Obama campaign fires back, dares Koch brothers to reveal group's donors

"'You argue that Americans for Prosperity is a grassroots organization of everyday citizens. But its emphasis on rolling back environmental protections and blocking a clean energy economy appears to be nothing more than an effort to promote the corporate interests of your employers and others who lavishly, and secretly, fund its operations,' Messina wrote.

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/213467-obama-campaign-fires-back-daring-koch-brothers-to-reveal-donors

The Daily Show Destroys Grover Norquist With Think Tank Of Twelve Year Olds (VIDEO)

How is it that this pantload is holding the GOP hostage...?!?

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/29/the-daily-show-destroys-grover-norquist-with-think-tank-of-twelve-year-olds-video/

Rush Limbaugh Calls Woman ‘Slut’ and ‘Prostitute’ For Wanting To Testify About Contraception

"Limbaugh has had four wives, each more progressively beautiful as his net worth has gone up. I’m not saying that Rush is paying for sex. Actually, yes I am saying that Rush is paying for sex, and I would bet far more than the $50 to $70 a month that insurance companies are investing in a woman’s health. Yes, investing, because hormonal birth control prevents expensive unwanted pregnancies, which are covered by insurance and it can alleviate the need for many medical procedures."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/29/rush-limbaugh-calls-woman-slut-and-prostitute-for-wanting-to-testify-about-contraception/

Fighter In Chief President Obama Gives Epic Speech to UAW- Full Video

"This is a man who believes in the goodness of the American people. And his speech today will show you just how deeply angry he is about the obstruction and the lies coming from 'some folks.'  But it will also show you how a skilled politician and leader uses that anger to bring Americans together in the spirit of looking out for one another, uses that energy for a greater good – the good of this country." Fook, yeah. As opposed to two men, one of who will say anything, take ANY position, to get elected, and another who will revert our social values to those which led to the Salem witch trials.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/president-obama-speech-uaw

Limbaugh: Obama And Democrats Would "Get What They Want With Churches Shutting Down"

Here's the thing. The Founding Fathers wrote and adopted the First Amendment because they wanted to avoid the very same thing their ancestors chose to avoid when they fled European countries for the New World. To ensure the separation of the Church, they gave the Church tax-exempt status. To paraphrase, our elected leaders "placed their hands on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. They didn't place their hands on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201202280005

Fractured Republican Party Could Go the Way of the Whigs

"If this sounds familiar, it should. Today's Republican Party finds itself divided between a pro-business faction on the one hand and religious revivalists on the other. The latter faction finds most of its strength in the South and, to some extent, the Midwest. It's also dominated by white males. As in the 1850s, the party is bogged down by social issues, in this case contraception, same-sex marriage, military service for women and gays, etc. There's nothing like the overarching issue of slavery, which was an economic as well as a social consideration. Nevertheless, the passions associated with these modern issues are rising and may soon approach those once associated with slavery."


http://www.theprovocation.net/2012/02/fractured-republican-party-could-go-way.html

War Is Corroding the Souls of Some Sarah Palin Fans

"Religion aside, it is deeply disturbing that this faction of Americans is comfortable publicly calling for war crimes, the desecration of corpses, mass murder -- even dropping nuclear bombs on a whole region. This is naked bellicosity. It is also arguably inevitable for some percentage of the population to react this way after a decade of war against a faraway enemy, and the occupation of a region whose inhabitants are constantly demonized in the American media."

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/02/war-is-corroding-the-souls-of-some-sarah-palin-fans/253542/

Warren Buffett Derides Chris Christie For 'Write A Check And Shut Up' Comment

"'It's sort of a touching response to a $1.2 trillion deficit, isn't it?' said Buffett in an interview Monday with CNBC. 'That somehow the American people will all send in checks and take care of it?'" 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/warren-buffett-chris-christie_n_1304556.html?ref=politics

Rush Limbaugh Uses Danica Patrick to Insert Himself Into the Contraception Debate

"...never mind the misogynistic, thuggish puddle of muck that is Rush’s word vomit. Let us move along to the real reason why he is so afraid that his time in the sun will soon be over; he’s outdated and rather silly. After all, Danica has much more authority to discuss birth control than Rush ever will."

http://www.politicususa.com/en/rush-limbaugh-danica-patrick-contraception

For GOPers On Afghanistan, ‘Sorry’ Is The Hardest Word To Say

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker warned on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday that the current firestorm should not lead to rash decisions. “This is not the time to decide that we’re done here,” Crocker said. “We have got to redouble our efforts. We’ve got to create a situation in which al-Qaida is not coming back.”

