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The Left Has A Choice – Win or Lose!
OK, here's the deal. There are a whole lot of us liberals/progressives/Democrats who support President Obama and NO, it isn't some hero-worship or cult-like bullshit that frequently gets thrown in our face. We are supporting a President that is working his ass off to try to repair the damage left behind by the previous 4 presidents.
We support a president that is interested in making progress and moving the ball down the field, whether it's huge gains like reforming health care or small gains like signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
And we don't think President Obama can do no wrong, that is something that gets projected upon us constantly. It is the knee-jerk reaction of many of the "pundits of perpetual disappointment" who spend all their time splitting hairs and searching for something to whine about. And of course, they never give credit for any advancements, nothing is ever good enough for them.
So you folks on the left who continue to snipe, attack, antagonize and otherwise act like petulant, whiny little children…..GIVE IT UP! You aren't going to convince us that it's in our own best interests to help the Republicans take EVEN MORE control over our country. It ain't going to fucking happen, sorry. No matter what President Obama might do that I disagree with, I'm not so naive to think that ANY Republican would even come close to representing me better than President Obama does.
If you are one of those people who thinks "both parties are the same", I'm sorry, you are suffering from delusions. To me, that is one of the stupidest fucking things you can say in politics. What comes to my mind when I hear people trot out the "both sides" meme is that the person saying it has some other motivation. If they are willing to ignore things such as who gets to pick Supreme Court nominees, an impact that will be felt for decades to come, then they are clearly motivated by something other than principles. Or, how can someone who passionately supports people less fortunate than themselves ignore the Paul Ryan/Republican budget plan, which in effect says "you're on your own buddy, but here's a lovely parting gift…your voucher."
To my fellow pragmatic liberals and progressives, we need to focus on fighting back against the powerful, well-funded right that is determined to completely turn our country over to big money interests. Too much of our time is wasted fighting the malcontents on the left.
Don't let the hate driven left set the agenda, learn to ignore them. When you engage them, you are only encouraging them. Their goals aren't to win elections or change things, because as I've said, if they are willing to ignore so many important differences between Democrats and Republicans and choose to spend their time blogging, tweeting, Facebooking and talking about what isn't good about Democrats, then clearly they have different goals and the greater good of their fellow women and men isn't one of them.
Those who claim to simply be holding politicians feet to the fire with their criticism, need to step back and see exactly which politicians are most deserving of burnt feet. By only criticizing President Obama, while letting Republicans get away with the most extreme agenda in our history, I have to question the sincerity of the principles they wrap themselves in like a Snuggie. By ignoring the much more egregious actions of Republicans, they are clearly making a choice.
Dear Republicans: REALLY???
Guest Blogger: RLGardner
Republican World just gets weirder and weirder every day. Don't believe me? Take a trip down the "Here's The Truth of the Matter" Lane with me.
Republicans are currently slamming Obama for mentioning Osama bin Laden and how he is dead, OMG!
How dare he!…whine the Republicans.
However, I didn't hear any of them whining when Dubya landed on the aircraft carrier, watermelon stuffed into his flight suit, and declaring (with a big banner and everything), "Mission Accomplished."
So I'm wondering: who was really "spiking the football" here? President Obama, who actually truly madly deeply DID give the order to take out bin Laden or Dubya with his watermelon, flight suit, and pack full o' lies? Another question: Do you think Willard could have done the same thing?
Right. That's what I thought.
And then there's the "War on Women." According to John Boehner, aka St. Orange of Julius, in his latest pearl-clutching episode on the House floor, it is the Democrats who started and are perpetuating, said war.
Which party, both on the federal level and the state level, has introduced eleventy-billion bills designed to quash the rights of women, particularly when it comes to reproductive and other health issues?
Which party, and their minions (Rush, I'm talking to you!) has engaged in slut-shaming?
Which party does the Governor who suggested that women just "close their eyes" if they didn't want to see the on-screen results of their medically unnecessary transvaginal ultrasounds belong to? The Democratic party?
BZZZZZ!!! I'm sorry, pasty white "R" man- it was your party, not the Democratic party that did that.
Wanna keep going? Okay. Here we go:
Here's another one for you: Republican men (and their Stepford Wife surrogates) are going around saying that there is no wage disparity, but hey, if there really IS wage disparity between men and women, well, there is a perfectly logical reason for that. A couple of perfectly logical reasons actually:
Perfectly Logical Reason Number One: Men work more hours per week than women do on average. Okay, let's say that's true. However, where reason number one falls apart is that the true argument is not that men make more than women because some men work more hours than women, it's the fact that when you look at per-hour wages, men make more per hour than women do for doing the same damned job! Got that, Republicans? Do you need me to go over that for you again?
Perfectly Logical Reason Number Two is: Well, women often take time off when they have children.
Now, I will grant you that that is indeed a truism. However, I am quite puzzled as to why you think it's okay that women make less than men for the simple fact that we can bear children, and thus we deserve to get paid less for doing the same damned job that men do, yet when Hilary Rosen said that Ann Romney has never held a job, you once again get your tighty whities twisted into a knot and scream out, "How DARE you Democrats slam the mothers of this country?!!??! ELEVENS!!!
You say that mothers are valuable, and guess what, I agree with you. I really do. Where we part ways, however, is that mothers (and women in general) are only valuable to you when they serve your purposes, not because they are in and of themselves actually valuable.
If a woman is white, and married to a rich white man, and she stays home to raise her kids (accompanied with a cadre of housekeepers, nannies, yard workers, cooks, etc.), that's all cool beans.
BUT, if a woman is not rich, and worse, if she is a minority woman, well then according to you, she'd best get off her lazy Welfare Queen backside and get out there, get a job (or 3 or 4) and pull herself up by her bootstraps. She'd better not DARE ask for any public assistance, because if she does, well it just confirms to the Republicans that she is, in fact, a Welfare Queen and she is having babies on purpose for the sole reason that she wants to dip into the pockets of people like the Romney's, those poor rich souls.
And the biggest insult is that you sit on your velvet thrones, and you expect us to just bow at your feet and accept what you say as the gospel truth.
So I say again, REALLY?
We are not as dumb as you wish we were.
Just wait until November.
A New Kind Of Terrorism
This made me laugh, until it made me cry. CabinGirl from Booman's Tribune had an interesting exchange while voting in Pennsylvania on Tuesday…
So, I just voted in the PA primary today…
For the first time ever, I was asked for a photo ID to vote. When I responded that asking for that was just wrong, the suburban white lady looking up my name in the voter rolls actually defended it: "It will keep the terrorists from voting, and we'll give you a free one."
Oh my god, run for the hills…the terrorists are going to vote us into submission.
I don't have to think very hard to figure out where that poll worker might have gotten that idea. I can just picture Gretchen Carlson saying it on Fox and Fiends (not a typo).
What isn't funny about that incident is that the right has succeeded in brainwashing way too many people into believing such nonsense.
Think about how many people don't bother to vote because its an inconvenience or they might actually have to think about things other than the Kardashians for two minutes. I'm having a hard time understanding exactly what these "terrorist voters" are going to achieve with all this voting. Democracy?
The Republican Party Has Become The Party Of Paranoia…(The POP)
Some of the rhetoric coming from the Republican candidates for president makes me wonder if a group of paranoid schizophrenics weren't prematurely released from a mental institution…without their meds.
I've pasted one example from each candidate of that paranoia. Search in Google to find many more or just watch a cable news network for a half hour.
