because we all knew he'd have to back off it and therefore it only lost votes or gave Mittens/Ricky something to use against him in a debate for trying to block people's right to religious freedoms.


And yeah, if there are PTB that really influence who the main opponents of the current president are, you sure as heck would have to think they set this up considering the cacophony of caustic caterwauling coming from the clown car of conservative candidates!



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(News-Farce) December 31, 2011 06:15 PM EST

Occupy DU2 protestors vow not to willingly leave the encampment they've assembled in the hopes that Mayor Skinner will do the opposite of what New York City Mayor Bloomberg did to NYC's Occupy protesters.

Rumors have circulated on the internet as to whether the so-called obsolete site, which has a new version at DemocraticUnderground.com , will still be operational come the stroke of midnight, January 1, 2012.

Administrators at Democratic Underground, long a refuge for disgruntled Americans who knew George W Bush was clearly not all there and had the presidency handed to him by a suspect ruling by the SCOTUS, have been working on a redesigned DU for years.

Unsure if moderators dressed in riot gear will be sent in to clear out the camp, hundreds of members, sworn to their love of DU2, vow to stay locked arm in arm.

Asked why they demand to be left in the DU2 site, most, like a member named Mabus, simply say nothing else is like DU2. Others stated that they feel it's uncertain what will happen. A member named Raine said, "I don't believe anyone knows anything for sure".

What is certain is that Occupy DU2 has some interesting characters in it. When the member called DainBramaged was asked what he wanted to see from the DU2 Occupy group, he simply stated, "MOAR KITTEHS".

One thing about tomorrow, it's always just hours away. So, as the members of this Occupy encampment don't appear to be wanting their slice of the internet to become an archive-only collection of posts, they're hoping Mayor Skinner won't be sending Sheriff EarlG in with the moderators to evict them when 2012 comes at midnight.

For your diligence in exposing the BS of these so-called education 'reforms' in FL and the rest of the USA, and suffering through some really crappy governance here in FL with the rest of us (I will never believe Rick Scott beat Alex Sink, the man was unpopular the moment he was sworn in), I say, Thank You!

Also, being down here, you can couch for how crazed these GOPers are in FL. I never understood how anyone could doubt my post from a few years back about having some right-wing nut get into it with me at the post office over my "lies" to someone else about how adult children were going to be able to stay on their parents health insurance for several more years, or any of the other things I've seen and spoken about that's happened here in FL. This state's Republicans are arguably some of the nation's worst offenders when it comes to being disrespectful to others.

I have always appreciated your wonderful posts on education, and tried to comment in every one I was privileged to read. We cannot let them destroy the education system in this country just so they can make a profit off privatization, and subsequently, dumbing down the nation's children in the process.

Keep fighting the good fight, wherever you may take it!




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Warren Buffett: 'My Class Has Won' And 'It's Been A Rout'

There is so much more I wanted to type, but want to leave it succinct and to the point. Today has been a bad day for the People of America. From so many protestors being forced out, to police destroying vast amounts of personal property along with their violent tendencies, to judge swapping, 'the powers that be' are resolute in their desire to crush dissent against their massive corruption in the world.

Last night the NYC police and other organizations sought to end OWS. Last night they destroyed thousands and thousands in property, hard drives on laptops, and other "debris", to remind this country of what TPTB think this country has forgotten - that it may be ten years past September 11th and the control that "fear" brought them, but they still are in vast control even with a Democratic President, as Buffett announced a few days ago with it being a, "rout" against the people.

If you feel the way I feel, then you feel disgust deep within that this is going on. We wish for our president and all the organizations that he has influence over to do something on behalf of the people, but, that is not looking so good (Eric Holder who?) - and yet - the other side of the coin is the rabid - literally insane ideas - of people like Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and Michelle Bachmann. Seeing them out-spew each others vile promises in debate after debate makes it imperative they not win!

I just feel a sickness seeing all of this bad news...



We need something good to happen, we need some hope.

Is it hopeless to believe that this president has a chance against such a disgusting group of Republicans who are out to destroy this country and cause tens of millions of us so much grief and suffering, enough so, that they can get his popularity is in the 30's so he will lose next year? But, when we want him to speak out against things it seems he is okay with what is going on around us, which is the common complaint of people I hear from that no longer support him who once did. A relative of mine said he wants to be liked by those in power, so that he fits in, and they're a lifelong liberal. It is all enough to make me truly at odds with what I feel about everything involving "politics". Is there any good news to be gleamed from this sad day?