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/gop-field-attack-obamas-handling-of-violent-protests-in-afghanistan.php

Failed Highway Bill Shows Just How Fanatical the GOP Has Become

"There is only one reason we can't pass a better country on to our children and grandchildren. That is because our political system has been broken down by those who no longer believe in the legacy of men like Dwight Eisenhower, who refuse to recognize that the public sector has always played a significant role in the growth of jobs and opportunity."

http://news.yahoo.com/failed-highway-bill-shows-just-fanatical-gop-become-135358103.html;_ylt=AihPZ6.Cd3_jq72qq35U6_2mWot4;_ylu=X3oDMTRvam1haGc2BGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBmb3IgeW91BHBrZwNjOWQ3MjliMC1lOGZhLTM1ZGItODZlZi0zMjEyYjVjMTkzNDQEcG9zAzkEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDYTVlMDlhYTAtNjE0YS0xMWUxLThjZWYtOWU5Y2FmZTU4ZjNj;_ylg=X3oDMTNoYzc4djhoBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDMzczMmI0MDUtYTkwMS0zYmUzLTg3YjctN2Y2ZGNkYTcwMWVkBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljc3xkZXN0aW5hdGlvbjIwMTIEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3

Recipe for Tyranny: Santorum's Unholy Church-State Alliance

"Make no mistake, despite all the grousing about a secular society 'persecuting' religious institutions, they enjoy a privileged position that few individuals can boast: They don't have to pay taxes. And because they don't pay taxes, they don't get a say in how the country is run. Seems like a pretty fair trade to me, one any pro-business Republican should be able to understand. If you don't hold stock in a company, you don't get a voice in choosing its board members."

http://www.theprovocation.net/2012/02/recipe-for-tyranny-santorums-unholy.html

Watch: This Is What Makes Rick Santorum “Throw Up”

"Rick Santorum today said watching John F. Kennedy‘s speech on the separation of church and state 'makes me throw up.'  He called the Kennedy speech an 'absolutist doctrine,' and said even in its time it was 'foreign.' Watch and decide for yourself. Is this the core of the America you know and love, or is this a 'foreign,' 'absolutist doctrine' that 'makes me throw up?'"

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/watch-this-is-what-makes-rick-santorum-throw-up/politics/2012/02/26/35389

Ghastly Outdated Party -- New York Times Op-Ed

"President Obama has deranged conservatives just as W. deranged liberals. The right’s image of Obama, though, is more a figment of its imagination than the left’s image of W. was."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/opinion/sunday/dowd-ghastly-outdated-party.html?_r=2

Former GOP Governor Dismisses Romney’s Budget-Busting Tax Cuts: ‘Voters Aren’t Analysts’

Romney’s tax plan would cost four times as much as the Bush tax cuts, reducing revenue to a paltry 15 percent of GDP, a level far below that which was raised the last time that the federal budget was balanced. And Romney can’t even keep straight what his plan does to the taxes of the richest Americans, saying on the same day that he would raise them and cut them.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/26/432562/gop-governor-dismiss-romney-tax-cuts/

How The Gas Prices Are Manipulated By The Koch Brothers And Other Wall Street Players

When we look at the money Koch has spent on lobbying to influence laws and regulations in Washington in recent years–from $857,000 in 2004 to $20 million in 2008–it is not surprising that Koch’s lobbyists and officials have successfully fought to preserve the industry’s tax breaks and credits, and defeated all attempts by Congress to regulate environmental hazards and transparency requirements.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/26/how-the-gas-prices-are-manipulated-by-the-koch-brothers-and-other-wall-street-players/

Michael D Higgins v Michael Graham

The now Ninth President of Ireland going upside the head of local 'bagger toadie radio personality Michael Graham, in an interview from 2010. It's a beautiful thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OWRRJh-PI

Women react after talking to Scott Brown about Blunt amendment

Women react after talking to Scott Brown about Blunt amendment during his stop at M.L. Shaw's in Dracut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf4EneTQwBM

