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    Jury finds Tom DeLay guilty on all counts

    Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — once one of the most powerful and feared Republicans in Congress — was convicted Wednesday on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.

    Jurors deliberated for 19 hours before returning guilty verdicts against DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces up to life in prison on the money laundering charge.

    Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/tom-delay-guilty-counts/
    Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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    Why the American People Have Thrown the Democrats Out of Power in the House



    One reason is the arrogant procedural thuggery that was on display when Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) attempted to address the floor:


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    Because the outcome doesn’t go their way,….let’s kill them. The right wing, such a pleasant bunch.

    Right wing radio host Hal Turner gets 33 months for threats to judges

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A right-wing Internet radio host was sentenced on Tuesday to 33 months in prison for threatening the lives of three Chicago federal appeals court judges after they upheld a local gun control law.

    Harold Turner, 48, was convicted by a jury in August in Brooklyn federal court following two mistrials. He was arrested in June 2009 and charged with one count of threatening to assault or murder the three judges.

    Turner used his radio broadcasts to target Judges Frank Easterbrook, Richard Posner and William Bauer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, who had upheld a local handgun law.

    He said they had acted in "a manner so sleazy and cunning as to deserve the ultimate punishment." He called for their murder and published their photographs and work addresses online.

    "Turner's harsh words about these targeted judges, launched by Turner to an audience containing members of violent and extreme groups, prompted the United States Marshal's Service to assign protective details to many of the judges," court documents said.

    Turner, of North Bergen , New Jersey, worked as an FBI source between 2003 and 2007, U.S. prosecutors said, due to his "popularity with and access to white supremacist groups."

    But the relationship became "stormy" as Turner began to taunt and make demands of his handlers in exchange for sharing information, they said.

    The case was presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Donald Walter, who sits in a Louisiana federal court district, after the Chicago court recused itself. Walter chose the Brooklyn locale for the trial


    Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/hal-turner-33-months-threats-judges/

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    The latest US census is good news for the GOP. They get extra seats, the Dem's lose seats in several of their strongholds.

    The biggest winner of all is the party's stronghold of Texas, which has been given four extra House seats. The second biggest is Florida, which gets two more. In all, eight states gained seats, five of them in the south and west, all reliably Republican in presidential elections, as well as two swing states, Florida and Nevada. The only exception was Washington state, that Starbucks- and Microsoft-land of the Pacific northwest, which regularly votes Democrat.

    And the main losers? The rust-belt states of the North East, naturally. Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Michigan (the only state in the union actually to lose population over the last decade) give up one seat apiece. Ohio loses two, and so, most tellingly of all, does New York.

    For 150 years, it was the most populous state in the Union; indeed, for many foreigners, New York was the very emblem of America. Some time around 1960 however, it surrendered primacy to California. Then it was overtaken by Texas. Now it's tied in terms of House seats and electoral college votes with upstart Florida


    Rupert Cornwell: The march of American conservatism - Rupert Cornwell, Commentators - The Independent

    To think some of the more nutty Republicans, like Michelle Bachman, opposed the Census.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    For 150 years, it was the most populous state in the Union; indeed, for many foreigners, New York was the very emblem of America. Some time around 1960 however, it surrendered primacy to California. Then it was overtaken by Texas. Now it's tied in terms of House seats and electoral college votes with upstart Florida[/I]
    Florida, what an embarrassment, now with the execrable criminal (Medicare bilker) Rick Scott as governor. Republicans hate big gummint, even when they are ripping it off.
    Once Scrutinized By The Government, Rick Scott Soon Will Govern : Shots - Health News Blog : NPR
    In the early part of the last decade Columbia/ HCA paid a total of $1.7 billion in fines to settle charges the chain defrauded Medicare and other government health programs.

    Scott, who wasn't charged with any crimes, left the company in 1997 only days after the FBI raided its headquarters in Nashville and more than 30 of its hospitals.

    Last month, novelist and former investigative reporter Carl Hiaasen reprised Scott's past in a rip-roaring op-ed piece for the Miami Herald provocatively titled, "Scott is either incompetent or a lying crook."

    During the summer, Scott told the Herald, he "made mistakes" at Columbia/HCA and took responsibility for what happened on his watch. He denied knowledge of any fraud, however.

    Hiaasen wasn't buying it, writing, "The fraud was so massive and institutionalized that his statement can’t be taken seriously."
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    Hiaasen piece here, worth a read Scott is either incompetent or a lying crook - Carl Hiaasen - MiamiHerald.com
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    ^I don’t know if anyone will take the time to open and read your link (about Rick Scott). But I read something in the Herald, last week that should upset many in Florida.

