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Re: The Rant & Vent about the Right Wing thread
« Reply #600 on: January 11, 2010, 11:36:29 PM »
McCain's campaign guru blasts Palin on 60 Minutes:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=54990

(article contains a link to video content)

Time's Mark Halperin - whom I frankly don't have great respect for, as he's one of the worst examples of media turning politics into horse races - has a book out this week, Game Change, that furthers the blasting:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/11/game-change-book-intervie_n_418305.html
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Re: The Rant & Vent about the Right Wing thread
« Reply #601 on: January 13, 2010, 12:50:30 PM »
To no one's surprise, Pat Robertson says Haiti deserved their earthquake because they "made a pact with the devil".

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201001130024
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Re: The Rant & Vent about the Right Wing thread
« Reply #602 on: January 15, 2010, 08:59:43 PM »
Add Rush Limbaugh to the idiots list about Haiti. Even conservatives Pat Buchanan and Joe Scarborough thought it was horrible.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31502.html

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Corporations have just been given the golden key to our system
« Reply #603 on: January 21, 2010, 08:02:04 AM »
As if they didn't have enough power already, campaign limits on corporations have been lifted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122805666
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Re: Corporations have just been given the golden key to our system
« Reply #604 on: January 21, 2010, 10:11:05 AM »
As if they didn't have enough power already, campaign limits on corporations have been lifted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122805666

You've nailed it.  Everyday citizens don't mean shit in our political structure.
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Re: Corporations have just been given the golden key to our system
« Reply #605 on: January 21, 2010, 10:33:14 AM »
As if they didn't have enough power already, campaign limits on corporations have been lifted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122805666

You've nailed it.  Everyday citizens don't mean shit in our political structure.

The right wing tide just does not stop. The left must recognize this and start trying to circumvent them at every opportunity. Now the repugs are exploiting their majority on the supreme court to further their agenda, that being the one branch of government where they hold an advantage right now.
Let's get right to it.

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Re: Corporations have just been given the golden key to our system
« Reply #606 on: January 21, 2010, 02:58:35 PM »
As if they didn't have enough power already, campaign limits on corporations have been lifted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122805666

You've nailed it.  Everyday citizens don't mean shit in our political structure.

The right wing tide just does not stop. The left must recognize this and start trying to circumvent them at every opportunity. Now the repugs are exploiting their majority on the supreme court to further their agenda, that being the one branch of government where they hold an advantage right now.

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Re: Corporations have just been given the golden key to our system
« Reply #607 on: January 21, 2010, 03:41:09 PM »
As if they didn't have enough power already, campaign limits on corporations have been lifted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122805666

You've nailed it.  Everyday citizens don't mean shit in our political structure.

The right wing tide just does not stop. The left must recognize this and start trying to circumvent them at every opportunity. Now the repugs are exploiting their majority on the supreme court to further their agenda, that being the one branch of government where they hold an advantage right now.

"Someone always playing
Corporation games
Who cares, they're always changing
Corporation names"

let's not forget that this also allows any entity, including unions, to contribute as much as they want. Either way, it means more big money in elections and less real meaningful representation for the regular citizen, as Gaz says.

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Re: Corporations have just been given the golden key to our system
« Reply #608 on: January 21, 2010, 09:40:59 PM »
As if they didn't have enough power already, campaign limits on corporations have been lifted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122805666

You've nailed it.  Everyday citizens don't mean shit in our political structure.

No one should be surprised about this. With minor exceptions, both parties have failed our country.

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Re: Corporations have just been given the golden key to our system
« Reply #609 on: January 21, 2010, 11:30:55 PM »
As if they didn't have enough power already, campaign limits on corporations have been lifted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122805666

You've nailed it.  Everyday citizens don't mean shit in our political structure.

No one should be surprised about this. With minor exceptions, both parties have failed our country.


discouraging thing is this ruling came from one of the entities that is supposed to provide a "check and balance" to the politization that the other two branches are allowed  -- or expected  -- engage in.   Of course, the member of the SCOTUS are nominated by the two parties, so there you go. 

This discussion should be in a new thread called "Rant and Rave about the GOPs, the Dems and the American Political System Overall".  For those who think that it's just the Right Wing that swims in big money, check out this site:  http://www.opensecrets.org/
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The wingnuts are coming, the wingnuts are coming
« Reply #610 on: January 27, 2010, 11:59:39 AM »
Everyone's favorite bunch of antisemitic uber-fundie assholes, the Westboro Baptist Church, are making a two-day swing thru the bay area today and tomorrow, picketing mostly Jewish institutions:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=56122&tsp=1

Let's get right to it.

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Re: The wingnuts are coming, the wingnuts are coming
« Reply #611 on: January 27, 2010, 12:51:52 PM »
Everyone's favorite bunch of antisemitic uber-fundie assholes, the Westboro Baptist Church, are making a two-day swing thru the bay area today and tomorrow, picketing mostly Jewish institutions:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=56122&tsp=1


makes sense they decided to show up during the run of SF Sketchfest
http://www.sfsketchfest.com/home/

how freakin' hilarious these charmers are...
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Re: The Rant & Vent about the Right Wing thread
« Reply #612 on: January 29, 2010, 09:55:35 AM »
A little good news amidst the mayhem: the killer of abortion doc George Tiller has been convicted of first-degree murder. Only took the jury 37 minutes! 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/28/national/a145848S92.DTL&tsp=1
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Re: The wingnuts are coming, the wingnuts are coming
« Reply #613 on: January 29, 2010, 03:47:11 PM »
Everyone's favorite bunch of antisemitic uber-fundie assholes, the Westboro Baptist Church, are making a two-day swing thru the bay area today and tomorrow, picketing mostly Jewish institutions:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=56122&tsp=1


makes sense they decided to show up during the run of SF Sketchfest
http://www.sfsketchfest.com/home/

how freakin' hilarious these charmers are...

UPDATE: counter protesters! Yay! (love the "Jesus had 2 dads" sign)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=56122
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