Republicans Have Awoken A Sleeping Giant And She Is Furious

"The assault on women affects every man with a wife, mother, sister, and daughter and there are few willing to stand by passively while their women are assaulted. In an age where most families require two incomes to survive, it assaults decent mens' senses to think a few members of clergy and Republicans are intent on forcing all woman back into the kitchen giving birth every ten months."

http://www.politicususa.com/en/woman-sleeping-giant

Ed Schultz Mocks Dobbs' Lorax Attacks: "Maybe [Fox Is] Just Upset" Kids' Films "Are More Realistic Than The Cartoon Characters ... On Fox"

You've got to be taught
To hate and fear
You've got to be taught
From year to Year
It's got to be drummed
in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught

You've got to be taught
To be Afraid
Of people whose eyes
are oddly made
And people whose skin
Is a different shade
You've got to be carefully taught

You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are 6 or 7 or 8
To hate all the people
your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught 

Dr. Seuss, Sneetches and Other Stories

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201202240002

Rising gas prices, Keystone XL and the real solutions

"Unsurprisingly, the President’s critics have honed in on the Keystone XL pipeline and the President’s denial of that project’s permit in a frenzy of finger pointing over the gas price rise. This not only ignores the true cause of rising gas prices but also ignores two key facts. First, the Keystone XL pipeline will do nothing to lower gas prices in America. Second, the President’s action on vehicle efficiency will save more oil than Keystone will ever pump."

http://priceofoil.org/2012/02/24/rising-gas-prices-keystone-xl-and-the-real-solutions/

Why Rick Santorum would have killed my daughter

"Next month, my daughter Ella will turn 11-years-old. She’s a beautiful girl, with blond hair and green eyes. She’s an amazing artist, a brilliant writer, and she can do the splits without even warming up.
And if I hadn’t had an amniocentesis, she would have died the day she was born."

http://open.salon.com/blog/sarah_gale/2012/02/19/why_rick_santorum_would_have_killed_my_daughter_1

FACT CHECK: Gingrich energy ad errs on facts

"A 28-minute political ad offers a candidate something sound bites can never capture — a chance to explore a subject in depth. But in the case of Newt Gingrich's unusual extended commercial on American energy policy, it just means more time for mistakes."

http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-gingrich-energy-ad-errs-facts-195043194.html

Once again, speculators behind sharply rising oil and gasoline prices

"There has been an endless litany of GOP wharrgarbl lately about how rising gas prices are the fault of President Obama and his environmental policies. According to these professional wharrgarblists, all we need to do is drill more and open the Keystone XL pipeline and prices will magically fall below $2 per gallon. Sounds nice, I know. Problem is: it's utter tripe."

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/21/139521/once-again-speculators-behind.html

5 Things Michiganders Need to Know About Mitt Romney

"You know Mitt Romney is delusion about the Government-led rescue of the auto industry. He's pretending that there was capital to save the industry from anywhere by Washington DC. Then he's saying that he would have done everything Obama did, except he would have punished workers more while protecting Wall Street's interests."

"Mitt's refusal to stand up for the auto industry is enough to lose Michigan for decades. But I think it's important to understand why this man truly should scare you."

http://www.eclectablog.com/2012/02/5-things-michiganders-need-to-know.html

Wisconsin Dems File Complaint With State Against David Koch

“'Well I think what we have here is a very clear admission from David Koch that he is using and abusing this loophole in IRS code and election law to spend tax-deductible money to the benefit of a candidate,' said Tate. 'And while there may seem to be no real rules in Wisconsin politics or federally anymore, we think this is such an affront to the Wisconsin standard of open and clean government that we must take a stand here, and this is worthy of investigating.'” Look at David Koch's picture -- could there be a smarmier prick...?!?

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/wisconsin-dems-file-complaint-with-state-against-david-koch.php

Sarah Palin roots for a brokered convention

Oh, please yes.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-ed-show/46490327#46490327

Caught on Tape: Wisconsin Republican Committing Vote Fraud in Assembly

"If this happened on a federal level, there would be holy hell to pay. One has to be on the floor to vote, that is why they hold votes open. A member has to be there to vote. The Republicans are manipulating the electronic voting machine in the chamber, casting votes for people who are NOT present. There was no absentee voting. This is against the rules of the assembly and constitutes vote fraud."

http://www.politicususa.com/en/tape-republican-breaking-voting

Rush Limbaugh’s Message Fits Definition Of Treason (AUDIO)

"After eight years Bush had given us two recessions, doubled the unemployment rate, increased the poverty rate, wiped out the budget surplus, doubled the national debt, and left us with a trillion-dollar annual deficit, a complete collapse of the financial system, and unemployment skyrocketing out of control as 750,000 people were thrown out of work in a single month. This left Obama to inherit the worst economy since the Great Depression with unemployment on pace to reach 20% by the end of his first year."
 
