February 2010

  • Baby Bayh: He hasn't left yet?

    By dfunzy on 2/22/10 6:22am
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    The Quitting Senator, Evan "Baby" Bayh, continues his too long goodbye. In an opinion column, in yesterday's New York Times, called, "Why I’m Leaving the Senate," baby Bayh begins with how humorists from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of Congress. Well, with senators like Baby Bayh, the jokes write themselves. He even makes reference to the the old Milton Berle joke: “You can lead a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think.”  Well, Baby Bayh?

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  • Baby Bayh Too Long Goodbye

    By dfunzy on 2/18/10 7:51am
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    Evans BayhEvans BayhThe Washington Post reports this morning that Baby Bayh  has come out against the filibuster!! Oh my!

    "It took him a day or two, but Evan Bayh has finally begun saying why Washington doesn't work, rather than just complaining that it doesn't. ... he is (now) saying that the filibuster should be 55 votes rather than 60, and fewer nominees should require Senate confirmation. (He says) ' The minority has rights, that's important, but the public has a right to see its business done, and not routinely allow a small minority to keep us from addressing the great issues that face this country. '  Bayh says, 'I think the filibuster absolutely needs to be changed.' " (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/02/evan_bayh_comes_out_...)

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  • Bye, Bye Cry Baby Bayh

    By dfunzy on 2/17/10 9:53am
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    Big Baby BayhBig Baby BayhBirch  Bayh, now he was a Senator.  He is a man. His son. Evan Bayh proved this week to be just a big Baby Bayh. He is a quiter, who in his exit  speech sounds like a whiner -- "I  have often been a lonely voice for balancing the budget and restraining spending. I have worked with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike to do the nation’s business in a way that is civil and constructive.

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  • Putting The Onus On The Party of No

    By dfunzy on 2/13/10 9:32am
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    Harry ReidHarry ReidDemocrats start out with very popular programs, with solid public  support then lose them in the smoke screen, or to get them pass the GOP filibuster,  compromise them to the point (example the lousy Senate Health Reform Bill) where support fades away. Finally, the Democrats seem to have come up with a strategy to put the onus for the failure of Congress to pass popular  programs, which will address some of the pressing problems in the country, squarely where it belongs on the GOP, the Party of No. The Party of No claims it wants bipartisanship, wants the Democrats to propose modest, less ambitious measures.

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  • Palin is Failin'

    By dfunzy on 2/12/10 9:36am
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    You Betcha!You Betcha!Sarah "give me the money" Palin, who quit the Alaska governorship to come to the lower 48 states to snooker the rubes out of their hard earned cash, and who has busy gathering in the cheese, collecting a reported whopping 100K  for her hand reading performance at the Tea Party gathering in Nashville -- said  that she just might run for President of the United States in 2012. Well,  if she does, she is going to have a tougher time than she thinks. America is not a land of just rubes. In a  Washington Post-ABC News poll out this week 71% of Americans  said that she even qualified to be President.

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  • Hollywood Speaks Out About the Health Care Industry

    By becksta on 2/11/10 5:38pm
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    Health Care Reform Advocate?Health Care Reform Advocate?Hollywood is thankfully speaking out to protect the health care insurance industry from being stomped on by sick Americans.



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  • Here Comes Jerry Brown!

    By dfunzy on 2/10/10 8:14am
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    Jerry BrownJerry BrownIt looks as if Jerry Brown will run for the California Governor's job, a job he won twice, in 1974 and 1978, and became California's youngest governor of the 20th century. Some, including myself, think that if he had gotten into the 1976 Presidential race earlier, he may have been elected President.

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  • Sarah Palin Should Step Out of the Limelight

    By becksta on 2/8/10 2:18pm
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    Sarah PalinSarah PalinWe shouldn’t be surprised that Sarah Palin is possibly using cheat sheets, is misinterpreting the whole basic idea of tea parties, and is potentially considering a run for president. The reality of the situation is that IQ unfortunately is not a pre-requisite for elected office, even at the higher levels.

    For some reason, the presidents most known for having lower IQs tend to be Republicans, which I think may be more than a coincidence. Neither father nor son Bush was all that smart, and Ronald Reagan was definitely not known for his brainiac tendencies.

    Why are Republicans so scared of having a president who is smarter than the average American?


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  • What Environmental Cause Are Republicans Inexplicably Fighting This Time?

    By ecoscott on 2/5/10 8:29pm
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    Republicans are Challenging California's Global Warming ActRepublicans are Challenging California's Global Warming ActIf they aren’t trying to knock down the health care reform legislation, they’re trying to block appointees in the Senate review. And if they aren’t busy calling Obama a socialist tyrant, they’re occupied defending the needs of the Wall Street bankers. And when they need something to do for a weekend, well, it’s time to go out and demonize some sort of forward-thinking climate law. Like, say, in California.

    I realize that those examples are Federal Republicans, but the same sentiment pervades on the West coast. And California is a leader in all things for the Earth, meaning that this is the front lines for the next generation of progressive green policies. So the Republican party tries to nip it in the bud, so to speak…

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  • 60 Minutes Glorifies War with Green Beret Segment

    By becksta on 2/4/10 5:59pm
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    Green BeretGreen BeretOn Sunday, 60 Minutes aired an episode with a segment about the Green Berets that was in effect a Marine Recruiting advertisement to entice young men (and high school boys) to join the military in order to risk life an limb for one of the two wars the US is currently fighting.


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