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also having seen these attitudes up close, and having gone to majority african american public schools for all 12 years of school, i can't wait to see these people wake up to see this man as our president. obama's victory for me will be very personal in the small, almost insignificant battle i've waged against racism all my life. there's really not an issue that i hold closer to my heart, and i don't say that as some out of touch yuppie trying to make myself feel better.
Within a month the owner of the business called her into his office and told her she was being let go. He gave her some bullshit excuse that she wasn't picking up some new computer programs they'd installed fast enough - but I know that was a lie - because she was doing them just as well as I do them - if not better. And a couple days after she'd left I overhead two of the other employees talking about how they were glad the boss had gotten rid of that fucking liberal.
http://digg.com/politics/No_Broadcast_Coverage_...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/...
Rich people aren't out to get me. They are out to ignore me.
Is that such a bad thing? I don't want people paying attention to me, I want to enjoy my life without worrying about how others think or feel about me.
Pretty Hair to just sign the secession papers now. One needs a passport when
one moves here from Yankeeland. The Union would be so much better off now if
the South had had cannon factories in 1865.
You would miss it here.
Trailer Park White Trash!!!!!!!!!!! GO TO HELL.
New England but have to confess, as redneck as Texas can be, the cost of
living here is far lower because housing here is very cheap, owning or
renting. And I have a very good job here which is the best of my long career
in education so to move back to Boston would be impractical, if not
wonderful, in terms of the people and attitude, especially toward 'mo's.
Has anyone ever run for VP on two different tickets before?
CVA
do the conservative blogs get these as well?
"If Obama is NOT President... will we call it the Jew House?"
Why?
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in an interview last week. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.”
When Hillary endeavored to write a legal brief arguing there is no right to representation by counsel during an impeachment proceeding, Zeifman says, he told Hillary about the case of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who faced an impeachment attempt in 1970. So what did Hillary do?
“Hillary then removed all the Douglas files to the offices where she was located, which at that time was secured and inaccessible to the public,” Zeifman said. Hillary then proceeded to write a legal brief arguing there was no precedent for the right to representation by counsel during an impeachment proceeding – as if the Douglas case had never occurred.
The brief was so fraudulent and ridiculous, Zeifman believes Hillary would have been disbarred if she had submitted it to a judge.
http://www.northstarwriters.com/dc165.htm
"W2004" stickers on the rear window.
but i got news for these hammerheads. one way or another, you are coming with us. we will drag you kicking and screaming into the future. they may resist, they may not like it., but by God, they WILL evolve.
opposable thumbs for everyone!!
ROME, Italy (AP) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hit back Tuesday against renewed accusations that he was using public office to protect his private interests in a battle over legislation that would suspend his corruption trial.
and they want to keep it that way.
that's all McHelpless has going for him. he's white, he's male. he's Baptist AND Episcopaleolithic...
where's the legal?
As for the Texas Republican Party and whatever idiot members of it came up with this, actions like this obscene button will come back to haunt them. Frankly, I think they're on their way to losing their position of dominance in Texas politics. Texans are a practical people and although too many of us can be taken in by false issues like gay marriage (which brought us the current crop of right-wing nuts in the Legislature and Governor's Mansion), common sense is coming back into play as evidenced by the huge turnout for the Democratic Primary in March. Like a previous commenter noted, GWB wasn't nearly as bad when he was our governor as he became once he was installed in the White House; most of us did think he would just sit there playing tiddly-winks for 4 years and then get replaced by someone with a brain. But you can't blame us for the votes of almost 50 percent of the country in his favor; Texas Republicans didn't put him there by themselves! A good many Texans never voted for him in any election.
As for this stupid button: it was put out by people who are Republicans first, and Texans last.
Why am I not surprised?
Texas was democrat until they got rid of ann richards- i bet she is laughing now to see the pigeons come home to roost- rove indicted- all the rebulicans thrown out.
rove - the one trick pony- his cheating ways are done- he and his friends will try and crawl back under their rocks- but this time we are going to smash it on their little heads.
WE DESERVE THE TRUTH AND WE ARE GOING TO GET IT
Only a texas right-wing, christian fascist, republican could come up with this racial horse shit!
