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POPSAyoon wa Azan (A Loudmouth from the Extreme Right) From a wonderful Web site, Watching America, I found this column from Al Hayat, translated from Arabic, I believe, all about Coulter and Lieberman. Isn't it interesting how these two people are reviled even so far from home. I can kinda understand Lieberman being in their consciousness, but Coulter? Amazing!!
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POPSChutzpah, With a Capital "CH" Can you believe the audacity of McCain? First he manipulates Obama into taking his trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, which also resulted in a successful European tour. When that worked out too well for Obama, McCain declared that his opponent was being presumptuous, and acting as if was already president of the United States. Now that Russia has stormed into Georgia, McCain decides to send Lieberman and Graham to Tblisi to try to work something out. On what authority will the traitor Lieberman, and Howdy Doody Graham discuss anything of substance, with any officials in Georgia? On top of which, Condie Rice, Madam Secretary herself, is on her way to Georgia to assess the situation. She, at the very least, speaks for the president. For whom do these two McCain puppets speak?
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POPSAn Old Law Dies So Same-Sex Marriage Can Thrive Massachusetts has repealed it 1913 law that refused recognition of marriages performed in their state that would not be recognized in a couple's home state. New York, and California will also recognize same-sex marriages in this manner. This will probably result in many lawsuits in states that have banned gay marriage, by demanding that their marriages from Massachusetts and California be honoured at home, claiming that it is unconstitutional to refuse recognition of marriages from other states. Anyhoo, this is another step forward towards marriage equality in the U.S. and it is about time.
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POPSJesse Helms is Dead Mike Signorile definitely speaks for many LGBT people and our friends in his July 4th blog posting. Although, as I said in a piece I clipped yesterday, I do not take joy in the death of another human being. But in the case of Helms, it is hard to find even a core of sympathy or remorse at his passing. In his professional lifetime, he sent many innocent and good people to their deaths due to his hatemongering and homophobia. If he could not cry for us, how can we cry for him?
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POPSRemember the Lieberman "hack attack"?
Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman publicly accused Ned Lamont's campaign of deliberately crashing his Web site during the contested senate race in November 2006. As it turns out, the FBI ran a complete investigation and determined that it was the fault totally of the Lieberman campaign for using second-rate, bargain hosting services that caused the crash. What is particularly interesting is that these results were reported well before the actual vote, and yet Lieberman and his campaign refused to report the findings or apologize for the false accusations against Lamont up to this very day. The only reason the news came out now, is because a journalist got the information through the Freedom of Information Act. So here is Joe, showing what a lying scumbag he really is. First he makes a false claim against his opponent, and then when proven that the claim is false, he hides the information from the public. The man is a total disgrace, and I hope the people of Connecticut turn on
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POPSFormer Republican Senator Cafee Blasts a "two-faced" Bush Lincoln Chafee was a rare breed in the senate. A very Liberal Republican. The words Liberal, and Republican are just not thought of together. But this man put his belief in fairness for all, above political party ideology. He is one Republican I was sorry to see go in 2006.
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POPSThe City of Baltimore Asks Maryland State Legislators to Permit Same-Sex Marriage Although Maryland and Pennsylvania are neighbours, their politicians seem to have very different views on same-sex marriage and civil-unions. I don't really believe that the folks in Pennsylvania and Maryland are all that different, especially considering the fact that 57% of Pennsylvania Conservatives support civil unions. It just seems that there are still too many Republican/Conservative politicians who have yet to get the message that their mean-spiritedness is no longer appreciated by their constituents.
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POPSThe Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee passes an Anti-Gay Amendment Even though 57% of Conservatives in Pennsylvania support civil-unions, the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee still passed a proposed amendment to the state's Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage or civil-unions. These Republicans cannot even fall back on the argument that they are respecting the wishes of their constituency, since the Conservatives in the state approve of civil-unions. This is just mean-spirited and hateful political posturing.
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POPSThe Political Filth Just Keeps On Coming Why is it that the U.S. seems to need to indulge in filthy, vicious and personally destructive political elections. I know that election campaigns are not necessarily the friendliest of circumstances, but why is it necessary for opponents to destroy each other while trying to prove that either one is the best person for the job? As an American I am disgusted by the vile crap that is propagated by opposing campaigns. And the public, although they keep saying they do not approve of these kinds of campaign tactics, continue to respond to them thus encouraging the campaigns to maintain this vicious style.