Newt Gingrich: "All of you should be very deeply concerned about national security. Barack Obama is the most dangerous president in modern American history," Gingrich said.
Rick Santorum: "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob," said the former senator from Pennsylvania. "There are good, decent men and women who go out and work hard every day and put their skills to test that aren't taught by some liberal college professor to try to indoctrinate them. Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image."
Mitt Romney: "We stand near the threshold of profound economic misery. Four more years of the same political path would be disastrous," Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars today.
Ron Paul: "illegal immigrants enter the country for the express purpose of giving birth. But illegal immigrants also use emergency rooms, public roads, and public schools. In many cases they are able to obtain Medicaid, food stamps, public housing, and even unemployment benefits. … We must end the perverse incentives that encourage immigrants to come here illegally, including the anchor baby incentive." – Ron Paul, (on his congressional website, not the infamous newsletters)
I can't imagine that rhetoric appeals to more than just the "phobic" crowd. If I were a Republican, I'd be a little paranoid about my party going over the cliff while following those nutballs. Sometimes it takes a journalist from outside of America to see the big picture, from The Globe and Mail…
Those who remain in the race for the Republican nomination, and those who have departed it, made up a group characterized by insularity, intellectual shallowness and meanness of spirit, coupled with an unshakable eagerness to pander to every holy roller, Tea Partier, gun worshipper, global warming denier, government hater, nativist and billionaire financier – or, as Yeats would say, "the worst are full of passionate intensity."
That this crop of candidates was the best that a once-great party could muster says much about the state of presidential politics, Republican-style. It says even more about the state of conservative opinion in America.
That opinion, with all its shadings, is best characterized by a consuming anger – which explains why the campaign hasn't been about differences or vision but about resentment and fear and perfervid rhetoric that candidates have directed at each other and at real and imagined threats ranging from Barack Obama to Muslims, China, European "socialists," excessive government and mad Iranian mullahs. (emphasis mine)
What scares me about this sort of rhetoric is the effect it might have on unstable people who may be prone to violence. In many ways, it confirms the worst instincts of those people, giving them tacit approval to act on their paranoid fears. If there are any adults left in the Republican Party, please bring some sanity back to your party for the sake of civil society.
The Wisdom Of Sarah Palin On The Civil War!
If there has ever been a better example of someone being given a national platform who has no business being in the role, it is Sarah Palin. Watch this clip, if you can, or read the transcript courtesy of Steve M. at Booman's Tribune.
"SARAH PALIN: … He is bringing us back, Sean, to days that — you can hearken back to days before the Civil War, when, unfortunately, too many Americans mistakenly believed that not all men were created equal, and it was the Civil War that began the codification of the truth that here in America, yes, we are equal and we all have equal opportunities, not based on the color of your skin. You have equal opportunity to work hard and to succeed and to embrace the opportunities, God-given opportunities, to develop resources and work extremely hard and, as I say, to succeed. Now, it has taken all these years for many Americans to understand that gravity, that mistake, that took place before the Civil War, and why the Civil War had to really start changing America. What Barack Obama seems to want to do is go back to before those days, when we were in different classes, based on income, based on color of skin. Why are we allowing our country to move backwards instead of moving forward with that understanding that, as our charters of liberty spell out for us, we are all created equal?"
Cross-posted at Angry Black Lady Chronicles
A Growing Rift Between Religious Groups And The GOP
I've never understood how people who call themselves Christians can belong to the Republican Party. I read the Bible many years ago and seem to remember lessons that taught me to care for my fellow humans, to show compassion, to turn the other cheek and to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
That doesn't exactly describe the modern Republican Party now does it?
With the craziness happening in the political world over contraception, the following story from ThinkProgress makes me think that the GOP is overcompensating in their reaction to the contraceptive issue.
Earlier this month, the nation was barraged with media coverage of the Catholic Bishops' opposition to regulations promulgated under the Affordable Care Act protecting working women's access to contraception. The loudness of the bishops' complaints, which were echoed by conservative luminaries ranging from Speaker John Boehner to GOP presidential frontrunners Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, easily could have conveyed the misimpression that churches and other religious groups are at odds with the Affordable Care Act.
On Friday, however, a broad coalition of religious organizations filed an amicus brief supporting the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion that should give the lie to any claim that the faith community opposes the ACA. The brief includes a number of major religious denominations, including the policy arm of the United Methodist Church, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church. Additionally, the brief's signatories include a wide range of Catholic groups:
Benedictine Sisters, Boerne, Texas; Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Texas; Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary, New York; Dominican Sisters of Hope; Justice and Peace Committee of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, Massachusetts; Marianist Province of the United States; Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth Leadership Team, New Jersey; Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul of New York; Sisters of the Holy Cross Congregation Justice Committee; Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi, Texas; Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Justice Team, Nebraska; Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, Missouri; Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, New York; Sisters of St. Dominic Congregation of the Most Holy Name; Society of the Holy Child Jesus, American Province Leadership Team; Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, US Province; JOLT, Catholic Coalition for Responsible Investing; Region VI Coalition for Responsible Investment, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee; School Sisters of Notre Dame Cooperative Investment Fund (emphasis mine)
And I would add that with Rick Santorum and Franklin Graham questioning President Obama's faith, they are venturing into pretty dangerous waters. It seems to me that by going there, they are shooting off a warning signal to anyone who claims to be a Christian. You better watch out, you might be next!
Cross-posted at Angry Black Lady Chronicles
I'll Take Cognitive Dissonance For 200, Alex! The Fox News Alternate Reality Game
In keeping with the alternate reality created by Fox News and perpetuated by it's minions like Rush Limbaugh, the anchors at Fox News are questioning the recent uptick in the number of jobs created in the private sector. They are pushing the idea that the books have been "cooked." It is really astounding how obvious they are in their attempts to keep their alternate reality propped up. Alex Seitz-Wald at ThinkProgress spells it out pretty clearly.
If it weren't improper to psychologically analyse strangers, one might think the Fox hosts are displaying a textbook example of cognitive dissonance here, a psychological phenomena in which people who hold a strong belief about something invent (sometimes far fetched) explanations for new evidence that conflicts with their existing views. Obama is bad for the economy, the jobs numbers show the economy is doing better, so there must be something wrong with the jobs numbers.
To illustrate how Fox News is selective in believing the job numbers, we only have to look at how they report when unemployment rises.
The Labor Department reported that employers added just 18,000 net jobs in June, the fewest in nine months. The jobless rate ticked up to 9.2 percent from 9.1 percent. The pace of job growth is not even enough to keep up with population growth — it would take about 125,000 jobs per months to do so — and certainly not enough to bring down the unemployment rate.
The article then goes on to quote extensively from the Labor Department's report, while sprinkling in Republican talking points along the way. Not a single mention of any books being cooked or numbers being manipulated, because — you know — the bad numbers fit with the narrative.
What is disturbing to me about this tactic is that it works for their audience.They are feeding them exactly what they want and they really don't care if their viewers are misinformed. In fact, I would argue that they count on it. Several studies of Fox News viewers have shown a huge disconnect between reality and the manufactured one that the right have been feeding them. Steven Benen wrote an excellent piece a while back on how disconnected Fox News viewers are from reality.
The quantifiable evidence is overwhelming. Eight years ago, just six months into the war in Iraq, the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland found that those who relied on the Republican network were "three times more likely than the next nearest network to hold all three misperceptions — about WMD in Iraq, Saddam Hussein was involved with 9/11, and foreign support for the U.S. position on the war in Iraq." […]
The problem is actually getting worse.
