Friday, August 31, 2012

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Paul Ryan's Top 10 Falsehoods and Outrages... from Just His First Week on the Campaign Trail | Alternet

Paul Ryan's Top 10 Falsehoods and Outrages... from Just His First Week on the Campaign Trail | Alternet

6. Paul Ryan charges that Barack Obama has ‘stolen’ $700 billion from medicare for his Obamacare. In fact, these expense reductions do not cut Medicare benefits, and, moreover, Romney and Ryan supported these reductions! The difference is that they would give the savings to the affluent, whereas Obama uses them to cover the presently uninsured.

Friday, August 10, 2012

VIDEO: Mitt Romney’s Top 10 Out Of Touch Moments

VIDEO: Mitt Romney’s Top 10 Out Of Touch Moments: pMitt Romney just can’t help himself. Despite concerns about his ability to connect with average voters, Romney refers to his significant wealth with startling frequency. Three times in the last three days alone, Romney has issued statements that make him seem completely disconnected with normal Americans. This has been a problem for Romney since the [...]/p

Papa John's CEO Rails Against Obamacare, Say He'll Raise Pizza Prices If it's Not Repealed | Alternet

Papa John's CEO Rails Against Obamacare, Say He'll Raise Pizza Prices If it's Not Repealed | Alternet

"Schnatter estimates that the legislation will cost Papa John’s about 11 cents to 14 cents per pizza, which equates to 15 cents to 20 cents per order. An average delivery charge runs $1.75 to $2.50."

Note to self: No Papa John's Pizza

Man Orders TV on Amazon, Gets Semiautomatic Rifle Instead | Alternet

Man Orders TV on Amazon, Gets Semiautomatic Rifle Instead | Alternet

Greedy Insurance Companies Up to the Same Tricks They Used Two Years Ago on Prop 17 | Consumer Watchdog Campaign

Greedy Insurance Companies Up to the Same Tricks They Used Two Years Ago on Prop 17 | Consumer Watchdog Campaign

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

GOP Insider: How Religion Destroyed My Party | Alternet

GOP Insider: How Religion Destroyed My Party | Alternet

"Politicized religion provides a substrate of beliefs that rationalizes—at least in the minds of its followers—all three of the GOP’s main tenets: wealth worship, war worship, and the permanent culture war. "
GOP’s main tenets: wealth worship, war worship

Can't believe @MittRomney wants to restrict voting rights for more than 900k Ohio Veterans! Take action @votevets

Can't believe @MittRomney wants to restrict voting rights for more than 900k Ohio Veterans! Take action @votevets: Absolutely unreal! Mitt Romney is trying to restrict voting rights for over 900,000 Ohio veterans (along with every other Ohioan). This includes military retirees with more than 20 years of service and multiple tours. We need to fight back, to protect our democracy against this horrific move. Sign this petition with me.

City To Not Defend Police Inspector In OWS Pepper Spray Suit - NY1.com

City To Not Defend Police Inspector In OWS Pepper Spray Suit - NY1.com

Can't believe @MittRomney wants to restrict voting rights for more than 900k Ohio Veterans! Take action @votevets

Can't believe @MittRomney wants to restrict voting rights for more than 900k Ohio Veterans! Take action @votevets: Absolutely unreal! Mitt Romney is trying to restrict voting rights for over 900,000 Ohio veterans (along with every other Ohioan). This includes military retirees with more than 20 years of service and multiple tours. We need to fight back, to protect our democracy against this horrific move. Sign this petition with me.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Republican Congressman Compares Expanded Birth Control Access To September 11th, Pearl Harbor

Republican Congressman Compares Expanded Birth Control Access To September 11th, Pearl Harbor: pRep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) today compared a new regulation requiring insurers to provide women birth control without a copay to September 11th or Pearl Harbor. In a speech on the House floor, Kelly said it was such a travesty that women wouldn’t be paying hundreds of dollars a year in copays that it should go [...]/p

ALEC Rock

Fla. Republican: We wanted to suppress black votes

Fla. Republican: We wanted to suppress black votes

Republican Congressman Blasts GOP: Party Caters To ‘Extremes,’ Is ‘Incapable Of Governing’

Republican Congressman Blasts GOP: Party Caters To ‘Extremes,’ Is ‘Incapable Of Governing’: pCongressman Richard Hanna (R-NY) is fed up with the GOP. Hanna singled out Michele Bachmann’s “suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin be investigated to see if she has ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood” as an example of a party that has gone off the rails. The Syaracuse Post-Standard has the story: [...]/p