PS I also sent a copy to the local republican party, here in Houston... there not having a good day! So lets all keep there day in the crapper!
Texas is the one state that does not fly the state flag lower than the national flag. It is official policy that the Texas state flag is flown at an equal height to the stars and stripes.
The best thing to say about Texas is that there is lots of room for improvement.
As a Texan, this really corks me off !! They should be ashamed of themselves !!
GOP YOU DISGUST ME AND YOU HAVE MADE THE WORLD HATE AMERICA!
If that boondoggle of a wall is ever built along the Texas border, maybe it should run along the State's Northern border. I know I'd feel safer.
There is a proud tradition of Yellow Dog Democrats - look up the "Killer Ds" and "Killer Bs" - Democrats who stood up against power grabs by both parties. The Democrats in this state are true Texans and Americans and are true blue. You know, I didn't think GWB would do much harm - he seemed like an affable guy, not too quick, but not as dumb as he was made out to be - basically harmless.
None of us here in Texas who lived here when he was Governor can honestly say that we saw this coming. Oh, sure, he was GOP and would do standard stuff - lower taxes for rich, give tax breaks that we couldn't pay for right away, nothing too out of the ordinary. I daresay that none of us could see the breakdown of our Constitution and the utter audacity of the power grabs. Frankly, I didn't think GWB would have the cojones to try it. I thought he would treat the Presidency as an American Idol-type of thing - be the every-day-guy and smile for the camera. I never would have thought this would have happened - there was trepidation during the after-math of the 2000 election, but I mostly blamed Florida.
Anyway, give us a chance - we have been better and can do so again.
BTW, the GOP pin hasn't gotten much play here yet. I think that's to the good - the more publicity, the more legitimacy this gets.
Not to mention, the complete lack of any real gun laws or restrictions.
Not any real gun laws, what do you mean? We do have concealed handgun laws, that do require extensive background checks (taking anywhere from 60-180 days to process), fingerprinting; you can't have any current (within 5 years) misdemeanors, nor can you be default on your child support or even your student loans - just showing that the requirements are numerous - and less than 0.5% of crimes are committed by lawful owners.
And you should know that , in Texas, you cannot get away with leniency in the courts (we're pretty infamous for the tough sentences - check out Williamson County sometime). So if you do commit a crime - gun-related or not - you better be ready for a long, long, long stay. There is also a Child Access Prevention Law, and a Juvenile Sale/Transfer Law, but I'm not sure what they do - I don't own a gun myself, although I'm not opposed to those who do.
Also, we noticed here in Texas that many of GWB's staff either stayed here or came back to Texas - some say disillusioned. Something happened to change GWB - check out Texas Monthly - they did an editorial about how something in his character changed once he got into national office.
I think that those who were either not worried about him, or sitting on the fence, or oblivious to GWB as anything but a not-so-clever cowboy, people who were not die-hard opposed to him because he was Republican - they didn't care one way or another. I think that for most of us, it was a gradual build-up of things. At least for me, and for alot of my friends, it was a progression - him losing/changing staff was just the beginning of a feeling - uh-oh. I know that, again, from the people I've talked to, disillusionment and irritation with a presidency going wrong was starting to become really evident around 2004-05.
J
I received an email from the Texas Republican Party (after I sent them an email demanding an apology)...they are donating all proceeds from the sale of this pin !!!
The vendor was a vendor out of Florida, that travels around the country to various Republican functions and conventions. They assure me they will NEVER be allowed to participate in any future functions, and apologized profusely !!!
Let's keep our eyes open for this sort of crap in the future....GOOD JOB, people !!!
Christianity, Corporations, Energy. 5% of all the wealth in America is owned by a small group of Deep South White Males. Woman are not equal, Blacks are not equal, gays are not equal, jews are not equal Asians, South Americans, Arabs, Indians you name it…we are all a step down from the white catholic male. America is diverse. Break the domination. Spread the wealth. All men and woman are created equal. Only Obama can save America.
I stumble a clash yesterday and overlook to post it but anyway this clash video is entitled Obama v. McCain on Iraq & Afghanistan. US Presidential candidates have clashed sharply in recent days on Iraq, Afghanistan and the War on Terror. Watch both two statements, who do you think or believed is right?
http://clashorama.com/index.php?id=192