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Fri Nov 20th 2009, 11:12 AM

 
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Fri Nov 20th 2009, 10:39 AM

 
I love Rick Steves!
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Thu Nov 19th 2009, 09:53 PM

 
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Thu Nov 19th 2009, 09:50 PM

 
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Wed Nov 18th 2009, 04:01 PM

 
Full story here: Senator Vitter doesn’t know if Loving was correctly decided. Vitter graduated Tulane Law School in 1988. Loving v. Virginia, decided in 1967, was a unanimous Supreme Court decision that declared state anti-miscegenation (interracial marriage) laws unconstitutional. It is one of the bedrock civil rights cases, right up there with Brown. It is simply not credible for any lawyer to claim ignorance when asked about Loving. Anyway, this question did not come out of the blue. Sev...
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Wed Nov 18th 2009, 11:34 AM

 
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Tue Nov 17th 2009, 02:48 PM
Poll: In New York, Opposition To Terror Trial Is Old, White, And Republican Buried in the internals of the new Marist poll of New York City residents is a striking finding: Opposition to trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-conspirators in a New York court is almost entirely driven by old, white, and Republican voters. The poll finds that overall, 45% of New Yorkers think the trial is a good idea, versus 41% who think it’s a bad idea. When the numbers are broken down by age, the only group...
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Tue Nov 17th 2009, 02:20 PM

 
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Tue Nov 17th 2009, 01:56 PM
From Twitter no less!: RT@pourmecoffee All I'm saying is if you're locked in struggle with your nemesis Levi Johnston, maybe you aren't ready to lead the nation. 1 minute ago from web (Link) Here is the original: (Link)
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Posted by Wetzelbill in General Discussion
Tue Nov 17th 2009, 11:46 AM
Ahh good old fashioned racism. Look at his picture at the link and tell me this guy isn't a GOP caricature come true. Sample reader comment: "Pilotshark says: 'DNFP says: Hey, if we liposuctioned his face, I could heat my home for the winter. The eyes alone have gallons of oil and waste reserves…' drill baby drill." -WB Washington Times op-ed: Obama lacks ‘blood impulse’ for what America ‘is about’ due to his ‘Kenyan father.’ In a column today criticizing President Obama’s bow before the Jap...
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Tue Nov 17th 2009, 11:20 AM
After so many major media failures during the Bush era, like the Iraq War etc, it doesn't help the media at all to hire people who were part of the worst administration in history to do reporting and analysis for them. -WB Newsweek Taps Bush Aide For Obama Reporting See if you can follow this logic. A recent article in Newsweek states that Democrats could have won a "very significant number of Republican votes in Congress" for the stimulus -- had there only been a "meaningful tax-cut compo...
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Mon Nov 16th 2009, 12:49 PM
Apologies if this is a dupe. -WB Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head. "Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Co...
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Posted by Wetzelbill in The DU Lounge
Sun Nov 15th 2009, 08:44 AM
This poem has been in my head for a few days now. The poet is a friend of a friend. Audio at the link too. -WB Mama's Work Mama tucked the coffee can between her wrist and hip and walked down Dry Creek Road. Her eyes lined-up, blush and lipstick, her Levi shorts cut above the thigh. And what it was to see those farmers cutting down wheat, side-glancing mama, barefoot and brown. Sometimes it’s flour, sometimes money when she empties the can. Her work in the quiet corners of barns on the hay, on...
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Posted by Wetzelbill in The DU Lounge
Sat Nov 14th 2009, 03:13 AM
This had me rolling! -WB THE HAPLESS ADVENTURES OF COURTNEY & KELLY Worse the Second Time Around It’s dark on his street. My car is running; moonlight pools on the dash. He lingers in the passenger seat for a moment. I grapple for something to say. “Well, all right. Bye, I guess.” He leans in. A pale round head float towards me. Lips puckered. Eyes closed. I squirm as his small baby lips suckle mine. Suddenly, the car jolts forward. Thankfully, I had forgotten to put the car in park and my f...
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Fri Nov 13th 2009, 03:20 AM

 
WTF? lol. This should be good for some laughs for everybody as the week winds down.
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Tue Nov 10th 2009, 07:26 PM

 
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Sun Nov 08th 2009, 11:03 PM
I am having a Blue Moon with an orange slice. I highly recommend! (Image)
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Sun Nov 08th 2009, 07:07 PM
Oh no this is rough! -WB JL Has A Shit Fit This took place a long, long time ago. I was about seven and I had a shit fit, at least that’s what my Dad, called it. A fucking bad day is what I called it. I was a farm boy. I grew up working, that’s why my parents had me; to do shit. After marriage they waited seven years, till the chores piled up, before Ma popped me in the oven. There was a plan, believe me. I was no accident of passion; no awkward backseat hotshot. It wasn’t because my ol...
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Sun Nov 08th 2009, 03:46 AM

 
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Fri Nov 06th 2009, 08:34 PM

 
He calls them out on doing the insurance company's bidding and how they consider the Mariana Islands to be state in their bill. He mentions Jack Abramoff's ties lobbying for the islands and their sweatshops etc.
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Posted by Wetzelbill in The DU Lounge
Thu Nov 05th 2009, 11:53 PM
Something about this poem haunts me tonight. -WB (mods, he's a friend of mine, it's cool that I posted the whole thing, plus it's in full at the link provided as well) Adrian C. Louis Valentine from Indian Country On these plains the plows and drums wrestle for centuries and marry into resignation. The old songs scratch the earth attempting to release the ancestors. Digging deeper, John Deere tractors unleash the Ghost Dance but nobody remembers the steps. Cattle and deer graze togethe...
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Thu Nov 05th 2009, 08:32 PM

 
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Thu Nov 05th 2009, 12:29 PM

 
Wow!
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Posted by Wetzelbill in General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009)
Tue Oct 27th 2009, 07:51 PM
What a small, petty man. I always say that about him because it's true. -WB Hey Reporters??? It Might Be Worth Pointing Out Lieberman Is Stupid or Lying… By: emptywheel Tuesday October 27, 2009 11:21 am As news outlets are reporting everywhere, Joe Lieberman is threatening to join a GOP filibuster of heath care reform. Brian Beutler reports the news without much elaboration on Lieberman’s stated justification for doing so. (See below for Beutler’s follow-up.) I told Senator Reid that...
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Tue Oct 27th 2009, 03:59 PM

 
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Tue Oct 27th 2009, 03:01 PM

 
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Tue Oct 27th 2009, 02:58 PM

 
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Posted by Wetzelbill in The DU Lounge
Fri Oct 23rd 2009, 01:37 PM
One of my good friends just sent this message out on FB with a request to forward it, so I am posting it here for you all. Thanks! Nick Pezzillo To all: My Uncle is currently in a coma after having an aggressive tumor removed earlier this week. I've been thinking a lot about the power of people and the possibilities of 'mind over matter'. With this thought in mind, at 2PM PST TODAY, Oct. 23, please spend a moment to pray, meditate, or just think positively about his recovery. Forward this if y...
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