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Whose Agenda?
The Republicans have long been obsessed with their agenda to the point of neglecting the needs of the people they profess to represent. Of course their true agenda includes representing the desires of their financiers. Recent events have made that … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Chuck Grassley, Chuck Schumer, Democrats, Dzhorkhar Tsarnaev, Government regulations, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, hispanics, immigration, Iowa, labor, New York, O.S.H.A., OSHA, politics, Republicans, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tea Party, terrorism, Texas, Tsarvaev brothers, West Texas, workplace safety
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Don’t Send Condolences; Send Apologies
This was a huge news week and many stories are either going to get lost in the shuffle or get less coverage than they merit. On Wednesday night the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas was the scene of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Adair Grain Incorporated, anhydrous ammonia, anti-union, Donald R. Adair, E.P.A., education, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, government regulation, politics, Republicans, Rick Perry, right to work laws, Scott Podsednik, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, unions, West Fertilizer Plant, West High School, West Texas
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But I Told You So
If you haven’t already, I strongly suggest you read Shotgun Suppression from April 10th and A Day At The State Capitol from April 14th to put these events in context. RALEIGH, NC–4:55 PM, Friday, April 12, 2013. Late this afternoon, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jay DeLancy, money in elections, money in politics, North Carolina, North Carolina Board of Elections, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Secretary of State, politics, Tea Party, Texas, The Rachel Maddow Show, True The Vote, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter Integrity Project, voter registration, Voter suppression
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Representative Democracy Texas Style
On April 1st – the irony of April Fools’ Day hasn’t escaped me – Texas’ Republican Governor Rick Perry reiterated that Texas would not expand Medicaid under Obamacare. This was during a public appearance he made with Texas’ Republican United … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Health Care Act, background check, Congress, filibuster, Florida, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, health care, House, House of Representatives, James Inhofe, John Cornyn, Kaufman County Texas, Kentucky, Marco Rubio, Medicaid, Mike Lee, Mike McLelland, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, NRA, Obamacare, Oklahoma, politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Rick Perry, Senate, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Utah, Washington DC, Wayne LaPierre
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Problem Peninsula
Technically the Korean War started slightly before I was born and has continued my entire lifetime. It began in June of 1950 and subsided with a July 1953 truce – officially it has never ended. It has always been a … Continue reading
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Tagged B-2, China, F-22, George W. Bush, Harry Truman, Iran, Japan, Kim Jung Un, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, nuclear arms, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Park Geun-hye, politics, South Korea, stealth, Texas, United States
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Let The Insanity Continue
Last week the circus, a/k/a CPAC, was in Washington; well, National Harbor, Maryland to be specific. CPAC’s annual gathering is supposed to be the thinking seminar for the conservative base of the Republican Party. After the results of the 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2012 election, 2014 election, 2016 election, Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr, Ashley Judd, bigotry, Bowie Kuhn, budget, budget deficit, C.I.A., CIA, CIA Director, CPAC, CPAC 2013, deficit, Democrats, Donald Trump, education, Eric Cantor, Florida, Fox News, George W. Bush, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, House, House Budget CommitteeKentucky, immigration, Jeb Bush, Jerry Springer Show, John Brennan, Kentucky, Lullaby, Marco Rubio, Maryland, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, national debt, National Harbor Maryland, New Jersey, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, racism, Rafael Edward Cruz, Rand Paul, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Rush Holt, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Sarah Palin, Senate, Shawn Mullins, social mobility, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin
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Eight We Have Had Enough From
Tuesday’s the meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee was another example of the Republican Party either being unbelievably stupid and out of touch with the American people or a subsidiary of their financiers.