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POPSRove Will Probably Wiggle Out But Is Still Comtemptuous My guess is that Karl Rove and Josh Bolton with the assistance of the criminal in chief, will be able to wiggle out of this contempt citation. But if the public is watching, it will be another potential stake in the heart of the corrupt Republican party. I used to be a Republican, but that was decades ago, before the party was taken over by corrupt, religious freaks, with their hypocritical morality claims, and their far right war mongering ideology.
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POPSJoe Says No Holy Joe has once again shown his true colours. Do NOTHING that could possibly make the Bush administration look bad in any way whatsoever. Who cares if the mercenaries who were sent to Iraq are killing civilians in cold blood, if investigating the deadly situations might make Bush's judgment in sending them into the war zone without any legal way of holding them responsible for their actions look bad. Lieberman is one of Bush's greatest war supporters, and is one of America's most ardent neocons. I hope the citizens of Connecticut who fell hook line and sinker for Joe's lies during his last campaign have learned a lesson, and will never believe that bastard again.
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POPSLarry Craig Breaks His Promise and Refuses to Resign His Senate Seat First he's guilty then he's not. He announces he's gonna quit and then he stays. The Republicans in the Senate are having apoplexy over this guy, who they thought they would be well rid of at the end of September, but he has decided to stay out the full his remaining term. So, now the Republicans have another worry on their plate for next year's elections, which is shaping up to be a nightmare for their party. Several high profile senators and congresspersons are not going to run for another term. There are scandals being investigated, and now Senator Craig says he is gonna stay and keep his sordid story on the front burner right through to November 08. It couldn't happen to a nicer group of pols.
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POPSAnother Insightful Perspective By Bill Maher Bill Maher creates an interesting analogy between Bush's manipulation of the Iraq war and Ken Lay's similar tactics at Enron. My clips do not do the piece justice, and I urge all of you to read the entire commentary.
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POPSPetraeus/Betray Us Ad Results in A Deluge of Support for Moveon.org Moveon.org really started something with its Petraeus/Betray-Us ad. It actually was able to move the congress into introducing and voting on legislation condemning the organization for running the ad, which is the first bit of activity we have seen there in a while. While war rages and blood flows the most important thing on the minds of our legislators was to codify censorship. We must never speak poorly, especially of a military man in uniform. The Republicans were especially outraged. Yes, the same Republicans who swift-boated John Kerry and Max Cleland who were both Viet Nam vets and heroes. I guess it depends on who is wearing the uniform at the time when we condemn an attack. Anyway, Moveon.org has received a tremendous increase in donations since congress condemned them, so as far as they are concerned, keep the complaints coming Congresspersons.
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POPSRomney Cannot Escape His Past Support of Gays Mitt Romney is trying mightily to escape from his past, strong support of the gay and lesbian community. Fliers congratulating the gay community on Pride Day in Massachusetts, and pledging support for their interests in being released publicly for the first time. His comments saying that he is a far better friend to gays than Ted Kennedy could ever hope to be, is also part of the record of his unsuccessful Senate run. But now that he needs the religious right on his side, he does another about face, and denies any support for gay rights whatsoever. Just as he did for his support of a woman's right to choose. This guy doesn't care what he has to say or do in order to win the office of his choice at the moment. What will he decide to change once he wins, god forbid.
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POPSIs Chertoff Another Liar for Bush? Rumour has it that Michael Chertoff may be in the offing as the nominee to replace Al Gonzalez as Attorney General of the United States. There is much to question concerning Mr. Chertoff's veracity as this article explains.
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POPSA Very Interesting Article About GOP Gays From Last October This article from October, 2006, is a fascinating examination of the then increasing revelations of closeted gays in Republican politics. It is a fairly longish piece, and I could not hope to clip it appropriately. But if you are interested in gaining some insight into the situation in politics, especially Republican politics, it is a must-read.
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POPSChristians Only In Congress, Please Republican Congressman Bill Sali says having a Muslin in the House of Representatives and a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate just goes too far. The only way to maintain the U.S. is to stand by its founding Christian principals and to ask for the grace of the Christian God. The Hindi and Muslim Gods are different and do not count in our political system. Are we still wondering why the rest of the world is laughing at us and why the Muslim world hates us?
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POPSA Lone Senator Finally Has The Guts to Censure Bush But His Collegues Fail Him Russ Feingold has the guts to introduce a bill of censure against Bush et al, and instead of doing their duty for the American people and following-up on this well deserved action, both the House and Senate are not going to back him up. They are too cowardly to do what the majority of the American people demands. I have no use for either party in the U.S. system of government. That county is now so lost, I do not know how we will ever find our way back to what we were intended to be, and lived up to for over 200 years.