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/22/rush-limbaughs-message-fits-definition-of-treason-audio/

Occupy the Super PACs

"Justice Ginsburg knows the Citizens United decision was a mistake. Now she appears to be ready to speak truth to power." Finally, some wisdom from our Nation's highest court.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/02/justice_ruth_bader_ginsburg_is_ready_to_speak_out_on_the_danger_of_super_pacs_.html

Rick Santorum aide: Obama’s ‘radical Islamic policies’

"I'm just saying he's imposing his values on the church, and I think that's wrong," (Santorum) told reporters. As opposed to the church, or it's proxy, imposing the church on your values. History has again repeated itself -- they're called inquisitions.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73084.html

David Koch Admits Plans To Buy Public Support And, Possibly, An Election

"Progressives, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party have all lamented the disproportionate influence that exorbitant amounts of money is having on politics in the age after Citizens United. Even Sheldon Adelson, one of the highest of the high rollers in the Republican presidential primary season and who has donated millions of his personal fortune to a Super PAC backing Newt Gingrich, thinks the system’s broken. But not the Koch brothers. Charles and David Koch, two of the world’s richest men, have bankrolled conservative causes and candidates for years, but only recently have they begun to openly flaunt their willingness and ability to purchase public opinion and—possibly—an election."

http://www.thenation.com/blog/166385/david-koch-admits-big-spending-help-scott-walker-bust-union-power

Lawmaker: 'Radical' Girl Scouts out to destroy 'American family values'

"There's an agenda behind those cookies the Girl Scouts sell, one bent on promoting communism, lesbianism and subverting 'traditional American family values,' according to an Indiana lawmaker. That's the reason Rep. Bob Morris, a Republican representing Fort Wayne, insists he won't go along with a resolution meant to honor the Girls Scouts on the organization's 100th anniversary." Another sign that GOP fearmongering is making GOP legislators completely bat-shit crazy.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/21/10469492-lawmaker-radical-girl-scouts-out-to-destroy-american-family-values

Romney: Spending cuts slow economic growth

"'It's hogwash. It confirms yet again that Romney is not a limited government conservative,' said Andy Roth, the vice president for government affairs at the fiscally conservative Club for Growth. 'The idea that balancing the budget would not help the economy is crazy. If we balanced the budget tomorrow on spending cuts alone, it would be fantastic for the economy.'" So much for that whole "severely conservative" thing.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/21/10469786-romney-spending-cuts-slow-economic-growth

Newt Gingrich Says Beating President Obama Is A Matter Of National Security (VIDEO)

 Newt Gingrich also promises $2 gas, if you pull his finger.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/21/newt-gingrich-says-beating-president-obama-is-a-matter-of-national-security-video/

Wisconsin Democrats tell David Koch: Get out and take Gov. Walker too

“'This disturbing interview shows a man in David Koch who believes that because of his wealth, he should be able to dictate what happens in a place he hopes to convert into a plantation state for his low-wage, low-benefits, no-rights companies. Wisconsin cannot let David Koch or Scott Walker buy Wisconsin and break our middle class,' Tate said."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/20/wisconsin-democrats-tell-david-koch-get-out-and-take-gov-walker-too/

Alan Grayson Stands with Obama and Calls out Santorum’s Hitler Comparison

“'It’s a deliberate strategy to vilify the president to make it seem he’s an illegitimate president. We’ve seen this since before he was elected, and it won’t work because sixty seven million Americans voted for him last time, and more than sixty seven million will vote for him this time. But what he is doing is playing to that particular paranoid audience in The paranoid style of American politics, and trying to make them angry and fearful of Barack Obama to the point where they will support him. That’s what he’s doing, and I think he’s doing it consciously.'”

http://www.politicususa.com/en/alan-grayson-obama-santorum-hitler

An Inside Job: The Shame of the Bush Administration’s Money Policies

"The unregulated happy hour was awesome for a very few while it lasted. Lehman’s CEO enriched himself by $485 million. Countrywide’s CEO dumped his soon to be worthless stock for $140,000,000. Mitt would have loved these guys. Who knows?  He might have been pulling some of the strings from his offshore havens. A year before the bottom dropped out, financial institutions were responsible for 40% of S & P’s profits."

 http://www.politicususa.com/en/inside-job-bush-money

Mitt Romney calling in assistance from Donald Trump? Ouch.

