tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61098592528603755242024-02-01T19:04:23.656-08:00LEFT IN PARADISESuzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-64376284473561101412012-11-11T17:32:00.000-08:002012-11-11T17:32:00.019-08:00Funky Mama <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rUpP7CnW4yA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-17914642550470952042012-10-25T15:11:00.000-07:002012-10-25T15:11:06.636-07:00Coffee and Some Hot Links<span id="goog_1405890431"></span><span id="goog_1405890432"></span>Enjoying some Cuban coffee, searching the internets and watching some news tonight. That Cuban coffee, it'll make a multi-tasker outta ya! I've watched some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1_QnWKF2zY">clips</a> today of President Obama on Jay Leno. I gotta say, he is such a likeable guy with a great <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0uIAax7a7E">sense of humor</a>.<br />
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According to the GOP, there's no war on women. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/politics/senate-republicans-block-pay-equity-bill.html?_r=1&" target="_blank">Oh reallllly</a> ?<br />
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Think of what President Obama could have accomplished for the country if not for the <a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/002273.htm" target="_blank">unprecedented Republican obstructionism</a>.<br />
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Pop Star Katy Perry opened for President Obama in Las Vegas last night. This kid is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX-xToQI34I" target="_blank">A-OK</a> in my book. And she gets a two thumbs up for the <a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/25/article-2222840-15AC3915000005DC-326_312x480.jpg" target="_blank">dress</a>!<br />
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Senator Crankypants <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/25/1150027/-Curmudgeon-McCain-reacts-bitterly-to-Colin-Powell-endorsement" target="_blank">isn't happy</a> with Colin Powell. <br />
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<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-and-the-road-ahead-the-rolling-stone-interview-20121025" target="_blank">Here's</a> what President Obama would do in a second term.<br />
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Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck and Reince Priebus walk into a fund raiser..... <a href="http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/10/25/14699872-dick-cheney-glenn-beck-and-reince-priebus-walk-into-a-fundraiser?lite" target="_blank">no really</a>! <br />
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My friend Chicher turned me on to Rachael Price. Love that voice! Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-90488838614025028382012-10-25T14:00:00.000-07:002012-10-25T14:00:11.176-07:00Fire in the Sky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One thing I love about living in the Florida Keys is the beautiful sunsets. This was taken from my backyard Wednesday night. Looks like fire in the sky!
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Best speechwriter of the week award goes to <a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/mitt-romney-new-stump-speech-10388442">Charles P. Pierce</a>!
<a href="http://ecowatch.org/2012/fracking-morbid-turn/">EcoWatch</a>: Fracking: Coming to a Cemetery Near You!
<a href="http://www.governmentisgood.com/articles.php?aid=1">Government is Good</a>: A Day in Your Life
<a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Romney-s-Disastrous-Prescr-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-120708-684.html">OEN</a>: Romney's Disastrous Prescription For the Black Jobless CrisisSuzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-65051044846465168842011-04-10T07:06:00.001-07:002011-04-10T07:06:46.925-07:00Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-16072751793350565822010-11-28T04:46:00.000-08:002010-11-28T04:46:08.095-08:00Coffee Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLDKX84goswNeH9bR7Wo5BCGpH0XMQ3WTGuXv9m6pkRebp2n91KjLOEgccGuIqhnCR1WNblDOuuvRkweGhUReN7G3VbYGnpzxNiUn9dg0PbebnDINJ2LdGNseew4UeHn1Hlo-4RE2jnNF/s1600/atc-coffee2_146140615_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLDKX84goswNeH9bR7Wo5BCGpH0XMQ3WTGuXv9m6pkRebp2n91KjLOEgccGuIqhnCR1WNblDOuuvRkweGhUReN7G3VbYGnpzxNiUn9dg0PbebnDINJ2LdGNseew4UeHn1Hlo-4RE2jnNF/s320/atc-coffee2_146140615_std.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.dougberger.net/archive/2010/11/the-real-story-of-thanksgiving-and-socialism.html">The Real Story of Thanksgiving and Socialism</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/002032.htm">Nixon With Lipsick</a><br />
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<a href="http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2010/11/et-tu-time-magazine.html">Et Tu Time Magazine</a>?<br />
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<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/11/i_get_email_68.php">PZ Meyers: I Get Email</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/guest_bloggers/3795/did_glenn_beck_watch_the_same_movie_we_did/">Did Glenn Beck Watch the Same Movie We Did?</a><br />