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POPSGonzo Apparently Tied His Office to That of the V.P. Every time Alberto Gonzales opens his mouth he sticks another foot into it. At this point he is in the position of having to borrow feet to fill the gaps in his stories. But tying the department of justice to the office of the vice president is ample proof that there is too much political influence from the white house governing the operations of the and decisions made by the attorney general's office.
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POPSMugabe Claims He Is A Victim President Robert Mugabe has turned Zimbabwe into a hell hole for most of its inhabitants. He has run murderous rule over his minions and is considered by many to be a far worse dictator than Saddam Hussein could ever dream of being. Now, this guy is claiming to be a victim of Western and local opponents who are trying to end his rule. Poor guy. I think maybe the two presidents, Bush and Mugabe should get together and cry on each others shoulders over the fact that they are so misunderstood. I'll volunteer to hold the towel.
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POPSCheney Mind Works in Sick Ways Our vice president has a mind second to none, when it comes to making up stories to fit his perspective of agenda. His take on why he told Senator Leahy to "go fuck yourself," demonstrates how warped he really is.
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POPSAre The People of Connecticut Happy With Their Decision? I hope the people of Connecticut are satisfied with their undying support for Joe Lieberman in the last election. The Dems voted against him in the primary, so instead of accepting his party's decision, he decided to run as an independent. No matter how much the people were warned that this guy was no longer a democrat at heart, they fell for his loyalty bullshit and re-elected him. Now he says he caucuses with democrats but holds meeting with the top republican leadership to come up with ways stymie the democrats efforts. He is entitled, of course, to his own beliefs about the war in Iraq, but to claim that he is an independent democrat and then to caucus secretly with the republicans against them is just too much.
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POPSSpitzer, how can you do this to me? I have such high hopes for Elliot Spitzer as governor of New York. I have been following his career for years, and I've always been extremely impressed with his fairness, motivations and honesty. This latest news is very disheartening. I am going to have to find out more about this matter, and also hope that nothing like this repeats itself in the next 4 years. I am so tired of politicians lying and disappointing the voters. I suppose though, that this is an age old lament.
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POPSNixon Thought Thompson Was Dumb Richard Nixon was very unhappy with the choice of Fred Thompson as minority counsel during the Watergate hearings because he thought he wasn't too bright to put it politely. It should be interesting to see how this guy actually fairs once he finally decides to enter the race. My bet is that he gets knocked out very early.
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POPSSame-Sex Marriage Continues to Gain Support Support for same-sex marriage is growing in leaps and bounds must to the dismay of the right-wing conservative branch of the Republican party as well as the religious right. Just a few years ago, the very thought of same-sex marriage was nothing more than the punchline to a bad joke. But little by little over the past several years, people have begun to realize that gay people are just like everyone else. We want love in our lives; secure family life, and legal recognition of our personal choices. When once they laughed, now they agree.
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POPSMassachusetts Shows The Way To Equality This is such good news. With Massachusetts enshrining their progressive and non-discriminatory stand on the same-sex marriage issue, they have opened the way for the Federal government to start reconsidering its poorly thought-out and arguably unconstitutional DOMA. Gay couples in all 50 states are going to begin demanding the same rights as are permitted in Massachusetts. Married couples from that state, when and if they move to another state and declare themselves as married are going to have terrific chances in overturning any anti-gay marriage amendments in states that have imposed such. Same-sex marriage is definitely on the march. Canada has not fallen into the sea since legalizing same-sex marriage two years ago. Massachusetts has none begin consumed in flames since they have legalized gay marriage. People are opening their minds, eyes, and hearts., at last.
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POPSWill The FCC Finally Serve the Public Rather Than Private Interests? The U.S. is very much behind Asia and Europe in offering high-speed broadband Internet access to the public. Now, the cable and telcos wanna hog all the new bandwidth for themselves so they can either use it for other purposes or make sure it does not fall into the hands of cheaper services that could compete with them on the high speed Internet market. Senator Kerry has the right idea. Give the access to the people, not the corporations.
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POPSLieberman Feels the Joe-mentum Towards War With Iran Senator Lieberman said he support military action against Iran because of their involvement in terrorism in Iraq, Palestine etc. Once again, Holy Joe goes against his constituency and the vast majority of the American people by urging the president to invade a sovereign nation, even though our troops are tied up in Iraq, where they are bleeding and dying in an illegal war. I wonder how many of his supporters who put him over the top in the last election still believes they did the right thing.
