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Mitch Daniels Made Millions at Eli Lilly While the Company was Breaking the Law | Firedoglake

Seeded on Mon May 9, 2011 6:00 PM EDT (Firedoglake)

In normal times, someone who held a key leadership role on George W. Bush’s economic team wouldn’t be taken seriously as a presidential candidate.

politics, republican-party, big-pharma, mitch-daniels, 2012-election

Condi Claims US Was at War When She Ignored August 6, 2001 PDB | Emptywheel

Seeded on Mon May 9, 2011 5:57 PM EDT (Firedoglake)

Condi Rice is, of all Bush’s top aides, the best at managing her reputation.

politics, osama-bin-laden, richard-clarke, condi-rice

Big Government Republicans in Alabama

Seeded on Mon May 9, 2011 5:55 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

Alabama has moved to deny undocumented children a chance to participate in our state's civic religion, i.e. football, but some things are still more sacred than our state's responsibility to shun brown people.

state, immigration, politics, alabama, republicans, legislature, illegal-immigration, undocumented, illegal-alien

Senate Republicans vow to gut Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Seeded on Mon May 9, 2011 5:51 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Boy, are Republicans committed to Americans getting screwed by the financial sector, or what? One of the major sources of evil in their world appears to be the idea that regular Americans deserve a degree of consumer protection. They're practically allergic to it.

wall, financial, senate, street, politics, consumer, reform, republicans, protection, filibuster

ThinkProgress » Facing Recall, Wisconsin GOP Will Hustle Through Voter ID Bill That Disenfranchises Students, Seniors

Seeded on Mon May 9, 2011 5:47 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

Well, C-SPAN decided not only to embarrass themselves by allowing Andrew Breitbart to come on their morning call-in show Washington Journal this week.

politics, real-time, armstrong-williams, racism, bill-maher, c-span, andrew-breitbart, book-tv, eric-michael-dyson

Center for Responsive Politics / L.A. Times Collaboration Reveals How Mining Industry Helped Kill Safety Bill - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

Seeded on Mon May 9, 2011 5:40 PM EDT (Center for Responsive Politics)

mpaign contributions from the mining industry to members Congress spiked last year in the aftermath of a deadly West Virginia coal mine explosion, which helped sour some lawmakers on legislation that would have tightly regulated industry safety standards.

congress, politics, mining, lobbying, campaign-finance, coal-mining, mine-explosion, industries, opensecrets-org, doug-smith

GOP jobs plan: Force unemployed to perform community service | BlueNC

Seeded on Sun May 8, 2011 11:01 AM EDT ()

GOP dictionary revision #91: "required" and "voluntary" are now synonyms: An act requiring the performance of five hours of volunteer public service among the conditions required for eligibility to receive unemployment benefits.

politics, unemployment, republicans, requiring, public-service, arrogance, contempt, mind-numbing, striped-pajamas

Huckabee-Land: Where the Former Arkansas Governor Always Has his Foot in His Mouth | BuzzFlash.org

Seeded on Sun May 8, 2011 10:54 AM EDT (BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash)

Sure Mike Huckabee is a human gaffe machine that makes dumb remarks on a regular basis. But why are prominent Christian Zionists allowed to get away with blatant anti-Semitism?

politics, mike-huckabee, christian-zionism, abraham-foxman, christians-united, steve-kornacki, anti-defamation-leagues

Ryan’s Budget Spin | FactCheck.org

Seeded on Sun May 8, 2011 10:49 AM EDT ()

The GOP budget chairman throws some curves while supposedly 'setting the record straight.'

medicare, politics, deficit, medicaid, debt, barack-obama, george-bush, house-gop, medicaid-services, health-care-reform

The Reaction: Obama conspires against conspirators in Osama conspiracy

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 5:03 PM EDT ()

The right-wing radicals and conspiracy theorists of the Tea Party fringe revolution didn't embrace reality when President Obama released his long-form birth certificate last week, a move that, by all legitimate accounts, was a redundant nail in the coffin on the "birther" iss …

politics, barack-obama, conspiracy-theories, tea-party, birtherism, zombie-awareness-month, osama-bin-ladenmiddle-eastern

Conservative Media Denounce Obama's "Disgusting" Ground Zero Visit As A "Political Victory Lap" | Media Matters for America

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 4:56 PM EDT (Media Matters for America)