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Micaiah Dutt, Veteran, speaking to protestors




OCTOBER 22, 2011, 11:23 A.M. ET

PORTLAND, Oregon — When Occupy Wall Street protesters took over two parks in Portland's soggy downtown, they pitched 300 tents and offered free food, medical care and shelter to anyone. They weren't just building, like so many of their brethren across the nation, a community to protest what they see as corporate greed.

They also created an ideal place for the homeless. Some were already living in the parks, while others were drawn from elsewhere to the encampment's open doors.

"We're here to spoil each other," said Kat Enyeart, a 25-year-old medic who says she spends half her time tending to the homeless, some of whom are physically and mentally ill. "It's a big, messy, beautiful thing."

Micaiah Dutt, a four-tour veteran of the Iraq War said the protests are not just about the radicals and the politicians. "It's about our community taking care of itself because the city, county and federal governments have neglected this population," he said.



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'FISHING OVER FACTS'


We expect, and hold our presidents to, a higher level of wisdom and expected prudence. The Village Idiot isn't someone I would entrust to make my morning pancakes, as I'd be concerned he would allow a small fire to turn into a massive fire that burns my house down.

B*sh gives the appearance of a former drug user and alcoholic, and yet, he was placed (Al Gore received more votes nationally, and by all independent review, more in FL) into power by the US Supreme Court stating the recount was to end in Florida. The next 8 years of him in power were an absolute travesty that led to massive warfare, domestic suffering, and the torturing and murder of thousands. He made a fool out of us every damned place he went, and when his country appeared to need him most - he sat blank eyed holding a kid's book titled, "My Pet Goat". What a hero! Of course, he would say he didn't want to startle the kids, but moments later burned fear into their minds for life as he used them as a backdrop to announce terrorists had just attacked America. Yeah, the kids were being thought of all right...

We all known the box cutter wielding devils did the actual horrific actions on that day. But, when people who are hired to protect this country do their job, and the information makes it's way to the president as the most important thing that is needed to be shown at the start of the day - and he ignores it by saying, "All right. You've covered your ass, now.", then you know the moment when we trulyneeded our president the most - and he failed thousands of people who would die a month later, and thousands more who would die in his false wars. He could, no, he should have enacted an immediate review on FAA readiness and ordered new plans to protect America based on the information hard working American agents were providing to their superiors which made it to the president on that fateful day when he failed us at the time we needed him most...

That man on the left is holding the information that B*sh ignored by snipping, as Ron Suskind reported, "All right. You've covered your ass, now!"

What a dreadful pResident this country had during a time in history when we needed a leader. So, what was so important that B*sh had to get to on that day? Fishing of course.


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No doubt millions will go to groups that will start pumping the airwaves with ads saying President Obama and Democratic policies led to the first credit downgrade blah blah blah, so let's not give them any help.

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(CNN) -- An estranged son of anti-gay Kansas pastor Fred Phelps said Wednesday that the spiritual leader of Westboro Baptist Church hit his wife and beat his children with a mattock handle until they bled.

"I think what he does out there is evil," said Nathan "Nate" Phelps, during an appearance on HLN's "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell."

Nate Phelps called his pastor father "one of the best reasons that America has been forced to get off the fence and address this issue (of gay rights)."

"But at the same time you can't ignore the fact that he's done a lot of damage," Phelps said. "He's hurt a lot of families, not only in the gay community, but the families of these soldiers."

(more at link, and at the KTVI link below his pic at CNN link, where they show him addressing Gay/Straight Alliance at Clayton High School club in St. Louis)

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I blame the schools & colleges, particularly those involved, for not doing a better job of educating their students, setting firm punishment for bullying, and enacting a student force to report questionable texts/emails/wall postings on facebook/and tweets which are abusive. Some schools outright ignore complaints about kids being bullied for being Gay, and others downplay it as kids being kids, or blame the kids for being Gay, or appearing in questionable attire which 'asks' for it. Also, many teens have spent the summer at youth camps organized by churches, and we all know how a lot (not all) of churches treat being GLBT, and those sermons and classes the kids have listened to all summer are showing themselves.

