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Friday, January 29, 2010

A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary - 24 Ways Republicans Lie

- posted by barbara @ 1/29/2010 04:57:00 PM 0 comments

Saturday, January 23, 2010

a global family

- posted by barbara @ 1/23/2010 02:58:00 AM 0 comments

Sunday, January 03, 2010

The Teabusters

The Teabusters

i'm a teabuster :)

- posted by barbara @ 1/03/2010 03:55:00 PM 0 comments

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

please read. peace.

- posted by barbara @ 12/27/2009 04:48:00 PM 0 comments

Saturday, December 26, 2009

News Corpse � Sarah Palin: Pitiful, Sniveling, Coward Of The Year

News Corpse � Sarah Palin: Pitiful, Sniveling, Coward Of The Year:
On the rare occasions that she strayed from the protective cocoon of Fox she was stymied by brain twisters like “What do you read?”

a media blog with at least one terrific
contributor.

- posted by barbara @ 12/26/2009 12:00:00 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Welcome - Justin Seeks Justice

Welcome - Justin Seeks Justice
Injustice in texas, nothing new i know. but this
young man's story is tragic and wrong, wrong wrong.

- posted by barbara @ 12/23/2009 08:41:00 AM 0 comments

Monday, December 07, 2009

Sarah Palin's brand of populism is dangerous and deceptive. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

Sarah Palin's brand of populism is dangerous and deceptive. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
...Last week, the new darling of the right
did her best to vindicate me. She appeared
on the radio show of a certain Rusty
Humphries, another steaming and hearty
slice of good-old U.S. prime, and was
asked whether she would make an issue
of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
Her response: "I think the public rightfully
is still making it an issue. I think it's
a fair question." That was on Thursday,
Dec. 3. On Friday, she had published
a second "thought" on her Facebook page,
reassuring all and sundry that: "At no
point have I asked the president to produce
his birth certificate, or suggested that
he was not born in the United States."

Well, exactly. Of course she hasn't. She
just thinks it's a good idea for others
to do that, in their "rightful" way, since,
after all, it is "a fair question."

Could anything be more cowardly and contemptible?

- posted by barbara @ 12/07/2009 03:54:00 PM 0 comments

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Jon Soltz: What Color Is The Sky In Palin's World?

Jon Soltz: What Color Is The Sky In Palin's World?
more lies and divisiveness from the pretender
to the 2012 republican nominee for the presidency.

Please read. in concrete terms the author
explains how much more respectful President
Obama has been than gwbush ever was toward the
troops.

Sarah Palin is a pathological liar who thrives
apparently on being divisive, and she'll make up
crap so she can diss anyone on the left even when
she's completely totally off the mark.

i can't believe there are people who believe her,
believe in her, and see her as any kind of "good."

- posted by barbara @ 11/24/2009 05:09:00 PM 0 comments

Saturday, November 21, 2009

unhappycamper's Journal - Peace (Dial up warning)

unhappycamper's Journal - Peace (Dial up warning)
freewayblogger.com

Peace.

- posted by barbara @ 11/21/2009 05:42:00 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Frank: The Persecution of Sarah Palin - WSJ.com

Frank: The Persecution of Sarah Palin - WSJ.com
...amid all this score-settling, Ms. Palin wanders into
some predictable traps. When explaining her political philosophy,
for example, she tells readers that "conservatism is a respect
for history and tradition"; on the very next page she instructs
readers to accept the creative-destructive whirl of the market,
which affects society the way "wildfires in Alaska burn away
deadfall to make way for new growth."

So much for tradition. The respect she shows history, though,
is the kind of respect you show the flag when you soak it in
kerosene and touch a match to it. "[W]e tried growing government
to save the economy back in the 1930s, and it didn't work then
either," Ms. Palin writes. It is a modest assertion, though,
compared to the astonishing finding Ms. Palin reveals in the
next sentence: "Massive government spending programs and protectionist
economic policies actually helped turn a recession into the Great
Depression." If this is, as it seems, a reference to the New Deal,
then history, per Ms. Palin, sometimes goes backwards, with the
WPA and its ilk actually bringing about events that took place
before they were launched.

- posted by barbara @ 11/17/2009 10:20:00 PM 0 comments

Monday, November 16, 2009

Security Theater | Mother Jones

Security Theater | Mother Jones
....Security is both a feeling and a
reality. The propensity for security
theater comes from the interplay between
the public and its leaders. When people are
scared, they need something done that will
make them feel safe, even if it doesn't
truly make them safer. Politicians naturally
want to do something in response to crisis,
even if that something doesn't make any sense.

i'm over the fear, just had it with it.

- posted by barbara @ 11/16/2009 03:43:00 AM 0 comments

Monday, November 02, 2009

Sheriff Joe Arpaio - Special Reports - Phoenix

Sheriff Joe Arpaio - Special Reports - Phoenix

it staggers the imagination to consider that
this person still holds office. hopefully not
much longer.

- posted by barbara @ 11/02/2009 04:41:00 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The Geography of Jobs - TIP Strategies

The Geography of Jobs - TIP Strategies
Note the dateline at the top. this is an eye opener.

- posted by barbara @ 10/21/2009 03:37:00 AM 0 comments

Saturday, October 03, 2009

Jamie Bales - Graphic Designer - Huntington Beach, California

Jamie Bales - Graphic Designer - Huntington Beach, California
my very talented niece.

- posted by barbara @ 10/03/2009 01:07:00 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

teabaggers untie

- posted by barbara @ 9/23/2009 02:43:00 AM 0 comments

Friday, September 18, 2009

The Mudflats � Happy Constitution Day!

The Mudflats � Happy Constitution Day!
General welfare means health for ALL. Not some. Not most. All.

it's constitutional; think about it.

- posted by barbara @ 9/18/2009 02:44:00 AM 0 comments

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Veterans For Common Sense

Veterans For Common Sense

Op-Ed: Afghanistan Isn't Worth One More American Life

- posted by barbara @ 9/10/2009 03:09:00 PM 0 comments

Saturday, September 05, 2009

The Mudflats

The Mudflats
Rural Alaskans need help.

- posted by barbara @ 9/05/2009 01:25:00 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Rude Pundit

The Rude Pundit
Let's just get this right:

Do you like your state and not the federal government controlling the curriculum of your kids' schools? Thank Ted Kennedy.

Do you like being able to vote starting at age 18? Thank Ted Kennedy.

Do you think low-income people should get help with heating their homes in the winter? Thank the man.

Do you think the federal government should fund cancer research? Yep.

Do you believe that Meals on Wheels is a good thing? Ditto.

Does your daughter (or you, if you're female) like playing soccer or basketball or softball at school? That'd be because of Ted Kennedy.

Do you think that disabled people should be able to go to school? Have access to buildings? Not be discriminated against for housing and loads of other things? Kennedy, big time.

more at link.

- posted by barbara @ 8/26/2009 03:42:00 PM 1 comments

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Truthdig - Reports - This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery

Truthdig - Reports - This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery: Percentage change since 2002 in average premiums paid to large US health-insurance companies: 87%

Percentage change in the profits of the top ten insurance companies: 428%

Chances that an American bankrupted by medical bills has health insurance: 7 in 10

medicare for everyone.

—Harper’s Index, September 2009"

- posted by barbara @ 8/25/2009 03:55:00 PM 0 comments

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