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Republican Sh*tbags Block Hurricane Irene Relief Funding

Bill to provide Hurricane Irene relief fails in U.S. Senate WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this afternoon failed to advance a bill that would have provided $7 billion for victims of natural disasters,...

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Hey Repubs, The Table Is Set, Now Obama SERVES YOU UP!

First course: The American Jobs Act. Despite all the moaning and gnashing of teeth, the AJA was real plan, a progressive plan that will have a real effect and shows that Obama is serious about creating...

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Is It Possible? IS It Part Of An Obama GRAND STRATEGY?

Maybe. Maybe not. But there was an interesting discussion started in another diary yesterday that makes a good case for it, and it hinges on Obama being familiar with the writings and philosophy of...

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Can Obama Funnel The OWS Energy A La Alinsky?

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a diary titled "Is It Possible? IS It Part Of An Obama GRAND STRATEGY?"I'd like to revisit some of that discussion in light of the OWS movement, because if in fact Obama...

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CHOPPING UP The Jobs Bill And Voting PIECE BY PIECE

When the President first introduced the idea of his jobs bill there was a lot of criticism from certain folks that the Republican response would be simple, and effective; they will chop it up and have...

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Has Obama Laid A TRAP For Oil Speculators?

Just speculating here. I think Obama is probably astute enough to have predicted that his powerful opponents might resort to fucking with gas prices going into the FY12 elections so they could use it...

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Repubs Intend On Going Out In A "Blaze of Glory"

While we may snicker at how inept and self defeating the self immolation of the Repub party appears, and indeed I can't help myself from marveling at the spectacle, we must not forget the dark and...

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Obama's Trap: Culture War? BRING IT!

And the Repubs will not be able to help themselves now.  They will work themselves into a frothing fit of frenzied rage and speak of nothing else. They will make this election about same sex marriage....

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Face It America, Mitt Romney's A Weirdo

There's something seriously wrong with this dude.  Shall we count the ways?

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Mittens Inept Campaign Could Implode The Whole GOP

Man oh man. It's like the perfect shit storm, and Mittens is so inept, so out of it, he's likely to make it even worse.And he's going on the major networks tonight to muck it up even more.  He'll...

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Massively and Publically Shaming and Humiliating Romney Will Be EXTREMELY...

It will set an example and be a powerful repudiation of his and his ilk's vile, malignant and malicious philosophy.

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Hey Traditional SLAVE Media, GOP is BRAZENLY Insulting Your Intelligence

They think you are in their pocket, and I suspect to a certain degree you are. But now they're just rubbing your noses in it. They are shoving piles of shit down your throat with the brazen certainty...

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OH Early Voting Indicates MASSIVE Enthusiasm Gap

Think about it, why is early voting so heavily favoring Obama? You'd think if Repubs were motivated to vote for Romney the would do so. Or are they waiting for something? Is there something inherent in...

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Debate BAIT And Unmasking The BIG LIES!

One thing I think should be clear is that I believe the whole "Rose Garden" moment was a beautiful and planned set up by Obama. Obama baited Romney down that path.The second thing to realize is WHY...

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Why The "Rose Garden" Moment Is BIGGER Than You Think!

We all know it's a big moment and quite probably a "game changer" that could seal the deal for Obama. It's a big part of his win yesterday, but there's a few overlooked, under analyzed elements to the...

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The Vile Stink Of A Rotten Con Game

I can't help it, I can't shake it. I'm a born skeptic. I need proof for everything. I'm an empiricist, show me the evidence. I'm a critical thinker, I adhere to scientific method and objective analysis...

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I Have Twin Boys In Kindergarten Right Now

My boys. My sweet, pure boys. The absolute light of my life. My everything.  I can't even wrap my head around this tragedy, because I see them when I think about this and my heart is ripped from my...

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"Pry Them From My Cold Dead Hands"

Isn't that what Charlton Heston Said?Well let me tell you something. Things are gonna change and y'all better get used to it.  I don't know exactly what shape it's gonna take at this point, but there...

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The Sandy Hook Gun Safety Act

Since the only safe gun, is no gun, a ban on all civilian possession of semi-automatic weapons of any type.  Waivers may be considered under certain, extremely tightly regulated circumstances.Mental...

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GOP on the GOP (OMFG!!!)

Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, who is close to Boehner, said the idea that this episode has hurt Boehner's speakership is, "like saying the superintendent of an insane asylum should be discharged...

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Obama's Biggest Crime Is "Putting 'It' On The Table"? Really?

Let's really think about this, shall we? Because honestly, this is what it boils down to for so many here who find it necessary to second guess and microscopically examine every nuanced morsel of...

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Read It And Weep Part II: "We Got Whooped!"

GOP Rep. On Fiscal Cliff Deal: ‘We Got Whooped’Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH) on Wednesday said that Republicans "got whooped" in the fiscal cliff negotiations."We all knew the President was going to get...

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Ironically, The Anti-Terror Apparatus

Set up presumably to fight them "A-rab terrist" cells, and supported by many of the RW shitbag freaks who are now promising violent insurrection in response to gun regulation, may end up being used to...

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A Look Inside The Life of a Weirdo, Gun Troll

You know the type. They troll this board and others, and all they do is go from gun thread to gun thread nitpicking your terminology and definitions, attempting to derail the conversation etc. They...

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THIS Is ALL I Need To Know About Guns:

Weapons that can kill 20 six year olds in 3 minutes, without breaking a sweat, are too easily accessible to maniacs who use them to kill 20 six year olds in 3 minutes without breaking a sweat.That's...

