Health Care: Dems Cave to Minority Pressure

We Democrats should be ashamed of ourselves. We are killing the Obama presidency. It’s not like the right needs our help. They’re expert at it. The crazier they get, the more conciliatory we appear.

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Why the GOP is Racist Episode 3: “Play the Ball Where the Monkey Throws it”

Despite repeated denials, excuses, claims of out of context comment lifts, accusations of being “liars,” the GOP keeps proving the point that they are indeed a party full of racists practicing prolific racism.

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Rather Still in Pursuit

Dan Rather is still seeking $70 million in his lawsuit against CBS Corp. Rather was fired over controversial election-year coverage regarding George Bush’s questionable Vietnam era military record.

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GOP: Tell Kids That Porn Makes Them Gay

I talk about being Catholic. One aspect of Catholicism I find somewhat therapeutic is that we Catholics can confess and receive forgiveness for their sins. Penance can provide a relief valve for guilt, ideally salvaging self-esteem. Who knows? It does, however seem more positive than trickery and manipulation.

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Friday Night Concert Clip: Irma Thomas (w/BB)

I heard Irma Thomas today on XM’s Bluesville belting a far from current version of “Hip Shakin’ Mama.”  A glorious early fall afternoon, the sun blazed down on the “blues schooner” through puffy cotton balls against a deep azure sky.  The only thing missing was volume.  Once I had turned it up, I knew I [...]

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Baucus Predictably Disappoints

In an effort to appease the right, Mr. Baucus, if successful, will apparently demonstrate once again the democratic party’s uncanny ability to roll over. assume to once again prepare for their proctologist’s expected invasion, only to find an insurances pinch-hitting. And woe to the uninsured.

If this impotent bill becomes law, the only celebrants will be big insurance, big pharma and their benefactors, including shameless profiteers like Max Baucus.

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“Birther” Nimrods Officially Denied by Court

Columbus, Georgia:
Orly Ortiz, the beacon illuminating the critically clueless, bitter, “birther” band is threatened with sanctions  if she continues to foster the madness that has grown from the baseless uber right-wing talking point that our 44th president, Barack Obama isn’t our legitimate leader due to its contention that he’s an illegal alien.  Despite official records [...]

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Joe Wilson Tries to Cash in His Bad Behavior

After publicly heckling and accusing Obama of lying during Barack’s Joint Session address on Health Care, amid a hailstorm of outrage, a visibly shaken Joe Wilson quickly offered an empty, token apology that fell well short of admitting that he, himself was lying.

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Republicans Go Straight Bitch on Obama

It’s one thing to pump up ill-informed constituents, fill them with lies and inject them into public forums to affect a total breakdown of meaningful communication on a subject as critical as Health Care but quite another to act like simpering little bitches in the hallowed halls of Congress. When the standard bearers for the Republican Party act so contemptuously, I find it hard to blame the rank and file who then emulate their leaders.

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Be Proud of Who You Are

We have seen that when repeated enough, lies ring true. We must overcome this sad fact with honor. We must be better than them in principle, practice and in what we preach. We must lead by example. Should we fail, the nation and ultimately the entire world faces castigation in minds numbed by sanctimony and hubris.

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