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<a href="http://waldolydeckersjournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/dumb-as-box-of-rocks-unless-rocks-have.html">Dumb as a Box of Rocks</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-36164600843118327152010-11-28T04:15:00.001-08:002010-11-28T04:15:47.112-08:00Sunday Talk SHow Lineup<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3898804/ns/meet_the_press-about_us">Meet the Press</a>: Sen. <strong>Dick Durbin</strong> (D-IL); Sen. <strong>Jon Kyl</strong> (R-AZ); <ins>Roundtable</ins>: <strong>E.J. Dionne</strong> (Washington Post), Republican Strategist <strong>Ed Gillespie</strong>; [<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/11/24/hack_list_10/index.html">#10</a>] <strong>Peggy Noonan</strong> (Wall Street Journal) and Mayor of Philadelphia <strong>Michael Nutter</strong> (D).<br />
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/ftn/main3460.shtml">Face the Nation</a>: Author <strong>Edmund Morris</strong> ("Colonel Roosevelt"); Author <strong>Ron Chernow</strong> ("Washington, A Life"); <strong>Bob Woodward</strong> (Washington Post); <strong>Arianna Huffington</strong> (Huffington Post).<br />
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/coming-week-warren-buffet-bill-gates-ted-turner/story?id=12204618">This Week</a>: Berkshire-Hathaway Chairman and CEO <strong>Warren Buffett</strong>; <strong>Bill</strong> and <strong>Melinda Gates</strong> (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation); CNN Founder <strong>Ted Turner</strong>; Hedge Fund Manager <strong>Tom Steyer</strong>.<br />
<a href="http://fns.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/24/this-week-on-fox-news-sunday-112810/">Fox News Sunday</a>: Sen. <strong>Lindsey Graham</strong> (R-SC); Sen. <strong>Claire MacCaskill</strong> (D-MO); <ins>Roundtable</ins>: [<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/11/23/hack_list_17/index.html">#17</a>] <strong>Bill Kristol</strong> (Weekly Standard), <strong>Mara Liasson</strong> (NPR/FNC), Sociopath <strong>Liz Cheney</strong> and <strong>Juan Williams</strong> (Fox News).<br />
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/state.of.the.union/">State of the Union</a>: Sen. <strong>John McCain</strong> (R-AZ); Former President <strong>George W. Bush</strong> (R); Former Gov. <strong>Jeb Bush</strong> (R-FL); Sen. <strong>Byran Dorgan</strong> (D-ND); Rep. <strong>David Obey</strong> (D-WI).<br />
<a href="http://thechrismatthewsshow.com/index.php">The Chris Matthews Show</a>: <strong>John Heilemann</strong> (New York Magazine); <strong>Norah O'Donnell</strong> (MSNBC); <strong>Anne Kornblut</strong> (Washington Post); <strong>Reihan Salam</strong> (National Review).<br />
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/fareed.zakaria.gps/">Fareed Zakaria GPS</a>: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff <strong>Adm. Mike Mullen</strong>; Ronald Reagan's OMB Director <strong>David Stockman</strong>.Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-8130641429518487022010-11-23T18:47:00.000-08:002010-11-23T18:47:15.118-08:00Lord Help Us.....Well, election over. Republicans will chair the house committees. Who better than a <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Darrell-Issa-To-Lead-Obama-Investigations-Suspected-Arson-Car-Theft-Weapons-Charges-Wait-Thats-Issas-Past">car thief and arsonist</a> to start investigations of the Obama administration. But honestly, it was just research for the <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/11/17/131389866/congress-rich-got-richer-in-recession-watchdog">car alarm company</a> that would make him millions down the road. It's party time for <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Darrell-Issa-To-Lead-Obama-Investigations-Suspected-Arson-Car-Theft-Weapons-Charges-Wait-Thats-Issas-Past">Darrell Issa</a>!! All I can say is.....you've got to be fucking kidding me. Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-17672117244263439162010-11-23T07:25:00.000-08:002010-11-23T07:25:00.581-08:00Back on TrackBack on track. I had to take some time to get back in the swing after losing my Mom. I've been enjoying life here in paradise and working through some issues. So here we go....... <br />
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<a href="http://www.theurbanpolitico.com/2010/11/feds-up-hos-down-ahmed-ghailanis.html">The Urban Politico</a>: Feds Up, Ho's Down: Ahmed Ghailani'sConviction and the Military Tribunal Myth<br />
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<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/kamikaze-capitalism-gop-out-to-destroy-2010-11-23">Market Watch</a>: Kamikaze Capitalism: GOP out to destroy<br />
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<a href="http://www.africanaonline.com/2010/11/kucinich-bracing-for-a-house-fight/">Africana Online</a>: Kucinich Bracing For House Fight<br />
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<a href="http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2010/11/quote-of-day-glenn-beck-edition.html">Pushing Rope</a>: Quote of the DaySuzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-26953707895417335862010-11-08T06:36:00.000-08:002010-11-08T06:37:12.647-08:00In Honor of President Obama's Trip to India<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1FO-DPVW0Xo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1FO-DPVW0Xo?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>In honor of President Obama's <a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/8261778/monkey-issue-tackled-for-obama-india-trip/">trip to India</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-85760975284736259552010-11-08T04:40:00.000-08:002010-11-08T04:40:16.944-08:00Monday Monday......So Good to MeOff to worky........ here's to a good week on the road! <br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-laws-and-policies-of_b_779283.html">Governor Christie: Hey Kids, It's the Teacher's Union to Blame if You Don't Have School Supplies!</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-laws-and-policies-of_b_779283.html">Laws and Policies of U.S. Now Up For Sale</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.sciencecorps.org/crudeoilhazards.htm">About That Gulf Oil Spill</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2010/11/pentecostal-minister-calls-on-christian-faithful-to-use-the-word-fag/">Minister to Flock: Use the Word 'Fag'</a><br />