I believe if the people on Dharun Ravi's tweet list had been educated about harassment properly, ONE of them would have reported his bullying last week, or confronted him by asking why he didn't just ask for a different roommate if he was so offended?

Driven to suicide by bullying in just the past 2 weeks due to bullying from students either at school, heading home from school, or through cyber-bullying. School should be a place where a kid or teen is safe, not bullied to death. RIP guys...





Bullies Flourishing with Christian Support, says Hodge

Candace Chellew-Hodge, one of my favorite 'listens' on podcasts, because she is a Christian who is Gay, is the founder/editor of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for GLBT Christians and currently serves as the pastor of Jubilee! Circle United Church of Christ in Columbia, S.C. She is also the author of Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatch... /

She had this to say about the role religion is playing in bullying, and Focus on the Family's actions regarding congressional legislation ---

(snip)
In her CNN appearance, Cushman swore that Focus believes "every child should be protected from bullying" but they, and other Christian groups, continue to fight against anti-bullying measures that would specifically target bullying against gay and lesbian students. Even though studies show that specific policies are more effective than general anti-bullying policies, Focus and their cohorts continue to fight it because they believe it demonizes Christians and gives special status to gays and lesbians.

Instead of being concerned for the actual lives of gay and lesbian children (or those perceived as gay and lesbian), Focus' true motive is to continue its political and religious agenda at the expense of these children. Their own position paper on the subject accuses groups like the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network or GLSEN, which advocate for the gay-specific bullying policies, of using the policies to create diversity training, "evade parental rights" and "circumvent traditional marriage laws."

While it's true that teaching children to value each other no matter what their sexual orientation or gender identity may lead to more tolerant people -- it's disgusting to see an organization put its morality politics over the lives of children.

I was at the post office standing bored in a line of a whopping 20 people, and my friend called me to talk about the idiots ramming the car with the Obama sticker. I knew I was in the post office, and didn't raise my voice above a 2 (out of 10), which means a very gentle tone that is hard to hear more than 3 feet away. Well, in front of me standing slightly out of line was a very jovial older man, and about 3 feet directly in front of me was a Palinite. I didn't know she was one until I said, "we can't have those kids with pre-existing conditions getting coverage darnit, we're gonna ram your cars if we can tell your for the bill to prevent it."

She immediately started swinging her head violently left to right, and turned around and said, with eyes bulging, "that's just not true! they aren't going to get coverage! I just saw they're saying that isn't accurate."

I ignored her, realizing she was a nut, and said to my friend, "yeah, the GOP is gonna be hurting when those young adults who are at home helping a single mom survive, start getting health care and the votes keep coming in for Obama". Again, the lady turned around and said, "those things just aren't true, you couldn't even have read the bill, they kept everything secret until they shoved it through!".

I paused, and apologized to my friend then said, "I'm sorry ma'am, but I'm talking very low and I don't appreciate you interrupting me, it's no different if my friend was standing here right next to me talking about this as we wait in line, and you stop me to tell me what I'm saying is wrong". She said, "there's so much in that bill that you just don't know about, and you'll see how bad it is in time". I said, "I'm sure Palin has told you that it's a horrible bill, but she is just stirring the pot to make money off of people." She said, "she's a good woman, and her views make sense! It's a wasteful bill."

I retorted, still quietly and not overly emotional, with, "well, elections have consequences - your party lost horribly the last go round, and frankly, they created the mess we're in, so I'm glad we're getting some major changes to help get health care to tens of millions of people who suffer without it. Teabaggers complain about government waste - unless it's being spent on them - and that's the problem - they're selfish and that's why we see so many of them acting out violently". She then said, "Representative Cantor's office was shot at - Democrats do it too, just go look at the news, CNN is reporting it.". I told her, "That is a trumped up accusation by the GOP to distract from the repeated threats and attacks on Democrats the past few weeks, but, we needn't speak another word because your turn is up at the counter - good day!"


The funny thing is, the elderly gentleman between the two of us was holding his comments and gently swaying back and forth as the terse yet volume controlled argument finished, and as she picked up her packages off the lobby counter to go up to the clerk, he said in a thick striking Haitian accent, "the problem with those people is they don't like people different than themselves - they say they are Christian - I am certain with the actions they do, they are nothing of the sort and do not care for others. Why then would it be surprising to see them so violent over people getting medical care."


