The 2012 and beyond Political Thread - Part 2
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I heard on the news last night that 2 men from New Jersey are suing Subway because their footlong sandwiches were actually only 11 inches long instead Has anyone seen Andy : : :
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audi:
Republicans still don't get it. Instead of setting a common-sense agenda with policies that appeal to the masses, they opt to find new ways to cheat: I'm already smelling a 2016 victory for Hillary...or Joe. GOP eyes new election laws: "BOSTON (AP) ? After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier for them to win. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, GOP officials who control legislatures in states that supported President Barack Obama are considering changing state laws that give the winner of a state's popular vote all of its Electoral College votes, too. Instead, these officials want Electoral College votes to be divided proportionally, a move that could transform the way the country elects its president. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus endorsed the idea this week, and other Republican leaders support it, too, suggesting that the effort may be gaining momentum. There are other signs that Republican state legislators, governors and veteran political strategists are seriously considering making the shift as the GOP looks to rebound from presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Electoral College shellacking and the demographic changes that threaten the party's long-term political prospects. "It's something that a lot of states that have been consistently blue that are fully controlled red ought to be looking at," Priebus told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, emphasizing that each state must decide for itself. Democrats are outraged at the potential change...." http://news.yahoo.com/gop-eyes-election-laws-091622720--election.html
Haley Barbour, the Mississippi politician and a leader of the Tea Party, said on MSNBC that he opposes this strategy. Also: Va. governor signals opposition to GOP lawmaker's Electoral College scheme http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/279433-va-governor-signals-opposition-to-electoral-college-scheme
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I am wondering that even though I voted 4 Obama, why does he continue to really do nothing about the murder by guns in Chicago? But if there are mass shootings at other places in the USA he runs to the vigils and has a speech ready? I am disappointed in this behavior. jmo. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57566690/teen-girl-who-performed-at-obama-inauguration-killed-in-chicago-shooting/
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I'm not sure what you mean by doing "nothing" when he's just introduced sweeping gun legislation that's been in the headlines everyday. With all due respect, but there is gun violence everyday in this country, and The President can't fly to every vigil. How do you know he hasn't contacted her family?
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audi:
I'm not sure what you mean by doing "nothing" when he's just introduced sweeping gun legislation that's been in the headlines everyday. With all due respect, but there is gun violence everyday in this country, and The President can't fly to every vigil. How do you know he hasn't contacted her family?
I wanted to write this before, but unfortunately it takes an outstanding girl to be murdered for the country to take notice, so I write for all the victims in Chicago. Here is an article about the 592 murders in Chicago in 2012 and 42 so far this year 2013. http://www.npr.org/2013/01/31/170727540/talented-teen-killed-in-chicago-gun-violence Obama went to the following vigils/remembrances: 1.) Fort Hood 2.) Arizona (Gabby Giffords) 3.)Aurora movie theatre 4.) Sandy Hook Elementary If there are more please remind me. Has he gone to anything in Chicago? Maybe he has and I missed it, really. It is hard to keep up with it these days. Most of these crimes in Chicago are black on black. The ones I mentioned above are not. I think Obama, as President of the USA and he calls Chicago his 'hometown,' would do more than is being done. Rahm Emanuel is the Mayor now. I suggest the National Guard be called in. Chicago is like a war zone. You can't expect police officers, and they have the finest in Chicago, to deal with this kind of violence by themselves. And this weapon ban thing Obama is going for is all about assault weapons.Most murders are carried out by handguns, not assault rifles. I just think Obama should go to Chicago and give support and face time to the Chicagoans who need some semblance of Hope for their lives as well. Peace & Love!
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Trayvon Martin's death was not a black-on-black crime. The children and teachers' deaths at Newtown was not a black-on-black crime. Laci Peterson's death was not a black-on-black crime. And on and on and on. The issue of "black-on-black" crime is a non-issue.
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audi:
Trayvon Martin's death was not a black-on-black crime. The children and teachers' deaths at Newtown was not a black-on-black crime. Laci Peterson's death was not a black-on-black crime. And on and on and on. The issue of "black-on-black" crime is a non-issue.