In December, PIPA published a report, this time on "Misinformation and the 2010 Election" (pdf). The point was to measure Americans' understanding of a variety of key developments that news consumers would likely be familiar with. As was the case eight years ago, Fox News viewers were "significantly more likely" to be confused about reality.
It really scares me to think that viewers of the most watched cable news network live in a world where empirical reality has no place. They absorb only information that conforms to their beliefs and block any conflicting information, regardless of the source. And even when presented with clear evidence to the contrary, they either attack the messenger or just cover their ears and go "na na na, I can't hear you."
My theory on why they are successful at this tactic is that most of these uninformed viewers have a mindset that is based on emotion, fear and bigotry. Logic plays no role in their thinking and because of that, they are extremely susceptible to suggestions and selective facts they fit those biases and fears. Fox News only has to confirm those fears and play with those emotions. Fox News has made a science out it…except, of course, they don't believe in science either.
Cross-posted at Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Keystone XL Pipeline — The "Drill, Baby, Drill" of 2012!
Our "liberal media" at work!
The Republican Party is picking up where they left off in the last election and helping to define themselves as the party "of and for" corporations – especially big oil.
In 2008, they had "Drill, Baby, Drill" and all the money that came along with that. This election year, they've chosen the Keystone XL pipeline to show how they plant their lips on the ass of big oil.
Once again, they have the media on their side in this endeavor. Media Matters for America did a study of media coverage from August 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 on the Keystone XL pipeline. The results aren't a surprise to anyone who pays attention to reality. This chart tells the story pretty clearly.
The GOP has been tremendously successful at getting the media to play along with them since August of 2011 on this issue and the above chart shows us the results. The red bars show how "job creation potential" was mentioned in the coverage from major media outlets with the green bar representing the "environmental concerns." If you've been following the topic recently, it is obvious that Republicans are trying to make this into their jobs program, or at least an attempt to show how the Obama administration is preventing job creation. Go read the whole article at Media Matters, it was very thorough.
When you drill down into the numbers (I couldn't resist), it turns out that reality is much different than the propaganda that has been sold to the American people. In a different post, Media Matters has some interesting information that gets to the real job numbers associated with the pipeline. Here are some snippets that show a progression that begins with Fox News…
Fox Anchor Martha MacCallum: 20,000 Jobs Is "The Low-End Estimate." [snip]
TransCanada Said In 2010 That Keystone XL Pipeline "Is Expected To Create Over … 13,000 New Jobs For American Workers." [snip]
Wash. Post: Based On TransCanada's Numbers, "The Number Of People Employed" Would Actually Be 6,500. A November 5 article in The Washington Post reported that TransCanada CEO Russ Girling "said Friday that the 13,000 figure was actually not a true job number, but actually accounted for 'one person, one year.'" The Post added that "if the construction jobs lasted two years, the number of people employed in each of the two years would be 6,500." [snip]
Cornell University Global Labor Institute: Based On TransCanada's Numbers, "The Project Will Create No More Than 2,500-4,600 Temporary Direct Construction Jobs." [snip]
Cornell University Global Labor Institute: "Based On The Figures Provided By TransCanada For The Canadian Section Of The Pipeline, The New Permanent US Pipeline Jobs In The US Number As Few As 50." (emphasis mine)
The estimate by the independent group at Cornell University puts the number of temporary jobs at 2,500 – 4,600 and the number of permanent jobs at 50. Those jobs would certainly matter to the people lucky enough to get them, but it ain't no 20,000 jobs for sure. And considering all the risks to the states that this pipeline would travel through, not worth it at all.
Republicans are either stupid or crazy, take your pick!
In November of 2011, the Republicans decided to embrace the issue in their negotiations for extending the payroll tax cut that President Obama was fighting for. The pipeline became their bargaining chip in those negotiations, even after being warned by the State Department that trying to force the issue would result in it being killed for sure. That didn't seem to bother the GOP, from a State Department briefing on December 12, 2011…
The State Department has led a rigorous, thorough, and transparent process that must run its course to obtain the necessary information to make an informed decision on behalf of the national interest. Should Congress impose an arbitrary deadline for the permit decision, its actions would not only compromise the process, it would prohibit the Department from acting consistently with National Environmental Policy Act requirements by not allowing sufficient time for the development of this information. In the absence of properly completing the process, the Department would be unable to make a determination to issue a permit for this project. (emphasis mine)
But like the flat footed, clumsy party that they are, the GOP kept right on pushing it. So during the holidays, we were treated to the White House fighting for tax cuts for every American while the Republicans were blocking those tax cuts and supporting big oil. Coming off the BP oil spill in 2010, I'm not sure that is the group you want to wrap your arms around.
Just over a week ago on January 18, 2012, President Obama officially rejected the Keystone XL pipeline bid.
But the president said today in a statement that the congressionally imposed deadline did not provide adequate time for the State Department to finish a customary review of the pipeline's route through six states.
"The rushed and arbitrary deadline insisted on by Congressional Republicans prevented a full assessment of the pipeline's impact, especially the health and safety of the American people, as well as our environment," Obama said.
"As a result, the secretary of state has recommended that the application be denied. And after reviewing the State Department's report, I agree."
What is so astounding to me is that they don't seem to really want the pipeline to go through, they just want it as a campaign issue. Steve Benen summed it up very well…
I'd argue that this is the outcome Republicans wanted all along. The GOP didn't really want the pipeline; they wanted the ability to whine about the absence of the pipeline. This wasn't, in other words, about energy production; this was about creating an issue for the 2012 campaign.
There were signs that the Republicans might abandon that tactic, but the other day, Boehner hinted that he may double down on that strategy.
Besides the stupidity of pitting tax cuts for all Americans against the interests of big oil, Republicans also touted those outrageous claims of how many jobs it would create. Going into an election year that everyone says will be all about jobs, you would think they might pick an issue that would actually create some jobs. But instead, they've inflated and exaggerated numbers that even the company building the pipeline doesn't agree with.
I'm seeing a new slogan, "Lay Pipe, Baby, Lay Pipe." Now get your minds out of the gutter.
Cross-posted at Angry Black Lady Chronicles
H/T to The Washington Monthly and Media Matters for America
A Wise Man Takes On Progressives Flirting With Ron Paul!
I'm still in editing mode on a project, but just had to share this post that my friend and fellow blogger Angry Black Lady wrote about a piece by Tim Wise, one of the leading experts on racism in the country. It takes on those on the left flirting with Ron Paul and is a must read for liberals. Go check out ABL's post and really, go read Tim Wise's entire piece, it is long but well worth it. Here is ABL's lead in to an excerpt that gets to the heart of the post.
But people are starting to get it. The Greenwald sweater of polemical deceit is unraveling, and I like it. I like it because I find his sort of polemical discourse and rhetorical bomb-throwing to be a reckless distraction from the serious problems that confront us.
I especially like this, from Tim Wise — "Of Broken Clocks, Presidential Candidates, and the Confusion of Certain White Liberals." It's a thing of beauty. You should read the whole thing, but I'm going to excerpt what I see as the most salient bit:
I want those of you who are seriously singing Paul's praises, while calling yourself progressive or left to ask what it signifies — not about Ron Paul, but about you — that you can look the rest of us in the eye, your political colleagues and allies, and say, in effect, "Well, he might be a little racist, but…
How do you think that sounds to black people, without whom no remotely progressive candidate stands a chance of winning shit in this country at a national level? How does it sound to them — a group that has been more loyal to progressive and left politics than any group in this country — when you praise a man who opposes probably the single most important piece of legislation ever passed in this country, and whose position on the right of businesses to discriminate, places him on the side of the segregated lunchcounter owners? And how do you think they take it that you praise this man, or possibly even support him for president, all so as to teach the black guy currently in the office a lesson for failing to live up to your expectations?
