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Crazies out in Force Friday

June 26, 2010June 25, 2010 John Idiots, Louie Gohmert, republicans, Terrorist Babies, Terrorists, texas

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-1st TX) speaking on the floor about the terrorists babies coming to destroy our way of life. He reports a conversation with an un-named “retired” FBI agent who claimed terrorists were gaming our system by sneaking in pregnant women to have their babies here, then taking them back (and they don’t even have to pay anything for the babies) and raising them in the “terrorist way of life,” so they can send them back in 20-30 years to destroy our way of life.

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DADT Letter to Rep. Todd Akin (R-MI)

May 27, 2010 John DADT, DADT Repeal, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, George Washington, House, Todd Akin

This is a letter written to Republican House Member Todd Akin in response to remarks he made today in a floor speech concern the possible repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Funny thing, we owe our victory over the British to a Gay General, and Akin wants to invoke Washington and what he would think.

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Don’t Drunk Dial Freedom Works

May 19, 2010 John D. C. Douglas, Dick Army, Freedom Works, FreedomWorks, Geico, Koch, Tea Party, Teabaggers

D. C. Douglas lost his gig as the voice-over announcer for Geico commercials after leaving a rather nasty message on the voice mail for the Teabagger group known as FreedomWorks. This is a hilarious satirical video about their reaction to his message, and calls out the Teabagger for what it actually is…an astro-turf, Koch Industry’s funded front group which has managed to get people to vote against their own best interests in support of big corporations.

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New Poll at Deep Sand-The 60 Vote Requirement

March 20, 2010March 20, 2010 John Cloture, Filibuster, Poll, U S Senate

As most of you know, the United States Senate has a cloture rule which requires at least 60 votes to end debate to then vote up or down on the bill itself. It is important to note that the Constitution says nothing about the rules of the Senate, and does not require such a super-majority. Should the rule be modified to require a lower threshold for cloture, or eliminated all together? Tell us what you think in our poll.

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Would Health Care Reform Help You?

March 16, 2010March 16, 2010 Barbara O'Brien Asbestos, Barbara O'Brien, Cancer, Healthcare Reform, Maha Blog, Mesothelioma

Many obstacles and stumbling blocks remain in the way of health care reform. The House and Senate bills will have to be merged, and then the House and Senate both will vote on the final bill. But just for fun, let’s look at what conventional wisdom says will be in the final bill and see if there is anything in it that will be an immediate benefit to people with mesothelioma cancer and other asbestos-related disease.