Monthly Archives: July 2011

I’d Like To Say It Was Good While It Lasted…

July 31, 2011
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…But I Can’t It appears that the Capitulator-In-Chief and Milquetoast Harry are about ready to do what they do best — cave in to the Republicans again. I find it amazing that a group of people who have the backing of a very large majority of people in virtually all of the polls, feel as though the only way to win is to lose. I’ve had it.  I am through.  I could no more support the re-election of Barack Obama than I could support any of the other Republican candidates. Why?  Because I do not see an ounce of difference between any of them. Wait.  Let me take some of that back.  There IS a difference between Barack Obama and the rest of the Republican candidates — the other candidates are telling you the truth when they say they will do something.  Obama will tell you exactly the opposite and then do exactly what the Republican candidates will do.  By my account, that is even worse. In November 2008, things were starting to look up.  We were finally getting past the disastrous term of Republican failures and it looked as though the adults were coming back to Washington to put…

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Inspection- On Blowing up Buddhas

July 30, 2011
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Inspection- On Blowing up Buddhas

They are rebuilding the “Buddhas” in Afghanistan. The statues stood for almost two thousand years. Religious fanatics, who gave safe haven to the activities of one of the worst terrorists in human history, decided these historical icons were an abomination because… well, because they weren’t “Taliban.” Could the historical parallels be any more clear? The policy of raising the debt ceiling so we can pay our bills stood for many, many years: under every President, from every party, ever since there has been a debt ceiling. But teabaggers would rather blow up the Buddha: crash the economy.

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Who Passed the GAS?

July 28, 2011
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Who Passed the GAS?

HERD ABOUT IT? by Ana Grarian The ongoing saga of a CNY county trying to ride the wave of   sh*t technology and carbon credits. Cayuga County NY sits in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region between Cayuga and Owasco Lakes, stretching all the way north to the shore of Lake Ontario. It is an achingly beautiful rural county under seige from those who wish to see it increasingly as the dumping ground for industry. I have spoken before of the proposal to link the major CAFO farms which have spread like a cancer across the southern half of the county, to an industrial park near Auburn, the county seat, via a 40 mile long pipeline for dirty bio-methane gas. All at a significant cost and liability to the taxpayer. This is only one of the digester projects in the works. At the same time the Biogas Project was being pursuded and pushed at the county level, the City of Auburn was struggling with it’s own, similar project. The city of Auburn operates a landfill and a sewage treatment plant. The city created the Auburn Municipal Power Agency and made a plan with CH Auburn, a subsidiary of CH…

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The Truth About My Trip to Hanoi

July 28, 2011
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The Truth About My Trip to Hanoi

Written by Jane Fonda Over the years you’ve heard all the claims. Finally here’s Jane’s side. Read and make up your own mind, if it’s not made up already.- OEN I grew up during World War II. My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the Grapes of Wrath, his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day. I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn’t have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him. I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

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Mr. Obama, Quit Futzing Around

July 27, 2011
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I mean seriously.  This has gone on long enough.  You’ve tried to “get along” with these people whose only intent is to destroy you, and make sure that everything you try to accomplish will fail.  They hate you so much that they will stop at nothing to ensure that you are defeated in November 2012 — even if it means taking down the economy and causing ruin to hundreds of thousands of people in the process. You have an option.  You have the tool at hand to stop these people dead in their tracks.  It is in the Constitution, Section 4 of the 14th Amendment.  The law is quite clear on the matter. You swore an oath to follow and protect the US Constitution.  The Fourteen Amendment clearly states that we have to pay our debts — even if the House Republicans don’t want you to.  Sure, the Constitution says that all budget stuff has to originate in the US House, but the Rule of Lenity applies in the cases of ambiguity. On August 1st, you should have two documents on your desk for signature.  One being whatever bill is passed up to you from Congress, and the other should…

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Evidence Suggests that the GOP Did Steal the 2004 Election

July 27, 2011
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Of course we’ve been saying this for years, and now we have proof.  Yet it comes too late, and nobody is paying attention. Forget Anonymous: Evidence Suggests GOP Hacked, Stole 2004 Election Three generations from now, when our great-grandchildren are sitting barefoot in their shanties and wondering how in the hell America turned from the high-point of civilization to a third-world banana republic, they will shake their fists and mutter one name: George Effin’ Bush. Ironically, it won’t be for any of the things that liberals have been harping on the Bush Administration, either during or after his term in office. Sure, misguided tax cuts that destroyed the surplus, and lax regulations that doomed the economy, and two amazingly awful wars in deserts half a world away are all terrible, empire-sapping events. But they pale in comparison to what it appears the Republican Party did to get President Bush re-elected in 2004. “A new filing in the King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell case includes a copy of the Ohio Secretary of State election production system configuration that was in use in Ohio’s 2004 presidential election when there was a sudden and unexpected shift in votes for George W. Bush,” according…

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Former Oklahoma Judge

July 27, 2011
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Former Oklahoma Judge

Remember all the noise about Anthony Weiner? Where’s Breitbart on this one? Oh, that’s right, he’s not a Democrat Breitbart wants to bring down, or lie about like Shirley Sherrod. Read on: this guy’s a real perv. Makes Weiner seem a saint. And what is it with the cut? Is that an example of Okie “justice?”-OEN Written by Dondald Thompson for tulsaworld.com SAPULPA – Bail was set at $76,500 for former Creek County judge Donald Thompson after his arrest early Tuesday morning on a variety of charges, including possession of a controlled dangerous substance. The 64-year-old Thompson appeared before Special District Judge Richard Woolery, who set bail on six charges – three of them felonies. Thompson was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription after a former felony conviction and possession of a controlled dangerous substance after a former felony conviction. Want to read more? Please click… HERE    

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Evidence of Evolution

July 27, 2011
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It’s long, and technical, but a nice thing to think of next time you debate a fundie-creationist. (To differ them from those who simply believe God had something to do with it.)

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Joke of the Week

July 26, 2011
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The Best Way To Pray A priest, a minister and a guru sat discussing the best positions for prayer, while a telephone repairman worked nearby. “Kneeling is definitely the best way to pray,” the priest said. “No,” said the minister. “I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven.” “You’re both wrong,” the guru said. “The most effective prayer position is lying down on the floor.” The repairman could contain himself no longer. “Hey, fellas,” he interrupted. “The best prayin’ I ever did was when I was hangin’ upside down from a telephone pole.”

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Who pollutes: The rich or the poor?

July 26, 2011
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Who pollutes: The rich or the poor?

Shared with our readers by Ana Grarian. You can find the original article here   Who pollutes: The rich or the poor? India’s prime minister is allowing India’s environment to be destroyed in order to cater to powerful foreign investors. Vandana Shiva Last Modified: 26 Jul 2011 06:41 Indian farmers are being forcibly moved from their land to make way for rich foreign investors and their environmentally destructive plans [EPA] On June 29, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with editors of a few newspapers. When asked about whether he had been putting pressure on the Environment Ministry to approve environmentally destructive projects, he said “yes”, and justified that by quoting Indira Gandhi: “Poverty is the biggest polluter, we need to have a balance”.

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