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POPSCindy Speaks Out and Leaves the Dems Cindy Sheehan makes some excellent points in this open letter to Congress. The Democrats were put into power after 6 years of total Republican control of the House and Senate primarily because the voters wanted them to end this war honourably. They have the vast majority of the country on the side of ending the war and cutting off Bush's blank check. Now that they had the chance to do it, they flubbed it and gave Bush what he wanted with the suggestion of "wait 'til next time." The public, I sense, is tired of waiting, and they do not see why the Democrats folded like a house of cards when they finally have the power to do something towards bringing this war to a close.
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POPSKyl is Gonna Hasten the Split Between Bush and the Republicans John Kyl's apparent change of heart on the immigration issue has strict conservatives up in arms. They look at his new stance as a betrayal to everything that is holy in the conservative play book on this particular subject. To say they were shocked would be to understate the general reaction. This could lead to a tremendous rift in the Republican party and stimulate even more of a desertion from Bush by his own party than originally predicted.
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POPSRachel Carson Declared a Hysteric by a Republican Nut Case What small minded, myopic and mean-spirited gall to block an honour for a person such as Rachel Carson for what are purely his own political beliefs. This woman's work went beyond politics and opened the eyes of the world to the danger of ignoring our environment. Shame on Senator Coburn.
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POPSIs It Possible That Bush is Sociopathic? I am beginning to believe that George W. Bush is sociopathic. After knowing that the story of the Gonzalez bed side harassment of former Attorney General Ashcroft, and all the other evidence piling up against this man, Bush can actually stand there and say that Gonzalez has done nothing wrong and that the Democrats are engaged in political Theatre. This is a truly disturbing situation that goes way beyond politics as usual. I can understand if Bush tried to spin the bedside visit to Ashcroft, but to just ignore it as if it had never happened, and to say he did absolutely nothing wrong demonstrates a complete lack of comprehension between right and wrong. But then again, why am I surprised. This is a man who claims to always be on the side of life and yet officiated over the largest number of executions in any state, including that of a retarded man and a teenager. He also is capable of discussion the carnage in Iraq with a sickening smirk on his face. This man is terribly sick.
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POPSMcCain is Showing Himself For The Hidden Bigot He Has Always Been To think I actually used to admire Senator McCain. Although I always knew he was more conservative in his beliefs than I was totally comfortable with, I considered him to be fair minded. Since he decided he needs to kiss the asses of the far right-wingnuts in his party he is showing himself for the misogynistic and homophobic bigot he really is. I am especially appalled by his position on gays in the military. Israel, the most macho army in the world, openly welcomes gays to serve. England does the same as do most other countries. But once again a politician is willing to make America the laughing stock of the world with their adherence to puritanical and sexually repressed attitudes.
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POPSLeahy Charges Forth, As He Should If for no other reason, (and there are others) I am glad the Democrats were elected in '06 so we can get to the bottom of the serious shenanigans this administration has be getting away with for the past 6 1/2 years. I remember when Clinton was president, and the Republicans were initiating investigations constantly. Now that the Dems are digging in, suddenly they are accused of going on a witch hunt. Well, if the broom fits, fly it!
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POPSGovernor Spitzer of New York Keeps an Election Promise of Equality Elliot Spitzer, the new governor of New York State has kept an election campaign promise and has introduced legislation permitting same-sex marriage in his state. There are questions as to whether or not it will pass the legislature, but the governor seems determined to see equality happen in New York. Times, they are a changin'.
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POPSRemember When Kerry Was Called A Flip Flopper? I remember in 2004 when the Republicans loved to smear Kerry as being a "flip flopper." I guess they had a change of heart about the meaning of the term. They have Mitt Romney, who sold himself as a champion of gay rights, and a woman's right to choose when he ran against Ted Kennedy in the Massachusetts senate race. They have John McCain who decried the hateful rhetoric of Pat Roberton and Jerry Falwell, and now falls all over himself trying to please them and their parishioners. And now we have "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani trying to sell himself as a conservative. A man married three times, a huge supporter of gay rights, a man dedicated to a woman's right to choose and other liberal favourites. Now that he wants to be president, he claims he is not in favour of gay marriage but supports same-sex unions and benefits. He says he still supports a woman's right to choose, but also says he would appoint strict constructionist judges to the courts. Flip flop anyone?
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