Thursday, October 18, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
A Guide To Consumer Brands Helping Bankroll Right-Wing Attack Ads
A Guide To Consumer Brands Helping Bankroll Right-Wing Attack Ads: pHave you eaten at White Castle recently? Or caught a movie at Regal Cinemas? If so, you may be unwittingly helping finance right-wing attack ads. That’s because many of the country’s most common brands are run by rich conservatives who are using their personal wealth to bankroll outside spending groups that are running attack ads [...]/p
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Wisconsin Voters Failed Themselves and The Country
Wisconsin voters fell for the lying ads funded by the Koch
Brothers to keep Governor Walker in office!
Wisconsin, this recall was about so much more than the actual recall and
you fell for the lies. I have not seen
the ads you were exposed to but I am confident that The Koch Brothers,
Americans for Prosperity (a misnomer), and Karl Rove funded the false ads. Wisconsin
voters, you voted against your own best interest if you voted to keep Scott
Walker and that is your prerogative but I resent that you set the stage for
other Radical-Right Wing Republican Governors, like Rick Scott in Florida, to pull
off the same hoax on American citizens, (i.e. USE UNLIMITED FUNDS FROM OUTSIDE
SOURCES FOR THE SINGLE PURPOSE OF CONVINCING UNEDUCATED VOTERS WITH MANIPULATIVE
ADS TO FOOL YOU INTO VOTING AGAINST YOURSELVES.
By merely watching your local news station and not doing your homework
about issues beyond your own community, you are essentially putting your head
in the sand and I resent that this has a negative impact on my life. It is time voters did their homework and
discovered what sinister, heavily-funded corporations and organizations are
doing behind the scenes to see to it that our nation becomes a solid
CORPORATOCRACY – which is not in anyone’s best interest – except the 1% (the wealthy)! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
Frankly, I’d have “Big Government” rather than
“Big Oil,” “Big Pharma,” “Big Banks” or “Big Insurance” running this
country. The difference is Big
Government is “Of the People, By the People and For the People, whereas the Oil
Industry, the Pharmaceutical Industry, the Banking Industry, and the Insurance
Industry are in existence for ONE THING – TO MAINTAIN ITSELF – BY TAKING FROM
YOU TO MAINTAIN ITS PROFITS! Why is this
manipulation by monied interests to gain control of our government and all of us such a
hard notion to grasp?
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
"Republican" Redefined, Comments from The Norman Goldman Show
This definition was posted on Facebook and Normal Goldman has requested that we share it. It is a comprehensive list of what Republicans in general stand for these days. For whom do you stand? These writers of legislation whose questionable ideologies effect all of our lives are why it is so important to be well-informed and politically active.
From the Norman Goldman Show
When THEY say there is no "War On Women" - show them THIS!
- Every GOP Senator voted AGAINST Equal Pay for Women Act
- Every GOP Senator voted AGAINST Equal Pay for Women Act
- Every GOP Senator voted AGAINST Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment
- Every GOP member vote FOR Anti-Safe Abortion Legislation
- Every GOP member vote FOR Blunt/Rubio Anti-Women's Equal Health
Coverage Amendment. While Blunt/Rubio Amendment does not allow employer
to deny men employee health coverage for Vasectomy, the Blunt/Rubio
Amendment allows Employer to deny female employees & female
dependents: contraception, tubes tied, and hysterectomies.
- GOP Redefines Rape
- GOP writes legislation to probe metal prongs up a woman's vagina
- GOP change legal term for victims of rape, stalking, and domestic violence
to "accuser"
- GOP writes legislation that could make it legal to murder a doctor who provides
abortion care. (South Dakota GOP)
- GOP writes legislation to cut nearly a billion dollars of aid to low-income
pregnant women, mothers, babies, and kids.
- GOP writes legislation that would let hospitals allow a woman to die
rather than perform an abortion necessary to save her life.
- GOP writes law cutting
should really be home with the kids, not out working (
- GOP Cut Funding for Head Start, by $1 Billion.
- Two-thirds of the elderly poor are women: GOP write Bill to CUT
funding for employment services, meals, and housing for senior citizens.
- GOP Candidates for President pledge to Cut Funding for Planned
Parenthood.
funding for employment services, meals, and housing for senior citizens.
- GOP Candidates for President pledge to Cut Funding for Planned
Parenthood.