How do you think it sounds to them, right now, this week, as we prepare to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, that you claim to be progressive, and yet you are praising or even encouraging support for a man who voted against that holiday, who opposes almost every aspect of King's public policy agenda, and the crowning achievements of the movement he helped lead?
My guess is that you don't think about this at all. Because you don't have to. One guess as to why not.
It's the same reason you don't have to think about how it sounds to most women — and damned near all progressive women — when you praise Paul openly despite his views on reproductive freedom, and even sexual harassment, which Paul has said should not even be an issue for the courts. He thinks women who are harassed on the job should just quit. In other words, "Yeah, he might be a little bit sexist, but…"
It's the same reason you don't have to really sweat the fact that he would love to cut important social programs for poor people. And you don't have to worry about how it sounds to them that you would claim to be progressive, while encouraging support for a guy who would pull what minimal safety net still exists from under them, and leave it to private charities to fill the gap. And we all know why you don't have to worry about it. Because you aren't them. You aren't the ones who would be affected. You'll never be them. I doubt you even know anyone like that. People who are that poor don't follow you on Twitter.
And please, Glenn Greenwald, spare me the tired shtick about how Paul "raises important issues" that no one on the left is raising, and so even though you're not endorsing him, it is still helpful to a progressive narrative that his voice be heard. Bullshit. The stronger Paul gets the stronger Paul gets, period. And the stronger Paul gets, the stronger libertarianism gets, and thus, the Libertarian Party as a potential third party: not the Greens, mind you, but the Libertarians. And the stronger Paul gets, the stronger become those voices who worship the free market as though it were an invisible fairy godparent, capable of dispensing all good things to all comers — people like Paul Ryan, for instance, or Scott Walker. In a nation where the dominant narrative has long been anti-tax, anti-regulation, poor-people-bashing and God-bless-capitalism, it would be precisely those aspects of Paul's ideological grab bag that would become more prominent. And if you don't know that, you are a fool of such Herculean proportions as to suggest that Salon might wish to consider administering some kind of political-movement-related-cognitive skills test for its columnists, and the setting of a minimum cutoff score, below which you would, for this one stroke of asininity alone, most assuredly fall.
I mean, seriously, if "raising important issues" is all it takes to get some kind words from liberal authors, bloggers and activists, and maybe even votes from some progressives, just so as to "shake things up," then why not support David Duke? With the exception of his views on the drug war, David shares every single view of Paul's that can be considered progressive or left in orientation. Every single one. So where do you draw the line? Must one have actually donned a Klan hood and lit a cross before his handful of liberal stands prove to be insufficient? Must one actually, as Duke has been known to do, light candles on a birthday cake for Hitler on April 20, before it no longer proves adequate to want to limit the overzealous reach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms? Exactly when does one become too much of an evil fuck even for you? Inquiring minds seriously want to know.
And here is another chunk from ABL's post which is a preface to a book authored by Glenn Greenwald that I've been wanting to write about since I was turned onto it. It made me say out loud, "Whaaaaaaaaa?"…
During the lead-up to the invasion, I was concerned that the hell-bent focus on invading Iraq was being driven by agendas and strategic objectives that had nothing to do with terrorism or the 9/11 attacks. The overt rationale for the invasion was exceedingly weak, particularly given that it would lead to an open-ended, incalculably costly, and intensely risky preemptive war. Around the same time, it was revealed that an invasion of Iraq and the removal of Saddam Hussein had been high on the agenda of various senior administration officials long before September 11. Despite these doubts, concerns, and grounds for ambivalence, I had not abandoned my trust in the Bush administration. Between the president's performance in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the swift removal of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the fact that I wanted the president to succeed, because my loyalty is to my country and he was the leader of my country, I still gave the administration the benefit of the doubt. I believed then that the president was entitled to have his national security judgment deferred to, and to the extent that I was able to develop a definitive view, I accepted his judgment that American security really would be enhanced by the invasion of this sovereign country.
And this is the guy going around calling anyone who supports President Obama "baby-killers". People call this guy smart?
Ron Paul's Missing Radio Interview – The White Supremacist One
I've heard Ron Paul described as "plain-spoken" way too many times. I guess if you define "plain spoken" as simplistic and with few words — then yes, he surely fits that definition. Personally, I've never been impressed with that type of person or politician. I often wonder what they are hiding with their simplification. Is it ignorance, bias or just a desire to appeal to the populist crowd?
It is clear that many years ago, Ron Paul either authored or allowed his name to be signed on a newsletter that spewed some of the worst of the racist and anti-Semitic propaganda that was prevalent in the late 80's and 90's. To get caught up on that Ron Paul newsletter story, check out Joy Reid's writing at The Reid Report.
But this story caught my eye and adds some context to Ron Paul's denials on the newsletters. In 2006, Ron Paul was scheduled to appear and may have appeared on a White Supremacist radio show called The Political Cesspool. Charles Johnson describes it for us…
The story so far: apparently Ron Paul was scheduled to appear on the notorious radio show "The Political Cesspool," a talk show in Tennessee connected to the white separatist Council of Conservative Citizens and the Holocaust denial group Institute for Historical Review.
The announcement of Ron Paul's appearance was posted on the blog of Political Cesspool co-founder Austin Farley: Congressman Ron Paul TONIGHT On The Cesspool.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Congressman Ron Paul TONIGHT On The Cesspool
One of the only truly conservative Congressmen in office today, Ron Paul, will be doing a live interview on The Political Cesspool http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org tonight. The show is from 7-8 PM Central time and can be heard locally (Memphis) on 1380 AM WLRM or the live stream or archives if you miss it live will be at http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org. No matter what your opinion of the Cesspool is you will not want to miss this interview. I have heard that No Child Left Behind and possible Bush impeachment will be discussed, but I am not 100% sure on that. Tune in to find out.
posted by Austin Farley Your Hero @ 5:27 AM
If true, this would be the most direct connection yet between Ron Paul and the kind of people who cheer for David Duke. But as Adam Holland and I both discovered, the archives of The Political Cesspool radio show have apparently been scrubbed of this episode.
It's very curious that the show Ron Paul was scheduled to appear on is conveniently missing from the archives of The Political Cesspool. Maybe it never happened, last minute cancellations happen all the time. But what if it did happen as scheduled, wouldn't it be great to hear some of Ron Paul's wisdom on this station with connections to white supremacist and holocaust deniers? I bet he was plain-spoken as hell and just told them good ole' boys how it is, ya know?
Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs is all over this story, let's hope he gets to the bottom of it. I'm awfully curious what Ron Paul had to say in that interview.
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Mitt Romney – Either Naive Or A Panderer Be!
"I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals." – Mitt Romney
The problem with a candidate like Mitt Romney, who will say anything at anytime with no regard for what came before, is that it catches up with you. Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly shows us a great example of this.
…Here's a gem from Iowa earlier today:
"Medicaid. You wonder what Medicaid is; those who aren't into all this government stuff. You know, I have to admit, I didn't know the differences between all these things until I got into government. Then I got into it and I understood that Medicaid is the health care program for the poor, by and large."
I see. So, Mitt Romney, despite two degrees from Harvard, learned what Medicaid is when he became governor in 2002. He was 55 years old at the time.