I did not mean it to become a black on black issue. But it is true that this area of Chicago and the victims are poverty stricken and are mostly people of color. If you think about it, if 592 people who were white were murdered in one year in a city, I bet there would be more action, not just words. Chicago is Obama's hometown it should be a model for the rest of the USA. I forgot one incident. 1.) The Sikh Temple in Wisconsin (a non-white massacre) 2012. Laci Peterson was 10 years ago. Trayvon Martin I hope will get Justice. I was only saying that it would be nice for President Obama to really stomp out the crime in Chicago. He has the Mayor and he has the manpower and the executive power. Please use it.
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hey_kittay:
audi:
I'm not sure what you mean by doing "nothing" when he's just introduced sweeping gun legislation that's been in the headlines everyday. With all due respect, but there is gun violence everyday in this country, and The President can't fly to every vigil. How do you know he hasn't contacted her family?
I wanted to write this before, but unfortunately it takes an outstanding girl to be murdered for the country to take notice, so I write for all the victims in Chicago. Here is an article about the 592 murders in Chicago in 2012 and 42 so far this year 2013. http://www.npr.org/2013/01/31/170727540/talented-teen-killed-in-chicago-gun-violence Obama went to the following vigils/remembrances: 1.) Fort Hood 2.) Arizona (Gabby Giffords) 3.)Aurora movie theatre 4.) Sandy Hook Elementary If there are more please remind me. Has he gone to anything in Chicago? Maybe he has and I missed it, really. It is hard to keep up with it these days. Most of these crimes in Chicago are black on black. The ones I mentioned above are not. I think Obama, as President of the USA and he calls Chicago his 'hometown,' would do more than is being done. Rahm Emanuel is the Mayor now. I suggest the National Guard be called in. Chicago is like a war zone. You can't expect police officers, and they have the finest in Chicago, to deal with this kind of violence by themselves. And this weapon ban thing Obama is going for is all about assault weapons.Most murders are carried out by handguns, not assault rifles. I just think Obama should go to Chicago and give support and face time to the Chicagoans who need some semblance of Hope for their lives as well. Peace & Love!
Hey...I am in Chicago & you wouldn't believe the radio & news stations here. It's like ...how many will die this weekend? Shame. Really. AND 99% of the shootings are on the south side. Someone needs to tell those parents to start watching those kids. They come on TV after some poor innocent child is shot by accident & say...'my boy never would do that...never would have a gun...blahblah. : I think someone has to do something here & I agree we need the national guard there but Rahm & Obama won't do that since it would look like they can't handle it. And they can't...it needs to start at home. Those are just BAD KIDS with no parental supervision.
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oobu24:
hey_kittay:
audi:
I'm not sure what you mean by doing "nothing" when he's just introduced sweeping gun legislation that's been in the headlines everyday. With all due respect, but there is gun violence everyday in this country, and The President can't fly to every vigil. How do you know he hasn't contacted her family?
I wanted to write this before, but unfortunately it takes an outstanding girl to be murdered for the country to take notice, so I write for all the victims in Chicago. Here is an article about the 592 murders in Chicago in 2012 and 42 so far this year 2013. http://www.npr.org/2013/01/31/170727540/talented-teen-killed-in-chicago-gun-violence Obama went to the following vigils/remembrances: 1.) Fort Hood 2.) Arizona (Gabby Giffords) 3.)Aurora movie theatre 4.) Sandy Hook Elementary If there are more please remind me. Has he gone to anything in Chicago? Maybe he has and I missed it, really. It is hard to keep up with it these days. Most of these crimes in Chicago are black on black. The ones I mentioned above are not. I think Obama, as President of the USA and he calls Chicago his 'hometown,' would do more than is being done. Rahm Emanuel is the Mayor now. I suggest the National Guard be called in. Chicago is like a war zone. You can't expect police officers, and they have the finest in Chicago, to deal with this kind of violence by themselves. And this weapon ban thing Obama is going for is all about assault weapons.Most murders are carried out by handguns, not assault rifles. I just think Obama should go to Chicago and give support and face time to the Chicagoans who need some semblance of Hope for their lives as well. Peace & Love!
Hey...I am in Chicago & you wouldn't believe the radio & news stations here. It's like ...how many will die this weekend? Shame. Really. AND 99% of the shootings are on the south side. Someone needs to tell those parents to start watching those kids. They come on TV after some poor innocent child is shot by accident & say...'my boy never would do that...never would have a gun...blahblah. : I think someone has to do something here & I agree we need the national guard there but Rahm & Obama won't do that since it would look like they can't handle it. And they can't...it needs to start at home. Those are just BAD KIDS with no parental supervision.
