Category: National Politics
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Healthcare: What is the āPublic Optionā?
Way back in March, when Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged to pass some kind of healthcare reform by July 31, people probably thought she was crazy. Now, two and a half months later, with little public information regarding the progress, it seems impossible. Up ātil now, the only real public hearings about Healthcare Reform in the…
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Newsgasm
The past week has been a cornucopia of news stories, locally, statewide, and nationally. Hereās a short rundownā¦ Last Tuesday, Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton announced he was exploring a run of the 9th District seat currently held by Steve Cohen. The poll released last night (full results here) has been derided by local blogger ThaMATT…
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Teabagging – The Music Video
The OFFICIAL WORLD RELEASE! vibincblog gives you, TEABAGGING the music video. Lyrics, vocals, video direction, editing, audio mixing and effects all by yours truly. Enjoy. This was my shot as a DIY 24 hour film. Haven’t done one in years. Started at 7am on 4/15/09 finished at 5am 4/16/09. Remember, while this is a political…
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Teabagging ā The Awful Truth
teabag – To dunk ones scrotum into the open mouth of another person. h/t – Urban Dictionary This is the face of āMovement Conservatismā. Classic
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Corporate Events and the Bailout
Today over at Huffington Post thereās an article about another bailed out bank spending scads of money on corporate junkets. I understand the outrage. As a Democrat, itās hard to square the idea that a financial institution, who received financial help from taxpayers, would then turn around and use money, whether it came out of…
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Fighting For Their Lives
On November 5th 2008, everyone knew that Senate Republicans were a shrinking minority. The question was by how much. By the end of November there were, for certain, 58 Democratic seats, 41 Republican seats and 1 yet to be decided; Al Franken vs. Norm Coleman for Minnesota Senator. A recount process was set in motion,…