May 8, 2012

Romney taking credit for auto industry success

Mitt Romney is saying that he deserves “a lot of credit” for the resurgence of the American auto industry.

That claim comes in spite of Romney having argued that Detroit should have been allowed to go bankrupt. [SFGate]

LOL.

May 7, 2012

A recap of Ted Nugent’s outreach to moderate voters, in gif format

That trendy little chin beard makes it look like he is foaming at the mouth.

http://wp.me/pUjAJ-94J

May 7, 2012

What Everyone Should Know About The Secretive Group Trying To Swift Boat Barack Obama

A secretive right-wing group, Veterans For A Strong America, is attempting to do to President Obama what the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth did to Sen. John Kerry in 2004. And they aren’t shy about it.

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May 7, 2012

Clinton Labor Secretary Schools Romney: 4% Unemployment Came After Education Investments, Tax Hikes.

Speaking in Pittsburgh yesterday, Mitt Romney said that “anything over 4% [unemployment] is not cause for celebration.” The United States last achieved a sub-4% unemployment rate in December 2000, the end of President Clinton’s term. On Twitter, Robert Reich, a Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, reminded Romney how America got there.

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May 7, 2012

Ousted judges to receive Profiles in Courage Award – CBS News

President John F. Kennedy’s only surviving child is celebrating what would have been his 95th birthday this month by honoring three Iowa judges who were ousted after the court unanimously decided to legalize same-sex marriages.

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May 7, 2012

US requests for secret spying warrants rose to nearly 2K in 2011, and not a single one was rejected

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) reports today that the US Justice Department made 1,745 requests last year to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) for permission to wiretap electronic communications or search for physical evidence in counter-terrorism cases.

That’s up from 1,579 requests in 2010. Every single one of the requests submitted in 2011 were accepted, though 30 were modified by the court. [BoingBoing]

May 6, 2012

Fischer Calls Out Romney: ‘How Is He Going to Stand Up to North Korea if He Can Be Pushed around by.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/fischer-romney-stand-up-to-north-korea-pushed-around-yokel-like-me

So. The always adorable Bryan Fischer lambasted Romney’s choice of an openly gay man to advise his campaign, calling on the entire rabid right to call for his head. And Romney complied. Now Fischer is going after Romney for being stupid enough to do the bidding of the right. WOW.

May 6, 2012

Arizona bans funding of Planned Parenthood

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/05/us/arizona-planned-parenthood/index.html

I tried for five minutes to come up with something clever and ironic to say her, but I just can’t without belittling the way women are being treated. What is amazing is how the far right, who claim to detest the Taliban, etc., are exactly like them.

May 2, 2012

Alleged gunman’s GOP pal

The neo-Nazi who allegedly killed five people was once praised as a “true patriot” by Russell Pearce, a former Republican Arizona State Senator, sponsor of Arizona SB1070, a controversial anti-illegal alien measure, and the first state legislator in Arizona history to be removed from office via a recall election.

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May 2, 2012

Study: One in Three Americans Fails Naturalization Civics Test

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/04/30/study-one-in-three-americans-fails-naturalization-civics-test

Told ya.

75 percent did not know function of the judicial branch.
71 percent were unable to identify the Constitution as the “supreme law of the land.”
63 percent could not name one of their state’s Senators.
62 percent did not know the name the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
62 percent could not identify the Governor of their state.