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<a href="http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2010/11/worst-win-in-this-election-rick-scott.html">The Worst Win in This Election for Floridians: Rick Scott</a> Get A Load of <a href="http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2010/11/rick-scotts-allies-story-told-from-golf.html">Rick Scott's Allies</a><br />
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<a href="http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2010/11/rick-scotts-allies-story-told-from-golf.html">Populists Vs. Consumers</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-9654156065386586202010-11-07T03:51:00.000-08:002010-11-07T03:53:03.167-08:00Sunday Talk Show LineupWow.......it's a Wingnut Sunday! No doubt the bullshit flying out of their pieholes will be about cutting spending by ...... destroying healthcare, tax cuts to the rich, getting rid of those pesky bank regulations, privatizing social security, no more unemployment benefits extensions. Meet the new Republicans..... just like the old ones. <br />
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ABC's "This Week" — Sen.-elect Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.<br />
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CBS' "Face the Nation" — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.<br />
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NBC's "Meet the Press" — Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J.<br />
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CNN's "State of the Union" — Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas; Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.; Sen.-elect Pat Toomey, R-Pa.; Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.<br />
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"Fox News Sunday" — GOP Reps. Eric Cantor of Virginia, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Darrell Issa of California.Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-69147535682347221932010-11-06T05:32:00.000-07:002010-11-06T05:32:39.754-07:00Saturday Morning ReadIt's a cool 52 degrees here in Paradise, and man this coffee tastes good this morning! <br />
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<a href="http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/11/04/elections-cloud-high-speed-rails-future-just-as-new-survey-shows-its-potential/?ewrd=1">Election Clouds Future of High Speed Rails</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=my#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalsecurity.org%2Fglobalsecurity-org.xml">White House Pushes START Ratification Before New Congress Arrives</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6615/outrage_misguided/">Noam Chomsky: Outrage, Misguided</a><br />
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<a href="http://icga.blogspot.com/2010/11/fishing-for-trouble-far-out-to-sea.html">Fishing For Trouble Far Out to Sea</a><br />
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<a href="http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/oh-happy-day/">Oh Happy Day!</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/11/05/americas_two_economies/index.html?source=rss">Don't Forget America's Other Economy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/11/military-gay-ban-newly-tested/">Military Gay Ban Newly Tested</a><br />
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<a href="http://nerdyapplebottom.com/2010/11/02/my-son-is-gay/">My Kind of Mom</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-79344235069344402372010-11-04T17:38:00.000-07:002010-11-04T17:38:59.235-07:00A Little This, A Little ThatI've been working like a dog this week. First chance I've had to really read anything. Here's to a relaxing weekend!! Gonna try and get some fishing in!<br />
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<a href="http://reverendmanny.com/2010/11/04/dear-john-boehner-you-call-this-change-wheres-the-jobs-fix-the-economy-already/">Reverand Manny</a> asks John Boehner: Where's the Jobs???<br />
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<a href="http://ledaro.blogspot.com/2010/11/john-boehners-crying-spells.html">John Boehner is a Crybaby</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.americanindependent.com/154396/marco-rubio-headed-to-israel-sunday-after-winning-florida-senate-race">I Won the Election, and Now I'm Going to........Israel!</a><br />
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<a href="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2010/11/04/pittsburgh-tells-the-gas-industry-no-fracking-way/">Pittsburg Tells the Gas Industry: No Fracking Way!</a><br />
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<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/04/rove-climate-is-gone/">Karl Rove: 'Climate is Gone'</a><br />
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<a href="http://southfloridalawyers.blogspot.com/2010/11/williams-and-connolly-attorney-to-head.html">Who's Heading Up Scott's Transition Team?</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-19374572118155502012010-11-04T17:03:00.000-07:002010-11-04T17:03:30.725-07:0010 Things to Do NowAn email from <a href="http://www.credoaction.com/">Credo</a>:<br />