- GOP voted for an Amendment to cut all federal funding from Planned Parenthood
health centers.
- GOP writes Bill to eliminate all funds for Federal Family Planning Program.
- GOP write Bill to Provide Contraception for wild horses but ENDS all Federal Funding
for Family Planning, including contraception coverage. Dan Burton (R)
- GOP Jan Brewer (R- AZ) Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday
signed one of the most controversial and restrictive abortion bans in the
country, which experts say effectively bans abortions after 18 weeks and
declares that a woman could be pregnant 2 weeks before she even had sex.
States passed 83 laws restricting access to abortion, nearly four times the
23 laws passed in 2010. A lot of that had to do with the 2010 elections, which
ushered in a wave of Republican legislators and governors. This year, the
number of states with fully anti-abortion governments — in which both the
governor and the legislature oppose abortion rights — increased from 10 to 15.
Got it? Pass it around... post it on your blogs...print it out and pin it to bulletin boards everywhere.”
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It is stunning to me that this current crop of Republicans is so delusional. Stunning. God help us all.
Laura
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Friday, September 16, 2011
Republican Rhetoric from a Newby Senator who can't think for himself.
I received a letter from Marco Rubio and I'd like to share this compilation of Republican rhetoric with you. He thinks it's OK to spend money on the Failed War on Drugs program (even though it is a known failure) yet he flaps his lips about "cutting spending" on this. He is a Republican Hypocrit Clone!
"Dear Ms. Berben,
Of Florida's $69.1 billion state budget for 2011-2012, Medicaid expenditures amount to more than $21 billion, and enrollment is expected to continue to grow in future years. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicaid enrollment across the country is estimated to reach 78 million by 2019. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which was passed through a Democrat-controlled Congress and signed into law in March of 2010, authorizes a massive expansion of the already financially unstable Medicaid program. The Office of the Actuary at CMS estimates this expansion will cost federal taxpayers $735 billion over the next ten years.
"Dear Ms. Berben,
Thank you for taking the time to contact me to express your concerns about Medicare and Medicaid. I understand these are important issues and I appreciate hearing your thoughts. The Medicare and Medicaid programs are paramount to many Floridians, as more than 3.3 million residents are currently Medicare beneficiaries and approximately 2.97 million residents currently rely on Medicaid benefits for their health care.
As your elected representative, I have made a commitment to tackle our nation's debt by cutting federal spending, reducing the deficit, and making necessary reforms to our entitlement programs. Medicare and Medicaid are currently facing major obstacles because of substantial financial challenges which must be addressed in order to protect current and future generations of Americans.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, total Medicare spending is expected to be $555 billion in Fiscal Year 2011, and total Medicare outlays as a percent of our nation's gross domestic product (GDP) are expected to be about 3.5% in both 2011 and 2012. Medicare is growing at unsustainable rates, and unless major changes are made, the program's financial instability "could lead to reduced access to care or diminished quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries". Individuals currently receiving Medicare benefits and those who are approaching retirement age (55 or older), should not and will not be subjected to any changes. But for younger generations, the Medicare program must change or it will no longer exist by the time they become eligible for benefits.
Of Florida's $69.1 billion state budget for 2011-2012, Medicaid expenditures amount to more than $21 billion, and enrollment is expected to continue to grow in future years. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicaid enrollment across the country is estimated to reach 78 million by 2019. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which was passed through a Democrat-controlled Congress and signed into law in March of 2010, authorizes a massive expansion of the already financially unstable Medicaid program. The Office of the Actuary at CMS estimates this expansion will cost federal taxpayers $735 billion over the next ten years.
Since Medicaid is already depleting state budgets and simultaneously placing a considerable financial burden on the federal budget, changes must be made to the Medicaid program in order to protect current and future generations of Americans. The federal government should authorize state block grants to provide flexibility in states' decisions on how to effectively provide high-quality health services to their residents through the Medicaid program. We must ensure that our nation's poor and most vulnerable are sufficiently cared for as well as reducing the financial burden of the Medicaid program on states and our federal expenses.
As Congress continues to debate important issues surrounding our country's growing debt and out-of-control government spending, I will continue to listen to Floridians while working to ensure that Americans continue to have access to Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Again, thank you for writing to me with your concerns and I look forward to hearing any views or input you wish to share in the future." Marco Rubio
He might as well say "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah," this puppet for the GOP!
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