    Advisors to Governor-elect Rick Scott are questioning the need for the state's public hospitals -- a group that includes Jackson Health System and the North and South Broward hospital districts.

    Snip

    The report to Scott, who was once head of the largest for-profit hospital chain in America, notes that some governments, such as Palm Beach County, give tax dollars to non-governmental hospitals to provide safety-net care for the poor and uninsured.

    Link: Scott advisors doubt need for public hospitals - Miami-Dade Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com
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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    ^I don’t know if anyone will take the time to open and read your link (about Rick Scott). But I read something in the Herald, last week that should upset many in Florida.

    Advisors to Governor-elect Rick Scott are questioning the need for the state's public hospitals -- a group that includes Jackson Health System and the North and South Broward hospital districts.

    Snip

    The report to Scott, who was once head of the largest for-profit hospital chain in America, notes that some governments, such as Palm Beach County, give tax dollars to non-governmental hospitals to provide safety-net care for the poor and uninsured.

    Link: Scott advisors doubt need for public hospitals - Miami-Dade Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com
    Absent an interest in Florida- lots of Brits own property there, maybe even some of those on TD- or an abiding interest in US politics in general, probably not. Then again, lacking such interest why bother with a thread about the GOP?

    Scott is also hell-bent on turning Florida into a religious right-dominated state, promising vouchers to all the creationist loonies (and everyone else). Florida public schools were bad enough as it was, now he is attempting to give them the coup de grace.

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    The top ten Republican thinkers

    MODERATE voices in the Republican Party aren't reaching the grassroots, or so it seems from the results of a poll by ConservativeHome.com, seeking to discover which pundits will most influence party activists as presidential candidates for 2012 emerge. The poll gives Rush Limbaugh the number one spot and Glenn Beck the second. Here's the full list:

    Rush Limbaugh: 41%
    Glenn Beck: 33%
    Charles Krauthammer: 29%
    Bill O'Reilly: 24%
    Sean Hannity: 21%
    Newt Gingrich: 16%
    Michelle Malkin: 16%
    Mike Huckabee: 13%
    Ann Coulter: 13%
    George Will: 13%

    Republican opinion-formers: The top ten Republican thinkers | The Economist)


    Yikes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    The top ten Republican thinkers

    MODERATE voices in the Republican Party aren't reaching the grassroots, or so it seems from the results of a poll by ConservativeHome.com, seeking to discover which pundits will most influence party activists as presidential candidates for 2012 emerge. The poll gives Rush Limbaugh the number one spot and Glenn Beck the second. Here's the full list:

    Rush Limbaugh: 41%
    Glenn Beck: 33%
    Charles Krauthammer: 29%
    Bill O'Reilly: 24%
    Sean Hannity: 21%
    Newt Gingrich: 16%
    Michelle Malkin: 16%
    Mike Huckabee: 13%
    Ann Coulter: 13%
    George Will: 13%

    Republican opinion-formers: The top ten Republican thinkers | The Economist)


    Yikes.
    Will can be smart and worthy of attention at times, Krauthammer also but less often (and often obnoxious), and Huckabee comes off as genuinely sincere and conscientious. O'Reilly is a typical right-wing blowhard but occasionally displays something like principles and a sense of humor. The rest are nauseating.

    The best conservative thinkers are Larison Eunomia , Drezner Daniel W. Drezner | FOREIGN POLICY , and Kevin Phillips. I'll admit to a liking for Pat Buchanan, although he does come off like a Nazi from time to time. I miss Buckley.

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    Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, earlier convicted on conspiracy and money laundering charges in Texas, today was sentenced by Judge Pat Priest to three years in prison. The sentence was directly on the conspiracy charge; on money laundering, his five-year sentence was probated for 10 years, and so he will serve 10 years’ probation.

    Prosecutors would like to see DeLay go to jail immediately


    link: Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years in Prison | FDL News Desk

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    ^ It's good that he's doing time, and did not get off because of his former position.

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    For all you 'usual suspects' (& you do know who your are) put this in your pipe and smoke it!

    Voters Now Trust GOP More On All 10 Key Issues

    "...voters now trust the GOP more than Democrats on all 10 of the most important issues regularly surveyed"

    Trust on Issues - Rasmussen Reports
    A Deplorable Bitter Clinger

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    Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer

    LOS ANGELES – Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff, a revelation that apparently prompted wife Maria Shriver to leave the couple's home before they announced their separation last week.

    Sticking it in the wrong hole and will soon be paying child support: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110517/ap_on_en_mo/us_schwarzenegger_shriver_separation

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    Special election NY 26.

    A Dem wins a Republican seat.

    UPDATE 8: At 10:25 Corwin concedes. Probably the best call. The math was vastly against her.