Conservative media figures have criticized President Obama's upcoming visit to Ground Zero after the killing of Osama bin Laden as a "political victory lap." Glenn Beck called the planned trip "disgusting," "obscene," and "grotesque."

politics, aircraft-carrier, tammy-bruce, dan-pfeiffer, pam-geller, jon-scott, at-ground-zero-is

Right-Wing Seems to Think This Land Was Made for Them Alone to Exploit and Despoil. Time to Fight Back. | BuzzFlash.org

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 4:51 PM EDT (BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash)

Now that Earth Day 2011 has come and gone, did anyone really notice? And did the forty-first annual celebration of all things environmental have any real political impact? Has it had any political impact in, let's say, several decades? I'm aware that on, or around, Earth D …

politics, endangered-species-act, religious-rights, sierra-club, earth-day, corporate-right, earth-days, living-social, barrett-strong

Torturers Desperately Try to Justify Their Crimes in Wake of Bin Laden Killing | MyFDL

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 4:45 PM EDT (Firedoglake)

Much of the aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden Sunday night in Pakistan has consisted of sophomoric chest-thumping proclaiming a twisted version of “justice” that Peterr very eloquently exposed here.

politics, torture, osama-bin-laden, george-w-bush, al-qaeda, abu-faraj-al-libbi, iraq-invasion, khalid-sheikh-mohammed, john-mclaughlin, jose-rodriguez

Birther Bozos Need a New Nose

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 8:08 AM EDT (The Moderate Voice)

Goaded into action by a nattering of numbskulls, Barack Obama finally released the long form of his certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii, and hopefully threw the last shovel of dirt onto this inception nonsense; but the suspicion is, no, probably not.

muslim, politics, right, hawaii, gop, barack-obama, dna, newt-gingrich, tactics, 1950

Gene Lyons: GOP runs home to mommy - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

Seeded on Mon May 2, 2011 8:44 AM EDT ()

And here I thought the GOP was supposed to be the He-Man party. The party of tough choices, masculine resolve and facing the music. So President Obama invites a few Republicans for some straight talk about the budget deficit and what happens? Boo hoo hoo.

budget, medicare, politics, gop, republicans, rolling-stone, mexicans, welfare-state, ayn-rand, whine

What Mitch Daniels is Doing in Indiana is Far More Radical than Scott Walker’s Union Busting in Wisconsin | Firedoglake

Seeded on Sun May 1, 2011 6:55 PM EDT (Firedoglake)

It’s important to keep in mind that this poisonous crop of right-wing Republican governors aren’t just targeting unions when they go after teachers — they’re targeting the public school system itself. Why? Because conservatives have always hated it.

politics, republicans, teachers, indiana, destruction, scott-walker, public-schools, state-politics, mitch-daniels, wingnuttia

Gun Rights Come From God, Not Constitution, Says Gingrich « Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:24 PM EDT ()

Presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich says it’s not the Constitution that gives us the right to own a gun, it’s God.

constitution, politics, god, gun-laws, newt-gingrich, nra

Robertson: America Is Turning Into Sodom And Gomorrah | Right Wing Watch

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:15 PM EDT ()

Pat Robertson on the 700 Club today warned viewers that America has become like Sodom and Gomorrah by abandoning the Christian roots of its early settlers.

abortion, politics, god, christians, pat-robertson, first-amendment, gospel, 700-club, lord, sodom

The 21st Century and the Bigots are still here

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:10 PM EDT ()

Somebody alert the President: posting his birth certificate will change nothing. The bigots will still hate him. No matter what he does or says, they will hate him. As someone who was born before WWII, I have heard the voices and read the signs.

texas, politics, gays, muslims, obama, jews, hate, wasp, debt-ceiling, birth-certificate

Sarah Palin gets her message across on Fox, all right: She's dangerously clueless | Crooks and Liars

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:00 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

It's been quite a whirlwind the past couple of weeks, watching Donald Trump wow the Republican world with his dazzling mixture of aggressive ignorance and utter crassness. He's like Sarah Palin on steroids.

wall-street, politics, gop, states, donald-trump, fox-news, republican, defenders, debt-ceiling, apologists

Consumer lawsuits: Supreme Court ruling may limit class-action consumer lawsuits - chicagotribune.com

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:52 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

The Supreme Court gave corporations a major win Wednesday, ruling in a 5-4 decision that companies can block their disgruntled customers from joining together in a class-action lawsuit.

