September 13, 2009 08:30 PM
Open Thread
Gotta hand it to that South Carolina Tourism Board; all of a sudden, they've got the toughest sell in the world.
Open Thread below...
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...can't make up for the three black eyes these dillholes give SC.
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Seen the license plates?
the only thing darker than these three
is all the fertilizer created in s c .
Strom Thurmond, Jim DeMint, Lindsey Graham, Mark Sanford, Virginia Foxx, Joe Wilson, and not to mention a man and his horse....what's in the water in that state?
I know I and others have posted this before, but it just cracks me up....had to see it again...
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-...
I'm one of the many unfortunates from NORTH Carolina who, from time to time are mistaken for a SOUTH Carolinian of ill repute. There are many good South Carolinians, and like most North Carolinians, they suffer the ignominy brought to their state by a few dimwitted idiots like the three pictured. While I'm not bragging about her, and she IS my """representative""" in the US House of Representatived, she is NOT from South Carolina, but is, again the """representative""" of the 5th US House of Representatives district in North Carolina. Most progressive folk in our district are ashamed and appalled at her speech, her speeches, and her unrepentant idiocy. But she IS a NORTH Carolinian. Thanks for allowing me to clear up your mistaken notion about our """representative"""
Sorry, 12stringNC.
I guess I've been getting Virginia Foxx' home state wrong. I like having my facts straight, so thank you, and I am sorry.
Yes, there are many good North and South Carolinians. It is a shame that some of the more well known are loony "dimwitted idiots."
It does appear to be regional, though, doesn't it?
Being from SC I have to cut the young lady some slack...the other two are extreme neocons who eat at the same table with the Hannitys and Limbaughs.
But just before you get a little haughty about only the south having stupid politicians...let me you remind you a traitor like Joe Lieberman is not from the south.
don smith
...has low-life people. Don't get me started about some of the idiots in Sedona.
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
I'm southern, from NC...
EVERY state, every city has it's share of morans.
Some of the most hateful and ignorant people I've ever met, were from NYC.
The only saving grace for South Carolina is that Stephen Colbert is a native son. That makes up for a lot!
You beat me to it. As a native Texan, I'd just like to point out that just because a lot of famous idiots seem to come from a particular part of the country, it doesn't mean there's a total void of intelligent, progressive, thoughtful people. Enough with the state-bashing, okay, C&L??
When a state has it comin', it's got it comin, and South Carolina has it comin'. It would be great if all states were smart enough to vote for Senators like Vermont does, but thats not the case. Same holds true for Congressmen and Governors. Illinois, in the spirit of bipartisan clusterfucking, impeached the last Democratic Governor and his Republican predecessor sits in federal prison.
Radix Omnium Malorum Avaritia
SC is about to replace Arkansas as the nation's joke.
How many Carolinians does it take to change the flag over the Statehouse?
Four. One to fly the helicopter, 2 to flap around as decoys and 1 to grab the Dixie rag on the fly!
That a younger Stephen Colbert (eating a peach and riding an eagle: who else could it be?) stole the property of royalty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrdAbj3JiXg
progeny of Thurmond in that state. He was pretty active in that way.
I can't believe the horse was at their level. I would say the poor thing was raped, but that is a legal term. At any rate poor thing had to be taken against its will!
Recap:
Chicano said:
"When you all admit that the white genes are the cancer of the earth, maybe you will find a cure for yourselves."
"...a bunch of white subhumans out to steal the land from human beings of color."
You were only attacked in your
Sun, 09/13/2009 - 20:37 — chicano2nd
mind. Worm!
Is it OK to say this about "white people" at C&L?
Would we say the same thing about blacks, Mexicans or gays?
Sorry if I didn't take kindly to it, but I don't. So you think I am a WORM, eh????
You're a real piece of work Chicano.
far left loon >.<
a compliment from you! One of you buddies hss called me a wetback.
You are irrelevant to me!
an ethnic slur...and you go call white people cancerous?
I wonder what the context of THAT thread was, lol!
when he is called a racist. White people calling people of color racist (Remember Sotomayor). Give me a break!
can't be racists?
Give ME a break.
It's ridiculous when a white racist calls a non racist person of color a racist.
But it seems that you think that any person of color can't be racist.
Which I know is BS.
we are superior. We don't think that Obama should not be there because he is black and inferior.
Who has the power, media and otherwise, to make those charges and the news?
