Category Archives: Congress

“I’d Like to Buy the World” (says) KOCH

Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2013 by Annie Walker-Leonard

“Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course.-”Thomas Frank The political activities of the Koch brothers have been influencing policy for decades.  The grand puppet masters sit atop their corporate throne pulling the strings … Continue reading →

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A Glaring Omission In the Plan For Immigration Reform

Posted on Monday, April 1, 2013 by Cindy Rose

First, let’s get the jargon out of the way; immigrants who are living and working here illegally are referred to as “illegals”, undocumented workers”, “out of status”, and “undocumented migrants” to name a few. When immigration hearings began earlier this … Continue reading →

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The Second Amendment Does Not Trump All Other Rights

Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by Cindy Rose

It seems that when the country attempts to do something, anything, to combat gun violence, Second Amendment zealots will willingly trample the flag and everyone else’s rights along with it; patriots my ass. There have been threats to shoot lawmakers, … Continue reading →

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Headlines from “The Party of Stupid”

Posted on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Dear Republicans, This is what your elected officials are spending their time on: Not Understanding the Constitution… Again Just a little over a week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit shot down Florida’s mandatory welfare drug … Continue reading →

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Violence Against Women Act Reauthorized

Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013 by Cindy Rose

The Violence Against Women Act was finally reauthorized today after a year and a half delay. NPR reports: … 199 of the 200 House Democrats voted for VAWA. One didn’t vote. Meanwhile, only 87 of 232 Republicans voted for the … Continue reading →

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Let’s Go to the Videotape: Lyin Ryan On the Sequester

Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Paul Ryan was interviewed on the Hugh Hewitt show two days ago, and when asked about the sequester, had this to say: “We see that as kind of the political game that the President is playing here. Let’s never forget … Continue reading →

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Republicans’ Selective Memory Affliction

Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Conservatives continue to yap about Benghazi in print and on TV, even dragging Bush era foreign policy dinosaurs Rumsfeld and Cheney into the mix; all of them trying to claim it points to either a “cover-up” or “incompetence”. So I’m … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

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Moving the First Amendment Goal Posts… Again

Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Religious leaders have joined together to fight the HHS contraception mandate since its announcement, claiming it infringes on their religious freedom. HHS has recently issued another revision in an attempt to accommodate religious institutions; but in a letter outlining his … Continue reading →

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Republican “Leaders” Need to Put a Stop to This Nonsense

Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Cindy Rose

The level of disrespect shown this President by conservative lawmakers has long been out of hand, but this latest move by Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) should have been stopped by Republican leaders immediately. Stockman has invited Ted Nugent to be … Continue reading →

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