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President Obama: Git R Done!

January 27, 2010 12:01 PM by David Badash
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There. I said it. Like so many Americans with at least half a brain, I am sick to death of ignorant, stupid jackasses who think they know what’s best for America. We all know them. The ones who don’t read — but claim to. The ones who can’t name the founding fathers — yet use [...]

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Civil Rights

Soylent Green Isn’t People. Corporations Are.

January 22, 2010 5:00 PM by David Badash
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Now That Corporations Are People, Can They Marry Each Other? What If They’re Gay?
Tales of the absurdity that is America.


You cannot help but feel amused/ perplexed/ incredulous/ angered/ frustrated/ ready-to-pack-your-bags-and-move-to-another-country by events the past week in America.
After the “stunning upset” Republican Scott Brown (I like to remind him he is a Republican; he seems not to want to tell anyone) [...]

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Paul Krugman, John Amato On Obama And Health Care Reform, Now

January 22, 2010 1:32 AM by David Badash

Paul Krugman, John Amato On Obama And Health Care Reform, Now. Amato: “What voters does the Obama administration think they will pick up if they pass on health care completely?” Krugman: “I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he [...]

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Hey, Massachusetts: Do You Hate You, Or Us, Or U.S.?

January 20, 2010 11:41 AM by David Badash

Hey, Massachusetts: Do You Hate You, Or Us, Or U.S.? I’m sitting here, licking my wounds after yesterday’s Republican upset, and asking myself, how is it possible for the first state in the nation to pioneer healthcare reform, to put a man into the U.S. Senate who has vowed to kill healthcare reform? I’m asking [...]

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Healthcare

Democrats: Politics Is War. And We’re Getting Killed.

January 19, 2010 10:32 PM by David Badash
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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
– Mao Zedong, 1938




The Democratic Party leadership’s performance over the past 365 days is clearly bullshit. This is not an Obama-bashing. This is an entire Democratic party-bashing.
I’ve never been a soldier. But I damn well know a few things about war.
First of all, you protect [...]

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Bigotry Watch

NOM Admits Giving $50,000 Toward Republican Senate Candidate Scott Brown

January 18, 2010 6:05 PM by David Badash
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That’s right. In their never-ending battle against same-sex marriage, the National Organization for Marriage has spent towards the campaign of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown – the man who posed nude for Cosmo, and voted in favor of the Marriage Amendment in Massachusetts’ legislature – $50,000. Specifically, according to a NOM email sent today, “That’s why [...]

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NJ: “Pot Is OK, Gay Marriage, (Still) Not So Much”

January 11, 2010 5:01 PM by David Badash

NJ: “Pot Is OK, Gay Marriage, (Still) Not So Much” For the record, I don’t smoke marijuana, but I have no issue with it. I do have an issue with cherry-picking morality. Via The New York Times: “The New Jersey Assembly approved a measure on Monday that would make the state the first in the [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Glenn Beck: Ted Kennedy Was “Evil”

January 6, 2010 8:30 PM by David Badash
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Pot. Kettle. Black.




How in the world can anyone categorize Ted Kennedy as evil? In case you didn’t know this was Ted Kennedy (compiled via Wikipedia):
Known as “The Lion of the Senate,” he served for forty-six years in the United States Senate, the fourth-longest term in history.
He was responsible for creating more than three hundred laws, [...]

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Civil Rights

Listen: NJ Senator Gill: “I vote for the equality of marriage because I believe in the constitution.”

December 8, 2009 1:29 PM by David Badash
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Listen to one of the finest speeches from last night’s marriage equality debate. Senator Nia Gill discusses why she chose to vote “yes,” on the same sex marriage bill that passed New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee 7-6. Her comments included the need for healthcare of same sex partners, that cannot be provided in any way other [...]

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If Money Makes The World Go Round, Gay Couples Are Forced To Spin A Lot Faster

October 3, 2009 1:33 PM by David Badash
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Today’s New York Times has a ground-breaking examination of the costs of being a same sex couple. As “The High Price of Being a Gay Couple,” begins, let me also state that the fight for marriage equality is a fight for civil rights, and for what’s right, not a fight for financial gain. But The [...]

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Congress WILL Be In Session For The National Equality March!

October 3, 2009 12:52 AM by David Badash

Congress WILL Be In Session For The National Equality March! Joe.My.God reports that Senator Harry Reid has canceled Congress’ Columbus Day recess so they can meet the White House’s Thanksgiving deadline for a health care bill. But make no mistake – you are under no obligation to thank the Blue Dog Dems for their foot [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Control The Conversation

September 25, 2009 9:00 AM by David Badash
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I’m tired. I’m tired of the Right throwing temper tantrums — and grenades. When things aren’t going their way (and after eight long and literally torturous years, it’s about time they aren’t!) what do they do? They act like children. Essentially, the entire GOP playbook consists of, “Oh, yeah, well, he started it!” and “I’m [...]

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Grow A Pair.

September 17, 2009 12:28 AM by David Badash
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Democrats Have The Largest Majority In Three Decades



In 1995, Republicans gained the majority of both chambers of Congress for the first time since the 1950s. And boy, did they (ab)use it. Now, for the first time since 1995, Democrats hold the majority in both the House and the Senate.
And we have it by a wide, wide margin.
Take a look at the Senate [...]

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