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FACTS MATTER: The Ultimate Guide To Mitt Romney’s Convention Speech

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:25:00 -0400

FACTS MATTER: The Ultimate Guide To Mitt Romney’s Convention Speech:

summerjames:

A pretty thorough rundown of all the lies we’re about to hear from Romney

summerjames: Lambda Legal files suit in Illinois Marriage...

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:41:22 -0400

summerjames:

Lambda Legal files suit in Illinois Marriage case.

"Call me cynical, but I didn’t think his views on marriage could get any gayer"

Sat, 12 May 2012 11:09:35 -0400

“Call me cynical, but I didn’t think his views on marriage could get any gayer”

- Rand Paul speaking at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Event about Obama. (via summerjames)

"Nothing says “today’s GOP” like an unwed teen mom with no relationship with her child’s father..."

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:18:30 -0400

“Nothing says “today’s GOP” like an unwed teen mom with no relationship with her child’s father sanctimoniously lecturing a happily married father of two well-adjusted, happy kids about parenting.”

- Farker Gilgigamesh about Bristol Palin vs Obama on Marriage Equality. (via summerjames)

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Fri, 11 May 2012 10:46:13 -0400

"Romney and his surrogates have revealed an ongoing Cold War fixation. Former Reagan Navy Secretary..."

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:00:32 -0400

“Romney and his surrogates have revealed an ongoing Cold War fixation. Former Reagan Navy Secretary John Lehman and former Bush administration Ambassador Pierre Prosper, on Thursday derailed Romney messaging in a conference call with reporters by raising the specter of the “Soviet Union” and slamming Obama for not protecting Czechoslovakia — a country that was peacefully dissolved in 1993 and now exists as the Czech Republic and Slovakia.”

- Romney Campaign Again Warns Of ‘Soviet’ Threat | TPM2012

The Romney campaign doesn’t know what year it is.

Oh yeah by the way, Gas Prices Are Falling. Guess what the president did to make them fall?

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:12:30 -0400

Oh yeah by the way, Gas Prices Are Falling. Guess what the president did to make them fall?:

gregtron:

stfuconservatives:

freemarketnationalist:

stfuconservatives:

The same thing he did to raise them:

NOTHING!

-Joe

If he opened the oil reserves gas prices would fall guaranteed. The Federal government is infringing on the ability of the free market to work.

I’m pretty sure the federal government adding oil to the system to drive down gas prices and thus driving down oil corporate profits is pretty much the definition of free market meddling.

I don’t totally disagree that we should open up the oil reserves but hey man if you’re a free market libertarian at least be consistent. That pain you feel at the pump is your beloved free market capitalism.

-Joe

The US consumes about 178M barrels of gasoline a day, and has about 727M barrels of crude in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Considering that about half of the SPR is sour crude, you’re probably looking at only about 200M barrels of gasoline.

So, if you liquidate our entire emergency oil reserve AND refine it, you introduce about a day’s consumption worth of product to the market. Arguing that not doing this is driving up gasoline prices is akin to saying your mother is driving up your grocery bill by not letting you have the frozen dinner she’s saving.

But the part that’s stupid is we’re still arguing that gasoline should be cheap. Why aren’t we investing in public transportation systems, alternative energy, and other ways that we can transport goods and people across our big-ass country without contributing to, you know, global warming (which is real) caused by pollution (which is real) instead of blaming one dude for not making everything really easy for us (which he can’t do) because we’re too short-sighted to not base our entire economy on a non-renewable resource (that we will run out of in ten years, based on current consumption and retrievable total reserves).

THIS HAS BEEN YOUR DAILY HYPOCRITICAL POST FROM A DUDE WHO WORKS FOR A MAJOR PETROLEUM COMPANY

summerjames: Hipsters came and put up a bunch of Kony2012...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:10:38 -0400

summerjames:

Hipsters came and put up a bunch of Kony2012 posters in my neighborhood last night. Jen pointed out that the color scheme for the African mass murderer is a little too similar to the color scheme for the iconic Hope poster.

Way to be dicks Kony2012.

"I’m not sure about these cookies,” Romney said. “Did you make those cookies? You didn’t, did you?..."

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:23:59 -0400

““I’m not sure about these cookies,” Romney said. “Did you make those cookies? You didn’t, did you? No. No. They came from the local 7-Eleven bakery or wherever.””

- Mitt Romney Would Rather Starve Than Touch That Mass-Produced Poor-Person Cookie | Blogs | Vanity Fair

Mitt Romney is a cookie snob. We’re done here.