Before he "got into government" and discovered what Medicaid is, Romney helped run a health company, which relied heavily on funding from — you guessed it — Medicare and Medicaid. What's more, in his book, Romney boasts about having been a health care consultant, where he developed an expertise in how to deal with entitlements.
So he either really didn't know about Medicaid, even after running a health company, or he's just making shit up for whatever audience he's talking to. More from Steve Benen…
Now, I know what some of you are thinking. "Romney didn't mean what he said this morning," you're going to tell me. "He was only saying he didn't understand Medicaid so that he could pretend to relate to the people in the audience. This wasn't ignorance; it was pandering."
Perhaps. I can't say with certainty what Romney is ignorant of, and what he only pretends to be ignorant of.
This is going to be a fun year.
The Pro Left Lies About The Defense Authorization Bill – Gives Cover To Republicans
There's No Such Thing as an "Indefinite Detention Bill" and Other Pro Left Lies
by Milt Shook
One of the most galling things about the professional left is the number of times they lie to make a point. You can't be a progressive and also lie to the people who read your stuff. As this blog notes time and time again, the truth has a liberal bias; Fox News needs to lie; we do not.
Case in point; the hysteria over what many pro and emo lefties refer to as the "Indefinite Detention Bill." Even people I often admire are buying into the hysteria, and it's become depressing.
First thing you should know is, there is NO SUCH THING as an "Indefinite Detention Bill." The actual bill Obama first threatened to veto and has now agreed to sign is called the "National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012." The part about the "indefinite detention" is actually a poison pill amendment Republicans inserted into the bill to portray any Democrat who votes against it or President Obama if he vetoes it as being "against our troops." Republicans put it there, not Democrats or Obama.
Yet, who the hell do these supposed "liberals" go after? Not the people who put that crap into the bill in the first place, of course. They go after President Obama, who has command the military (which includes my son, who's working hard trying to rebuild Afghanistan, by the way) and have little choice but to put up with such Amendments. How incredibly stupid is this? Did so many progressive really learn NOTHING from the 2010 elections?
Obama doesn't have a line-item veto, so he can't veto the "Indefinite Detention Bill" without vetoing the entire NDAA. Now, you may think that would be a good thing, but would it? It's not just about the troops. What about all of those civilians who might lose their jobs for at least a month or two, while Obama and Congress, including teabaggers, who have declared defeating Obama as their main goal, worked out a new NDAA without that little amendment, assuming they could do so? What do you think canceling all those defense contracts for a month or two would do to the unemployment rate? How about six months? What would happen to all of those small towns that depend on the military bases and contractors to support their small businesses? Do you imagine the GOP might be a bit energized after the unemployment rate suddenly rises to 10%?
Those of you who claim "principle" when you discuss this need to stop. Many pros and emos claim Obama's showing a "lack of principle" by signing this "Indefinite Detention Bill." Forget the fact that you're claiming a lack of principle when you're lying to the public about a bill that doesn't exist. You're actually advocating for an action that could put millions of people out of work for a few months, and forcing our troops to lose their meager pay for a few months for… what, exactly? What are your "principles" when you advocate for that, in order to kill an amendment that will probably ultimately have zero effect on anyone, and might even die in the courts?
I don't like this amendment any more than you do. But you know what? If he vetoes this bill to kill that amendment, and then causes the Republicans to win in 2012, they're just going to pass the same bill, and allow President Gingrich/Romney/Perry to detain people at will, anyway, right?
Watching Maine On Election Day
Guest Blogger: TheAngriestLiberal
While most people spent election night watching the outcome of SB5 Ohio, I watched the election happenings in Maine. 1980 was a big year for me personally. It was the first time I'd lived in the United States since I was a small child. I went to boarding school for my senior year of high school; my parents really thought I should know what it is like to be in America, to go to school in America and to learn to be an American. Boarding school… well that is a whole other story, but yes I ended up in Maine in boarding school and it was my first taste of living in the US for many years, I'd always been an expatriate, I was about to be something else.
I turned 18 in near the end of September in 1980. I'd wanted to exercise my vote since my dad handed me All the Presidents Men, in September of 1974, when we were flying back to the PI from the US at the end of our summer vacation. Reading that book on the plane trip over, back then it took much longer, with a layover in Guam. One time, and it could have been this particular trip our layover was on Wake Island because a large typhoon developed in the flight path and the pilots weren't going to be in the air, so I remember I read the book in one flight, we had to layover on Wake Island for 8 hours in the tiny little airport and I finished the book before we landed in Manila.
I was taking the required class, American Government, which was not a required class in my school, but I was quite interested to take it, I'd taken World Governments as our required class. I was interested in learning about how the American form of government differed from where I had come, where I'd lived through Martial Law, a military dictatorship, curfews, suspended elections, and other things that seemed the opposite of everything I'd ever read about the United States, where the will of the people was decided through mostly fair elections.
Is The Herman Cain Trainwreck Over Yet?
I've been incredulous when it comes to Herman Cain since he came on the scene. He's just one of the sideshows of the political circus that the media is fully invested in these days. I suppose we have to have something to laugh at and make fun of along the way.
I wrote Cain off immediately when I heard some of the crazy stuff he was saying about Muslims and his overall lack of seriousness on almost every issue.
He's a shameless self promoter and good for him if he can get the brain dead media to play along and improve his brand. You can pretty much take it to the bank that he will end up on Fox News or who knows, maybe MSNBC — they seem to be trying to play catch up to Fox News these days.
The pattern that the media and the Washington talking heads perpetuate is to bring attention to someone or something, elevate it by repeating and nourishing it. Take a poll about it, which registers all the attention it just received. Then, use the poll to justify talking about it some more. When the media grows tired of it, they either tear it down or just ignore it and move onto the next sideshow. I know I'm not the only one who sees this pattern.
Herman Cain has had a pretty long run at it so far, considering all the missteps he's made along the way. There certainly is no shortage of gaffes when it comes to Herman Cain's ride on the media merry-go-round. Here is just one example from Roland Martin's blog, go read the rest.
1) Nein! Nein! Nein!
The Foot: Herman Cain's controversial tax plan, the 9-9-9 Plan. He says it will promote fairness in our tax code. Critics say it will shift the tax burden on the poor and middle class.
Moment When Foot Entered Mouth: During a series of debates, Cain's idea repeatedly got punched in the face with the most fatal blows coming from just about everyone else on the stage, including Mitt Romney during the Las Vegas debate when it turned into an embarrassing discussion of "Apples v. Oranges," and during the Bloomberg News debate when Michele Bachmanntotally went there and said 9-9-9 was a little too close to 6-6-6. Cain's not Abel! He's got the Mark of the Beast, according to Bachmann! The power of Christ compells you!
Ultimate Foot Fatality: The makers of the video game Sim City point out Cain's advisors may have ripped of the 9-9-9 plan from their game, Sim City 4, which was like crack to me.
Cain's Response: He tried to tweak the plan and still insists that it works. Cain has said 9-9-9 so many times, my mother doesn't call him Herman Cain, but the "9-9-9 Man." Typical conversation: "Danielle, did you hear what that crazy 9-9-9 man said today?"
I love the part where Bachmann thinks that 999 is just a little too close to 666. Tell me this shit isn't funny?