You are afraid of discussing the continuing racism of this occupied land. And by the way, you is not an inclusive term. But if you identify, you better do some soul searching.
Did you even read my post? Occupied land?
What are you talkin about?
Dude, you're reading WAY too much into my post.
And yet you still avoid the premise of my post.
I'm not saying that SOME white folks aren't racist.
We all know there are some racist schmucks with power.
I voted for Obama, because he was the best choice given. I am not happy with the way he's handling things, but I don't want him out of office.
Could you imagine what horrible shape this country would be in now had McCain and Palin won the election?
I am GLAD Obama's our prez!!!
I'm not disagreeing with you so much as calling you out as incorrect in your assumption that people of color can't be racists.
And I suggest you clean up your own backyard, before you start knockin on my door buddy. Soul searchin? please.
You seem to be quite confused about this particular topic.
Get some readin in and come back to us, and we'll talk.
Sad really. I forgot all about this bs with Ch2nd.
The white man occupying lands.
Spain Chicano2nd, Spain.
You know, the original foreigners to land in Mexico, and explore further north into Calif. They brought religion with them. The Spaniards.
You really hate white people don't you chicano2nd?
Doesn't matter to you one bit that not all wp are the same.
You just portray us all in the same light.
That's called being a racist. Viva los Reconquistador!!
What is your conceptual, continuity?
You should spend some time reading some of Edwins posts, you might learn something useful.
White People, white people, white people, what deep seated hatred do you have for us?
Color made no difference in my decision to vote for Obama.......why are you painting all of us with such a broad brush.
'Talk to the hand'
about white people. Why is it that it bothers you when someone you think is not white uses that term.
Would you feel better if I said, the white part of me says....
I am familiar with Edwins posts. When he isn't mindlessly attacking Obama, they make some sense. Look at what others say about him. I am not the only one who disagrees with him. And, it wasn't a person of color who called me a wetback, and racist!
"Would it feel better if I said,the white part of me says......"
You see, this seems to be a problem......i could say that the Cherokee in me, or the Scott in me, or the Irish, or the Swiss in me.
The problem is that there is more of a division of income in this country than there is a "racial" divide, and as long the monied super-citizen can exploit this divide the rest of the huddled masses will be $$$tuck in our humble existence while the super-citizen grows $$tronger.
I cannot speak for Edwin and I am sure that he would be pissed at me if I were to try, but from a personal level I want to see our President grow some cahones(sp) and start knocking some heads together be they of any color or creed or sexual orientation, or aptitude, or special needs.........
'Talk to the hand'
not answer the question. If my handle would be different, you would not react that way. Others here have said the same thing about these occupied lands. Do you know about Manifest Destiny?
It appears you don't.
I use my handle because I take away the power to define me from the larger society. And it usually results in what I see now.
There is a reason why he is only Second Chicano.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
anymore!
and yet you had to answer. Weird.
One of you buddies hss called me a wetback.
One of you buddies hss called me a wetback.
One of you buddies hss called me a wetback.
One of you buddies hss called me a wetback.
One of you buddies hss called me a wetback.
WHERE? Copy and paste please.
Never have, never would, never have used a racial slur in my life, never will.
far left loon >.<
We might have to start thinking about Pennsylvania because I see that Rick "man on dog" Santorum is thinking about running for President in 2012. Don't know, yet, if I should be happy or pissed off!
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/n...
Did Rick move back there? ;o}
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
I guess I don't know....I just assumed he was still living in PA; didn't know he had moved out of state.
Arf, arf!
From DU, 2006
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
Yeah, now I do remember that story, sneaky reekie not living in the state he represented.
Time for bed...getting late, and I'm tired of too many teabaggers lately!
at least we in PA did have the good sense to throw him out of office!!!!
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Can't fault you at all for that, but someone voted him in office before he was thrown out!!!! :)
Guardian UK: Britain 'may be forced to bail out tax havens'
Hilarious .. tragic .. what next?
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
let them have their south.
It's Disneyland for stupid people.
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http://www.epi.org/analysis_and_opinion/entry...
including the fact that bush was a total failure as prez
income didnt only stagnate, it decreased under him....as poverty increased
The Bush Administation could still be the death of us all.
Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
NYT has compiled data on more than 200,000 facilities that have permits to discharge pollutants and a searchable by state, database of violations.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8253822.stm
I think Chavez is a very astute leader, and the bad-mouthing he gets by TASS/PRAVDA are not founded in grown-up reality. He called it on the sockpuppet, the DEVIL!! I give him full points with bonus just for that alone. I wouldn't listen to the Propaganda press slinging mud at him. He is a true PROGRESIVE/LIBERAL loved by his people, not the rich, imported, FASCIST/CORPORATIST white people there!! He know the predatory, rouge, state of USofBLOODYISRAEL is out to get him, no matter who the resident in the WH might be. The sound you hear is the vacuum cleaner of the whole Earth, the greed, of the Petroleum mafia.
"I think every U.S. American should have maps!"
If that dumbass Sanford would have listened to Miss S.C., he wouldn't have wondered so far off the Appallachain trail and ended up on those two South American mountains.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
...as Sub Carolina.
Because North Carolina is a pretty nice place.
have their nice places...being from NC, I can't say with 100% certainty, there are regions not far from the major cities, that are cesspools of idiocy.
Gonna have to put some extra time in with your receivers this week, it dont get any easier next week against the Steelers. You and your wides need to spend some time in the film room.
Radix Omnium Malorum Avaritia
Just thought I'd mention that as of September 12th President Obama kept America safer longer after taking office than his predecessor did. He's now at least 2 days better than Bush at not having terrorists bring down our tallest real estate with human filled missiles and when all other presidents are added in Bush is at the bottom of the list in that statistic.
Let's see how far to the right they go before they fall off of the edge of this flat world.
Let's lobby for a replacement for "While I breathe, I hope" and "Prepared in Mind and Resources" (why they need two mottos, neither of which make much sense, I don't know.)
My suggestions:
Simple: "We're a mess"
Positive: "The first step to change is admitting you have a problem"
Truthful: "Let's put the Negro back in the field"
Bold: "No apologies"
EDUCATIONAL: "Evolution ain't in the Bible."
CONSTITUTIONAL: "My presidents are Smith & Wesson."
PROUD: "Only 13th in teen pregnancies!"
LOCAL BUSINESS: "Chaw, we export it, you spit it!"
INFORMATIONAL: "If you have a mole shaped like our state, have it checked immediately."
"We'll get it right in the afterlife."
.
Brainwashing and propaganda. With the dominence of Fox news and CNN they are brainwashed. Many don't see MSNBC because they have to move up to something besides basic cable to get it and it's not affordable for most. Cable companies are as complicit as the programs they broadcast.
Charles Darwin film 'too controversial for religious America'
Snip - However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 percent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution. :-/
[ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nor... ]
Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds: National Geographic Society
Snip - This chart depicts the public acceptance of evolution theory in 34 countries in 2005. Adults were asked to respond to the statement: "Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals." The percentage of respondents who believed this to be true is marked in blue; those who believed it to be false, in red; and those who were not sure, in yellow.
[ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigph... ]
Study the symptoms not the virus...
I think mankind has evolved from the early stages of man.
now you are being sarcastic.
Not Sure.
wasn't that the name of the main character in Idiocracy?
Kind of like I really don't think, that um, your mother called you Curtinlugus. It's not, um, U.S. American, really.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
... their soon to be closeted gay Governor Andre Bauer.
http://www.blogactive.com/2009/08/rumors-conf...
No wonder he wears a cross near his tailpipe. "I Believe" too! Just not that he's straight.
Was just in Florence, SC, because it's the place for an overnight stop along I-95 halfway between NYC and Miami. The Mall had mostly blacks, but the ice cream parlor and local restaurant (a sports bar with a section of tables with white tablecloths!) were all white.
South Carolina has the highest manufacturing share of jobs in the South and the worst unemployment. It is the home of The Citadel, Bob Jones University, and Furman -- very unliberal colleges in the extreme.
Yet things are changing and it could even be in play for the Democrats by 2012 or 2016. Some of the same forces that moved NC and Virginia Blue are beginning to disenchant locals with the GOP there, too.
"South Carolina: Mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence"
I'm from California, the state that brought you Nixon and Reagan!
and don't forget the terminator,
he's doing a great job destroying california.
I was trying to forget that Austrian!
Feinstein!
California, epicenter of Enron's profitability.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Releases List of Slave-Made Goods.
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/...
Kanye West is an asshole and his "music" sucks.
!
"Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying..."-------Roger Waters, "Comfortably Numb"
... listen to Kanye West.