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Yet ANOTHER Ignorant, Gun Toting Moron

Unidentified 22 year old man takes loaded AR-15 to local Kroger grocery store in Charlottesville to make a point about his second amendment rights. Charlottesville police say the man who showed up at a...

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The POWER of Shame, Mockery and Ridicule

Shame mockery and ridicule are potent weapons and have their place in society and in the contest of ideas, values and philosophy.  There are certain ideas and concepts, values and philosophies that...

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PHX Workplace Shooting During Sen. Gun Hearing

Mark Kelly Breaks News Of Phoenix Shooting During Senate Gun Hearing (VIDEO)http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/...Won't somebody please think of the poor NRA! Can't a gun lobbyist catch a break...

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Sorry Bob, It's The LOOMING Threat of the ZOMBIE APOCOLYPSE!!

I mean who is this guy and who does he think he's kidding with his milquetoast threats of mobs of armed intruders, government tyranny and civil war?What a naive, unskilled chump. He needs guns for...

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World War ZOP

Entertainment, it can be argued, is an expression of the group unconscious bubbling to the surface, like dreams of the individual, except en masse.  jungian archetypes writ large reflecting the...

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GOP Coming Apart At the Seams, Need TWO Responses To SOTU!!

Rand Paul To Deliver Tea party Response To SOTUSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will deliver the tea party response to President Obama's State of the Union next week, the Tea Party Express announced Friday. “We...

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Another Day, Another Shootings Spree (Orange Co., CA)

Authorities: 4 dead in California shooting spreeTUSTIN, Calif. (AP) -- A shooting spree early Tuesday left three people dead and two others injured in Orange County, and the search for the gunman ended...

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GOP Civil War Gets Bloody (Your Daily Schaudenfraude!)

Club For Growth’s ‘PrimaryMyCongressman.com’ Escalates GOP Civil WarConservative advocacy group Club For Growth shows no signs of slowing down its efforts to purge the GOP of alleged moderates,...

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Obamacare Effing GOP's Sh*t Up

Well now, what do we have here? Yet ANOTHER ugly schism within the GOP ranks and lo behold! The culprit? OBAMACARE!!Included in this story at TPM is the interesting tidbits about how the Medicaid...

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I Hear OBAMA!(DAMN YOU!) Shuffles Around The White House Halls At Night

In his pajamas muttering to Nixon's portraits about "giving those rotten seniors exactly what they deserve!".You see it all started many years ago when he was just a wee lad doing community organizing,...

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The Moral Imperative To Arm Our Children With Automatic Weapons

I must say that I have come to the conclusion that I have had it all wrong about guns.  I have been convinced!  I have come around to the conclusion that not only is gun ownership a RIGHT, but it is in...

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You Know What Is Absolutely Amazing To Me?

How many people on this site still think Obama is a naive chump who is in way over his head. Or think he's truly a corporate sell out. Or some other such nonsense.Or how many apparently think that a...

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Yes, Obama Punk'd GOP AGAIN With His Budget

Boehner Disagrees With NRCC Chair’s Criticism Of Obama Budgethttp://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/...Think about what's going on here.It was apparently incredibly simple to get the GOP on board with...

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How Can You Have A Debate About The "Third Rail"

Without touching the "third rail"?Is it possible to discuss a "third rail" without touching it?What constitutes "touching" the "third rail"?Has anyone agreed upon these parameters?Is it important to...

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Feelin' All RILED Up, Are Ya?

GOOD!Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals:There's another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevski said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by...

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GOP Platform In '14: "Whatever The F*ck I Can Cobble Together

Damnit!"Think about the political dynamics coming into '14.What are the dominant themes so far?Immigration? GOP lose. Equality? GOP lose Guns? GOP loseNow, thanks to Obama including CCPI in his budget,...

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Does The GOP Strike You As Being Competent?

Competent enough pull off being for SS cuts while pretending they are protecting SS?Does this seem like an organization that has really gamed things out and is thinking strategically and long term?Why...

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This "Victory" for the NRA/GOP Will Backfire

The NRA's influence has reached it's high water mark, this is the best, most effective they will ever be. This is it. From now on their impact will only diminish.Savor the moment NRA/GOP. It only gets...

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Does The GOP Seem CONFIDENT To You About Its Budget Position?

This doesn't seem to me to be a party that has it's act together, or a party that was supposedly just given everything it ever wanted by Obama's offer of CCPI in his budget.Shouldn't they be jumping at...

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WOW! Did A GOP Candidate Send The RICIN???

And did he then try to frame someone else for doing it?Former GOP Candidate Reacts After Man He Allegedly Framed For Ricin Poisoning Is ReleasedA former Republican candidate for Mississippi’s House of...

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I Hope The GOP in the House Pursue Impeachment

If I were Obama, I'd be goading them into it.They're not doing anything anyway, so they might as well be proving how utterly batshit insane and extreme they really are as we go into '14.Honestly, I...

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SCANDALGATE!!!

Appears to be fizzling.I mean, come on now! How long are we going to continue to be duped by the GOP and their phony manufactured scandals, aided and abetted by their willing accomplices in the...

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"The Death Of Snowden" (He's A Chinese Spy?)

Snowden's Secret:Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollable. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the...

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World War ZOP

H.P. Lovecraft circa 1936: "As for the Republicans — how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, steel...

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Obama, Snowden and Heroes

What is a hero? What constitutes heroism? Who is worthy of the label?  I suppose it's all relative.  People tend to have heroes who reflect those values that they themselves hold.Ghandi, MLK, Rosa...

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