The more I hear about the Koch Brothers, the more they come off like evil, dirty pricks. I hate that one of them is funding so much on PBS. Read more about these jerks here.
Category Archives: Politics
Census estimates show big gains for U.S. minorities – USATODAY.com
Minorities are making big numeric gains across the US. This might explain why even progressive states like Minnesota have suddenly turned into racist, gun-toting people scared of their own shadows.
Look, the US is going to be less white no matter what happens. If Caucasians don’t want to sow any more ill will against populations who already have legitimate grudges, this might be the time to be less vindictive and violent; not more.
Crime in Rochester a problem of perception versus reality | Minnesota Public Radio News
Maybe it is because I moved here from a big city going through hard times, but there is a lot of hype here about how it is becoming dangerous in Rochester.
I don’t get it.
I don’t see it.
The only thing I see are Somalis and folks like me moving in.
Hmmm, what could that possibly mean?
The Voter ID Tap Dance | Mother Jones
Republicans don’t want you to vote. At least, if you are planning to vote against them. They don’t know how you are going to vote, but going after the poor and minorities is good math for them.
Here’s a look at “voter ID”, the 21st century’s version of a poll tax.
FBI: MLK Day Parade Bomb Is ‘Domestic Terrorism’
Someone put a bomb in Spokane, Washington but you haven’t heard about it. It was set to kill the marchers in an MLK Day parade.
The FBI is calling it an act of domestic terrorism but you still haven’t heard about it.
Spokane has a history of White Supremacist activity, and Rachel Maddow goes into it (and wonders who no one is talking about this).
According to this report, the FBI thinks it IS tied to a white power hate group.
Some more on this.
White Racists trying to blow up a Unity March. You’ll never hear a word of this on FAUXNews.
Health Reform by the Numbers
Mother Jones has a reminder of who is getting helped by the health care reform law.
Think of these folks while Republicans are screeching about people’s rights being taken away or the cost of helping fellow citizens (instead of enriching, say, insurance companies).
Also, the White House is answering back these ridiculous charges with actual facts.
Extremist Killing Is as American as Apple Pie | Mother Jones
Some food for thought on violent incidents not labelled terrorist incidents in this nation. The primary link? The color of the shooter’s skin.
This Week in Tea Baggery
Conservatives spent this week saying that carrying signs touting violent revolution and standing behind a woman calling for folks to “reload” and “target” people she doesn’t agree with doesn’t make people think that shooting people is a valid part of political debate.
This must be the “don’t do as I say” Biblical argument I have previously never heard of.
So, bad enough, but what else have these morons been up to?
Tea Bagging Senator Mike Lee of Utah thinks that federal child labor laws are unconstitutional. He thinks this should be left up to the states. Presumably this means we’ll soon be seeing all non-white, non-Mormon children digging for uranium in the near future?
In North Carolina, a school board packed with Tea Baggers has ended school integration. Apparently this district has some of the best schools in the state. The newly segregated schools will soon only reserve those for the whitest and not the brightest.
After taking a week to ignore their contributions to our culture of loving hate and hating love, Republicans are vowing to repeal – or at least pretend to repeal – the health care reform bill. They call it “job killing”. Like all things they say, they are dead wrong about this. Ezra Klein explains.
GOP Tries New Effort To Bring In Hispanic Voters : NPR
The GOP thinks that it can spend most of it’s time demonizing and bombing brown people, some of the time trying to deport anyone not lily white, and maybe just a few moments trying to appeal to them and hope this gets them some votes.
Um, yeah, good luck with that.
Drew Westen’s response to ‘Palin’s ‘blood libel’ defense fair?’ – The Arena | POLITICO.COM
One of the better opinions on this “blood libel” nonsense.