Displaying 2,221 To 2,250 Of 16,275 Comments Sally, It does seem evenly divided on twitter between support and those that wondering why it’s always “the other guys” fault. Look, I like a lot about Keith, but why is he always blameless? I guess we will have to wait for the details. » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 4:19 pm ❗ Keith O. was fired today! » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 3:21 pm FC, and remember the sweetheart deal on taxes they had for hummers and other large vehicles, so large that they could almost write off the cost of the vehicle. That was also under George II. That’s what bugs me, we no so many ways to help alleviate the problems of gas prices going up but as soon as they fall a bit we are back to our old ways. The politicians are the same, they forget the past and ignore the future. (good cartoons!) » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 2:26 pm Is this a project for Planeteers? Follow the money!? Let’s Stop Big Media’s (B)AD Behavior By Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Moyers & Co. | Op-Ed The FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, which is supposed to make sure the broadcasters don’t completely get away with highway or, rather, airwave robbery has proposed to the broadcasting cartel that stations post on the Web the names of the billionaires, and front organizations – many of them super PACs — paying for campaign ads. It’s simplicity itself: give citizens access online to find out quickly and directly who’s buying our elections. Hardly an unreasonable request, given how much cash the broadcasters make from their free use of the airwaves. Sounds simple, no, just place who is paying for the political ad at the bottom of all ads? Well the broadcasters are fighting it, political ads are pure gravy for them and they don’t want to change a thing. However: In the meantime, as far as those political ads go, we’re not totally helpless. Here’s what you can do: Under current law, local television stations still have to keep paper files of who’s paying for these political ads, and they have to make those files available to the public if requested. You can even make copies to take away with you. So just go down to your nearest station, politely ask for the records, and then send the data online to the New America Foundation’s Media Policy Initiative or to the organization of investigative journalists called ProPublica (and we can publish them on PPOV.) Both have mounted campaigns to get the information online. Each is pulling together all the information on political ads they get from you and others — crowdsourcing — and making it available to the entire country via the Internet. If you’re a high school teacher or college professor of journalism, have your students do it and maybe give them classroom credit for collecting the data democracy needs to work. I’m not sure exactly how this works, need to find more info on it, but it might be interesting to see how many/how much info on political ads and who is paying for them we can collect. Any thoughts people? http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8216-lets-stop-big-medias-bad-behavior » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 1:48 pm GOP Attorney General Suing Over Obamacare Supports Single-Payer: ‘I Trust The Government More’ KEYES: You don’t think the subsidies for low-income people are going to be helpful? CALDWELL: No, no. The worst thing you can do is give it to an insurance company. I want to make my point. All insurance companies are controlled in their particular state. If you have a hurricane come up the east coast, the first one that’s going to leave you when they gotta pay too many claims is an insurance company. Insurance companies are the absolute worst people to handle this kind of business. I trust the government more than insurance companies. If the government wants to put forth a policy where they will pay for everything and you won’t have to go through an insurance policy, that’d be a whole lot better. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/30/454261/buddy-caldwell-private-insurance/ » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 12:46 pm Not a twitter member? You can always keep an eye on what our friends and members are tweeting by following our timeline. Some very good links and tweets to check out. Best idea if you win the lotto this week? Mike Elk @MikeElk RT @price_laborecon: With my MegaMillions I will buy Cato Institute and shrink it down to the size where you can strangle it in a bath tub Cato and Nordquist’s group will be gone if I win! » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 12:30 pm Gas prices: It’s supply and demand, and you wouldn’t want the alternative [….] But before you join the lynch mob chasing big oil, remember your Economics 101: Prices are set by supply and demand. And when supply falls while demand rises, prices rise quickly. Demand for oil continues to hit levels never seen before, says Bruce Lanni, analyst with A.G. Edwards. Emerging nations like China and India are consuming more and more oil as they industrialize, buy cars and power their factories. “It’s a changed world. You have other economies just as dependent on fossil fuels,” he says. [….] What’s the answer? Reduce demand for oil and gasoline. You personally can’t do anything about users in China or India, but you can find ways to reduce your own oil and gasoline use. Trade in your giant SUV for a more fuel-efficient vehicle. Ride your bike or take a bus. Try carpooling. You can reduce the world’s demand for oil by reducing your own. http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/columnist/krantz/2006-05-09-gasoline-prices_x.htm Posted 5/12/2006 2:58 AM ET How many years do we hear the same reasons for high gasoline prices and do nothing to solve the problem? Since Nixon and the gas