Sad commentary, but it's the ugly truth. It really does start in the home -- no matter if it's Chicago or the rural south. These children aren't necessarily inherently bad, but the writing is on the wall for any child born to unprepared parents with precarious value-systems. In other words: Idiots breeding idiots. I've worked as a principal's assistant in the past, and my partner is a teacher; it seems like all the blame for poor testing scores and misbehavior is being placed solely on the teachers... ...no one even mentions that the fault lies with negligent parents.
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Oh, those nuckle-dragging Republicans. Oh, how they amuse me so: Marco Rubio On Climate Change: 'The Government Can't Change The Weather': http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/marco-rubio-climate-change_n_2679810.html (And if the GOP thinks that Rubio is going to be their "great brown hope," they'd better think again. Rubio's financials are a mess; otherwise, Romney would've EASILY picked him as his VP running-mate)
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It is despicable that a 102-year-old American woman had to wait six hours to vote. The 2012 election's gerrymandering and voting-station shenanigans of the Republican party -- on both the federal and state levels -- have re-defined "shameful." Obama Frames Voting Reform Around 102-Year-Old Hero: "...In his State of the Union address, President Obama recognized Desiline Victor, a retired farmworker who voted last fall after enduring a wait that would have discouraged most voters. Lawmakers and other Washington VIPs rose to their feet and craned their necks to see Victor, sitting in the back row of the First Lady?s box. ?When Desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours,? the president said. ?And as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say. And hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her ? because Desiline is 102 years old. And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read, ?I voted.?? ..." http://blog.aarp.org/2013/02/13/obama-frames-voting-reform-around-102-year-old-hero/
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well, the predictions (the good ones!) about Europe have come true officially. Official Data of UE, Eurostat http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-14022013-AP/EN/2-14022013-AP-EN.PDF you see (4th quarter of 2012) UE, the 27 countries -0.6 Germany -0.9 (as Soros and others said) Spain -0.7 France -0.3 Portugal -1.8 Italy -0.9 UK -0.3 Netherlands -0.2 Austria -0.2 Etc. recent Soros interviews here http://georgesoros.com/interviews-speeches/ Soros at Bloomberg TV 2 weeks ago http://www.bloomberg.com/video/billionaire-george-soros-says-euro-here-to-stay-jq06MCceQNe7wTQwXupFuA.html
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21st Century Paul:
well, the predictions (the good ones!) about Europe have come true officially. Official Data of UE, Eurostat http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-14022013-AP/EN/2-14022013-AP-EN.PDF you see (4th quarter of 2012) UE, the 27 countries -0.6 Germany -0.9 (as Soros and others said) Spain -0.7 France -0.3 Portugal -1.8 Italy -0.9 UK -0.3 Netherlands -0.2 Austria -0.2 Etc. recent Soros interviews here http://georgesoros.com/interviews-speeches/ Soros at Bloomberg TV 2 weeks ago http://www.bloomberg.com/video/billionaire-george-soros-says-euro-here-to-stay-jq06MCceQNe7wTQwXupFuA.html
Proves austerity doesn't work. Just what the republicans want to do in the US(they never learn) If we didn't have Obama and the Democrats we would be in negative growth too.
