Political Blurt

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Transaction fee for Wall Street?

[Fuckette]

NYSE is being sold and no one talks about it!

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I listened to an eye witness to the violence against peaceful protesters in Bahrain.
(Charlie Rose interviewed Michael Slackman, who watched it happen, and spoke to people in Bahrain.)

But I have not seen anything about Libyans seeking to oust longtime leader, Moammar Gadhafi.

The same kind of violence and overkill used in Bahrain, is being used against the people in Libya.

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Why not Transaction Fees to replace the Income Tax?


Sarah Palin Transaction Tax thread
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=722197

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It is not like he is Valerie Plame, or something. Why can't they find out who he is?

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02/22/2011

Ray Davis rescue? 'Mission Impossible,' CIA vet says

Until last August, Davis was stationed in Pakistan as an employee of the company once known as Blackwater,
now called Xe Services, and contracted to the CIA.”

“At the time of his arrest, Davis was based at a house with five other CIA contractors as well as an agency employee.”

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/spy...wprss=spy-talk

Out sourcing?

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Associate Justice Lewis Powell died August 25 at the age of 90. When appointed to the Court in 1971 by President Nixon, Powell—a prominent corporate lawyer—was 64. The centrist justice served 15 years on the Court until his retirement. In 1931 Powell graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law in his native Virginia. A year later he received an LL.M. from HLS, where his fellow students included constitutional scholar-in-the-making Paul Freund ’31 S.J.D. ’32, and among his professors was future Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter ’06. In recent years, Powell returned to HLS to preside over the 1988 Ames Moot Court competition.

In 1971, future Supreme Court justice Lewis Powell wrote his now-famous memo urging the business community to fight back: "Strength lies in organization," he wrote, and would rise and fall "through joint effort, and in the political power available only through united action and national organizations."

Joke- ( source unknown to me)

“A unionized public employee, a Teabagger, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the Teabagger and says "watch out for that union guy-- he wants a piece of your cookie."”

http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bull.../article5.html

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011...decline?page=2

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9 billion dollars, prompts President Obama to speak up about football.

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voting restriction

December 1, 2010

Tea Party Leader: Denying Vote to Those Without Property 'Makes a Lot of Sense'

On his November 17 internet radio program, Judson Philips -- president of the Nashville-based company Tea Party Nation -- defended the original U.S. laws that allowed only the landed elite to vote, making these comments:

The Founding Fathers originally said, they put certain restrictions on who gets the right to vote. It wasn't you were just a citizen and you got to vote. Some of the restrictions, you know, you obviously would not think about today. But one of those was you had to be a property owner. And that makes a lot of sense, because if you're a property owner you actually have a vested stake in the community. If you're not a property owner, you know, I'm sorry but property owners have a little bit more of a vested interest in the community than non-property owners.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-..._b_790309.html

VS

Rather than collect the overdue money they are owed, many local governments are selling tax liens.
“We are essentially the city’s bill collector,” said lawyer and tax lien investor Reiff.

Tax-lien buyers also get the right to collect penalties imposed on delinquent taxpayers by governments,
and have first priority to take possession of properties when the owners don’t pay their taxes.

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They could not deny it. They were using the Dark Side of the Force.

Everyone was watching. Who could stop them? How far would they go?

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Ex Prez George Herbet Bush - A kinder and gentler nation. What was Ex Vice Prez Dan Quayle doing?

"No longer was Bush simply the dutiful vice president. He was now his party's only hope for November. "You must see me for what I am; the Republican candidate for president," he told a roaring crowed. He then touched of a litany of conservative issues: he endorsed the Pledge of Allegiance, the death penalty, school prayer and gun rights. He also affirmed his opposition to abortion.

Although he pledged to sustain the policies of the Reagan Administration, Bush took the opportunity to clearly lay out his differences. Not everything was perfect in America, the vice president admitted. He called for "a kinder, gentler nation" in dealing with discrimination, homelessness, illiteracy and greater environmental protection."

http://www.npr.org/news/national/ele...ushsenior.html

Willie Horton
Born- August 12, 1951 (1951-08-12) (age 59)
Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

William R. "Willie" Horton (born August 12, 1951) is an American convicted felon who, while serving a life sentence for murder, without the possibility of parole, was the beneficiary of a Massachusetts weekend furlough program. He did not return from his furlough, and ultimately he committed assault, armed robbery and rape. A political advertisement in support of the candidacy of George H.W. Bush during the 1988 U.S. Presidential race was critical of the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, for his support of the program.

Thank you, wiki

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"Between outdated political parties, self-interested corporations, and ineffectual elected officials, citizens have lost the power to guide their government."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erica-..._b_841594.html

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"But isn't it true that for 40 years what public financing systems have been based upon is the idea that when there is a lot of private money floating around the political system, that candidates and then public officeholders get beholden to various people who are giving that money and make
actions based on how much they receive from those people, and that's the idea of a public financing system is to try to prevent that?" the justice asked.

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal...na-matchin.php

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Before joining team Boehner, Loper was, naturally, a medical device lobbyist,

whose job was to protect the profits of the medical device industry at the

expense of, among other things, the federal deficit.

