Wisconsin GOP Pushing Law To Spy On And Seize Bank Accounts Of Unemployed

Wisconsin GOP pushing law to spy on and seize bank accounts of unemployed (via Raw Story )

A law is advancing through the Wisconsin state legislature that would double the job-seeking requirements for people collecting unemployment and which would allow the government to peer into their bank accounts and freeze them if they believe the account holder has received overpayments in their benefits…

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Republican Texas Judge Orders Lesbian Couple To Live Apart Or Lose Children

Republican Texas judge orders lesbian couple to live apart or lose children (via Raw Story )

A Republican Texas Judge has ordered a lesbian couple to live apart or give up custody of their children. According to Think Progress, Judge John Roach of McKinney, Texas has given Page Price 30 days to move out of the home she shares with Carolyn Compton and Compton’s two children from a previous…

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Jim Carrey's "Cold Dead Hand"

Cold Dead Hand with Jim Carrey from Jim Carrey

And here is Jim Carrey's response to the network known as Fox (news):

 "Since I released my "Cold Dead Hand" video on Funny or Die this week, I have watched Fux News rant, rave, bare its fangs and viciously slander me because of my stand against large magazines and assault rifles. I would take them to task legally if I felt they were worth my time or that anyone with a brain in their head could actually fall for such irresponsible buffoonery. That would gain them far too much attention which is all they really care about.
I'll just say this: in my opinion Fux News is a last resort for kinda-sorta-almost-journalists whose options have been severely limited by their extreme and intolerant views; a media colostomy bag that has begun to burst at the seams and should be emptied before it becomes a public health issue.
I sincerely believe that in time, good people will lose patience with the petty and poisonous behavior of these bullies and Fux News will be remembered as nothing more than a giant culture fart that no amount of Garlique could cure.
I wish them all the luck that accompanies such malevolence."

This Is What Is Passing As The Republican Party These Days?

Washington Republican: Bicycles cause more pollution than cars (via Raw Story )

The ranking Republican member on Washington state’s House Transportation Committee thinks that riding bicycles causes more pollution than driving cars, the Seattle Bike Blog reported Saturday. State Rep. Ed Orcutt (R), pictured, wrote an email to a constituent who disagreed with his support for…

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FRC Suspect May Have Targeted Traditional Values Coalition: Huff Posts Lack Of Standards

This was my comment to the article at Huffington Post where Traditional Values Coalition President Andrea Lafferty said "she has written Attorney General Eric Holder seeking protection for her group, but that authorities have not been responsive. "Under this Justice Department, Christians are a very low priority on their lists of concerns,"

Huffington Post apparently found my comment didn't fit within their "Guidelines". But comments like this oddly do fit their "Guidelines":

taylo 27 minutes ago ( 8:33 PM)  it is quite shocking to see the liberals say that they "understand" trying to kill conservatives because they are considered a "hate group" ....i think they may justify killing me because i dont agree with their views.but then....i am a gun owner...and the liberals usually dont have guns. usually.

Milo40 26 minutes ago ( 8:40 PM) "Leftists" quite often "hate" more than one "hate group" anybody that disagrees with them is considered a "hate group", so there is many to target.

pflickner 2 hours ago ( 7:36 PM) There are sick people out there, regardless of political affiliation. Hope he gets the help he needs, just as I hope the other killers who just start killing people get the same. Reply to pflickner:  SomethingsGottaGive 47 minutes ago ( 8:23 PM) Street justice is the best punishment for these people.

Derek Wayne 47 2 hours ago ( 7:35 PM) I wonder if the gay community is proud or embarrassed that its members suck at killing people

These comments and replies were on the first two pages I looked at. Yet I post facts and back them up with links to show why these groups were placed on the Southern Law Poverty Center's list and it isn't acceptable. What the hell is going on at Huffington Post?


Family Research Council's Senior Researcher for Policy Studies, Peter Sprigg on Hardball:

MATTHEWS: I’m just asking you, should we outlaw gay behavior?

SPRIGG: I think that the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which overturned the sodomy laws in this country, was wrongly decided. I think there would be a place for criminal sanctions against homosexual behavior.

MATTHEWS: So we should outlaw gay behavior.

SPRIGG: Yes."

