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What A Bunch Of Racist Hicks Here In South Cackalacky »

At least according to my representative, Jim Clyburn. Let me just say that this is not at ALL what I had planned to write about this morning. I was going to write about the Senate Finance Committee voting on a bill that hasn’t even been written out yet, more a theoretical bill, if [...]

President Clinton Responds To A “Heckler” »

At the Netroot Nations ‘09 meeting recently, there was an interaction between President Bill Clinton and a member of the audience. During Clinton’s speech, this man stood up to ask him some questions. I mean in the middle of Clinton’s speech. Major H/T to my NQ fellow writer, pm317 for the following video. [...]

Nancy Pelosi Needs To Apologize »

(bumped up from Thursday morning)
Yesterday I was appalled to watch the Speaker of the House comment on Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ assertion that the anger at these town halls over health care reform is “manufactured”. The reporter asked, “Do you think there is legitimate grassroots opposition going on out there?”
Nancy Pelosi made the following [...]

While Obama Continues to Erect Roadblocks, Congress Presses to End “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Policy »

The only reason I’m writing this story about gays in the military instead of the true expert, Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy, who’s hammered President Obama for not carrying through with his campaign promises to revoke “don’t ask don’t tell” — is that I happened to catch a segment on upcoming Armed Services hearing to [...]

Are We Training Our Own Domestic Terrorists? »

Are extremists infiltrating our own military to the point of inadvertently training terrorists who will attack us in the future? It turns out that at least 40 persons who list their occupation as “military” are profiled on the Internet forum New Saxon, a Facebook-like site operated by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement.
Is this a [...]

“A House Divided” »

After the 2008 election, when Proposition 8 passed in California, it was noted that that 7 out of 10 African Americans voted FOR Proposition 8 in California, a voting bloc that clearly helped the passage of Prop 8. I have been attacked for mentioning this stat before, but it is a FACT that cannot be [...]

stephen colbert: stonewalling ~open thread »

Colbert takes a few jabs at Obama in this video.

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A Father’s Day They Won’t Forget »

Happy Father’s Day to all of you fathers (and chosen fathers) out there. I hope your day is filled with love, laughter, and joy.
No doubt, it will be for Eric Mongerson. Today, for the first time, his children will be able to meet his partner, as this article explains:
Kids To Meet Gay Dad’s [...]

msnbc upset because *fierce advocate* obama not such a fierce advocate after all »

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is finding out that President Obama is not such an advocate of gay rights, after all. The funny thing is that Rachel couldn’t see through Obama all along. Now, she is complaining because the President msnbc helped get elected, pined over, and well, hell, got all tingly over, defended the Defense of [...]

While I’m At It, Let’s Talk Immigration »

You know, it being GLBT Pride Month and all, as Obama the Backstabber declared the other day – copying Hillary Clinton, ONCE AGAIN, after she acknowledged the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall (”Cheney Two, Obama Nothing, Clinton – a Thousand,” and “In Recognition of LGBT Pride Month“), the posts keep writing themselves. We already have [...]

And The Hits Just Keep On Coming… »

(bumped up from earlier yesterday)
Oh, boy. Well, Obama recently showed his true colors on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” (see this, this, and this) and he has REALLY shown them on “DOMA” (Defense of Marriage Act). I’m sorry to keep harping on this, but hey – it IS Pride month, after all, and what [...]

Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach: Fighting to Serve »

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I don’t know how anyone can watch the above video and not be both sickened and infuriated. It’s bad enough that, every day for 18 years, this man had to live a lie and keep a secret — that dishonesty and subterfuge are [...]

Turley: Obama is obstructing justice and a “war crime investigation” »

This is classic Obama modus operandi: He screws the left which believed his campaign promises while placating the intelligence agencies — and keeping the always-ready-to-pounce rightwing tamped down — with his refusal to uphold his constitutional duty to enforce criminal law. As Turley says, Obama’s motive is “painfully obvious”: It’s all about politics. [...]

Obama Is Bush Redux [$ Update] »

Mind you, I received the following from a downcast Obama supporter and longtime pal who worked ’round the clock for Barack. Hey, we tried to warn these people, didn’t we, that he does not care about, or know about, policy. They dismissed us as racists and Republicans. No. Our candidate, Hillary Clinton, promised to end [...]

Disturbing: Do you want Obama controlling your Internet access? »

Truthteller sent me this shocking story in Mother Jones, one of the growing number of intelligent left-leaning publications questioning Obama and his “unitary executive” power grab that exceeds that of George W. Bush, if that were possible. READ “Should Obama Control the Internet?” (“A new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt [...]