 "What's the sales pitch here? Millionaires for millionaires? Mitt Romney: Not as out of touch as this guy? Is there just nobody left to endorse Mitt Romney except for other insanely wealthy people?
Hmm. Yeah, good luck with that." -- LOL!!!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/20/1066644/-Mitt-Romney-calling-in-assistance-from-Donald-Trump-Ouch-?via=blog_1

Santorum: Liberals ‘are the anti-science ones’

We've arrived at the 2012 GOP end game -- a seemingly endless parade of candidate nit-wits where the ones left standing include someone who'll say anything, take any position -- and someone who wants you to believe the Earth is flat and wants your primary care physician to be Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/20/santorum-liberals-are-the-anti-science-ones/

George Carlin - Pro-Life is Anti-Woman!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qtlvr6LLV8&feature=related

Romney Tells The GOP He Is The Hero Who Will Destroy Social Security

"Romney is out-of-touch with America and out of touch with reality if he thinks he will ever convince Americans to allow him to take their hard-earned retirement savings and offer it up to his god Wall Street. It is a mystery why Republicans cannot recognize that despite their lies, misinformation, and scare tactics, Americans do not want Social Security privatized. It is telling that Bush laments not privatizing Social Security even though doing so would have left millions of Americans without income in their golden years, and it is a testament to the man’s vile contempt for Americans. Romney is worse than Bush. He is also stupider because his desire to be the conservative hero that dismantles the New Deal is taking the same path that began Bush’s popularity slide."

http://www.politicususa.com/en/social-security-romney

Republicans Worried Women Won’t Vote For Assholes

"So, unless Republicans want to win the Presidency by convincing every single man in America to vote for them and ignore women entirely, they'll have to do a little bit of damage control no matter who ends up winning the nomination. My prediction? They'll hastily pick a female Vice Presidential nominee in the same manner a frustrated 12 year old boy who hates shopping picks out a sweater: by marching up to the store display and grabbing something that looks like it won't make his mom mad." LOL!!!

http://jezebel.com/5864520/republicans-worried-women-wont-vote-for-assholes

Cantor Can’t Explain Why Americans Oppose GOP Agenda

If you really wanted to watch that smarmy prick Rep. Cantor's head explode, Chris Wallace should have asked for examples of how the House GOP has proposed to grow the economy. But, Cantor was being interviewed on FOX, after all.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/02/19/428655/cantor-gop-agenda-fox/

Top GOP Senator Says ‘If Romney Loses Michigan, We Need a New Candidate’

In a recent poll, one of two Americans who get to know more about Mitt Romney, think less of him as a result. That does not mean the other half think more. Hard to believe the alternative is another Bush -- although Jeb does seem to be the one born in the deep end of that gene pool.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/top-gop-senator-says-if-romney-loses-michigan-we-need-a-new-candidate/

Rick Santorum questions Obama's Christian values

 "For a man running for president to suggest governmental policy should be based on the Bible raises a red flag that proves his unfitness for the job. Santorum calling non-Bible-based religion phony tells voters he will only represent Christians. The U.S. is not a theologically defined society but one governed by a Constitution, whose First Amendment precludes government establishment of religion. The government cannot base public policy on the Christian Bible without running afoul of this governing principle"

http://news.yahoo.com/rick-santorum-questions-obamas-christian-values-173855929.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/18/1066036/-Karl-Rove-compares-Obama-to-third-world-dictator?via=blog_1

"You may recall that the Bush administration argued that there were essentially no limits to executive power. Included among the things the president asserted the 'authority' to do were indefinite imprisonment without trial; wiretapping of American citizens in contravention of congress, the courts and the Constitution; torture; extradition to other countries that torture, and pretty much anything else you might care to name. Now Rove is arguing that the president has stepped into third-world dictator status for imposing regulations on commerce."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/18/1066036/-Karl-Rove-compares-Obama-to-third-world-dictator?via=blog_1

D’oh! Romney’s Auto-Bailout Dance Enrages Tea Party Too

"Slick Willard should adapt the Great Gingrich's strategy on bothersome quotes: 'Any ad which quotes what I said is a falsehood.'”

