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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Losers Creating Losers
Last week North Dakota’s Republican Governor Jack Dairymple signed a series of bills into law that, when they take effect on August 1st, will give his state the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Finding winners in this, except … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Amendment 26, Billings, Billings Montana, Constitution, Great Recession, Jack Dairymple, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, North Dakota Constitution, North Dakota Legislature, personhood, Personhood USA, politics, Roe v. Wade, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Tea Party, United States Constitution, war on women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Seperate And Unequal
The Republicans have been attacking public education for decades. Several of their 2012 Presidential Primary candidates openly advocated eliminating the Department of Education. This week seven North Carolina Republican State Senators introduced S337; a bill in the Jim Crow tradition … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Pope, charter schools, Dan Forest, Dan Soucek, E.S. Buck Newton, education, Janet Cowell, Jerry Tillman, money in elections, money in politics, North Carolina, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina State, North Carolina State Board of Education, North Carolina State Senate, politics, public education, public schools, Ralph Hise, Republicans, Ronald Rabin, S 337, Thom Goolsby, Warren Daniel
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The Rat Pack Conference
We are in the midst of March Madness and the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship tournament has taken over a good part of Americans’ attention. We spend considerable parts of weekends glued to television sets passionately involved in the fortunes of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2014 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Chris Matthews, CPAC 2013, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast University, John Kasich, Kansas, Maine, March Madness, Michigan, N.B.A., N.C.A.A., NBA, NCAA, Ohio, Paul LePage, Pennsylvania, politics, radical right, Rat Pack, recall, Republicans, Rick Scott, Rick Snyder, right wing, Sam Brownback, Scott Walker, Tom Corbett, Wisconsin
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The New Empire State
I grew up and was educated in what I thought was the Empire State – New York State. In 2013 there appears to be a new empire in the United States – the Empire of Rick Snyder’s Michigan.
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Tagged 2010 election, 2012 election, Detroit, Emergency Financial Manager, emergency managers, James Day, Kevyn Orr, Michigan, money in elections, money in politics, New York, politcs, Public Act 4 of 2011, Republicans, Rick Snyder, right to work, right to work laws, Tea Party, union busting, unions, Voter suppression, voter turnout, wealth transfer
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D.O.M.A. Must Go Down
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Defense of Marriage Act, (D.O.M.A.) case. Yesterday it heard arguments in the California Proposition 8 case. An oversimplification is to say that these two cases are about same-sex civil marriage. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Howe, Antonin Scalia, Bill Clinton, California, Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, Constitution, D.A.D.T., D.O.M.A., DADT, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Florida, gay rights, Hollingsworth v Perry, North Carolina, politics, Prop 8, Proposition 8, same-sex civil marriage, same-sex marriage, scotusblog.com, Supreme Court, United States Constitution, United States v Windsor
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Could The End Be Nearing?
Early Monday afternoon the Daily Beast broke the news of an Office of Congressional Ethics investigation of Michele Bachmann. There have long been allegations of impropriety in her 2012 Presidential campaign and this appears to be the beginning of it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 2012 Republican Primary, Congress, Daily Beast, House, House Ethics Committee, House of Representatives, hypocrisy, Iowa, Iowa Straw Poll, John Avlon, Kent Sorenson, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, money in elections, money in politics, office of Congressional Ethics, politics, right wing, Ron Paul
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The Mayor’s Money
For decades the NRA has been the only organization that spent significant money on gun regulation issues. As a lobbyist for gun, gun accessory and munitions manufacturers masquerading as a sportsman’s’ organization its idea of good regulation is no regulation. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, Angus King, Arizona, Arkansas, Chuck Grassley, Dan Coats, Daniel Coats, David Vitter, Dean Heller, Democrats, Georgia, Grover Norquist, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun show loophole, gun violence, guns, Harry Reid, Heidi Heitkamp, House, Indiana, Iowa, Jean Shaheen, Jeff Flake, Joe Donnelly, John Boozman, John Hoeven, John McCain, Johnny Isakson, Kay Hagan, Kelly Ayotte, Louisiana, Maine, Mark Pryor, Mary Landrieu, Michael Bloomberg, money in elections, money in politics, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York City, North Carolina, North Dakota, NRA, Ohio, Patrick Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, Republicans, Richard Burr, Rob Portman, Robert Casey, Saxby Chambliss, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Susan Collins, Tom Harkin
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Iraq – Ten Years After
Last week was the 10 year anniversary of the American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. This was a military misadventure born in deceit and mired in mismanagement that resulted in a less safe America and an even less stable … Continue reading
The Great Alaskan Giveaway
The first reaction of my regular readers is probably: what the hell is Larry doing writing about Alaska? Well I’ve never been to Alaska; the closest I’ve been to it is Pocatello, Idaho and I certainly can’t see it from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, Charles Koch, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, David Koch, Exxon Mobil, Fortune, Fortune 500, Harold Meyerson, Koch brothers, Mississippi, New Mexico, oil industry, politics, Republicans, Richard Mauer, right wing, Sean Parnell, taxes, The Tax Foundation, Washington Post
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The Sad Reality
Wednesday Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced that the assault weapons ban would not be part of the main body of the gun regulation legislation when it comes to the Senate floor. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s, (D –CA), … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein Amendment, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Harry Reid, House, House of Representatives, Kay Hagan, Louisiana, Mark Begich, Mark Pryor, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, Mary Landrieu, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, NRA, politics, Republicans, Senate, South Dakota, Tim Johnson, Tom Udall, Virginia
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