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One rare exception was the crushing of Texas Oil's Proposition 23 in California (see CREDO's campaign at <a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6236&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=1" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">stoptexasoil.org</a>), which proves that even unlimited corporate cash can be beaten back — if it is disclosed and fought by grassroots mobilization.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">At CREDO, we fight hard on the issues, but we don't take sides in partisan elections. As someone who cares about progressive issues, there is no doubt that Tuesday's results will make for even harder times for our country. It is crazy making to realize just how extreme and misinformed much of the new Congress will be.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">There is little reason to expect any useful legislation from the Tea Party-dominated House or the dysfunctional Senate. Swing votes in the Senate have really troublesome names: Lieberman, Nelson, Manchin, and Pryor. In fact, this Congress will do damage to anything even remotely progressive.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">So let's take a look at what happened and what we can do now. Bear with us as this is a bit longer than our usual missives. The media, unfortunately but not surprisingly, will be of no use in making sense of Tuesday's results, and even less so in helping chart a course for the future.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">There is a lot of evidence that the state of the economy, and employment in particular, drive the results of elections — and this one was no exception. As the saying goes, "If you think the economy is working, ask someone who isn't." We have an economy stuck in a deep ditch, with corporate profits and bank bonuses soaring while long-term unemployment is at near Depression levels.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The Republicans shrunk the first "stimulus" package and filled it with tax breaks, even as corporate Democrats helped them along, blocking any effort to restructure mortgages in bankruptcies, freeze foreclosures or force banks to lend money. The election outcome was partially baked in early 2009, when the White House preemptively conceded on the scale and provisions of the stimulus package and chose to coddle the banks. To watch this unfold was simply maddening.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Making matters worse were other factors. Among the most damaging were the actions of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, which seemed energized by the new President, and took the radical step of rehearing a campaign finance case — now known forever as<i>Citizens United.</i> In ruling 5-4 that corporations have the right to spend unlimited amounts of money for and against candidates, the Court transformed the electoral landscape in a way potentially more profound than its 5-4 ruling that seated George W. Bush as president. As many predicted, the <i>Citizens United</i> ruling unleashed the greatest wave of corporate spending in history, though it's a safe bet to say that their spending in 2012 will make this year's outlay look modest.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">In an astonishing turn of events, the right wing was able to kill — essentially murder in public view — the organization that registered millions of poor and working class African-American and Hispanic voters in the last six years. I am speaking of ACORN, of course. By editing video completely out of context, and using the right-wing media machine to perfection, Andrew Breitbart was able to convince the mainstream media and eventually Congress, that ACORN was an election-stealing organization that had no qualms giving advice to pimps on how to increase revenues. Fulfilling Karl Rove's wildest dreams, Congress, including most Democrats, voted to block public funding for any of ACORN's laudable and effective housing or tax assistance programs, and ACORN died a quiet death. There would be no millions of new registrants.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Traditions are important in the Senate, but almost always to the detriment of progressive change. The health care reform effort was a victim of Senate conventions. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who chairs the critical Senate Finance Committee solely due to his long tenure, stalled development of a health reform package for many months in order to "negotiate" with Republicans on his committee. They weren't interested in the least, and walked away from the discussions muttering bizarre comments about reforms "killing grandma" and setting up "death panels," because Sarah Palin says so. The behavior of Baucus would be laughable if it were not so utterly destructive.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">No matter what one thought of FOX News in the 2008 election, Murdoch's monster went on a rampage over the past two years. Serving as both an instigator and an amplifier for the craziest and most offensive pundits, FOX News misled and misinformed the American people on every issue, and effectively became the public face of the Republican Party. Glenn Beck's show became so toxic and spewed so much venom that one of his devoted fans took it upon himself to plot the execution of key leaders of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU, who had figured prominently in Beck's rants. Fortunately, the madman (the fan, not Beck) was stopped before he accomplished his mission.