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/doh-romneys-auto-bailout-shiftiness-enrages-tea-party-too.php

How The GOP Went Back To The 1950s In Just One Day

Amazing how the President can sign off on contraceptive legislation that has essentially been in effect since the Clinton administration, and cause the GOP to literally LOSE THEIR MINDS. I saw somewhere where "a woman voting for the GOP is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/how-the-gop-went-back-to-the-1950s-in-just-one-day.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

The 'secret, corporate-funded' plan to make Americans doubt climate change

"The war over climate change flared up again this week, after an anonymous tipster leaked a trove of documents from the Chicago-based Heartland Institute, a libertarian group known, among other things, for opposing regulation of greenhouse gases. In a sort of funhouse-mirror image of "Climategate" — the giant 2009 leak of supposedly conspiratorial emails among climate scientists — the Heartland document dump outlines one group's efforts to sow doubts about the scientific consensus that humans are dangerously changing the long-term climate through gas emissions. The Heartland Institute has implied that nearly all of the documents are authentic — they were apparently obtained when someone posing as a board member convinced a staffer to 're-send' the documents to a new email account. That's criminal fraud, Heartland said, and 'we intend to find this person and see him or her put in prison for these crimes.'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17048991

Sarah Palin Criticizes President Obama On Fox & Friends, Says He's Not Fit To Serve (VIDEO)

 "Arguing with Sarah Palin is like wrestling with Andy Kaufman. It's a complete joke and they get paid."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/16/sarah-palin-criticizes-president-obama-on-fox-friends-says-hes-not-fit-to-serve-video/

David Koch's Non-Profit Flouts Law And Spends $700,000 Against Wisconsin Recall

 "The Washington Post reports that nationally, 'more than a third of the advertising tied to the presidential race has been funded by nonprofit groups that will never have to reveal their donors.'"

http://www.alternet.org/news/154083/david_koch%27s_non-profit_flouts_law_and_spends_$700,000_against_wisconsin_recall

Orrin Hatch ‘misspoke’ on Planned Parenthood abortion rate

Orrin Hatch simply repeated a statistic Hate Radio has been claiming for years, and whelped for mercy when his constituents called BS on it. This guy is yet another reason for term limits. I advocate six two year terms for the House, three six year terms for the Senate. Perckerwoods like this guy -- and Chuck Grassley of Iowa -- have NO BUSINESS making decisions for you and I after having been in legislature for more than thirty years.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/53521476-90/parenthood-planned-hatch-abortion.html.csp

Gov. Scott Walker To Use Foreclosure Settlement Money To Balance His Budget, Not Help Homeowners

Yesterday, 49 states joined the federal government in announcing a $26 billion settlement with five of the nation’s biggest banks over the banks’ foreclosure fraud abuses. The money from the settlement is meant to aid homeowners who lost their homes to foreclosure or who find themselves underwater, meaning they owe more on their mortgage than their home is currently worth. However, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) — whose high profile assault on workers’ rights has prompted a recall effort against him — isn’t planning to use the money to help homeowners. Under the terms of the settlement, Wisconsin is set to receive $140 million, $31.6 million of which comes directly to the state government. And Walker is planning to use $25.6 million of that money to help balance his state’s budget. Wisconsin's budget is in the red largely because of tax breaks he and the GOP-led state legislature signed. SO -- your taxes are going to help Governor Walker balance a budget that he himself unbalanced.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/02/15/tammy-baldwin-attacks-scott-walker-for-diverting-foreclosure-fraud-settlement-money-to-fill-budget-hole/

Santorum Camp Mocks Romney’s ‘Culture Warrior’ Efforts

Consumer confidence is way up for everyone, except the guy who is trying to buy the presidency.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/santorum-campaign-literally-scoffs-at-romneys-attempt-to-cast-himself-as-a-culture-warrior.php

First non-political post...