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Headliners include Bob Dylan, Bjork, the White Stripes, Wilco, the Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Joss Stone, Muse, Andrew Bird, Queens of the Stones Age, Ziggy and Stephen Marley, Yo La Tengo, Indigo Girls, Crowded House, Pete Yorn, Blonde Redhead, Regina Spektor, Robert Earl Keen, Amy Winehouse, Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Lucinda Williams, Ghostland Observatory, LCD Soundsystem, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, STS9, JJ Grey and MOFRO, Railroad Earth, Del McCoury Band, Charlie Musselwhite, Grace Potter, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Patterson Hood, and Rose Hill Drive.
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might have to make it to ACL this year
I have been to every ACL fest and steadily this festival is less about the Jam scene. This is the first year that I don't think I will go and hope that Dylan, Grace, Bela, Del, and RRE will do after shows.
That is a diverse line up... and I think it rocks.
A diverse music festival are the only ones I will go to. Too much of one genre is just too much...
sounds yummy
Good lineup so far, but it would be even better if they add the kings of leon
This lineup is really f'ing good - great mix of bands and genres. I have passed on ACL the last 3 yrs, but I think this year its a must do.
lets hope sts9 dose a after show
last year was the BEST!!!
I met Bob Dylan back in 84 when he was going through a tough time, he just got divorced, his dog got ran over by a steamroller (true story), and he got electrocuted trying to install an outlet. He was in good spirits the night I met him, and he told me that his favorite food of all time were hot dogs and that Bob Weir had really bad B.O. Then he autographed a picture for me, but instead of writing "Bob Dylan" he wrote Ted Stravinski. He must have been high or something.
fuck texas
The storyteller is BACK! Hey, jimsan! What else ya got?
This festival was never about solely "jam music", whatever that is. Just good ol' american music. Sounds like "heatFest" to me
American music and Bjork. I stand corrected
acl aka pitchfork media festival
whats up with Bjork doing all these shows? dont get me wrong i am a huge fan, but its like she came out of hibernation or something.
this WOULD have been my 5th ACL. gets crappier and crappier with each year. huge disappointment; sts9, bloc party, m.i.a., and bela are all that i would go for. but p-funk tomorrow night woooo!
You don't have to like Texas, but you gotta love Austin!
Man, I love queens of the stone age, but they're stickin out like a soar thumb on this line up. Oh well. Rock the house boys.
now that's a lineup! dylan, wilco, musselwhite, stripes, preservation, lucinda, del, asleep- fuck yeah. yeah, fuck texas but it's all good- golden state's dismantling of the mavs was sooo sweet to watch. i love seeing texas teams lose!
LewisIsGood - see ya @ P Funk....Look for the HappyHusk
"Headliners include Bob Dylan, Bjork, the White Stripes, Wilco, the Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Joss Stone, Muse, Andrew Bird, Queens of the Stones Age, Ziggy and Stephen Marley, Yo La Tengo, Indigo Girls, Crowded House, Pete Yorn, Blonde Redhead, Regina Spektor, Robert Earl Keen, Amy Winehouse, Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Lucinda Williams, Ghostland Observatory, LCD Soundsystem, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, STS9, JJ Grey and MOFRO, Railroad Earth, Del McCoury Band, Charlie Musselwhite, Grace Potter, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Patterson Hood, and Rose Hill Drive."They are all headlining? hahaha. seriously though, what a hot line up, wish i could go.
Shit man festivals are ridiculous this year!!! I am totally going to be there. How about Radiohead and Tom Waits to top it off!!!!
damnnn i want to see bjork! i wish she was at bonnaroo. i can't make it to texas how sweet it would be tho.
My ass stays as far away from texas as possible! Nice looking line up I must admit. dylan, fleck, STS9, all sound good to me.
Does anyone know if Blonde Redhead is anygood?
Wilco and My Morning Jacket scheduled at the same time? Asses.
Pretty diverse lineup, but nothing I would want to see.
How could you have any problem deciding between Wilco and MMJ? Jacket wins every time! Wilco is good, but MMJ is the shit!
I'd love to see Bjork play something with the flecktones
I saw Bjork once on Reverb, HBO's old live music show. Kinda weird but very intriguing. I still think this festival sets the standard for good music with no labels.
kinda ironic that sts9 is on the dell stage considering their stage set could be in an apple commercial. Weird middle day time for them too...scheduler obviously must not be familiar w/ them
the longest set-time is an hour and a half? $80 single day tickets?meh.
i am so sick of all the festival's diversifying to meet a wider market. while i do like many different types of music and/or artists, this is clearly not necessarily in the interest of the music, or the fans, but in the interest of appealing to a larger market, thereby being able to sell larger numbers of tickets. it is the reason i quit going to acl in the first place and the reason that i no longer go to bonnaroo.... what's next? 10k lakes? all good?
Bob Dylan, Bjork, White Stripes headlining? Weak sauce.
The Arcade Fire and White Stripes conflict fucking sucks
COME ON ACL.... ACL OFFICALLY TURNED INTO THE NEXT BONNAROO... they even named there stages after the sponsors.... the DELL stage.... AT&T stage come on now..... and 80 bucks for single day ticket crazyyyyy.... plus the lineup is sooooooo weakkk... dylan fleck and sts9 are on the goo lineup they have....
Austin is Music.
this is quite a mish mash of bands. I only have interest in 9 of them. haha.
mmj and wilco scheduled at the same time. big sams funky nation and j stone at the same time. kelly willis, the artic monkeys and muse at the same timests9 at 130 pm, it will probably be about 105 degress by then.what the f. they cant make everybody happy but it seems like a real lack of trying at certain points. but you cant beat the food(salt lick, manuels, guerros) or the girls in austin.
The first year was the best year, it peaked with Trey, and has now gone downhill. It is still an okay line up but so far from where it initially began. Sunday is looking like the best day by far. Hopefully there will be some good aftershows like last year. And no, aju108, you can't beat the girls in Austin.
80 bucks for a one day ticket what a great deal to stand out in the heat and hear 45 minute sets and 1 1/2 hour headliner sets way to go acl, way to go
sketchy at best. what is this the county carnival annual fair or a top of line fest? where's the dough laid out for a headliner? smacks of pofiteering on this go round. hey there's always next year
Wilco is an awesome band live, they played really smoothly at Bonnaroo this year. This fest sounds great and all but 80 bucks is too much for one day. what happened to shows only being around $20 or so
umm okay why the hell would you put wilco and my morning jacket at the same time. way to go texas, nothing good has ever come out of this place why did i give you hope?! oh well i wouldn't go anyway being from pennsylvania. but what a lame fest
One gigantic scheduling conflict. I hope it gets better in the coming years but we'll see. Hopefully some night shows will bail out the day sets. ACL needs to make major improvements. And beatstock... pipe down blacklung. Don't start no shit...won't be no shit. Don't start blaming all of Texas for festival short comings. You are just mad because there are more beautiful women in one bar in Austin than there are in the entire state on pennsylvania. Go eat another Hershey's bar... umm okay!
I agree thirdcoastson, one big freaking schedule conflict. Why can't they put bluegrass bands like Del, RRE, maybe Bela Fleck on the same day instead of three different days!! There isn't one day of the schedule that justifies an $80 ticket.
For those of you who say that this sucks because of Texas, you have no idea what you are talking about. Would you say that Colorado sucks because it is home to some of the most right wing religious organizations in the country and a huge industrial military complex? Austin has more in common with Madison WI or Boulder CO than the rest of Texas. Probably one of the best cities in America. And for those of you who go, make sure to check out Barton Springs across the street. That is an insider tip and one you will not regret!!!
