's campaign was in trouble.



Who brought this film to the attention to the right people in the Middle East who were capable, with pinpoint accuracy, of causing a riot?



This is the question the media would be asking if the United States had a Free Press stocked with professional journalists.
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Jennifer Granholm Appeared On 1978 'Dating Game' Episode Before Political Career (VIDEO)

Very cool. I used to watch the Dating Game all the time. Jim Lange, the host, was a fixture on radio in San Francisco in the 60's,70s, and 80's.



Jennifer Granholm is something special.
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Anti-Islam Film Protests Spread To Sudan, Tunisia, Across Middle East

If this inflammatory film was a plot by GOP operatives to stir up violence in the Muslim World in order to try to make President Obama look bad ahead of the election, a lot of innocent people are paying for it.
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Steve Klein & 'Innocence Of Muslims': Film Promoter Remains Outspoken On Islam

Why don't we all pitch in and buy Mr Klein a plane ticket to Bengazi or Cairo so he can discuss his opinions directly with the people there?
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Fed Announces Aggressive New Stimulus To Combat Unemployment

Interesting.



First a mysterious anti-Islamic film incites violence in the Middle East, attacking President Obama at his perceived foreign policy strength.



Then,



This announcement by the Fed of QE3 that will put a floor under the economy, and likely stimulate an uptick in beneficial economic activity leading into the election, kicking the legs out from Romney's attempt to leverage a bad economy to his political benefit.



All in all, I'd say there is a high level of activity occurring in the Dark Matter of this Presidential Election.
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'Innocence Of Muslims' Filmmaker Identified By Law Enforcement As Nakoula Basseley Nakoula

Folks, let's not beat around the bush ... the Republicans are behind this. This is a classic "ratf*cking" job straight out of the Nixon era.



Republican operatives had this film made, lied to the actors and crew about its purpose, dubbed the inflammatory language they knew would incite violence amongst radical elements of Islam around the world, and likely used a private intelligence firm based in the Middle East to insure the violence would occur on the anniversary of the 9/11. The only question in my mind is if Republican operatives also retained a private military firm to coordinate the attack on the Benghazi consulate.



I have no doubt on this, and the Justice Department, FBI, and CIA should be investigating this incident with Republican operative involvement in the back of their mind.



The Republicans have shown this level of moral bankruptcy and criminality before. Nixon operatives derailed the Vietnam Peace Talks in 1968 in order to get Nixon elected. Nixon operatives played the same game again in Watergate ... off book intelligence operatives engaged in the break ins. Reagan operatives derailed the release of the American hostages from the US Embassy in Tehran in order to defeat Jimmy Carter, Reagan operatives engaged in the Iran/Contra scandal in order to reward Iran for Reagan's win.



The Republicans are behind this violence that caused four Americans including a US Ambassador to be murdered. Time to shut the "Ratf*ckers" down.
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Sarah Palin: Libya, Egypt Attacks On American Facilities Show Obama Needs To Grow 'Big Stick'

"Paging Dr Freud .... Dr Freud, white courtesy telephone please."
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Foreign Policy Hands Rip Romney's Cairo Statement

I think there is something poetic in the possible discovery by British Archeologists of the mortal remains of King Richard III:



http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/greg-jenner/richard-iii-should-we-car_b_1878677.html?



It made me think how lucky Mitt Romney is, for when he enters the



"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse"



stage of his Presidential Campaign he already has one trained up ... and it even dances.
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Sam Bacile, Anti-Islam Filmmaker, In Hiding After Protests

I want to know if there was any coordination between Bacile and GOP operatives to incite violence in the Middle East on the anniversary of 9/11 for the benefit of the Romney Presidential Campaign.
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J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. Ambassador To Libya, And 3 Embassy Staffers Killed In Attack On American Consulate In Benghazi (VIDEO)

I was watching MSNBC (the conservative time of the day) and I was interested to hear the term "September Surprise" invoked. A "September Surprise" that would change the outcome of the election.



I hear "September Surprise" I don't thing of the happenstance of current events influencing an election outcome ... I think premeditated plot by a political party to influence an elections outcome.



Like when Nixon operatives tampered with the Vietnam peace negotiations in 1968, extending the war by seven years, costing 25,000 US Military personnel their lives in order to get Nixon elected.



Or when Reagan operatives in 1980 tampered with the release of hostages from the US Embassy in Tehran in order to defeat Jimmy Carter.



A "September Surprise". Cheney emerges from his crypt to chastise President Obama, while his henchman Netenyahu creates a dust up about a snub. Then a anti-Islamic movie by an Israeli-American incites violence in Egypt and Cairo costing a US Ambassador his life.



"September Surprise"



America, what are we really seeing here?
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Mitt Romney Critics Hammer Campaign For Failure To Fight

What does Romney have to fight with? He is a weak, weak, weak candidate. A make-a-wish candidate. A candidate whose positions have been all over the board and recorded as such.



Romney can't release his taxes for the damage it would do to him. Romney has stated he can't be specific on policy because he wouldn't be elected. Romney created the framework for Obamacare when he was Governor of Massachusetts. Romney made his fortune destroying companies and sending American jobs overseas. Romney's religion is an anathema to Republicans vital Fundamentalist Christian base. Romney is held in low esteem by his peers in the Republican Party. Romney, as Governor of Massachusetts, was near the bottom in job creation in his state ... and .... worst of all ... Romney has the stench of privilege about him that only inspires contempt in average Americans.



It's not Obama's record, and persona that is the problem ... it is Romney's.



The Republicans pick the wrong guy to run and that is the long and the short of it.
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Karen Handel: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Threatened Susan G. Komen Founder In 'Extremely Ugly' Call

"According to Nancy, Wasserman Schultz raised one additional issue: me," Handel writes. "I wrote down precisely what Nancy said Wasserman Schultz had said: 'How dare you hire someone who was diametrically opposed to Planned Parenthood.'"



The textbook definition of hearsay. Handel never heard what DWS said.
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