HA!
I smiled at the nice man (about 70 years old, very warn and tired, yet very warm eyes!) and said, "You are so right! Jesus said, they will be know by their fruit. And their fruit is poisoned."



I always laugh when others post their random right-winger stories, and my last one was the lady in the BMW SUV calling the cops on me for helping bandage the legs of the homeless lady back a couple years ago because it "only encourages them to stay here" (on the beach), so it was my turn for another encounter with one of 'em! I'm sure they'll be plenty more, I just hope no one is hurt by these whack jobs. And I will say, thank God that the nice man was there in line with me to say some words of wisdom as she picked up her packages to go to the front.


Just though I'd share my story.

Most of us know that if everyone allows this to take the course it's been running for months with the Congress & the White House, it's going to lead to the health insurance industry coming out smelling like a f*cking rose to investors - meanwhile - the people will be forced to take coverage from these crooked death-panel insurance firms who care nothing about our lives!

I know because I used to work for one when I was young and paid medical claims in the 90's. I remember how harshly the medical review staff was on claims and learned eventually that they were being squeezed by the higher-ups to save $$$. I tried paying everything I could, and only regret not paying for one claim that I still wish I went against the rule on, but point is - these companies only care about profit - not health.

Dr Dean is standing up for the people who are suffering to even get by, and God forbid they have any medical crisis come up. It seems like the lobbyists and big campaign donations have those in Congress & the WH bought & paid for, before we even cast our 'Change' votes.

When I look into their pain-filled eyes and hear their words saying they HOPE that they'll be able to either, - find a job, get over their physical or mental illness that's kept them from working, or simply be able to go back home to their family that rejects them, I often look to the other people around us to help me deal with the emotional overload - and I don't see you Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Liz Cheney, Michelle Malkin, Michael Savage, or matter of fact, any of your loud-mouthed backers.

In fact, when I talk to the people who I've been around that were being nice or helping people in need - they're all liberal in thought. The hyper-cynical haters of humanity are nowhere to be found, and yet, these screamers of lies who say we should only have private charities and remove public spending from those 'leeches who live off our taxes', well, I just can't seem to find them.

When I had my arm around a lady named, "Precious", who I met in a hospital who had no one with her while she was going through her chemo, and she was coughing up and in pain and thanked me for taking the time to talk to her, I wondered where those great charitable GOPers like Sen. Coburn were at, to help "individually as neighbors" share the community burden of this woman who was all alone? You'd think there'd be 10 or 15 Republicans there with this lady in a county that is heavily Republican, right? Maybe I'm wrong. (cough cough)

When I helped a 400 pound woman named, "Laura", with food & a blanket, who wasn't even allowed to ride city buses because of complaints of the smell, I didn't see any 'freedom fighters' of the right, there helping her with me (only a rich lady in a $70K SUV calling the cops on me and saying 'you only encourage her to stick around here').

When I look around at these other volunteers who are helping those in need - I see merciful, and compassionate souls who are extremely progressive in thought. But, I apologize, I do know there are certainly a decent percentage of Republicans who give their time to those in need, and more so, just like all people, who give donations instead of time, even if I meet so very few of them. And we all know about the pronouncements of people like Rush giving a million dollars to charity for Sen Reid's condemnation letter, but it's not more so the money that matters (and the ensuing media press and tax write-offs), it's the time given in applying the care-giving and the listening to these people's horrible pains that matters most.

Extreme conservatives don't want to believe, or want us to believe, that anyone is on government support who truly deserves it. Yesterday, I received a wet-behind-the-ears rebuke email from an old conservative friend. He told me I was a pie-in-the-sky dreamer for thinking there are people who actually want off state & gov't support. He says they all have nicer electronics than he does, and they feign illness or say there's nothing out there. It was disgusting to read, and I let him know of 3 stories of people that I know of first hand, with details, and told him, I help people when I can and see their actions and motivations, and yes, there are many who are users and don't want help, but there are certainly more than the 1% he cited who want to work and make a living, and he'd find that out if he got out from time to time and put himself in uncomfortable situations to try and help even one person change their life, or at the least, know that they're not alone.

So to all the Coulters, Cheneys and Savages out there, in regards to never seeing you or other hard-conservatives DOING charitable and compassionate acts, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and say, I must have missed you when you were there...