Finally - if you want to catch Wilco, don't do it at a festival. Well - do it, but don't expect them to air it out. They abbreviate many of their tunes for festival gigs. Specifically I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Spiders, Poor Places>Reservations, Misunderstood... They like to get a lot of music into their slot and they cut these songs seriously short. I watched their Bonaroo set over the net right after seeing them in Indy and they trimmed about 5 minutes off I Am Trying To Break Your Heart and probably 7 to 10 minutes off Spiders.
JIMSAM, ever thougth of writing of book of your rock and roll stories? Seriously dude, I'd buy it. CMAXWELL, did you see that Sigur Ros performance on that episode. Unbelieveable. I wish that show was still on. Lonesomefiddleblues, asking if Blonde Redhead is anygood is like asking if it's cold in Alaska. CALLING ALL HARMONICA LOVERSAs for all of you going I highly reccomend Charlie Musselwhite. This dude is like the Jimmy Page of harmonica. Seriously, check out his 1967 album "Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band" or his 1969 album "Tennessee Woman". This man is a amazing and a legend. And if you want to hear the Hendrix of harmonica, I reccomend checking out this old blues dude named James Cotton and some of his albums like "100% Cotton".

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Large vendors, such as IBM, Oracle and HP, are not innovative or agile enough to provide their customers with adequate cloud services, according to a senior IT executive at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who was speaking at the 451 Group's Hosting and Cloud Transformation event today.
Rupert Brown, principal architect for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, told delegates about his disappointment with the likes of IBM and HP.
"We have found that if you go to HP, IBM or Oracle for cloud solutions, they will send you several consultants but they don't actually have the tool sets themselves. IBM, for example, is in-sourcing the same small supplier that is building our private cloud," said Brown.
"If IBM wants to resell that small supplier's services, then it should acquire the company, but it doesn't have the agility to provide the services via in-sourcing," he added.
Brown made his remarks in response to a question from a fellow panellist who had asked whether there were adequate cloud services in the market to cater for a financial institution.
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It was the actors choice that they end Data's life because he said that they had done everything they could with Data and their was no further growth therefore point to do any more stories with Data in them. By the way I think the whole thing with B4 was to show that Doctor Soong's work would not die with Data but live on.
They didn't need to kill him. They just didn't need to use him anymore. I personally refuse to acknowledge Nemesis as canon. Its like the 1960s James Bond Casino Royale or Threshold. TNG ended with All Good Things.
That's your problem. Considering Spiner himself wanted
character to die, I think they went about it just fine. He died saving his captain, his friends aboard the
and Earth. How is his death any less than Spock's? Frankly much more was on the line with the
versus Khan. He was going to die anyway. Had the
escaped it would have cruised right into Federation space and potentially killed many more people before it was stopped.
I actually like how it was done in the novelization and I wish they had done this in the film: if I remember correctly, right as Data points his phaser at the thalaron generator, he allows himself to scan through all of his good, happy memories as he fires. Basically, his life flashed before his eyes.
Such a statement as the OP posted is ridiculous. The actor himself didn't want to continue the role because there was nothing else he could do with Data and he was quite noticeably aging, which Spiner didn't feel did justice to the role. To blame it on Paramount is mundane at best and moronic at worst.
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A small little museum. Bowie Train Station was integral to the area in the past. There is a museum and a caboose that you can walk around in. Next door is the Bowie Town Grill...
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A small little museum. Bowie Train Station was integral to the area in the past. There is a museum and a caboose that you can walk around in. Next door is the Bowie Town Grill which is a very good restaurant.
There really isn't much to see. There were some brochures and a few artifacts and a train car. Not particularly interesting. There are some overpriced antique shops nearby.
Nice little museum right next to the train tracks for ambiance. There are several antique stores within walking distance and two little restaurants one with an ice cream parlor inside.
My wife was taking a test for school at our house so I had to kill some time with my son. I started out driving not knowing where to go, then remembered this place. After some quick checking, it turns out this place opens at 10 on Sunday when pretty much everything else opens at noon. So knowing that my...
This museum is easy to find and has plenty of free parking. I, like me, you arrive to find the museum locked, just walk to the visitor centre and they will open it for you. It has 2 display rooms with a model railway (not running) in one
This has photos and tells a bit of the history of the town of Bowie. The lady in charge was very helpful about letting us know what else was good to see in the area.
The town of Bowie, Maryland was founded as a stop on the railroad. Unfortunately, the railroad is gone but the museum tells of a by-gone era. This is a great trip for children who can walk, not recommended for strollers. There are some pictures on the wall of Old Bowie. The staff is volunteer and the museum is open mostly...
The trip with neices and nephews made this an educational experience. Can't wait to take the basketball team!
Small museum with professional exhibits. Focuses on rail history of Bowie, MD and for kids, a primer on railroading in general. Museum has several parts; a caboose, small buildings and a now out of service interlocking tower. The caboose is primarily for children and has small toys and brief description of what cabooses were for. The small buildings have displays...
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I doubt their claims of no friction (energy has to come from somewhere), but it looks like it might be a good solution to an always on backup light to go with my magicshine for night riding if it works.


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Todd is an extremely talented guy that others "love to hate". He is business savvy and has done a lot of fantastic things for the company. It is unfortunate that everyone wants to see someone else fail. I have worked for WellCare for a few years, and at times it has been tough, BUT would not trade the opportunity to work with such fine leadership. This will not be the last that you see of this guy! Expect BIGGER and BETTER next go round.
The Wellcare Management Team was a strong team that led the company to exponential growth and even with the resignations a good infrastructure is in place. The company is still a good business and I am sticking through with it and confident the share price will be back in 3 digits soon. There is nothing wrong with the company's business model and the country potentially heads towards more government paid insurance...Wellcare is positioned perfect.
If a GUY(Paul Behrens)indulges in immoral behavior in personal life. Do you think he has any morals in Professional life or Business deals. ? Depends on what you think about Clintons ? Shareholders need to be aware of these behaviors !!!!
According to the 11/1 TheStreet "In June 2006, one month after his testimony before Congress, Schiesser fielded a letter from WellCare CEO Todd Farha informing him that he had been demoted to a part-time position with a salary of just $24,000... Schiesser had pocketed almost $425,000 in salary and bonuses during his final year as a full-time executive...and WellCare retained a tight grip on [him]... regulatory filings show, WellCare promised Schiesser a lump sum payment of $250,000 if he signed a "restrictive covenant agreement" stating that he would not "talk about or otherwise communicate to any third parties in a malicious, disparaging or defamatory manner regarding the company group." Schiesser in fact signed that document, which barred him from sharing company information for a year after his employment came to an end."
Todd Farha headed to Caymans for perhaps a bank withdrawal?
Geez, what is wrong with you people?????? Is "business savvy" now the buzz words for CROOK. "Fine Leadership????" If they find this guy was gaming the system then I hope he follows some of his ENRON peers. If not quilty give this guy his job back cause he's a genius.
Wellcare is in trouble (in part) for its failure to return money to Medicaid (YES, to the FEDERAL and STATE TAXPAYERS of the U.S. and various states) by utilizing off-shore re-insurance schemes. I'd bet that while the Wellcare execs were in the Cayman Islands setting up those insurance accounts they quitely opened off-shore accounts of their own...and while we're at it, let's take a look at how many of them traded their stocks in the days preceding the raid (and their stock prices dropped from $122 to $38 per share). Now, they can all retire to hug their accounts in the Cayman!