But he's a jerk for his little stunt at the MTV Awards.
Not someone I keep up with at all...
The office lady was talkin about that crap this morning, and I said I don't care anything at all about ANYTHING involved with MTV...
Isn't that the network which made that nice Robert Palmer famous?
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
and they also made metal hair bands famous, even though the music was shitty.
Exactly! Suddenly Miss South Carolina looks a little less embarrassing.
and accurate predictor of what made Mark Sanford famous.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
They came back filled with stories of their trip, along with one warning: skip South Carolina! They changed their return route to avoid it. They said that something about the people there just made them uncomfortable. Everything else about the trip was great.
I wonder if whatever is afflicting SCers today is a remnant of the same attitudes that bothered my friends, all those years ago?
Heck, they have political coups at the state level and imprison the Governor on the losing side of the coup. Among all the _other_ charms of Alabama. But, yes, when I was working in Baltimore in the '80s I was told that the South _really_ starts at the South Carolina state line when you see the first Klan billboard.
Having traveled through that HATE State over the years a general conversation with any functional illiterate will confirm their ignorance. They believe that THOSE people are good people as long as they do as they are told and for their religious beliefs the Jews killed their christ.Then offer them something off the Internet like when the War Criminal bush wanted to detonate that nuclear dirty bomb above ground according to them it was a World Wide Liberal conspiracy to trample their rights aah these folks from SC were passing through Arizona. Yes, Ignorance is Bliss and they are sooo Happy.
Kristen McGuire aka 'Bridget Keeney' pen name
Allegedly fled to Canada minus husband and kids.
Writing porn, and lap dancing for staffers is all fun, except when you are a Stepford GOP fundie Xtian homeschooling chair of the board of education and steamrolling xtain ID crap on public funded schools.
IOKIYAR
Hey, I was born in South Carolina! It happened near the end of WWII. My father had been a drugstore clerk all during the Depression, and now he got a job offer to run "Doc" Beasley's drug store in SC, so he had a step up. He only realized when he got there that his unofficial job was to be "doctor" to the blacks. White people would come in with prescriptions after seeing a doctor. The blacks didn't have the money, or a doctor who would see them. So they lined up at the back door expecting my father to diagnose and treat their problems. At first, he protested that he didn't have a medical license. But then it became clear that if he didn't do it, they wouldn't get any treatment at all. So he did it all the time he was there. He'd dispense medicines, stitch people up, things like that. Any more serious problem he'd have to send people the the charity hospital about 50 miles away. They'd have to get there any way they could.
Ah, Sweet Home South Carolina.
We left when the war was over.
Somebody with a bit of knowledge, a book on doctoring 101, and access to a few meds.
...such as Longmont, Texas in 1920 and Tulsa, 1921, black medical doctors were particularly targeted. In the latter, a gentleman called by one of the Mayo brothers "the premier Negro physician in the U.S." was shot and killed --murdered-- after giving himself up for protection from the white mobs.
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
And I really do love goin there...but the property is fairly secluded, and we don't see the locals very much, the ones that we do see we've known for years, and they're good people.
BUT...I gotta say...lately these high-profile people are really showin there stupid for for all to see.
Beautiful town, beautiful state. There are rednecks evrywhere. Some wear suits, carry briefcases and make 6 figures plus per year....we just call them "bigots" when they make that transition. Joe Wilson fits that bill, so to speak.
"Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying..."-------Roger Waters, "Comfortably Numb"
That poor girl got a bum rap - from all accounts of people who know her she is a good student and otherwise upstanding citizen. It is very unfair to lump her in with nutjobs like Wilson and Sanford.
*deleated*
she made fun of herself on Tosh.0
Economic expansion cannot be achieved forever if greenhouse gases are to be curbed, warns the leading economist and author of the UK's government's report on climate change - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/se...
It should be an easy choice, life before profits...and if those advocating for profits before life can't get past their evil driven stupidity...then they shouldn't be considered human, thus abdicating their 'human' rights....and have no say in what actions we take...
There Will Be Bells - the Global Climate Wake-Up Call - http://www.desmogblog.com/global-climate-wake...
There will be a lot of noise around the world on Sept. 21st when people all over the globe - from New York to Guatemala to Dakar - join together in a Global Climate Wake Up Call.
To say that the Copenhagen Summit is a key moment in our history would be the understatement of the century. At this meeting our government representatives will decide the path we will take for the next decade: Will we continue to allow the unabated burning of dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil?