February 02, 2010. Hardball, MSNBC

“One of the primary goals of the homosexual rights movement is to abolish all age of consent laws and to eventually recognize pedophiles as the ‘prophets' of a new sexual order.”
-1999 FRC pamphlet, Homosexual Activists Work to Normalize Sex with Boys

"[I]n March 2008, Sprigg, responding to a question about uniting gay partners during the immigration process, said: “I would much prefer to export homosexuals from the United States than to import them.”

"We believe the evidence shows … that relative to the size of their population, homosexual men are more likely to engage in child sexual abuse than are heterosexual men."
— Peter Sprigg, "Debating Homosexuality: Understanding Two Views."

“Gaining access to children has been a long-term goal of the homosexual movement.”
— Robert Knight, FRC director of cultural studies, and Frank York

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/family-research-council



And on and on! These aren't hateful comments?
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Know The Other Side

You want to use the opponent in the title but that is just reactive. They aren't opponents. They are our fellow citizens. They in this case are Republicans. The problem is they look at anyone who doesn't think like they do as the opponent. The best way to conquer this attitude is to first know who or what you are up against.

The Republicans pay good money to a man named Frank Luntz who is an American political consultant, pollster, and Republican Party strategist.

Luntz's specialty is “testing language and finding words that will help his clients sell their product or turn public opinion on an issue or a candidate.”

You see Republicans like to play games with peoples minds. They will stop at nothing including using Psychology against you. But you can , as corny as it sounds, arm yourselves with knowledge. What Conservatism espouses is not what America is about and never has been. But you have a set of people out there willing to pull all the stops to garner your votes to keep them in power.

It wouldn't be too much of an issue except for the fact that Republicans have shown time after time they are in the pockets of the corporations and the ultra-wealthy. They use their words (see Frank Luntz) to make you think you can be like them. The problem is if you aren't rich already then you will never fit into their club. But they sure can use your votes so they offer you crumbs and make you think you can join.

Luckily there are people like George Lakoff who study people like Luntz and politics in general.

What has been learned from the brain and cognitive sciences is that words are defined by fixed frames we use in thinking, frames come in hierarchical systems, and political frames are defined in moral terms, where “morality” is very different for conservatives and progressives. What lies behind the Occupy movement is a moral view of democracy: Democracy is about citizens caring about each other and acting responsibly both socially and personally. This requires a robust public empowering and protecting everyone equally. Both private success and personal freedom depend on such a public. Every critique and proposal of the Occupy movement fits this moral view, which happens to be the progressive moral view.

 This is an article worth reading which will help you understand the mindset of Republicans and give you knowledge on how to combat their arguments when they start off on their selfish rants. Check out  "Words That Don’t Work" and then look at the rest of his site. Another article I like to suggest to people is from the Boston Globe called "How Facts Backfire" that may add some context to what Lakoff is saying.

You Should Be Peeved About This

Why is it the Republican leaning counties in Ohio get longer hours and more time to vote early than Democratic leaning counties? This is being done in plain site and deliberately by Republicans and the Republican Secretary of State but nobody is talking about it! Rachel Maddow explains much better than me so here are three segments she has done on it to date.

This is the first segment from August 9, 2012:

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Here is the second segment fro August 10, 2012:

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And a follow up segment from the same night of August 10, 2012:

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Romney Wants Business Record Removed From Obama Campaign Attacks

“[O]ur ads haven't gone after the president personally. … [W]e haven't dredged up the old stuff that people talked about last time around. We haven't gone after the personal things.”

This is classic! They know there is nothing they can go after the President with from the "last time around" that hasn't already been debunked six ways to Sunday! If the sensible American people have to relive the McCain campaign again it will be the end and he knows it or they would have gone there already.



Think what you want of McCain but he knew if he went the way of his "rogue" VP pick (whose name shall not be mentioned) he would have lost worse than he did. He did have a few shinning moments from his campaign. Namely when he stood up for then Senator Obama to the "he's an Arab" woman.



I recommend watching "Game Change" if you get an opportunity. I initially cringed when I finally decided to watch it but I think it will surprise you and I also believe it is about as close of a representation from that side of the campaign as you will get. It also shows what we dodged had the election gone the other way! So please Mr. Romney, go the way of the "mama grizzly" and we will see how that works out for you!
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But There Is No Republican War On Women

Coulter's view on women who dare to support President Obama is, in my opinion, the way most Republicans view women who don't think like they do.