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After a divorce action has been commenced, the spouses may need the intervention of the Court to decide immediate, short-term issues such as occupancy of the house, custody of children, payment of money for child support and spousal maintenance, etc. The Court decides these immediate issues at a court hearing known as a temporary hearing or preliminary hearing. The hearing is usually scheduled by ... (see full summary)
This is not a substitute for legal advice. An attorney must be consulted. ALABAMA Pending an action for divorce, the court may make an allowance for either spouse out of the property of the other spouse, considering the property and lifestyle of the parties, for a period of time not longer than necessary for the completion of the divorce case. Alabama Code 30-2-50. While the divorce action is pending, the court may make such orders with respect to the custody of the children as their safety and well-being may require. In cases of abandonment of the husband by the wife, the husband shall be awarded the custody of the children after they are seven years of age, if he is a suitable person to have custody. Alabama Code 30-3-1. ALASKA At any time while a dissolution action is pending, a spouse may apply to the court for an Order for Temporary Relief to cover: 1) attorney fees and costs; 2) reasonable spousal maintenance; and 3) reasonable child support for children under age 18 and for 18 year old children who are actively pursuing a high school diploma or equivalent, or vocational training and still living as a dependent as the applicant spouse. At any time while the dissolution action is pending, a spouse may also apply to the court for protective orders to: 1) provide for the freedom of each spouse from the control of the other spouse; 2) restrain each spouse from subjecting the other to domestic violence; 3) direct one spouse to vacate the marital residence; 4) restrain a spouse from direct communication with the other spouse; 5) restrain a spouse from entering the vehicle in the possession of the other spouse; and 6) prohibit a spouse from disposing of property of either spouse without the permission of the other spouse or a court order. After a temporary hearing, if both parties agree, the court may also order that the parties engage in personal or family counseling or mediation. AS 25.24.140. ARIZONA In all actions for dissolution of marriage, the Clerk of Court shall, pursuant to order of the Arizona Superior Court, issue a "Preliminary Injunction" which informs both parties that they are enjoined from transferring or otherwise disposing of any of the joint or community property of the parties except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life, without the written consent of the parties or the permission of the court. The Preliminary Injunction further informs both parties that they are enjoined from harassing the other party or the children; and that they are enjoined from removing any natural or adopted child of the parties, then residing in Arizona, from the jurisdiction of the court, without the prior written consent of the parties or the permission of the court. The Preliminary Injunction shall also include a warning, in language required by the statute, that disobeying this court order may result in a finding of contempt of court or an arrest and criminal prosecution. After a dissolution action has been commenced, the spouses may need the immediate intervention of the court to decide immediate issues such as occupancy of the house, custody of children, payment of money for child support and spousal maintenance, etc. Either party may move the court for an Order for Temporary Relief at any time after the dissolution action has been commenced. A Motion for Temporary Relief shall be accompanied by the party?s Affidavit setting forth the factual basis for the Motion and the amounts requested for support and maintenance. A party may request the court issue a Restraining Order to exclude a party from the family home upon a showing that physical or emotional harm may otherwise result. The court may issue a Temporary Restraining Order without requiring notice to the other party only if it finds, on the basis of the moving affidavit or other evidence, that irreparable injury will result to the moving party if no Order is issued until the time for responding has elapsed. The court may also make temporary orders regarding the property of the parties, as may be necessary under the circumstances. A Temporary Order terminates when the final decree is entered or when the Petition for Dissolution is dismissed. ARS §25-315. ARKANSAS At any time while a divorce action is pending, the Arkansas courts may award to the wife or to the husband, a reasonable amount of maintenance, child support and a reasonable amount for attorney fees. The court may immediately reduce the sums so ordered to judgment and allow the party to execute upon the marital property for the payment of the allowance, except that the homestead shall not be executed upon for the payment of the ordered sum. Ark. stat. Ann. 9-12-309. CALIFORNIA At any time while a proceeding for dissolution of marriage is pending, the California court may order: 1) the husband or wife to pay any amount that is necessary for the support of the wife or husband, or 2) either or both parents to pay any amount necessary for the support of children. At any time during the Pendency of the action, the court may make a Temporary Custody Order. California law also provides a procedure for an Expedited Support Order which allows the court, without a hearing, to make an order requiring a parent or parents to pay child support while an action is pending. An expedited support order can be made by the court after the applicant files: 1) an Application for Expedited Child Support Order; 2) an income and expense declaration in the form required by the Family Law Rules; 3) a worksheet setting forth the basis of the amount of support requested; and 4) a proposed expedited child support order. All documents and blank copies of the Income and Expense Declaration form and blank copies for a Response must be served on the other party to be obligated by the expedited order. If there is no response to the application within 30 days, the expedited support order as requested shall be effective on the obligated parent without a court hearing and without further action by the court. Cal. Fam. Code §3600 and §3620-3634. Family Law Rules require specific forms for a motion for temporary relief and supporting financial statements. Family Law Rules 1285.10-1285.55. COLORADO In a Colorado proceeding for dissolution of marriage, either party may move the court for temporary custody, temporary child support, temporary payment of debts, use of property, temporary spousal maintenance, or payment of attorney fees. The motion may be supported by an Affidavit setting forth the factual basis for the motion and the amounts requested. The court may consider the alternative of temporary joint custody of children in accordance with the best interest of the children. As a part of a motion for temporary relief, or by an independent motion accompanied by supporting Affidavit, either party may ask the court to issue a temporary injunction restraining any party from transferring or disposing of assets, enjoining a party from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party or of any child, excluding a party from the family home upon a showing that physical or emotional harm would otherwise result, and such other relief as may be appropriate. The court may issue a temporary restraining order without requiring notice to the other party only if it finds, on the basis of the supporting Affidavit or other evidence, that irreparable injury would result in the moving party if no order were issued until the time for responding had elapsed. A temporary order does not prejudice the rights of the party or the child which are to be determined at subsequent court hearings. A temporary order may be revoked or modified prior to the final decree. A temporary order terminates when the final decree is entered. At the time a temporary restraining order is requested, the requesting party shall have an independent duty to disclose all knowledge of the party and the party?s attorney concerning the existence of any prior restraining orders of any court addressing, in full or in part, the subject matter of the requested restraining order. CRSA §14-10-108. CONNECTICUT At any time after the return day of a Complaint for Dissolution of Marriage, the court may award temporary custody, child support, and alimony. In making an award for temporary alimony, the court shall consider all factors enumerated in the statute governing the final award of alimony, except the factor of fault. The court may also award exclusive temporary use of the family home to either of the parties. At the time a motion for temporary relief is filed, the moving party shall file a sworn statement of current income, expenses, assets and liabilities, and other financial information. The opposing party shall file a similar sworn statement at least three days before the date of the hearing. The financial statement may be required to be a specific form required by the chief court administrator. C.G.S.A §46b-83 and §463, Superior Court Rules. DELAWARE Upon the filing of a Petition for Divorce, a preliminary injunction shall be issued against both parties to the action, enjoining them from 1) transferring or, in any way, disposing of any property except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; 2) molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; 3) removing any child then residing in Delaware out of the jurisdiction of the court without the prior written consent of the parties or the permission of the court; and 4) utilizing credit cards or otherwise incurring any debt for which the other party may be liable except for necessities of life for the benefit of the party or the children. The preliminary injunction shall be effective against the Petitioner upon the filing of the Petition for Divorce and against the Respondent upon service. Either party may file a motion to request temporary relief including temporary alimony or child support, restraining the other party from transferring or disposing of assets, enjoining...
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