September 26, 2013
Republican Antagonism To Obamacare Is A Steaming Pile Of…
This is how you know Republicans are full of shit.
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September 23, 2013
Obamacare Derangement: Republicans Look To Fulfill Their Own Prophecy
It seems many Republican policy positions are based on a short-term outlook. They appear unable to see past tomorrow in their decision-making. Cut food stamps now, deal with higher fiscal costs later. Sequestration now, reduced economic growth later. And so on. But their forward-looking blind-spot has not hindered their willingness to dabble in Obamacare prophecies.
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September 23, 2013
Contrary To Republican Hot Air, Most Americans Against Defunding Obamacare
Beware the person who one hundred percent of the time speaks with authority and great confidence. Such is the case with Republicans. While the rest of us try to do what’s right, but know we will sometimes get things wrong, Republican self-deception leads to confident proclamations to the rest of us about how something should be done, and authoritative “lessons” for all of the country to learn. And this is what you are seeing with Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Republicans “know” it’s bad for the country (even though it won’t fully kick in until January), and they “know” most of the country is with them. But the reality is, while Americans are quite cynical about government in general, and that includes Obamacare, they are not nearly as brazen as Republican lawmakers.
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September 22, 2013
Louisiana GOP State Rep. Says Go To ‘Gun Friendly’ Coffee Shops Instead Of Starbucks
Maybe it’s because I don’t live in the South, but I’ve NEVER seen someone openly carrying a weapon in a store. I live in Pennsylvania, which is (according to Wikipedia) an “anomalous” open carry state, which apparently means it’s mostly up to local jurisdictions. But tell me, do you honestly consider yourself to be in greater danger when shopping at your favorite store sans firearm? Again, I must make it known that it’s entirely possible I’m ignorant to people’s lifestyles in other parts to the country. Maybe in some states it’s commonplace to see people openly carrying a firearm in a Starbucks, but it’s just not the case where I live. But because I know there are parts (I’d like to assume a majority) of the country where open carry is not a common practice, that makes the right-wing gun nut freak out over Starbucks all the more ridiculous.
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September 21, 2013
Louisville Courier-Journal Punk’d By Will McAvoy (The Newsroom – Aaron Sorkin) ‘I Call Myself A Republican’ Quote
The Louisville Courier-Journal was punk’d in it’s “Readers Forum” by someone who posed as the fictional character of Will McAvoy from Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom.” The quote comes from the second season finale.
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September 21, 2013
35-Year-Old Afghanistan Veteran Writes That He’s On Food Stamps, Tells Republicans He Would Prefer Not To Starve
If you are a Republican in congress voting to cut food stamp funding, you must convince yourself you are doing right by the people. You don’t want people telling you that you are an uncaring person who wants people to starve, because you don’t see it that way. So you must utilize a series of lies to assure your psyche of absolution, that you are only participating in this exercise out of concern and love for those less fortunate. Because you are the adult in the room. You are the authority on this topic. You must teach people a hard life lesson, and possibly be the bad guy for a while, for the people to see the light.
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September 20, 2013
What Republicans Just Aren’t Getting About Health Care
They’re at it again, naturally…Radical Tea Party and Republican Congressmen and women are attempting to hold the debt limit hostage if their demands to defund ObamaCare are not met. This, being the 42nd attempt to repeal or defund the Affordable Care Act from this Congress.
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September 19, 2013
House Republicans Vote To Cut Food Stamps For Two Million Children
This is definitely an occasion for a slightly misleading article headline. And I say “slightly” because it’s actually true. Okay, Republicans didn’t explicitly vote to cut food stamps for children, but children do make up half of food stamp recipients. Therefore, when House Republicans voted today to cut food stamps by $4 billion a year over the next ten years, estimated to affect up to four million people, that means up to two million children will go hungry because of contemptuous conservatives.
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September 18, 2013
To Tea Party Republicans Threatening Government Shutdown: America Does Not Negotiate With Terrorists
The right-wing radicals who have held the GOP hostage for over four years, are now threatening to hold the entire country captive until their demands are met. These “Tea Party” Republicans want further cuts to government spending, but their biggest demand is full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). They know repeal will not happen under normal circumstances, so they must create the grim conditions necessary for Democrats and President Obama to crack under the pressure. In other words, they must terrorize the nation. These extremist fanatics bathe in American patriotism and wave their flags, but until they get what they want, American democracy can go fuck itself. Yeah, I got your compromise right here.
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September 16, 2013
Delusional Conservatives Believe The President Will Cave On Obamacare
How do you define delusion?
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