Or will go down a path that starts to reduce this over reliance on fossil fuels and begins to take full advantage of clean, healthy, cheap and unlimited power sources like the sun and the wind? Click on an event near you: http://tcktcktck.org/stories/campaign-stories...
YES! Great news! EPA rejects mountaintop-mining permits - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-11-epa-s...
Big news from the EPA: The agency has determined that all 79 mountaintop-removal mining permits submitted to it for review by the Army Corps of Engineers would violate the Clean Water Act.
Jeff Biggers: It's not the end of mountaintop-removal mining, but it's a big step. To the idiot right wingnut hill people who will cry foul....you're welcome in advance for protecting the water sources your family drinks from every day....stick that in your ear...along with a lump of coal....
Study Confirms Direct Link Between CO2 and Antarctic Ice Sheets - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/study...
Thanks for playing Extinctionists/Deniers/'skeptics'....another day another study confirming what a worthless POS you are....
With their tail between their legs: MSNBC: "Dems seek to downplay public option idea" - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32825593/ns/polit...
Colbert I. King: There's a Dangerous Kind of Hate Moving Across the Nation - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...
No More Code Words: Racism is Public Again -- BuzzFlash Editor's Blog by Mark Karlin - http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/9406
WE KNEW IT ALL ALONG: Glenn 'Happy Feet-get off my phone!' Beck's '9-12' logo based on communist and socialist designs, yes for real! - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonste...
OCT 2nd: Moore's brilliant new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, will find an audience for its assault on America's political economy - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifam...
"Moore also wins my vote by getting his facts and numbers right. This is worth emphasizing because Moore's last documentary, Sicko – which was quite careful with the facts — drew attacks
from CNN and a smear campaign from the insurance industry. Both attempted — unsuccessfully — to impugn its accuracy." – Economist Mark Weisbrot, Guardian
OCT 2nd: Filmmaker Michael Moore says it's time to put "stake in the heart" of capitalism - http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpres...
"It's like a beast and you have to stop the beast... You can't regulate the beast, you really have to put a stake in its heart otherwise it will just find a new path." – Michael Moore
New film ‘Earth Days’ takes a sometimes-devastating look at the history of environmental activism - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-11-new-f...
Robert Stone's new documentary Earth Days chronicles the inspiring rise of the environmental movement in the 1970s, and the dispiriting series of missed opportunities that followed. My parents, my wife, teachers: my heroes....here are some more heroes to chronicle...
Report: Justice Stevens to Retire in 2010 - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/13/78147...
Frank Schaeffer: Long term the Religious Right subculture has to be understood, then exposed for what it is: an anti-democracy movement built on willful lies with potentially violent underpinnings in the thrall of an apocalyptic cult of revenge on everyone not like "us." It is also the useful tool of corporate lobbyists. Who use these shock troops of the proudly ignorant for non-ideological reasons.
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer...
The GOP at a clearly marked crossroads, P.M. Carpenter. The Republican Freak Show. P.M. Carpenter Exclusively on BuzzFlash for Monday, September 14. - http://blog.buzzflash.com/carpenter/492
Oh no! Diplomacy...Obama Administration Appears Poised for Talks With Iran - http://onthehillblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/oba...
Photo Essay: Billionaires for Wealthcare at the US Capitol Today - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/...
CEOs Who Make Us Sick for Profit - http://sickforprofit.com/ceos/
As Jobs are Lost in the Recession, So is the Middle Class - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/business/ec...
Doctors crusade for single-payer health care - http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_13325434
Religious Right Leaders Had Run Of Bush White House - http://blog.au.org/2009/09/09/venomous-visito...
Worst president ever: On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. - http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/closi...
Photos Reveal Lunatic Republican Party Base - http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009...
TIME: "But as someone who happened to be in New York City eight years ago today, the implicit premise of the 9-12 Project—that those who aren't on Beck's side must have somehow "forgotten" 9/11 and its aftermath—ticks me off royally and personally....You want to bring back the feeling of national unity and civility, Glenn Beck? You could start by not using this tragedy as your personal political platform."
- http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/09/11/dont...
If you need to induce vomiting, just read this: Total Compensation of Health Ins. CEOs - http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2009/05/20/h...
The health insurance industry serves ZERO purpose...those working in the field, should migrate to another branch of insurance...as this will become a thing of the past...hopefully within the next 8 years...