lines-“We have to less dependent on oil from the Mideast” – then the 55 mph laws and the short-lived movement on conservation to today’s – “Drill, baby, Drill,” we have to become less dependent on foreign oil” and the “emerging countries new demands on oil.” We know the problems and parts of the solutions, yet year after year we play politics while oil corporations see their profits go up by double digits year after year. Exxon Mobil’s Tax Rate Drops To 13 Percent, After Making 35 Percent More Profits On Rising Gas Prices In 2011 » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 10:59 am “We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like, the anti-war government nig– uh, the uh… America was a source for division around the world.” Rick Santorum Just Barely Manages to Not Say the N Word [VIDEO] Congratulations to Rick Santorum for once again heroically managing to launch a demagoguery-saturated polemic against the evil Socialist overlord without accidentally using any racial epithets! Though, he did come very very close while addressing a Janesville, Wisconsin crowd yesterday as you can see at the 34.5 minute mark in this video. But, like an ace cultural fighter pilot, he pulls himself out of the tailspin just inches from ground and soars triumphantly back into the sky. It is truly a moving spectacle… Last time it was “blah people, what will he say this time about what he meant to say? Nigerian? At the mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nzyvo8SKa0M#t=2065s » Posted By bito On March 30, 2012 @ 9:54 am When your sugar daddy leaves you, what are you gonna do, charge 50 bucks for a photo? (you better be good looking for that photo! 😉 ) Sheldon Adelson meets with Romney backers, says Newt Gingrich is ‘at the end of his line’ Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire Las Vegas casino mogul who has played a prime role in funding Newt Gingrich’s presidential ambitions, now thinks the former House speaker may be “at the end of his line” in the race for the GOP nod. …. It appears as though he’s at the end of his line,” Adelson said of Gingrich. “Because, I mean, mathematically, he can’t get anywhere near the numbers, and it’s unlikely to be a brokered convention.” …. Adelson and his relatives have spent more than $16 million funding the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning the Future. 16 million is but a drop in the bucket for him, really makes your 25 dollar donation feel important, doesn’t it? Thank you Scotus and Citizens United. » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 9:05 pm Agree Cher, the case was/is FUBAR causing the vacuum, had it the case been handled under SOP for a homicide it may have been a 1-2 day story. That stand your ground law (or whatever it’s called) seems to have been the cause for much of the confusion. Being able to cite that law and claim self-defense, while the other witness is dead doesn’t help a bit. » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 8:33 pm Sue, I just would like to see a reporter ask, if they say no it might set some others to look into it and expose ALEC even more in/on the MSM » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 8:10 pm Wow Cher! Objection your Honor! –on what grounds? They saw too much, sir! ~~~~ » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 7:47 pm Sue, “when asked about it Santo said ‘No Comment'” (my paraphrase) » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 7:18 pm Exactly Sue, the case was bungled from the very start. I saw a homicide detective of many years go over a simple checklist that even a rookie should know on how to handle a crime scene, especially one involving a death. They didn’t follow step one which leaves many questions. This case may have been lost as just another homicide in Florida had they followed procedure. Since Nixon what is the saying, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 7:03 pm ‘Taxes are what you pay to be an American, to live in a civilized society that is democratic and offers opportunity, and where there’s an infrastructure that has been paid for by previous taxpayers.’ http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/10/27_lakoff.shtml » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 6:31 pm A companion piece on Rick, scary stuff: Rick Santorum has embraced Spanish priest behind devout Catholic group Opus Dei In January 2002, prominent Catholics from around the world gathered in Rome to celebrate the Spanish priest who founded one of the church’s most conservative and devout groups, Opus Dei. The event drew cardinals, bishops and other powerful Vatican officials. And among those invited to speak was a future presidential candidate: Rick Santorum, whose faith had become so essential to his politics that on federal documents he listed the trip, paid for by an Opus Dei foundation, as part of his official duties as a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 6:08 pm via Twitter: Scott signs school prayer bill Another ALEC bill? The bill, which was sponsored by state Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, has raised numerous concerns from legal experts who warn that it is unconstitutional and will throw school districts into “costly litigation.” The bill does not restrict what kind of message can be delivered during school events, and school faculty would be prohibited from monitoring the messages, leading many lawmakers to worry that, if adopted, the measure could end up giving students the ability to deliver hateful or racist messages at school events. More to behold: http://floridaindependent.com/73473/rick-scott-school-prayer My suggestion is that a group of students read the Communist Manifesto and passages from the Koran or anything from a minor religion. Something by Thom Hartman and the evil of corporations would be good. » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 