    UPDATE 9: Hochul giving her victory speech. Local news still wondering why Corwin conceded so fast with more than 6K absentees to count and zero votes reported from rural Genesee County.

    UPDATE 10: Stick a fork in it. It’s done.

    Looking for work: http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/24/open-thread-the-ny-26-special-but-not-that-kind-of-special/

    Another Republican will be looking for work. Keep backing Ryan,.and that kill Medicare idea, rethugs. Stupid!

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    ^ It's a huge victory, in a predominantly Republican seat.

    Kathleen Courtney Hochul, the Erie County clerk and longtime Democratic figure who defied political experts giving her little chance of success, ground out a stunning and surprisingly comfortable victory Tuesday in the special election for the predominantly Republican 26th Congressional District.

    Hochul defeated Republican Jane L. Corwin, a Clarence assemblywoman, 48 to 42 percent with 87 percent of election districts reporting, while the Tea Party's Jack Davis mustered only 9 percent in his fourth try for the seat. Ian L. Murphy of the Green Party recorded 1 percent.

    Hochul takes House seat in stunner - Special election - The Buffalo News

    And heres why-

    After Republican proposals to overhaul Medicare made the race a focus of national attention, Hochul began inching past Corwin in the polls and Davis' strong 23 percent showing withered away.

    if this doesn't send a message to the GOP and Tea party, nothing will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    ^ It's a huge victory, in a predominantly Republican seat.

    Kathleen Courtney Hochul, the Erie County clerk and longtime Democratic figure who defied political experts giving her little chance of success, ground out a stunning and surprisingly comfortable victory Tuesday in the special election for the predominantly Republican 26th Congressional District.

    Hochul defeated Republican Jane L. Corwin, a Clarence assemblywoman, 48 to 42 percent with 87 percent of election districts reporting, while the Tea Party's Jack Davis mustered only 9 percent in his fourth try for the seat. Ian L. Murphy of the Green Party recorded 1 percent.


    And heres why-

    After Republican proposals to overhaul Medicare made the race a focus of national attention, Hochul began inching past Corwin in the polls and Davis' strong 23 percent showing withered away.

    if this doesn't send a message to the GOP and Tea party, nothing will.
    This just goes to show that Americans will not and cannot make sacrifices.

    The sacrifices necessary.

    Medicare will destroy the United States. Therefore, it will overhauled, reduced, eliminated in some form, before the shite hits the fan.

    Sad, but true.

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    They (Rethugs) are in a downward spiral,………

    Democrats are winning the messaging war on Rep. Paul Ryan’s bid to overhaul Medicare, with a new Bloomberg poll finding 57 percent of Americans believe they would be worse off under his plan.

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    The poll also found Ryan is now the nation’s third most disliked Republican, with net unfavorable ratings that trail only former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. But more than half surveyed said they have no opinion of the Wisconsin Republican.

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    The poll found that 40 percent of Americans believe President Barack Obama has a better vision for the nation’s economic future, while 37 percent said Republicans do. More than half — 51 percent — said “we should see” how the national health care law works, while 35 percent want it repealed.

    And 49 percent surveyed approve of Obama’s overall job performance, while his approval rating on terrorism alone was measured at 69 percent.

    Link: Poll: Ryan 3rd-most-disliked GOPer - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com

    Bloomberg poll?: http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/r0SRC9hI_Y_s

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    Reagan was one of the worst presidents in US history, but not the worst. He has a lot of competition from bush and many others. The worst by far was Lincoln who was willing to destroy the country, kill millions of people, burn half the cities and throw the country into decades of economic hardship all to protect the business interests of the north.
    Freeing the slaves was only a desperate attempt to win the war at any cost. He knew that the southern soldiers would be less effective worrying about their families back home with many slaves.
    Those who control the messege control democrocy. The republicans have invested a lot of money in "think tanks" who distort the truth and manipulate the votors to vote against their own self interest.
    It is psych-ops at it's very worst.
    Unfortunately, many American's appear to be too fat and lazy to realize that the country has already been sold and their futures along with it.
    Look at Germany who continues to excell all while protecting the long term interests of it's citizens. They have taken over as the leader of innovation, export and production of quality products.

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    Divorce court and maybe looking for another way to prove who the hell he is when it comes time to vote.

    On Friday, the Dearborn County Prosecutor’s Office released an embarrassing video of Republican Ohio State Rep. Robert Mecklenborg being stopped by police and failing a DUI test.

    After failing the roadside sobriety test, a blood test showed the lawmaker had a .097 blood-alcohol level and had traces of Viagra in his system.

    The 59-year-old married father of three also refused to explain why he had a 26-year-old female passenger in the car.

    Reports indicated that the woman worked at a strip club in Lawrenceburg.

