2008 Anal-Ocity

Found another one for the consideration for the “Assie” Award.
CNN’s Glen Beck, a conservative commentator, made this statement on his Headline News Show, when commenting on Obama and his issues, he said:
“Barack Obama and his brand of socialism…..”
Now are there really pea brains out there that believe Obama is a socialist? If so, maybe [...]

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Conversation With Info Ink

This a conversation I had with one of my readers about the post I had on the electrocution of an American soldier in Iraq.

ss: god..like having our guys killed over there is not bad enough..that is just plain senseless
lobotero: did u see there has been 12 to die?
Ss: yep..would like to see [...]

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Labor And November

A friend sent me this blog post, it is from a blog entitled ‘08 Elections:
Autoworkers are fighting two enemies at once: the companies themselves who are closing plants and slashing wages and benefits, and a far right Republican government whose anti-worker and free trade agenda greases the wheel for companies to move production out of [...]

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Glowing Endorsement Of Obama

First, read this editorial and then tewll me who or what wrote it.
Barack Obama is not a left candidate. This fact has seemingly surprised a number of progressive people who are bemoaning Obama’s “shift to the center.” (Right-wingers are happy to join them, suggesting Obama is a “flip-flopper.”) It’s sad that some who seek progressive [...]

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Obama Tackles National Security

Barack Obama laid the foundations for a new US foreign policy yesterday ahead of his trips to Europe and the Middle East, promising to work with allies to tackle the threats of the 21st century with a push comparable to the Marshall plan.
In his biggest speech on the matter since entering the presidential race in [...]

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A Bailout By Any Other Name

For the second time in four months, the US government has intervened to rescue major financial firms and prevent an imminent collapse of the American and global banking system.
The government bailout of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced Sunday goes well beyond the $29 billion injection of Federal Reserve funds used to [...]

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McCain Stumbles Again

First McCain stumbled over the difference between Sunni and Shi’as in Iraq.  Who the good guys were and such.  Now he stumbles again.
In a townhall meeting held Tuesday in Albuquerque, N.M., John McCain mistakenly referred to current events in Czechoslovakia, a country that ceased to exist in 1993 after separating into the Czech Republic and [...]

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It Is All Labor’s Fault!

How about a small reality check?
GM is sucking hind tit, Chrysler is whining and selling off assets, Ford has hit bottom and now I hear from various circles that it is labor’s fault that the auto industry is crashing. The Unions and the workers negotiated and got higher pay, better benefits, etc. Afterwards, the companies [...]

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And So It Begins Again

Just six weeks after reluctantly surrendering to Barack Obama in the brutal 2008 Democratic primary race, Sen. Hillary Clinton has begun raising money for what she says is her 2012 New York Senate reelection campaign.
Clinton still faces about $20 million in debts from her unsuccessful presidential effort this year. As part of a so-called “unity [...]

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