Displaying 1,381 To 1,410 Of 16,275 Comments A liberal, a conservative and a libertarian walk into a bar, the bartender says: Is that you Mitt?” » Posted By bito On July 6, 2012 @ 10:53 am One of us! [img]https://p.twimg.com/AxEKbF1CMAA9H_J.jpg[/img] » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 9:30 pm Odd that multinational corporations are people, their money is speech and they can get involved in our politics. But brown skinned person with out their papers don’t even qualify as people in this country. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 8:59 pm No AdLib, you got it right and even Willard agrees with you. 😆 [img]http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/romney-tongue-out.jpg[/img] Caption this pic. 😉 » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 8:53 pm No tie him to the bumper to get him out of your church. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 8:43 pm If a slogan, or a joke, has to be explained, it’s prolly not a good slogan. I saw the speech so I did understand it. Look at the mess Mitt got into when he tried to explain outsoucing/offshoring, it didn’t matter to people that got ‘downsized’, they effing lost their job, » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 8:31 pm Sue, here is the new movie from “Walden Media” owned by conservative mogul Philip Anschutz. Parents Give “Won’t Back Down” Movie Trailer a Thumbs-Down The trailer for “Won’t Back Down,” an upcoming film starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter and Viola Davis, shows parent power triumphing over bad teachers and claims that the film is “inspired by actual events.” But members of Parents Across America (PAA) say the film will tell a false story and is funded by right-wing forces to spread an anti-public-education message. […] But actually, the ‘parent trigger’ has a track record of 100 percent failure, and has pitted parents against parents and torn apart school communities at the two schools where it has been tried,” said Haimson. She points out that “Won’t Back Down” was produced by Walden Media, owned by conservative mogul Philip Anschutz, a major donor to anti-gay, creationist and other right-wing causes. Walden Media was the co-producer of the 2010 anti-public-education pseudo-documentary ‘Waiting for ‘Superman’.” http://parentsacrossamerica.org/2012/06/parents-give-wont-back-down-movie-trailer-a-thumbs-down/ » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 8:24 pm There is also a new one out today from the AP which I don’t have the link to right now. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 8:17 pm So the vote looks like it’s 3 noes and I can understand why. People DO need to hear the speech to ‘get it.’ » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 8:10 pm Sally, perhaps everyone needed to hear PBO’s speech today to understand the slogan. It was really giving Mitt shit on the auto bailout and Mitt being against it plus his off shoring. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 7:56 pm k’es, I believe that the slogan is meant to be a sharp stick in Mitt’s eye over his offshoring/outsourcing and his foreign banking. Mitt bet against the dollar with the Swiss account, his tax avoidance shows he would rather make personal money than pay taxes for the military budget he wants to raise. he wants a war with Iran, but doesn’t want to pay for it, not with his money. The Obama 2012 ads on Bain are working in the Midwest, will they work in the rest of country. Same question on the slogan. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 7:52 pm Holy GOP @HolyGOP Blessed are the off shore accounts and blocking companies, for they shield thy money from the government which ye hope to lead. #hypocrisy » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 7:41 pm Sue is this the Anshutz that is the head of “Walden Productions” that make RW movies? If it is, he has a new one one damning public schools. I tweeted it last night, I see if I can find it in our timeline. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 7:36 pm What’s anyone’s opinion on the new Obama 2012 slogan? Betting on America They say it’s just for his bus tour though the swing states in the Midwest. Should he keep it? » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 7:25 pm Attention Planeteers: Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago. According to the FBI, the number of computers that probably are infected is more than 277,000 worldwide, down from about 360,000 in April. About 64,000 still-infected computers are probably in the United States. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority said about 25,000 of the computers initially affected by the malware were in Canada, but now only about 7,000 machines remain infected there, according to Canadian Internet Registration Authority spokesman Mark Buell. How do you know if you have it? The article says you can check here: To check whether a computer is infected, users can visit a website run by the group brought in by the FBI: http://www.dcwg.org . » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 6:56 pm His reasoning about religious freedom is close to the reasoning of sates rights by the confederate states. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 6:28 pm What was Romney’s spokesperson’s answer to this: Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg’s statement to the press earlier today about reports by the AP and Vanity Fair about Romney’s offshore accounts in Bermuda: “President Obama’s attacks on Mitt Romney have been proven false time and again. As job growth slows, manufacturing activity stalls, and our economy continues to sputter, President Obama knows he can’t make a legitimate argument for another term in office, so instead he is trying to tear down his opponent. This is just the latest example of President Obama and his political machine saying or doing anything to distract from his abysmal record over the last four years.” And guess what a different spokesperson’s answer was to this: And here’s Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul responding to an interview that Obama strategist David Axelrod gave to ABC News, in which he said Romney is “the most secretive candidate” since Richard Nixon: You got it, two questions to two spokespeople to two different questions– same ambiguous mush-mouthed answer. Time for some new material Mitt? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/romney-campaign-same-answers-to-different-questions/ Even the WSJ is saying that the Mitt campaign has already gone stale: Wall Street Journal editorial board said: “The Romney campaign thinks it can play it safe and coast to the White House by saying the economy stinks and it’s Mr. Obama’s fault. We’re on its email list and the main daily message from the campaign is that ‘Obama isn’t working.’ Thanks, guys, but Americans already know that.” » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 6:16 pm He was offered his job back and he he said he didn’t want it, he’s going back to school. The beaches along that coast are really screwed up due to the massive condo/hotel/motel building there. By state law the beaches are open to everyone, but due to the large build up, access is often difficult. It’s screwed up and why Hallendale would outscource the life guards is beyond me. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 5:31 pm k’es, I glad you enjoyed and appreciated EJ’s article and every liberal/progressive needs to take note. We all are obligated to know our history or we will end up living under the Texas Republican Platform, reading Texas books and thinking that David Barton is an historian with his scary Christ-centric view of history. (Tomasky used to be the editor of that site, EJ is now, wonder if they just do the editing job for a given term?) » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 5:07 pm You got it KT. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 4:55 pm KT, This is the reference that I used: Who Owns the News Media http://stateofthemedia.org/media-ownership/ » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 4:41 pm Does that “Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors Ltd.” look familiar to you AdLib? That is the entity that was listed as one of the investors in Stercycle, the outfit that you posted that deals with aborted fetuses. He (Mitt) transferred that account to his wife the day before he was sworn in as gov of Mass. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 4:23 pm And Clear Channel is owned by Comcast. » Posted By bito On July 5, 2012 @ 4:12 pm Excellent article by E.J. Dionne: Why History Matters to Liberalism Progressives should ask why conservatives are so eager to paint themselves as the true heirs of the American tradition, and why those on the left side of politics—usually ready to do battle with the right on many fronts—have not felt the same sense of urgency when it comes to popular understandings of the American story. I emphasize the word “popular” because many superb American historians, simply by virtue of their efforts to present the American story accurately, have brought home the flaws in partisan readings of our story even as they challenged the conservative claim to a moral and intellectual monopoly on the meaning of the American idea. http://www.democracyjournal.org/25/why-history-matters-to-liberalism.php?page=all H/T Addicting Info http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/04/4th/ » Posted By bito On July 4, 2012 @ 7:57 pm I read through the Roberts opinion and while not being any type of a legal scholar, this is total BS. This is a total lie! Romney: Heath Mandate Is A Tax For Obama, Not A Tax For Me “The chief justice, in his opinion, made it very clear that at the state level, states have the power to put in place mandates. They don’t need to require them to be called taxes in order for them to be constitutional. And as a result, Massachusetts’ mandate was a mandate, was a penalty, was described that way by the Legislature and by me, and so it stays as it was,” he said. I don’t recall Roberts even addressing this subject at all and yet he says Roberts “made it very clear.” He must know that he will be called out on this yet he doesn’t seem to care whether he lies or not. This man wants to be your President! » Posted By bito On July 4, 2012 @ 6:05 pm Actually he said that it didn’t matter whether it was a called a tax or a penalty, it, the mandate, was constitutional under the authority of congress to tax and not under the commerce clause. » Posted By bito On July 4, 2012 @ 5:14 pm POLL: Half of Americans Don’t Know How Court Ruled on Healthcare Almost half the country still has no idea what the Supreme Court did in last week’s healthcare ruling—one of the most important cases in the last decade, if not since the New Deal. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center asked people point-blank what the Court did, and 30 percent of people said they didn’t know, while another 15 percent incorrectly said the law was overturned. That rounds out to about 45 percent at “no clue,” when you think about it. [….] This data is an antidote to all the political and media commentary, across the spectrum, about the inevitably huge impact the decision will have on public opinion and the November election. There is a dose of partisanship in the findings. Democrats were more likely to correctly answer that the law was upheld—only 11 percent thought it was rejected—while more Republicans incorrectly held onto the belief that it was rejected (19 percent of Republicans thought the Court overturned the law). Looks like there is a lot of room for some edumacation before the elections this fall! http://www.thenation.com/blog/168720/poll-half-americans-dont-know-how-court-ruled-health-care# » Posted By bito On July 4, 2012 @ 4:09 pm Off our twitter timeline from Nomad: Curious why Fox News is Anti-Climate Change? Murdoch’s a Shale Oil Man w/ biz partner Dick Cheney. Genie Energy Corporation (Genie Energy), a division of IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT, IDT.C), today announced that Lord (Jacob) Rothschild and Rupert Murdoch have each purchased equity stakes in Genie Oil and Gas Inc. Jacob Rothschild will join Rupert Murdoch on Genie Energy’s Strategic Advisory Board and Jacob Rothschild’s interests will partner with Genie Energy to raise capital for the eventual commercialization of its oil shale projects. [….] Incidentally, another member of Genie’s Strategic Advisory Board is the 46th Vice President of the United States. Former President and CEO of Halliburton Company, and U.S. Secretary of Defense, the immortal Dick Cheney. http://nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-environment-romney-and-hannity-share_12.html » Posted By bito On July 4, 2012 @ 3:03 pm Cern Higgs boson announcement: we have observed a new particle » Posted By bito On July 4, 2012 @ 12:00 am She read my comment. 😉 » Posted By bito On July 3, 2012 @ 10:33 pmComments Posted By bito
The Boston paper has done some on it, the NYT, the Nation and WaPO also did some articles.
“It ain’t about slavery, it’s about states rights, the right to own slaves in our state.
Whatever, the kid did the right thing, the company and the city did the wrong thing. I hope the young man goes back to school and becomes a labor lawyer and uses it to protect & defend workers rights.
Pretty handy site and some may want to bookmark.
Does anyone actually believe that by “transferring” it into Ann’s name (who has never had a paycheck) fools anybody, that he didn’t/does control it?
#bornatnightbutnotlastnight 🙂
If the Tea Party is to be believed, radical individualism has defined American history. But their story is wrong, and progressives must say so.
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