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">We could go on, of course, on all the missed opportunities, the cave-ins, the sell outs, and the unpopular and misguided war in Afghanistan.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">But the results are in. The House of Representatives is in the hands of the most corrupt Speaker-in-waiting ever, the Tea Party is ascendant, and the U.S. Senate, however dysfunctional it has been, is poised to be much worse.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">For those of us who had hopes that the Obama Administration could seize the moment and enact popular progressive changes, this is a bitter pill. And like many, we grieve at the lost opportunities.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">But now we need to brush off the dust, suck it up, and plunge back into substantive fights. Politics is not fair — indeed, U.S. elections are rigged in profound ways! But walking away is not an option at CREDO Action, and we hope you will join us in some of the actions below we think are strategic in the new political landscape:</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">1. Commit to Taking Down FOX News. So long as FOX News has any credibility within the Beltway, it will be a pipeline for malicious material that will poison our political culture. Join our friends at Color of Change: <a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6105&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=2" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">turnofffox.org/landing?credo</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">2.Tell the Senate to pass the DISCLOSE Act during the lame duck session. We were able to defeat the Texas Oil Initiative, Prop 23 in California, in part because we knew who the enemy was — having disclosure of corporate contributions brings the enemy out in the open for us to take on and fight. The DISCLOSE Act passed the House and came within a single vote of passing the Senate. One vote. You can join this fight by taking action with Public Citizen at<a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6441&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=3" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">citizen.org/disclose-act-action</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">3. Keep fighting to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. This issue will get resolved during the lame duck session. Take action at<a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6072&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=4" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">act.credoaction.com/campaign/bushtaxcuts</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">4. Sign up for the fight for a constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision by declaring that corporations do not have the legal rights of humans. This may take years, if not decades, but we should start now. Please join Free Speech for People:<a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6437&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=5" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">freespeechforpeople.org/</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">5. Tell the FCC to use its existing authority to establish and defend net neutrality. Our friends at Free Press are leading this charge: <a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6438&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=6" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">act2.freepress.net/sign/put_up/</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">6. Demand that the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service investigate the political organizations set up by Karl Rove to launder millions of dollars in secret cash to change the outcome of elections. Act now at<a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6442&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=7" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">act.credoaction.com/campaign/investigate_crossroads</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">7. Defend the EPA from castration by pro-coal interests in Congress. The EPA accomplished almost nothing during the Clinton years because the Gingrich-led Congress used the budget process to prohibit the agency from doing its work. This battle has already started. The Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign is a great way to join this fight: <a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5846&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=8" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">sierraclub.org/coal</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">8. Convince the Obama administration to stop appealing progressive court rulings on matters like the Defense of Marriage Act, Don't Ask Don't Tell, and the state secrets defense against torture and wiretapping. Urge the Department of Justice to change its approach at<a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6443&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=9" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">act.credoaction.com/campaign/stop_appealing</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">9. Urge Democratic senators to do away with lifetime tenure for committee chairs and open up all chair positions to majority vote elections. This will go a long way towards more progressive legislation. Take action with us at<a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6444&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=10" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">act.credoaction.com/campaign/end_seniority_system</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">10. Demand that the Department of Justice enforce the provisions of the national voter registration law that require state governments to offer to register all voters at departments of public welfare and motor vehicles. Many state governments simply ignore these requirements and this is a cheaper and more inclusive way of registering voters than the campaigns of the now dead ACORN. Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to expand voter registration:<a __removedlink__1743397717__href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6445&id=12212-1100663-lstdrmx&t=11" href="" style="color: #235ab7; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">credoaction.com/campaign/enforce_motor_voter</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I suspect you are angry and exhausted at this point. I know I am. But let us not forget that the values and ideals we fight for are greater than any one election. They still endure, and so must our fight. We have a lot of work to do.</span></span></div><div style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: #37424a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Michael Kieschnick, CEO<br />
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</tbody></table>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-56352120793643974462010-11-02T03:16:00.000-07:002010-11-02T03:16:45.332-07:00I am not voting Republican on November 2nd!<object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/skEccqJFFU0/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/skEccqJFFU0?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/skEccqJFFU0?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-61416673093962873262010-11-01T02:14:00.000-07:002010-11-01T02:14:28.982-07:00Back to Work MondayHappy November! <br />
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<a href="http://newspoodle.posterous.com/fraud-caused-the-1930s-depression-and-the-cur">Fraud Caused the 1930's Depression and the Current Financial Crisis</a><br />
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<a href="http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/betty_whites_lesson_for_people_against_gay_marriage">Betty White's Lesson for People Against Gay Marriage</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Media-Malpractice-Karl-Ro-by-Gustav-Wynn-101030-401.html">Media Malpractice: Karl Rove's Fraud Subpoena Not News?</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-60168831136137530102010-10-31T04:27:00.000-07:002010-10-31T04:27:46.300-07:00Americans' Incomes Sank After Bush Tax CutsFrom <a href="http://fightforbetterus.blogspot.com/2010/10/americans-incomes-sank-after-bush-tax.html">Fight For Better US</a>:<br />
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On Sunday, House Minority Leader John Boehner called Democrats' refusal to hold a pre-election vote on extending the Bush tax cut windfall for the wealthy the "most irresponsible thing that I have seen since I have been in Washington, D.C." And in one sense, he's right. After all, the national debt doubled during Bush's tenure. His was the worst eight-year economic record of any modern president. Worse still, by 2007 the U.S. reached levels of income inequality not since 1929. And now, it turns out, Americans' incomes dropped ominously after the tax cuts Bush bragged "meant people had more money in their pocket."<br />
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That latest indictment of the reckless Bush tax giveaway to the rich comes from tax expert David Cay Johnston. Just days after the Census Bureau reported a jump in poverty during even before the start of the December 2007 Bush recession, Johnston reported, "Total income was $2.74 trillion less during the eight Bush years than if incomes had stayed at 2000 levels." <br />
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After asking, "So how did the tax cuts work out?" Johnston paints a grim picture of economic failure:<br />
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Even if we limit the analysis by starting in 2003, when the dividend and capital gains tax cuts began, through the peak year of 2007, the result is still less income than at the 2000 level. Total income was down $951 billion during those four years. <br />
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Average incomes fell. Average taxpayer income was down $3,512, or 5.7 percent, in 2008 compared with 2000, President Bush's own benchmark year for his promises of prosperity through tax cuts. <br />
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Had incomes stayed at 2000 levels, the average taxpayer would have earned almost $21,000 more over those eight years. That's almost $50 per week. <br />
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And to be sure, the Bush tax cuts which have already drained the Treasury of $2.3 trillion were a major contributor to the record U.S. income gap:<br />
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In only two of the eight Bush years, 2006 and 2007, were average incomes higher than in 2000, but the gains were highly concentrated at the top. Of the total increase in income in 2007 over that in 2005, nearly 30 percent went to taxpayers who made $1 million or more...<br />