Nothing but Pravda for the right wingnuts: "Insiders say that Beck helped stage the Wilson "impromptu theater" during the Presidents address to Congress, offering full support from Fox News in exchange for Wilson's violation of traditional Southern good manners, something Wilson has little familiarity with." In short, as BuzzFlash Speculated a couple of Days Ago, Wilson's Outburst was Likely Planned.
- http://www.salem-news.com/articles/september1...
Verizon Rolls Over: Company 'Apologizes' for Sponsoring Climate-Denier Rally in WV on Labor Day. Consumers Must Fight Back. Movements Must Mobilize. We Cannot Depend Upon the Skittish Democratic Party that Flinches When Glenn Beck and the FOX Machine Attack.
- http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rperks/veri...
So there you have it: Verizon Wireless' belated apology for violating its stated environmental values, undermining its credibility as a "green" company, and breaking its trust with customers.
Kudos to each and everyone of you who contacted the company to voice your views and concerns about the situation. Looks like Verizon Wireless heard you...now.
Verizon 'Apologizes' for Sponsoring Climate-Denier Rally - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/veriz...
20 bucks we'll find out a month from now, that they're still funding this BS Extinctionist/Denier outfit
Political Irony: The Public Option Explained in 2-1/2 minutes - http://politicalirony.com/2009/09/11/the-publ...
Robert Reich does a great job of explaining concisely what the public option is, and why we need it. The opposition knows that their only chance is to confuse everyone by throwing out all kinds of disinformation, so if someone you know is confused about health care reform, have them watch this video.
http://politicalirony.com/2009/09/11/tax-buff...
http://politicalirony.com/2009/09/11/would-je...
http://politicalirony.com/2009/09/13/surprise...
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
Just who IS the young woman on the left in that pic?
If BP can't destroy the environment with impunity, how can any of us be free?
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“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Wilscum needs to apologize to the senate for his behavior!!!! ya! PUNTO!! PUKIES are the scum, the Fascist scum of the Earth!!! It also needs to be censured!!
DNA samples, likes hairs or something, from William T. Sherman right? I say we clone him, then let him burn down Colombia again, since apparently some idiots need a little history lesson as to who won the Civil War.
I have absolutely total contemp for the state of south carolina and their lower than life mentality. Such pathetic, disgusting examples of political scum they have representing them is appalling.
I wouldn't stop when driving through their state to take a leak if I was ready to wet my trousers as an option. A sad day for SC.
And drive around S.C. regardless of how much extra I have to pay in gas.
Actually, me being a not white, male, Protestant, I wouldn't even be in the South to begin with. Well, except maybe to check out the Coke stuff in Atlanta and bitch to them about using high fructose shit syrup instead of sugar like they used to.
Charleston kicks ass!
...see my post above
"Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying..."-------Roger Waters, "Comfortably Numb"
She is totally harmless. The other 2 plus DeMint and Miss Lindsey are definitely harmful. And for my money, throw LA into the mix, too. Jindal and Bostany (dumasses with ugly ties)!
Hard to pick between Texas and its secession - and South Carolina or Alabama or Mississippi or Florida. The girl could be a result of "No Child Left Behind" -- which some may interpret as meaning "don't make anyone repeat a grade".
there's no funding for illegal aliens. But conservatives are arguing all over the place that verification of status has been voted down in Congress, yet I cannot seem to find a story on a non-conservative website saying this is the case. Are they making this stuff up too? I just can't seem to find proof of it.
I took a look over at a few right wing blogs & man there are some ignorant people in this country. I see buzz words like socialism & birthing & garbage.
Don't forget the worst incident of disrespect in Congress was also perpetrated by a South Carolinian, Rep. Preston Brooks. In May, 1856, during his "Crime Against Kansas" speech concerning Kansas being admitted to the Union as a Slave state, anti-slavery Sen. Charles Sumner had very harsh words for two Senators in particular - Douglas of Illinois, and Butler of South Carolina. An example:
"The Senator (Butler) from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentimcuts of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight I mean the harlot, Slavery. For her, his tongue is always profuse in words."
Butler was a relative of Rep. Brooks, and this speech prompted Brooks to enter the Senate chamber and severely beat Sumner with his cane. Due to the beating, Sumner's seat was vacant for a number of years.
As for Butler, he SURVIVED a censure vote, but did resign.
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