Category: National Politics
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If Someone Did, Would it Help the Movement?
I’ve been thinking, and reading a lot about the assassination or Dr. Tiller in Kansas last week and activities of Operation Rescue and other anti-choice groups. As a collective, their rhetoric, strategy and tactics are nothing new. They’ve been doing this for a long time. The tenor of their rhetoric is, perhaps, the only real…
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Healthcare: What is the “Public Option”?
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 ‘til 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. Here’s a short rundown… 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 – The Awful Truth
teabag – To dunk ones scrotum into the open mouth of another person. h/t – Urban Dictionary This is the face of “Movement Conservatism”. Classic
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Corporate Events and the Bailout
Today over at Huffington Post there’s an article about another bailed out bank spending scads of money on corporate junkets. I understand the outrage. As a Democrat, it’s 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…