Rush Limbaugh’s Attack On Sandra Fluke Was Hate Speech

Posted at  12:27 PM ET, 03/02/2012 The Washington Post   By- Jamila Bey Radio host Rush Limbaugh is so keen on pornography, he’s suggested an entirely new genre of it. In an attack against the Georgetown University law student, Sandra Fluke, who House Republicans wouldn’t let testify at a hearing on insurance coverage for contraception, Limbaugh [...]

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Cuts In The 2011 Federal Budget

A Look at the Cuts in the New, Leaner 2011 Budget Firedoglake-  By: David Dayen Tuesday April 12, 2011 6:35 am he House Appropriations Committee released the final 2011 continuing resolution text, which reflects the agreement between Congressional leaders and the President. You can view a summary of the CR and the list of final [...]

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Winning? Destroying Medicare So The Rich Can Keep Tax Cuts

We must destroy Medicare so Charlie Sheen can keep his tax cut Crooks and Liars- By Brad Reed April 05, 2011 08:00 AM So Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who best exemplifies the soulless Randroid bean-counting dweeb demographic, has decided to release his plan to “reform” entitlements this week. As you can imagine, it [...]

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Republicans Are Going After AARP

Now The Republicans Are Going After AARP. Do We See A Pattern Here? Crooks and Liars- By Susie Madrak March 29, 2011 07:00 AM My, they really are hypocrites of the highest degree, aren’t they? After all the water they carried for the insurance industry for Medicare Part B, and during the health care debate, [...]

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Kochtopus: Corporate Oil, Tea Party and Mormon Ideology

Note from Suzie-Q: This is an older article but relevant to what we are seeing at the gas pumps today and the busting of Unions… And, let’s not forget the Tea Party;  guns, God and gold. Tea Party movement influenced by corporate oil and Mormon ideology Examiner- Ron Bynum January 25th, 2010 11:03 am PT [...]

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Thanks to Socialized Medicine, Dick Cheney Is Still Alive

Question for the tea party and everyone who voted for tea party Republicans in November: Did you enjoy your purely cosmetic vote to repeal the health care reform law? Personally, I would feel pandered to, and not particularly satisfied with all of that fiscally expensive congressional time being wasted on a vote that meant absolutely [...]

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The Republican Swindle About ‘Obamacare and Stimulus’

If you happen to be a swing voter who’s considering the Republican slate next month, you’re being tricked. That’s not to say you’re an idiot, but the Republicans are doing an excellent job masking over what they really stand for, and millions of Americans seem to be falling for it. The Republican strategy for this [...]

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Mike Gravel Voice of Reason in Troubled Times

Mike Gravel in his political campaign for President gave us a message, about philosophy, art, religion, & politics, that I haven’t forgotton. In our modern society,whether proposing marriage, seeking employment, applying for a loan, or seeking political office, we promise the Moon & stars without thinking of the reality of our intentions. As he walked [...]

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The Rage And Violence Is Not About Health Care

The Rage Is Not About Health Care The New York Times- Opinion By FRANK RICH Published: March 27, 2010 THERE were times when last Sunday’s great G.O.P. health care implosion threatened to bring the thrill back to reality television. On ABC’s “This Week,” a frothing and filibustering Karl Rove all but lost it in a [...]

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‘Tea Party’ Protesters In Nevada

Los Angeles Times- By Kathleen Hennessey and Ashley Powers March 28, 2010 Reporting from Searchlight, Nev. – Gathered amid the dust and sagebrush of the Nevada desert, thousands of conservative “tea party” protesters responded Saturday to their critics with what might be called the young protest movement’s unofficial motto. Don’t tread on me. Dozens of [...]

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