“I think it’s probably a good sign that Obama is so desperate just to get the base Democratic voter — stupid single women — to vote for him,” Coulter told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday. “This is good news that he needs to lock up that part of the Democratic vote.”
“He’s trying to get the stupid single women voter, which is the Democratic Party base,” Coulter repeated. “And I would just say to stupid single women voters, your husband will not be able to pay you child support if Obamacare goes through and Obama is re-elected. You are talking about the total destruction of wealth. It is the end of America as we know it.”
“Great, you will get free contraception; you won’t have to pay a $10 co-pay, but it will be the end of America. Think about that!”

Even the Republican women are attacking other women! Things are really surreal sometimes.

Don't Let The Supreme Court Rule For Corporations

Most Americans do not agree with the Supreme Court or Mitt Romney when they say "corporations are people". It's past time for a Constitutional Amendment.

Eight in 10 poll respondents say they oppose the high court's Jan. 21 decision to allow unfettered corporate political spending, with 65 percent "strongly" opposed. Nearly as many backed congressional action to curb the ruling, with 72 percent in favor of reinstating limits.
The poll reveals relatively little difference of opinion on the issue among Democrats (85 percent opposed to the ruling), Republicans (76 percent) and independents (81 percent).

Go here and show support for the one state, Montana, that attempted to fight for our rights and are still fighting.

By George Strain,
Exasperated citizen!

Rush Limbaugh Show Dropped By CBS Affiliate Station

“The real war on women is being conducted by the regime, by the Obama administration,” he explained. “Since Barack Obama took office, the unemployment rate for women has gone up from 7 to 8.1 percent. … The poverty rate among women rose to 14.5 percent last year, up from 13.9 percent when Obama was immaculated.”

Limbaugh continued: “If there is a war on women, it is happening and it is being directed from the White House with Obama as the generalissimo.”

Politico’s Josh Boak noted last week that job losses for women appeared to be worse than for men during Obama’s presidency because “[a]lmost 3.3 million men were fired during the George W. Bush’s last year in office, while the losses for women were more drawn out over time.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/09/limbaugh-obama-is-the-generalissimo-in-the-real-war-on-women/

As Rush continues to lie and act like there is no "war on women" being perpetrated by the right. He is actually projecting and trying to turn it around on to Democrats and President Obama. Straight out of the "Karl Rove playbook". Sadly some people will listen to him and believe it. As long as he continues his fictional reality people need to keep up the pressure on advertisers. My money is precious in these times like these as I'm sure it is with a lot of people and I have no problem not spending what little I have on people who continue to support his show.

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Fact Checking "Mitt Romney Versus Reality"

I took the time and honestly gave myself a migraine finding every video and/or fact to show if this video has the correct timeline. I shouldn't have to tell you that Romney lies. I mean, if you look up the definition of liar in the dictionary you might very well see a picture of Mitt Romney beside it. But many people were doubting or questioning the timeline of the quotes used in this ad so out of curiosity and to erase all doubt I did the research.

It wasn't hard but it was tedious and mind numbing having to watch the Republican footage and listen to them lie and complain. I took a shot for all of you so you wouldn't have to suffer like I did. So here it is!

Mitt Romney Versus Reality

Segment one:

Romney has been stating "Obama apologized for America" since at least Sept. 22, 2001 at the Orlando debate. Even Politifact, which I believe leans right, Has called him on this lie.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/22/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-repeats-claim-obama-went-around-world-/
           
Obama stated in his inaugural speech that he will not apologize for the United States.
President Obama Inauguration Jan. 21, 2009 http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/inaugural-address
           
Additionally, Factcheck.org gave Romney a "four Pinocchio" rating on this very subject.
http://youtu.be/AGgoVc3tfjc

Segment two:

Romney claims President Obama "has failed to communicate that military options are on the table". Romney makes these claims, to an 11 year old child, just hours after President Obama gave a speech to AIPAC stating:

"I have said that when it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, I will take no options off the table, and I mean what I say. That includes all elements of American power: a political effort aimed at isolating Iran, a diplomatic effort to sustain our coalition and ensure that the Iranian program is monitored, an economic effort that imposes crippling sanctions and, yes, a military effort to be prepared for any contingency" on March 4, 2012.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73588.html

Also, Israel is concerned Romney is making things worse.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/03/06/439217/halevy-romney-is-making-it-worse-iran/

Segment three:

This one is too easy but here you go. Romney says President Obama hasn't passed tax cuts for the middle class. Again Politifact rated it "True" when David Axelrod stated:

"We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses" on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 on NBC's "Meet the Press".