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I want to say I am very happy President Obama went to Chicago and all that stuff. Okay, now I want to know why President Obama's Whitehouse staff just told me on the phone, 'it is not possible for President Obama to come to the State of Alabama to stop the corruption here!' It is not POSSIBLE? Why not? My Mom and I drove 100 miles round trip in 2008 and 2012 and voted for him for President and now I live in terrorism with her house being torn down by political infighting and he cannot show up to straighten this out? Or send a representative? I am going to protest the State Of Alabama Dept. Of Agriculture and Industries. I have already informed the Comm. John McMillan as he will not do his job. I am sure I will be arrested, but it won't be the first time and I have no home to live in anyway. So Pres. Obama cannot come to Alabama, and he USED Selma, Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama on his 2008 campaign to get points from the community here and then he abandons us? Hello? : p.s.> just now local and federal agents arrest Muscogee Indians who are at the ancient burial site of their ancestors to have a peaceful ceremoney to honor the bodies the sham band of Poarch Creek Indians desecrated to build a casino! They showed up to have a religious ceremoney and they are arrested and thrown in jail? It is getting dangerous down here President Obama. Someone is going to get killed and you don't care. All over MONEY! Just arrested! https://www.facebook.com/SaveHickoryGround/posts/513927418650461 FREE Wayland Gray! Muscogee Indian from Oklahoma detained for 'terrorist threat' in Wetumpka, Alabama! Page to Hickory Ground War on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaveHickoryGround?ref=stream
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It was apparent to me then that the Iraq invasion was fabricated b.s. And it seemed like I was the only one who thought that. I remain amazed that so many of my fellow Americans were so uninformed, blindly patriotic or just plain stupid enough to not notice a missing link between 9/11 and Saddam Hussein. There's a new documentary featuring key players in that great lie who are coming forth to confirm my point of view. Hubris: 'Selling The Iraq War'; The Criminal Bush Regime Had No Case For War
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Bill Maher And Howard Dean Clash With GOP Panelists Over Obama's Inaugural Address:
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Bill Maher commenting on The Pope's recent resignation:
Bill Maher on Glenn Beck & Sarah Palin: -
audi:
oobu24:
hey_kittay:
audi:
I'm not sure what you mean by doing "nothing" when he's just introduced sweeping gun legislation that's been in the headlines everyday. With all due respect, but there is gun violence everyday in this country, and The President can't fly to every vigil. How do you know he hasn't contacted her family?
I wanted to write this before, but unfortunately it takes an outstanding girl to be murdered for the country to take notice, so I write for all the victims in Chicago. Here is an article about the 592 murders in Chicago in 2012 and 42 so far this year 2013. http://www.npr.org/2013/01/31/170727540/talented-teen-killed-in-chicago-gun-violence Obama went to the following vigils/remembrances: 1.) Fort Hood 2.) Arizona (Gabby Giffords) 3.)Aurora movie theatre 4.) Sandy Hook Elementary If there are more please remind me. Has he gone to anything in Chicago? Maybe he has and I missed it, really. It is hard to keep up with it these days. Most of these crimes in Chicago are black on black. The ones I mentioned above are not. I think Obama, as President of the USA and he calls Chicago his 'hometown,' would do more than is being done. Rahm Emanuel is the Mayor now. I suggest the National Guard be called in. Chicago is like a war zone. You can't expect police officers, and they have the finest in Chicago, to deal with this kind of violence by themselves. And this weapon ban thing Obama is going for is all about assault weapons.Most murders are carried out by handguns, not assault rifles. I just think Obama should go to Chicago and give support and face time to the Chicagoans who need some semblance of Hope for their lives as well. Peace & Love!
Hey...I am in Chicago & you wouldn't believe the radio & news stations here. It's like ...how many will die this weekend? Shame. Really. AND 99% of the shootings are on the south side. Someone needs to tell those parents to start watching those kids. They come on TV after some poor innocent child is shot by accident & say...'my boy never would do that...never would have a gun...blahblah. : I think someone has to do something here & I agree we need the national guard there but Rahm & Obama won't do that since it would look like they can't handle it. And they can't...it needs to start at home. Those are just BAD KIDS with no parental supervision.
Sad commentary, but it's the ugly truth. It really does start in the home -- no matter if it's Chicago or the rural south. These children aren't necessarily inherently bad, but the writing is on the wall for any child born to unprepared parents with precarious value-systems. In other words: Idiots breeding idiots. I've worked as a principal's assistant in the past, and my partner is a teacher; it seems like all the blame for poor testing scores and misbehavior is being placed solely on the teachers... ...no one even mentions that the fault lies with negligent parents.
Case in point: NY man dubbed No. 1 deadbeat parent pleads guilty: "...owing more than $1.2 million to three children from two failed marriages. Robert Sand, 50, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Central Islip on Long Island to two counts of failing to pay child support. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Bode said in court that the child support orders, which were issued on Long Island, have been in arrears since at least 2002. ..." http://news.yahoo.com/ny-man-dubbed-no-1-deadbeat-parent-pleads-211554997.html
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Patton Oswalt is among my favorite comedians. I really like this bit he does where he's having a conversation with himself ten years back in time. His political observations, of course, strike a chord with me: (skip to 36:32)
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Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill to coming to Selma, Alabama on March 03, 2013 for the annual Edmund Pettus Bridge Crossing to commemorate the 1965 Bloody Sunday March for Civil Rights in America: http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/02/vice_president_joe_biden_to_vi.html