    Mecklenborg is moving forward with a request that the Ohio Senate return next week to vote on a restrictive voter photo ID bill that he is sponsoring.

    The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee notes that if the law is passed, Mecklenborg, who should have had his license confiscated at the time of his arrest, may be a victim of his own legislation.

    Another one bites the dust: http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/07/dash-cam-video-shows-dui-arrest-of-ohio-republican-lawmaker/



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    ^ That is just so pathetic, how embarrassing and unfit for public office behavior, in stead of just quietly admitting to DUI this charade of pitiful lying and shenanigans is just incredible, It's not the DUI everyone can make a mistake, but his cowardly unmanly whining and lying.

    He deserves what he gets the idiot, the public is not served with him as a representative.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post

    The 59-year-old married father of three also refused to explain why he had a 26-year-old female passenger in the car.

    Reports indicated that the woman worked at a strip club in Lawrenceburg.
    They're Rethuglicans. Family values, dontcha know.

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    From the crazed Trotskyite editors at the Economist:
    America's debt: Shame on them | The Economist
    America's debt
    Shame on them
    The Republicans are playing a cynical political game with hugely high economic stakes
    Jul 7th 2011
    IN THREE weeks, if there is no political deal, the American government will go into default. Not, one must pray, on its sovereign debt. But the country will have to stop paying someone: perhaps pensioners, or government suppliers, or soldiers. That would be damaging enough at a time of economic fragility. And the longer such a default went on, the greater the risk of provoking a genuine bond crisis would become.

    There is no good economic reason why this should be happening. America’s net indebtedness is a perfectly affordable 65% of GDP, and throughout the past three years of recession and tepid recovery investors have been more than happy to go on lending to the federal government. The current problems, rather, are political. Under America’s elaborate separation of powers, Congress must authorise any extension of the debt ceiling, which now stands at $14.3 trillion. Back in May the government bumped up against that limit, but various accounting dodges have been used to keep funds flowing. It is now reckoned that these wheezes will be exhausted by August 2nd.

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    A freshman Arizona state Senator may be in need of some gun safety lessons.

    Richard Ruelas, a reporter for The Arizona Republic, found himself staring down the barrel of Republican state Sen. Lori Klein's raspberry-pink firearm during a recent interview at the Capitol.

    "Oh, it's so cute," Klein said of the .380 Ruger that she carries in purse at all times.

    While the loaded pistol had no safety and the laser pointer was centered on the reporter's chest, Klein explained that there was no need to worry.

    "I just didn't have my hand on the trigger," she said.

    Just two days after a gunman in Tucson killed six and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Klein surprised security guards by first trying to bring the firearm onto the Senate floor.

    "They said, 'You can't go in.' I said, 'Oh, yeah, I can. I have a right to carry,'" Klein recalled.

    In March, the freshman state senator found herself in hot water again for reading a letter on the Senate floor that claimed Hispanic students "hate America" and only want to become "gang members and gangsters."


    Maybe jail,…….threat with a deadly weapon: Arizona lawmaker points loaded gun at reporter’s chest | The Raw Story

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    Hahaha, Thugs, you are too crazy even for Alan Simpson:
    “The stuff that’s going on in my party, where the -– pettiness overcomes the patriotism -– it’s just disgusting to me,” he told ABC News. ”Reagan raised taxes. We’ve never had less revenue to run this country since the Korean war.”
    http://www.businessinsider.com​/alan...#8203;s-2011-7

    And this:

    Some Republicans are starting to have buyer’s remorse over their party’s insistence that a vote to raise the debt limit be tied to a long-term deficit reduction package.
    “Maybe the debt ceiling was the wrong place to pick a fight, as it related to trying to get our country’s house in order,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Thursday. “Maybe that was the wrong place to do it.”
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    Stoopid fuckers

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    Stoopid fuckers
    I strongly suspect so- but we'll know for sure at the next elections.

    The GOP is nothing more than a Lobby group for the rich- I mean, really. Apart from slashing taxes on the richest 5-10% and Corporations, slashing benefits from the rest, and dismantling or reducing corporate regulation, it has no discernible policies whatsoever. The arguments that it uses to justify this were already conclusively disproved during the Bush administration.

    I have a strong feeling they will be deservedly pummeled at the next Presidential elections- apart from the "Guns, God n the 'Lectric chair" brigade everyone can see through their sham, surely. The way the GOP is holding the country to ransom actually brings into question the long term viability of the two party system- because the two party system relies on a functional Opposition. Thailand and the USA are partners in crime in this regard. But I have more faith than that in democracy. The GOP will have to change from within, or is headed for democratic irrelevance. Obama is a bit too timid for my liking, but he certainly picks his fights carefully. The GOP can only lose this one.

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