Zero Credit

As the US grows in a variety of colors, the (g)OP limits itself to greedy self-deceived white men and women plus a few deluded wannabes of color. It's brilliant strategy of lunacy and glaringly adolescent maleness has worked wonders so far. Keep up the "good" work.
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"Why Americans Actually Voted for a Democratic House" by Ian Millhiser, Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/11/07/1159631/americans-voted-for-a-democratic-house-gerrymandering-the-supreme-court-gave-them-speaker-boehner/
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After 36 hours of intense soul-searching, excuse-making and kudos-hoarding, we came to the conclusion that the intelligence of voters knows no bounds when it comes to the struggle for truth, justice and the American sunny day. Voters and Campaign Workers get 99% of the credit. We voted for a Democratic President, a Democratic Senate, AND a Democratic House (dirty courts pre-disapproved). The sandy hurricane gets zero credit.

Up the Beat

"The GOP's period of reflection and recalibration" by Steve Benen, The Maddow Blog MSNBC
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/11/07/14997773-the-gops-period-of-reflection-and-recalibration
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If Karl Rove is the loyal pet of the Bush clan and is really really terrible at investing other people's money, has he ever thought about chasing rabbits for a living? Karl, did you forget to do all of the proper registering in Virginia?
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Eight people who worked the hardest to prevent
US citizens from voting:
Carol Aichele of Pennsylvania, Ken Detzner and Rick Scott of Florida, Scott Gessler of Colorado, Jon Husted of Ohio, Matt Schultz of Iowa, Rick Snyder of Michigan, and Scott Walker of Wisconsin. I'd rather call them the 8 people who failed.
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"A Giant Sucking Sound" by Leonard C. Goodman, In These Times,
Just a bit from the article:
". . .the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP), which is sold as a 'free trade' agreement for the Pacific Rim and is being pushed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the top lobbying group for American corporations.
   The terms of the TPP have been kept secret from the public for two years and only made available to the negotiators and a select group of corporate partners. However, a draft of the agreement that was leaked in June reveals the TPP would bestow radical new powers upon multinational corporations, including one provision that would protect the pharmaceutical industry from generic competitors and others that would allow companies to override domestic protections for the environment and for workers. New TPP investment rules aim to eliminate 'Buy American' preferences for U.S. manufacturers.
   Obama's support for these secret corporate-friendly policies directly contradicts the Democratic platform . . ."

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/14005/a_giant_sucking_sound/

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One had a campaign about nought
The other had a redundant speech to repeat
The rest of US who can never be bought
Breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the beat.

Cherokee Proverb

There is a battle of two wolves inside us all.
One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed,
resentment, lies, inferiority and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, love,
hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth.
The wolf that wins? The one you feed.
                                               -Cherokee Proverb-                 

Janis singing a song of great social import
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GFqhCq2HA
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"Voting for Obama with No Illusions" by Achy Obejas, In These Times

http://inthesetimes.com/article/13994/voting_for_obama_with_no_illusions/

From one paragraph:
   "First, he's [Obama is] the only one standing between us and a bitter, extremist, white-conservative agenda that would undermine civil rights, healthcare and environmental progress, destroy our economy (again), and leave us begging for mercy. . . ."
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"Paul Ryan Says Obama Threatens 'Judeo-Christian Values' With Health Care Plan" by Adam Martin, New York Times Magazine News & Features

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/ryan-obama-a-threat-to-judeo-christian-values.html

Mr. Ryan, I like how you distanced yourself from "those" values, but included yourself in the "great" part.

Deal With It

http://www.addictinginfo.org/

When Mitt Romney decided to tackle a universal health care system for Massachusetts, at the same time he was even more motivated to make Massachusetts 47th lowest in job creation and the most bankrupt state in the union. How else, but by disaster, does the man make money? Ten years after he got elected governor, Massachusetts is still recovering from the Romney failure. Now he wants to tackle the yes to male enhancement drugs/no to birth control agenda for his fellow hot dogs, but in order to do that he will have to continue hiding his tax returns and lying every day.
Deal with it.

Tuesday

Mitt: "Let's get the private corporations involved in disaster clean-up because there is a lot of profit in that."
Me: "You're nuts."
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Host Pointelle Geriatrics
Ghost Annointal Theatrics
Roast Avoidal Bariatrics
Post Coital Lariat Tricks
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Turn the clocks back tonight, turn the voting ahead Tuesday
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Romney's 100 Hour Challenge

Dear Mr. Romney, Where are your secret tax returns? Thank you so much, a Voting Citizen
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It is time for the Church's tax exemption to be eliminated: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/11/01/1120731/catholic-bishop-who-compared-obama-to-hitler-orders-anti-obama-letter-read-from-pulpit/?mobile=nc
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United Auto Workers v Romney and his profiteering: http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17613-uaw-charges-romney-with-profiteering-from-auto-bailout by Greg Palast
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Romney's 100 hour challenge starts today and ends on Monday, the day before the election. He challenges US to find and define ONE (1), yes ONE (1), leadership quality that he possesses. So far, 21 people have guessed and have been incorrect.
Here are the wrong ones so far today:
Character - no
Charisma - no
Communication - no
Competence - no
Courage - no
Discernment - no
Empathy - no
Focus - no
Generosity - no
Initiative - no
Listening - no
Mentorship - no
Passion - no
Problem solving - no
Relationships - no
Responsibility - no
Security - no
Servanthood - no
Teachability - no
Trust - no
Vision - no

Are 100 hours enough time? What about 100 years?