And before that, he worked for the gloriously amoral Tom DeLay.

This guy, a bagman for a corrupt lobbyist before he became a corrupt lobbyist

himself, is now in charge of policy, for the speaker.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/w...oehner_scanlon

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Meanwhile, while in America the search for belly button lint continues, over in the Middle East:

"Mohammed El Baradei, the former International Atomic Energy Agency chief who is running for president of Egypt, just promised to declare war on Israel if Israel attacks the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip. So dramatic a change in Egypt’s declared policy on the Palestinian territories would have grave consequences for the whole U.S. position in the Middle East — to make no mention of Israel’s security."

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner...l-mario-loyola

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The investment firm Goldman Sachs estimated a government shutdown lasting more than a week could cost the economy $8 billion in missed federal spending, dragging down growth-

"But a lapse of more than a few days, particularly toward the end of the quarter, could be more important. If funding lapsed, non-essential services would shut down immediately, representing around $8bn per week in missed federal spending, assuming that 40% of federal employees (not including the postal service) and their activities are deemed non-essential."

February 23, 2011
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/201...ic-growth.html

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04/12/2011
Huffingtonpost dot com

Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl made false statements that abortions make up "well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does.

The reality is that abortions make up closer to 3% of what Planned Parenthood does.
So why did Kyl say 90 perent?

“Everybody goes to clinics, to hospitals, to doctors, and so on. Some people go to Planned Parenthood.
But you don’t have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your cholesterol or your blood pressure checked.
If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90 percent of what
Planned Parenthood does.”

CNN got a hold of him and relayed his response:

apparently it was "not intended to be a factual statement"

and was supposed to merely illustrate

that Planned Parenthood subsidizes abortions.

Sen. Kyl’s office-

“His remark was not intended to be a factual statement, but rather to illustrate that Planned Parenthood,
a organization that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, does subsidize abortions.”

CNN brought on Planned Parenthood’s Judy Tabar to discuss his comment. During the interview, CNN anchor TJ Holmes
relayed a statement from Kyl’s office walking back the comment, claiming the statement was not meant to be “factual."

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Fuck the FEDS

Viva la Revolution !!!

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Cantwell's wife actively campaigns, while Russell's pretends for the time being that everything is fine with their marriage.
The candidates go to the convention trying to outmaneuver the other, Russell finding out to his chagrin that Hockstader
has offered the vice-presidential spot on the ticket to all three of the other candidates- Oscar Anderson, T.T. Claypoole
and John Merwin.

Cantwell confronts Bascomb and refutes his slander. Russell threatens to use the allegation anyway, but though Cantwell
does not understand what makes his opponent tick, he knows this much - Russell does not have the stomach for tactics
that dirty. In the end, Russell shocks him by throwing his support behind a third candidate, Governor John Merwin, ending
both their chances.

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/arts/ph...4-best-man.jpg

Henry Ford- a man with flaws
Cliff Robertson- a man who is ruthless and unethical
Ebersol- the governor that Russell chooses to be the next President

The Best Man
1964
film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
screenplay by Gore Vidal

Thank you wiki and IMDb

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What the hell is Eric Cantor hiding?

He just looks like the deer in the headlights every time I see him speak
or he is just in over his head
or he has a skeleton haunting him.

Watch him when he talks.

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“If that’s the kind of guys that are going to be on my ticket,” he said, “you know, it makes you sort out hard what Reagan said,
‘stick with your folks,’ but I’m not sticking with people who are homophobic, anti-women — moral values, while you’re diddling
your secretary, while you’re giving a speech on moral values. Come on, get off of it.”

Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson calls party homophobes ‘disgusting’

12 April 2011

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/04/12...es-disgusting/

[dohbuoy]

When did the Tea Party get absorbed into the Republican party?

can it be taken back?

[islandman]

Originally Posted by dohbuoy

When did the Tea Party get absorbed into the Republican party?

can it be taken back?

I lol'ed.

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Michele Bachmann

April 13th, 2011

CNN

"The executive director of Planned Parenthood in Illinois said they want to become the Lenscrafter of big abortion in Illinois."

( Her quote was not intended to be a factual quote, but rather to illustrate? )

Federal law already prevents tax dollars from being used for abortion, except in rare cases.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr...rtion-20110408

What Steve Trombley, CEO of Planned Parenthood Illinois said-

"I like to think of Planned Parenthood as the LensCrafters of family planning," while speaking of making family planning services more accessible.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...rs-v-bachmann/

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Was that really Fidel?

A surprise visit from Fidel Castro-

Decked out in a blue track suit over a checkered shirt, the 84-year old revolutionary icon looked unsteady on his feet as he clutched the aide’s arm,
and at times slumped in his chair. Many could be seen crying as he was helped to his place on stage, then stood at attention next to his brother during
the playing of Cuba’s national anthem.

HAVANA (CBS4) – For the first time since it’s founding 46-years-ago, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not included in the leadership of Cuba’s Communist Party.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/04/19...se-appearance/