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I understand the reflexive establishment posture, which suggests partisan observations are necessarily wrong, but consider recent events: the fiscal talks have broken down because Republicans won’t compromise and accept meaningful concessions; the farm bill and the Violence Against Women Act are stuck because Republicans won’t vote on them; efforts to reduce gun violence face extremely long odds because Republicans are beholden to the NRA; a U.N. treaty on disabilities was killed because Republicans believed extremist conspiracy theories; the process of filling President Obama’s second term cabinet is stalled because of Republican smear campaigns; and another debt-ceiling crisis is underway because Republicans are threatening to hurt Americans on purpose unless Democrats pay a steep ransom.
It’s not “both their fault.” One side is being reasonable; the other side is being nihilistic. One need not be partisan or biased to see what is plainly true.
— It’s not ‘both their fault’ (via wilwheaton)(via wilwheaton)
I’m considering voting for Mitt Romney. Yes, everything he says is wrong-headed, misinformed, or a bald-faced lie. That is true of every politician I’ve ever heard about or examined the record of. So, that’s a big “so-what”. Here’s the thing: I’ve figured out how to exploit that fact.
Find the politician who plans to do all the wrong things, and promises the opposite of smart ideas. For example, anyone who supports the Paul Ryan budget. Anyone who says that deregulation and increased reliance on the finance industry are going to save us. Anyone who wants more religion in schools, and less schools in our schools. Find the chucklehead who is running on a platform of obvious mistakes and retarded reasoning. Now, elect him. When he does the opposite of what he promised, VOILA! your problems are over!
(via thenonprophet)
So I read this, and I got mad:
The U.S. Justice Department said it will not pursue criminal charges against Goldman Sachs Group Inc or its employees related to accusations that the firm bet against the same subprime mortgage securities it was selling to clients.
The decision not to prosecute Goldman, a firm held up by critics as a symbol of Wall Street greed during the 2007-2009 financial crisis, highlights the difficulty in prosecuting crisis-related cases.
“difficulty in prosecuting crisis-related cases” Isn’t that adorable? I wonder why it’s so difficult to prosecute these pig fuckers…
“The department and investigative agencies ultimately concluded that the burden of proof to bring a criminal case could not be met based on the law and facts as they exist at this time,” the Justice Department said in a statement late on Thursday.
Because the fucking banksters write the goddamn laws, and our worthless and corrupt congress cashes the checks and does what they’re told.
The Banksters own the American government, and until we take our country back from these motherfuckers, not a single one of them will ever face justice, because under the laws these sons of bitches have written, they haven’t done anything wrong.
Burn them all. Burn them to the fucking ground, and salt the earth where their ashes fall.
Wil gets mad, and it is delicious.
Happy Election Day Tuesday to those of you in Arkansas and Kentucky! Watch this brand new episode of Civics in a Minute, hosted by our executive director Jacob Soboroff, to learn more about why voting on Tuesday is sooo 1845. Help move Election Day to the weekend here.
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The best campaign counter-attack video I HAVE EVER SEEN. Obama 2012
”So we’re going to call their BS when we see it and we need your help to call them on it too and set the record straight. So share this, tweet it, facebook it, I keep hearing about tumblr and whatever that is…please use that too. Thank you.”
-Stephanie Cutter / Deputy Campaign Manager at Obama for America.
And a Tumblr shout-out.
Using that Tumblr thing.
Obama is the coolest politician ever! I just wish he was ruling the UK! Fuq da queen
Dear GOD I HAVE WANTED VIDEOS LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. I’m so fucking tired of smear campaigns.
‘Cuz if they want to get down and dirty, they fuckin’ with the right ones.
I feel like this campaign is gonna get exciting simply because it looks like the Obama campaign is just not going to put up with any bullshit, nonsense, and outright lies.
Obama’s reelection team is amazeballs.
Reblogged because amazeballs.
(via stfuconservatives)
The best campaign counter-attack video I HAVE EVER SEEN. Obama 2012
”So we’re going to call their BS when we see it and we need your help to call them on it too and set the record straight. So share this, tweet it, facebook it, I keep hearing about tumblr and whatever that is…please use that too. Thank you.”
-Stephanie Cutter / Deputy Campaign Manager at Obama for America.
And a Tumblr shout-out.
Reblog this so it goes to everybody. Facebook it to everyone. Cover the internet in a call to arms to keep the truth in politics. Never let them lie again.
Gibbs: Romney’s Message Is ‘You Didn’t Clean Up Our Mess Fast Enough’
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Top Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs said on Meet the Press Sunday that the “biggest idea” of Obama’s reelection campaign would be a message of continuing “moving in the right direction of fixing this economy.”
“We know this about Mitt Romney,” Gibbs said, “he’s not a job creator. When he was governor of Massachusetts, they were 47th out of 50 in job creation. His experiences in downsizing and outsourcing jobs and bankrupting companies and walking away with a lot of money for himself. His economic ideas are the failed economic ideas that we tried for eight years.”
Gibbs responded to another question about women voters and the economy, saying, “David, their message is: You didn’t clean up our mess fast enough.”
In January 2010 the former Massachusetts governor proudly cast a ballot for Republican Scott Brown in the special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. He didn’t own property in the state at the time, and had registered to vote listing his son’s unfinished basement as his residence. Massachusetts law defines a residence for voter registration purposes as “where a person dwells and which is the center of his domestic, social, and civil life.” Anyone found guilty of committing voter fraud faces up to five years behind bars and a fine of $10,000.
(via stfuconservatives)
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“Oh, that Rick Santorum, he’s a funny guy.”