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Same War – New Princess
Over the last few days the Republican men displayed the same disregard for science, ignorance of women’s bodies, distain for women, simple stupidity, political ineptness or some or all of the preceding. What did change is that the Tea Party … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Arizona, Constitution, Democrats, House, House Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives, House Rules Committee, HR 1797, incest, jobs, Marsha Blackburn, Michael Burgess, Michele Bachmann, North Carolina, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, politics, rape, Republicans, Roe v. Wade, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party, Tennessee, Texas, Trent Franks, unemployment, United States Constitution, Virginia Foxx, war on women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Meanwhile In Madison
With the radical regression in Raleigh and the scandals – real and imagined – in Washington much of everything else political has flown under the radar. That has not deterred Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his band of Tea Party/Republicans … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, 2016 election, A.L.E.C., abortion, American Legislative Exchange Council, Arizona, Bob McDonnell, Charles Koch, Chris Larson, Democrats, education, health care, House, House of Representatives, jobs, Koch brothers, Madison Wisconsin, Marsha Blackburn, Mary Lazich, Mike Ellis, Mississippi, money in elections, money in politics, money inDavid Koch, Obamacare, politics, R.N.C., Raleigh North Carolina, Republican National Committee, Republicans, RNC, Roe v. Wade, SB 206, scandal, Scott Walker, Tea Party, Tennessee, transvaginal probe, transvaginal ultrasound, Trent Franks, unemployment, Virginia, voter turnout, war on women, Washington DC, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Senate, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Storm Warning
Thursday evening I was literally in the process of clipping my BlackBerry onto my belt when it went off with an e-mail informing me that the meeting to which I was headed was cancelled due to weather. It’s June in … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, economy, executive order, Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Great Depression, Great Recession, high speed internet access, infrastructure, internet access, New Deal, North Carolina, politics, Republicans, Rural Electrification Act, Rural Electrification Administration, Sandy, Sharia Law, Superstorm Sandy, transvaginal probe, transvaginal ultrasound, ultrasound, unemployment, voter fraud, Voter suppression
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The Banishment Of Pat McCrory
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would compromise your principles to obtain it? De jure North Carolina Republican Governor Pat McCrory did. In 2008 he narrowly lost the gubernatorial race to Bev Perdue, so for the 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 election, 2010 election, 2012 election, abortion, Americans for Prosperity, Art Pope, Bev Perdue, bigotry, Charles Koch, Charlotte, Chris Christie, David Koch, Duke Energy, economy, environment, George W. Bush, Government regulations, health care, Jesse Helms, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Koch brothers, McCrory & Co., Mitt Romnay, Moral Mondays, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, Obamacare, Phil Berger, politics, prejudice, racial justice, racism, Raleigh, rape, Scott Walker, Sonny Perdue, South Carolina, taxes, Thom Tillis, unemployment, war on women, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Take One For The Team
The Republicans are presenting the Democrats with a wonderful opportunity to defy history by having a very successful 2014 election. Normally the President’s Party loses seats in the mid-term; couple that with Democrats’ historic inability to get out the vote … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2014 election, Benghazi, Congress, Democrats, Eric Cantor, House, jobs, John Boehner, Libya, politics, Republicans, Senate, Tea Party, transvaginal probe, transvaginal ultrasound, unemployment, voter ID, Voter suppression, war on women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Austerity: A Bridge To Nowhere Good
The Tea Party/Republicans, who maintain just enough power in Washington to remain effective in their chosen role of obstructers, have succeeded in slowing our emergence from the Great Recession, (which their predecessors the “regular’ Republicans in great part created), and … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, austerity, Canada, Congress, deficit, economy, Europe, FAA, FAA patch, George W. Bush, Great Recession, I-5, I-5 bridge collapse, jobs, Mexico, national debt, politics, Republicans, Seattle, Seattle Washington, sequester, Tea Party, unemployment, Washington
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Blinded By Their Own Baloney
For several years now one of the ways the Tea Party/Republicans have displayed their economic ignorance is by supporting the Fair Tax, which is basically a sales or consumption tax. I will not get into all the details here – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, consumer demand, consumption tax, Coprorate Income tax, death tax, Donald B. Marron Jr., Donald Marron, economy, Estate Tax, Fair Tax, George H. W. Bush, income tax, inheritance tax, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, politics, Reaganomics, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, sales taxes, Tax Policy Center, taxes, Tea Party, trickle down, unemployment
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Bye, Bye Benghazi
It is Wednesday morning as I pen this article and one of the big anticipated news items of the day is the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on Benghazi. If the events of September 11, 2012 didn’t include … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, C.I.A., Darrell Issa, David Petraeus, Democrats, Fox News, Government regulations, Great Recession, Hillary Clinton, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, Republicans, right wing, State Department, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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The Sequester Comes To A Small Town Near You
The right wing noise machine has attacked President Obama as a fear monger. They claim the Sequester is a nothing and that Obama was just out to scare everybody. The more enlightened among us knew that was just their spin … Continue reading