5:51 pm Sue, they are in a primary first, then the GE against Walker. Walker is also being challenged in a primary by ex-gov Tommy Thompson. » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 5:33 pm Charles M. Blow @CharlesMBlow » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 4:21 pm Rev Al just said 30 minutes, but like you said, 30 mins or an hour, is there that much difference? » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 3:32 pm Reza Aslan: Santorum as ayatollah? Muslim author/activist Reza Aslan is likening GOP candidate Rick Santorum to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and asking readers to guess which man said a series of provocative quotes, including: — “We believe in democracy and we also believe in freedom, but we do not believe in liberal democracy.” Says Aslan: Let us pause for a moment and become a bit more familiar with the dramatis personae who, if given the opportunity, may soon plunge the world into holy war. It’s time to play: Khamenei or Santorum? Who said what? You can play along here. http://www.religionnews.com/politics/election/reza-aslan-santorum-as-ayatollah (Apologies if this was already posted- Khirad?) » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 3:25 pm Oklahoma Judge Strikes Down State’s Mandatory Ultrasound Law On Wednesday, an Oklahoma district judge struck down a state law requiring women to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion. District Judge Bryan Dixon ruled that the 2010 measure is an unconstitutional special law because it only affects patients, physicians, and sonographers who deal with abortions without addressing other medical care. Along with Oklahoma, several states have mandatory ultrasound laws; Virginia passed one most recently. Challenges against these types of laws are pending in North Carolina and Ohio, while Texas’ law went into effect this year after a judge upheld it. We need to get all of these tangled up in the court system as we can and delay them or overturn them. Bad tactic? The R’s do it! » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 2:52 pm IMHO, To me at the very beginning, the heavy-set cop with a flat top, pockets something after searching Zimmerman. He searches him, looks down at his hand then sticks his hand in his pocket. Am I the only one that sees this? » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 10:54 am And some more shocking news the Senate blocks the vote on oil subsidies, the majority loses, again. » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 10:33 am So Todd is shocked and puzzled on how the correct term , “Personal Responsibility Provision,” became known as the mandate. Duh, any bets that he wasn’t right there in the beginning of HCR in the media to start using “mandate?” » Posted By bito On March 29, 2012 @ 10:15 am This is really grainy, but I don’t see any damage to the back of his head, do you? Zimmerman Video Zoomed 600 Percent_Slow Motion.mp4 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bwyj0hZrB-mhb1NZVUJSU2RTczZ3dG4yX2ZHN3pFQQ/edit?pli=1 » Posted By bito On March 28, 2012 @ 10:14 pm Another knee-slapper from Willard. He thinks laying off people is great fun it seems. Romney gets flak over Wisconsin anecdote from long ago http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/144683485.html H/T @susand900 via twitter hours ago, sorry Sue, I missed it. » Posted By bito On March 28, 2012 @ 9:19 pm funk, I just thought it weird (well, normal) that the both the supply and demand aspect of gas was reported to low key, setting records when just last week that was all one heard- Obama’s 5 buck a gallon gas. Our media: Oh, look a squirrel… » Posted By bito On March 28, 2012 @ 8:57 pm Sally. RE: the gloves. They certainly weren’t trying to preserve any DNA, or any, evidence at at all were they? Shouldn’t that jacket and shirt been bagged as evidence for blood splatter/samples? Photos taken of his “bloody nose and head” » Posted By bito On March 28, 2012 @ 8:39 pm Explaining the Mandate in Language Conservatives Can Understand (with some editing by me for fun)
Q:Why (is) a mandate part of the healthcare reform bill (…….) A: For (those..) people who didn’t have insurance, we (say) to them, if you can afford insurance, buy it yourself, any one of the plans out there, you can choose any plan. There’s no government plan. And if you don’t want to buy insurance, then you have to help pay for the cost of the _Gov.) picking up your bill, because under federal law if someone doesn’t have insurance, then we have to care for them in the hospitals, give them free care. So we (say), no more, no more free riders. We are insisting on personal responsibility. Either get the insurance or help pay for your care. And that was the conclusion that we reached. Read the unedited quote and who said it HERE » Posted By bito On March 28, 2012 @ 6:34 pmComments Posted By bito
BTW, don’t afraid of crossposting your article here on PPOV, it will help Leah and you too.
that was some revealing testimony, Cher, thanks for posting.
I also would like a reporter to ask both Romney & Santo if they a acquainted with ALEC, it’s board members and their views of the organization – do the agree and support them…. In my dreams?
(new witness ton the shooting on CNN said that Z. didn’t appear injured at all moments after the shooting!)
-George Lakoff
BREAKING Orlando Sentinel: “New witness to Trayvon Martin shooting to appear on CNN tonight” on AC360 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-trayvon-martin-anonymous-witness-20120329,0,4199884.story
(Listen to him chuckle on the audio)
Playing the advocate, and saying that Z was innocent, wouldn’t the police want to collect evidence to protect themselves and help Zimmerman? These cops make Barney Fife and Inspector Clouseau look brilliant!
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