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/feb/02/david-axelrod/axelrod-claims-democrats-passed-25-tax-cuts-last-y/


Segment four:

Romney claims to a crowd on March 13, 2012 the reason gas prices are high because:

"Maybe it’s related to the fact that you stopped drilling in the Gulf".

President Obama gave a speech on March 1, 2012 to Nashua Community College, Nashua, New Hampshire. He said:

"when it comes to oil production under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years."

Point being you can increase oil production but it is not going to affect the price of gas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=welINKWW9XU

President Obama made this statement almost two weeks before Romney makes his false statement. The facts have been out there much longer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/yes-oil-production-is-booming-under-obama-no-it-hasnt-lowered-gas-prices/2011/08/31/gIQAWv8bsJ_blog.html

Segment five:

Romney claimed President Obama has not approved any new trade agreements with other countries on March 3, 2012 at a town hall meeting held at USAeroteam, an aerospace and defense manufacturer in Beavercreek, Ohio.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2012/03/03/romney_takes_aim_at_obama_duri.html

President Obama signed "free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, as well as the latest trade adjustment assistance for workers." on October 21, 2011.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-signs-free-trade-agreements/

Segment six:

Romney claims President Obama didn't mention debt or deficit in the State of the Union March 2nd, 2012 at a rally in Cleveland, Ohio. I again refer to Politifact begrudgingly, but if they can call him out anybody could. They gave him a "Pants On Fire" and I could feel the heat from here!
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/mar/05/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-president-ignored-debt-problems-s/

In President Obama's defense I'll just give you the link to the State of the Union but those are the clips from it in the ad.
http://youtu.be/6Tlp9Gx4lfo

Segment seven:

Romney tries to make the case that President Obama "fundamentally believes that..that...that this next century is a post American century"during the December 15, 2011 Fox News GOP debate in Sioux City, Iowa.
http://politicalcorrection.org/video/201112150016

President Obama gave a speech at the Alcoa plant in Bettendorf, Iowa on June 28, 2011 where he made the statement "we will lead the way forward and we will make the next century another great American century"
http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/president_obama_visits.asp

So yes the ad is accurate! Can you say the same about any of the GOP ads that are running?

Are People In Michigan Seeing This

I have a hard time fathoming why people aren't in the streets of Michigan protesting all of the extreme overreach their legislature has been pulling since 2010. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat, left, right, Independent, it shouldn't matter. When your own Government is in the wrong you should be speaking out against it.

You have a state Constitution which is supposed to be the law of the land and it is being abused in your name. Republicans want to paint President Obama as a dictator but he has not done his job in the fashion that Republicans in Michigan have done. Yet here we are, Republicans in Michigan destroying democracy. It's maddening to watch them take away your rights and it seems if you consider yourself a Republican it's okay because your side is winning. But this isn't a game and it has nothing to do with sides. Rachel lays it out for everyone to see. I hope you watch and see for yourself.

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The Dawn Of Another Day: Another Attack

Just to prove my point from the post I made yesterday it is now the next day and a new attack against women. This time it is coming from an Idaho GOP lawmaker who states "I would hope that when a woman goes in to a physician with a rape issue, that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage, was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage or was it truly caused by a rape. I assume that's part of the counseling that goes on.”.

This was a comment made by state Sen. Chuck Winder in response to opponents of his forced ultrasound bill brought to his attention that the bill makes no exceptions for rape, victims of incest, or medical emergencies.

I would just like to thank these hatemongers for helping me make my point. In this case the government has no business telling doctors how to do their job. They also need to stay out of the personal relationship between a doctor and the patient. Legislators have no business dictating medicinal practice. The courts will throw all of this garbage out but now it's going to cost taxpayers to do so. We already know they are throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks including women's uteri!

Here is an example of what these sick bastards force women to go through first hand:

'We Have No Choice': One Woman's Ordeal with Texas' New Sonogram Law

 The doctor and nurse were professional and kind, and it was clear that they understood our sorrow. They too apologized for what they had to do next. For the third time that day, I exposed my stomach to an ultrasound machine, and we saw images of our sick child forming in blurred outlines on the screen.