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One of every eight dollars of the tax cuts went to the 1 in 1,000 taxpayers in the top tenth of 1 percent, the annual threshold for which was in the $2 million range throughout the last administration.<br />
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The horror story hardly ends there. Despite Republican supply-side mythmaking that "every major tax cut we've had in history has created more revenue," Johnston revealed that despite a 10.1% increase in the number of taxpayers, inflation-adjusted individual income tax revenues declined by 11.8% between 2000 and 2008. By then, average adjusted gross income slumped to $58,005 from $61, 517 eight years earlier when, you guessed, the top Clinton-era tax rate was the same 39.6% to which Barack Obama wants to return.<br />
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And as Congress - and voters - ponder the Republican pledge to deliver another $700 billion, 10-year windfall for the richest 2% of taxpayers, Johnston highlights the free ride President Bush already gave them:<br />
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The number of people reporting incomes of $200,000 or more but legally paying no federal income taxes skyrocketed in the second Bush term. A decade ago it was fewer than 1,500 taxpayers; in 2000 it was about 2,300. This high-income, tax-free group jumped to more than 11,000 in 2007 and then doubled in 2008 to more than 22,000. <br />
In 2008 nearly 1 in every 200 high-income taxpayers paid no federal income tax, up from about 1 in 1,500 in 1998. <br />
The share of high incomes that were untaxed increased more than sevenfold to one dollar of every $166.<br />
As should be clear, the side winning the class war is the only one fighting it. To quote would-be Speaker Boehner, to perpetuate that massive upward redistribution of income is indeed "irresponsible." Or, as David Cay Johnston rightly concluded:<br />
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This is economic madness. It is policy divorced from empirical evidence. It is insanity because the policies are illusory and delusional. The evidence is in, and it shows beyond a shadow of a reasonable doubt that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts failed to achieve the promised goals. <br />
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Original article from <a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001985.htm">Perrspectives</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-70234619701299207332010-10-31T04:19:00.000-07:002010-10-31T04:19:33.765-07:00Sunday Talk Show LineupSunday's Talk Show Lineup from the <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/sunday-breakfast-menu-oct-31/">NY Times</a>: <br />
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Senator <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/john_cornyn/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about John Cornyn."><span style="color: #004276;">John Cornyn</span></a> of Texas, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, and his Democratic counterpart, Senator <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/robert_menendez/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Robert Menendez."><span style="color: #004276;">Robert Menendez</span></a> of New Jersey, appear on ABC’s “This Week.” <span id="more-114643"></span><br />
On <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/nbc_universal/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about NBC Universal."><span style="color: #004276;">NBC</span></a>’s “Meet the Press,” <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/david_gregory/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about David Gregory."><span style="color: #004276;">David Gregory</span></a> interviews Gov. <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/haley_barbour/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Haley Barbour."><span style="color: #004276;">Haley Barbour</span></a> of Mississippi, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, and former Virginia Gov. <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/tim_kaine/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Timothy M. Kaine."><span style="color: #004276;">Tim Kaine</span></a>, the chairman of the <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/democratic_national_committee/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Democratic National Committee"><span style="color: #004276;">Democratic National Committee</span></a>.<a name='more'></a><br />
<a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/michael_steele/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Michael S. Steele."><span style="color: #004276;">Michael Steele</span></a>, the chairman of the <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_national_committee/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Republican National Committee"><span style="color: #004276;">Republican National Committee</span></a>, is on CNN’ s “State of the Union,” followed by Senator Richard Durbin, the majority whip from Illinois, and the former Nebraska senator and governor, <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/bob_kerrey/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Bob Kerrey."><span style="color: #004276;">Bob Kerrey</span></a>, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in the 1992 presidential election.<br />
On CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Representative Peter T. King of New York, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, will likely weigh in on developments concerning <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/world/31terror.html?hp"><span style="color: #004276;">United States-bound packages containing explosives </span></a>sent from Yemen. Also on the program: Gov. <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/tim_pawlenty/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Tim Pawlenty."><span style="color: #004276;">Tim Pawlenty</span></a>, Republican of Minnesota and a likely 2012 presidential candidate; Senator <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/amy_klobuchar/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Amy Klobuchar."><span style="color: #004276;">Amy Klobuchar</span></a>, Democrat of Minnesota; and Gov. <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/edward_g_rendell/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Edward G. Rendell."><span style="color: #004276;">Ed Rendell</span></a>, Democrat of Pennsylvania.<br />
Former President <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/jimmy_carter/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Jimmy Carter."><span style="color: #004276;">Jimmy Carter</span></a> is on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” to discuss the <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/live-blog-rally-to-restore-sanity-andor-fear/?ref=politics"><span style="color: #004276;">rally</span></a> hosted by Comedy Central’s <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/jon_stewart/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Jon Stewart"><span style="color: #004276;">Jon Stewart</span></a> and <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/stephen_colbert/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Stephen Colbert."><span style="color: #004276;">Stephen Colbert</span></a> on Saturday.<br />
Senator <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/harry_reid/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Harry Reid."><span style="color: #004276;">Harry Reid</span></a> of Nevada, who is waging the political battle of his career against the Republican Senate nominee, <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/sharron_angle/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Sharron Angle."><span style="color: #004276;">Sharron Angle</span></a>, is on Univision’s “Al Punto.”Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-38451443483541657712010-10-30T10:15:00.000-07:002010-10-30T10:15:37.700-07:00There is Hope.......Haven't figured out how to embed videos yet........ copying and pasting embed code doesn't work. Anywho.... this is from Rachel Maddow's page. The most hopeful thing I've seen today.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/16294950">http://vimeo.com/16294950</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-40209786098915110442010-10-30T05:12:00.000-07:002010-10-30T05:12:23.725-07:00Saturday Morning Coffee Time<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/10/29/why-we-filed-racketeering-charges-against-karl-roves-election-operations/">Karl Rove: Election Racketeer</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=393&ArticleID=74552">By the Numbers</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=393&ArticleID=74552">Obama's Former Senate Seat Draws Most Hidden Money</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/ohio-mcdonalds-gives-voting-advice-in-paychecks-989637.html">Would You Like Fries With That?</a><br />
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<a href="http://politicalcorrection.org/adcheck/201010250032">Another Crossroads GPS Lie</a><br />
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<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/29/real_estate/foreclosure_voting/index.htm">Facing Foreclosure? You Can Still Vote</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/adapt-to-climate-change-or-face-infrastructure-crisis-experts-warn/article1762796/">Experts Warn: Adapt to Climate Change or Face Infrastructure Crisis</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109859252860375524.post-47012843280521320792010-10-29T19:33:00.000-07:002010-10-29T19:33:13.527-07:00Friday Night Reading Roundup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjNbat-hzqAQL0zlxgF10dtCg755nKGWFnuz9w2cYG1qqQyE7BJACVcPmAAcgQwYBY3CPlrtYO79MullYF5uE7enE4yYjunHn6d65h72FOT1MgiiwDrBxrnpu8P3Aeu_1rf5tHNuAXTKT/s1600/reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjNbat-hzqAQL0zlxgF10dtCg755nKGWFnuz9w2cYG1qqQyE7BJACVcPmAAcgQwYBY3CPlrtYO79MullYF5uE7enE4yYjunHn6d65h72FOT1MgiiwDrBxrnpu8P3Aeu_1rf5tHNuAXTKT/s320/reading.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://citypaper.net/articles/2010/10/28/66-reasons-not-to-vote-for-pat-toomey">66 Reasons Not to Vote for Pat Toomey</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/10/29/914750/-Quarter-billion-spent-club-not-doing-well-in-polls">"Quarter Billion Spent" Club Not Doing Well in Polls</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44283.html">Mr. "I'm Sorry, BP" Wants to reclaim his position as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.chasingevil.org/2010/10/peaceful-many-and-violent-few.html">The Peaceful Many and theViolent Few</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9417047">Jointheteaparty.us Connected to Data Mining Firm</a><br />
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<a href="http://beachpeanuts.wordpress.com/">Pay No Attention to Marco Rubio Behind the Curtain, Making Deals in the Back Room</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mockpaperscissors.com/?p=39401">The Macaca Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Race Baiting</a>Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115607721009430124noreply@blogger.com0