politics, supreme-court, chicago-tribune, samuel-alito, consumers, corporations, individual, clarence-thomas, justice-antonin-scalia, anthony-kennedy

Fischer Calls On U.S. To Pursue Mass Conversion Of Muslims To Christianity

Seeded on Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:23 AM EDT ()

Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association last called for all Muslim immigrants to the U.S. to convert to Christianity, and is now demanding that the U.S. lead a campaign to proselytize all Muslims around the world.

muslim, politics, american-family-association, christianity, bigotry, proselytize, bryan-fischer, destruction-of-mosques, toxic-cancer

Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern: Blacks Don;t Work As Hard As Whites

Seeded on Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:03 AM EDT ()

Sally Kern, the Oklahoma state rep who said gays are a bigger threat than Islam and who proposed a bill to restrict divorce, is now railing against blacks.

politics, gays, racism, republican, conservative, right-wing, tea-party, restrict-divocce

The Birther Movement is Thinly Disguised Racism Period | BuzzFlash.org

Seeded on Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:59 AM EDT (BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash)

Racism in politics is like steroids in sports; It's easy to understand. It works quickly, it doesn't involve thought And it once was banned.

politics, racism, republican, conservative, racist, right-wing, tea-party, birthers

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An email from Braveheart 50

"Hey Ellis....trolling over here also I see you little teenage bastard. Your leftie hate @!$%# is not going to serve you well here where people are able to protect themselves without your big brother stepping in."

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— EdisonEllis

Here is an email I received from a NewsViner. Makes for good reading so you understand just what's going on.

Hello. I saw one of your comments responding to bravehearts posts. At that time you mentioned his emails. My question, does he ever send you emails through the contact author part of your bio? The reason I'm asking,Braveheart and I have gone round and round on more than one occasion. He has sent me malicious and threatening emails through the vine contact. I was wondering if he sent you any too. I forwarded his emails to Tyler and newsvine, but have not heard back as yet. IMO the guy is a screwball and I would love nothing more than for him to get booted from the vine. I was hoping if he sends threatening emails to others and they report it, if he gets enough rope and he'll hang himself. Hope to see you on the vine. So far it looks like we have mutual friends. It's nice to see them get together to counteract the republican/teaparty BS. Best Regards,
— EdisonEllis

Just passing through and reading some of the articles and comments that you've shared. It's just nice to read comments and concerns that are similar to my own. Cheers.
— ICU Nurse

MAN, AS FAR AS DEBATE GOES DO YOU EVER HAVE THE MOXIE TO PULL OF AN UPSET!
— james-2380631

Thank you so much for commenting in my "NAACP Study: Whites Smoke More Pot, but Blacks and Latinos Are Arrested More" thread. I was so enraged by the flood of bigotry and racism in the comments that I had to stay away from there for a while before I could finish going through it. Some of the people who stepped up to plate and debated the bigots in there can not be thanked enough, and you were one of the people who had the courage to do so. Thanks again, I really appreciate it!!!!
— McSpocky

No more off topic mikkey = Don't tell me what I don't want to hear....
— mikkey

Thanks for "removing" my comments form your post.
I really don't care to leave posts with people who are so single minded anyway.
The truth hurts.
If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

david-blackmon@msn.com
— Corsair977

Just wanted to stop by and say I am really enjoying reading your comments - you kick some serious butt!! hurrah!
— Soph0571

Great comments and seeds... Keep up the good work!
Take care!
— McSpocky

First of all dear can't put your name in, I asked people to show me in the Bible where it says gay marriage is outlawed. All you did was run you flipped mouth without offering any thing other than pure bull @!$%#.

At least I read the Bible and you don't. I understand the phrases you don't. I also believe in the theory of evolution you haven't a clue.

I do believe you are ill and need professional help. Let me know what state you are in and I'll provide you the names and places where you can get it.
— EdisonEllis

Hi Dear EdisonEllis,

I am responding to your article on the homosexual content by Huckabee. Please find a Bible and read Romans 1:1 to the end. I am not sure you have a Bible and that may be why you want someone to prove to you something in the Bible.

If you need more verses in the Bible, I will be glad to provide you with them. Also don't forget to pray that God gives you understanding, if you believe that God even exists or you are a recent descendant from apes and monkeys? The later more likely, huh?
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