I suspect it might be anti-matter. At the densities which exist in space, matter-antimatter interactions may not be detectable using current technology. Of course, I am open to other options.

http://www.space.com/14559-dark-matter-intergalactic-space.html

Islamic theocracies are crumbling across the globe...

...so, why are we flirting with a Christian theocracy, here at home...?!?

http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-forces-attack-hama-ignore-international-pressure-012912011.html

Virginia Ultrasound Bill: Republican Lawmaker Calls Abortion 'Lifestyle Convenience'

SO -- banning women's access to health care provided birth control is protecting women's freedoms, but forcing them to undergo a procedure which is not medically necessary for an abortion is not. Or maybe it is. To understand it, you have to be a GOP nit-wit. To quote a Virginia Democratic legislator -- "This bill will require many women in Virginia to undergo vaginal penetration with an ultrasound probe against their consent in order to exercise their constitutional right to an abortion, even for nonsurgical, noninvasive, pharmaceutical abortions.  This kind of government intrusion shocks the conscience and demonstrates the disturbing lengths Republican legislators will go to prevent women from controlling their own reproductive destiny." Enjoy your right to vote this fall, ladies -- because it might just be your last vote for a while. OH, did I mention this guy is sniffing around for a Vice Presidential slot...?!?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/virginia-ultrasound-bill-republican-abortion-lifestyle-convenience_n_1276799.html?ref=dc

Jon Stewart Hilariously Debunks Right-Wing Claim That Christians Are Being Persecuted By President Obama

“Yes! We are men of god! That money must not be used for contraception! That money has been set aside for out of court alter boy settlements and of course, some priest relocation. Respect our authority! Seriously? A firestorm among “many Catholics” or the old dudes who run it? [...] Old dudes who run it. Check.”

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/14/john-stewart-hilariously-debunks-right-wing-claim-that-christians-are-being-persecuted-by-president-obama-videos/

The Ogalalla Aquifer and Keystone XL

Governor Perry wrote a stream of consciousness op-ed piece in yesterday's WSJ. criticizing the Obama administration's decision to not approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The reason why President Obama did not approve it is that Nebraskans were concerned about the pipeline crossing over the Ogalalla Aquifer, and if you bother reading the Wikipedia article you will understand their concerns. Notice that you don't hear much from the GOP about Nebraskans' concerns, or the President's reason for not approving it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer

Limbaugh On Contraception: "There Is A Culture Of Death Associated With The Democrat Party"

 When did the GOP become the worst thing ever to happen to women's rights? Oh, WAIT -- they've always been that.

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201202140010

Racist Super Bowl Ad Backfires Gives Democrats Double Digit Lead In Michigan

 "Remember Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra’s racist, xenophobic, and all around offensive Super Bowl ad? Voters in Michigan do, and Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow now has a double digit lead."

http://www.politicususa.com/en/hoekstra-racist-ad-poll

How Severely Conservative is Mitt Romney? If you have to ask...

Remember when Ronald Reagan gave his big “I am a conservative” speech? No? Because it never happened. Though Reagan expanded abortion rights and raised taxes as governor of California, no one ever questioned if he was a conservative because he never questioned it—and he had a record of opposing Medicare and communism and all the conservative tropes of his time.

http://www.eclectablog.com/2012/02/how-severely-conservative-is-mitt.html

The FCC on Designer Steroids...

OH, this is good. "Teachers would even have difficulty educating students about free speech cases that went before the Supreme Court, and would require educators to teach certain historical material in a G rated manner. So basically you can forget about showing students a documentary about the cruelty of the Nazis during the Holocaust" When did Arizona find themselves so many peckerneck legislators?

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/13/arizona-republican-introduces-bill-that-would-make-the-lives-of-teachers-a-living-hell/

Stem cells used to 'heal' heart attack scars.

Nancy Reagan is a proponent of stem cell research. Take a moment to read this article -- and think about the decade American stem cell research was set back by the Bush 43 administration, and the potential for further setback in the coming years if a GOP candidate is elected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17012688

Fox Pundit Says Women In The Military Should ‘Expect’ To Be Raped

A wise female blogger to this article quipped -- "If (Liz) Trotta was raped once, I'd be willing to bet that she'd consider herself "raped too much." FOX News, where stupid people have been getting their information and opinions since 1996.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/02/13/424239/fox-women-miliary-expect-raped/

"Stay thirsty, my friends."