“I’m so sorry that I have to do this,” the doctor told us, “but if I don’t, I can lose my license.” Before he could even start to describe our baby, I began to sob until I could barely breathe. Somewhere, a nurse cranked up the volume on a radio, allowing the inane pronouncements of a DJ to dull the doctor’s voice. Still, despite the noise, I heard him. His unwelcome words echoed off sterile walls while I, trapped on a bed, my feet in stirrups, twisted away from his voice.
“Here I see a well-developed diaphragm and here I see four healthy chambers of the heart...”
I closed my eyes and waited for it to end, as one waits for the car to stop rolling at the end of a terrible accident.
When the description was finally over, the doctor held up a script and said he was legally obliged to read me information provided by the state. It was about the health dangers of having an abortion, the risks of infection or hemorrhage, the potential for infertility and my increased chance of getting breast cancer. I was reminded that medical benefits may be available for my maternity care and that the baby’s father was liable to provide support, whether he’d agreed to pay for the abortion or not.

 Did you catch the lie in the diatribe doctors are forced, by law, to spread. Abortions do not cause an increased risk of breast cancer. Just the fact that lie is in there proves this is nothing but a scare tactic. These attacks of hate and vitriol should not be allowed to continue. And maybe, one day, enough people will have enough and it will end!

And The Hits Keep Coming

All it takes is the dawn of another day to read a new headline attacking a women's right to healthcare, contraception, or even an abortion. Laws made by men to advance their agenda of interfering with women's healthcare.  Today the attacks are coming out of Tennessee called the Life Defense Act of 2012.

The proposed law "mandates that the Tennessee Department of Health make detailed demographic information about every woman who has an abortion available to the public, including her age, race, county, marital status, education level, number of children, the location of the procedure and how many times she has been pregnant. Each report would also have to include the name of the doctor who performed the procedure."

 This just seems unfathomable. When will men figure out once they allow these laws to take hold there will be nothing stopping them from "mandating" different aspects of healthcare for men? It isn't that hard to imagine. Who do you know that has had a taste of power that hasn't wanted more? These are power moves. It might be about women right now but it will be about everyone if laws like these are allowed to stand.

Read about the newest attack against women (humans) here...

Women Should Listen

I don't know how certain people feel about Rachel Maddow but personally I find her smart and intelligent. She researches her stories and can back them up with facts that even the lay person can find for themselves. If she discovers that she has made a mistake she will immediately take to the air and make a retraction or even apologize if necessary. Not many commentators does that these days.

When I watched this segment I felt like it was one of her best to date. If I was a woman it would have had me steaming. I, as a man, have always fought for women's rights any chance I got and let me tell you since 2010 I have been busy. If you are a female or like me supportive of women's rights you should watch this segment whether you are left, right, conservative or liberal.

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I would also like to add a few graphs to help get the point across. These are screen shots I took from Rachel's show. These graphs should help sink in what Republicans are trying to do to women's healthcare!

Abortion restrictions before 2010

Abortion restrictions since 2010

Mitch McConnell Wants Vote On Birth Control Mandate

I'm 61, don't use checkups, tests or drugs, and I won't pay for those who do. Articles here pitch contracept

­ion as a benefit, but it costs employers more and they take it out of workers pay. It's why wages haven't gone up in 30 years, they went to pay for increasing medical coverage. Now the average family policy costs $14K, and the retired and self-emplo­yed can't afford it - but ACA forces us to buy it. Not insurance, a plan that covers everything except cosmetic surgery and sex changes - and those will be next.

Original Medicare and private insurance didn't cover drugs, never mind contracept­ion or abortion. The idea that "access" means "free" is new, and beyond absurd. Women have a right to birth control and abortion, not to have someone else pay for it. Surely we have a right to free food and shelter well before drugs and medical care. But that would be welfare, so instead we get free drugs.

http://www­.huffingto­npost.com/­social/Tha­tsTheTheWa­yItIs/mitc­h-mcconnel­l-birth-co­ntrol_n_12­71593_1345­54233.html

This is my response to the comment posted at the link above. However, the responses that everyone else made were so much more impressive. Check the link above to see what I am referring to.

Reply:

What about the 28 states that already have this requiremen­t or the 8 that don't allow churches out of that requiremen­t. Everything you stated has already been debunked in science and the many comments posted here. That said, if Republican­s want to run on "contracep­tion" then I'm sure that is a fight the Democrats would love to have. The majority of Americans understand the importance of contracept­ion along with the medical necessity of it in a lot of instances.
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