GOP to cut food stamps in deficit-reduction drive

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:30:00 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps and would make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to claim child tax credits as they piece together legislation to cut $261 billion in the coming decade.

It’s the first step in a GOP exercise aimed at cutting domestic programs to forestall big Pentagon budget cuts next year. The cuts to food stamps would reduce the monthly benefit for a family of four by almost $60 and would force up to 3 million people off the program altogether by tightening eligibility. The measure would also eliminate a grant program to states for social services like day care. Six House panels are producing legislation this week as the first step in implementing the GOP’s budget plan.

Family values and the dignity of work.

"The right to bear arms comes from our creator, not from our government,” he said, to cheers. “It is..."

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:05:07 -0400

““The right to bear arms comes from our creator, not from our government,” he said, to cheers. “It is one of the inalienable rights alluded to in our Declaration of Independence. … Far fewer women would be raped, far fewer children would be killed … and far fewer dictators would survive if people had the right to bear arms everywhere on the planet.””

- Newt Gingrich. Still running for president.

"Investigators say this action by the two men to try and conceal themselves made Williams fear for..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:13:18 -0400

“Investigators say this action by the two men to try and conceal themselves made Williams fear for his life and it was then he fired two shots striking each man one time in the head.”

- 911 calls released in shooting of Michael Gentry-Hill Jr., Darren Tyree Hill, | GoUpstate.com

We’ve got a serious problem in this country.

"I really wish that, standing here before you, was Allen West and President Obama,” West said. “We..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:49:09 -0400

““I really wish that, standing here before you, was Allen West and President Obama,” West said. “We could have a simple discussion. But that ain’t ever gonna happen.” “Why not?” an audience member asked. “Cuz he was too scared!” West responded in a mocking voice.”

- Allen West: Up To 80 House Dems Are Members Of The Communist Party | TPM2012

(via Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law) The...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:39:00 -0400

(via Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law)

The 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act was meant to deter employers from discriminating against certain groups by giving workers more avenues via which to press charges. Among other provisions, it allows individuals to plead their cases in the less costly, more accessible state circuit court system, rather than just in federal court.

"Speaking in Harrisburg, Pa., Romney told an audience that Obama may have spent “too much time at..."

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:32:51 -0400

“Speaking in Harrisburg, Pa., Romney told an audience that Obama may have spent “too much time at Harvard,””

- Mitt Romney, Harvard JD/MBA, Says Obama Spent Too Much Time At Harvard | TPM2012

thedorseyshawexperience: YEP.

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:03:26 -0400

thedorseyshawexperience:

YEP.

"Women don’t care about contraception, they care about jobs and their families."

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:52:56 -0400

“Women don’t care about contraception, they care about jobs and their families.”

- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley campaigning for Mitt Romney

"People detained for minor offenses can turn out to be the most devious and dangerous criminals,"

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:54:16 -0400

““People detained for minor offenses can turn out to be the most devious and dangerous criminals,””

- U.S. News - Supreme Court: Strip searches, even for minor offenses

The best way to tell if someone is a dangerous criminal is to look at their dick.

On March 22nd, 1972, the Supreme Court undermined the...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:51:00 -0400

On March 22nd, 1972, the Supreme Court undermined the boundaries and benefits of marriage. In the decision Eisenstadt v. Baird, the Court struck down a Massachusetts law prohibiting the distribution of contraceptives to unmarried people, and implicitly sanctioned unmarried non-procreative sexual intimacy. While the decision may seem archaic and insignificant by modern sexual standards, Eisenstadt v. Baird dealt a decisive blow to the legal and cultural norm that marriage was the institution for the full expression of the sexual relationship between man and woman. The decision and its legal consequences affect us today. Forty years ago, the Court ruled that unmarried couples could not be denied their birth control. Today, the Federal government is forcing us to share the cost, for said contraception and some states are giving marital status to homosexual relationships.

(via 40 Years Since Eisenstadt v. Baird: A Look at the High Court’s Legal Attack on Marriage)

While the FRC is looking to cry and gnash their teeth I say we make it a holiday. March 22nd, national get yo’ fuck on day. It’s a thing.

"I believe that we live in America. We don’t live in the Soviet Union,” Lesko said...."

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:04:11 -0400

““I believe that we live in America. We don’t live in the Soviet Union,” Lesko said. “And so government shouldn’t be telling employers, Catholic organizations or mom-and-pop employers to do something that’s against their moral beliefs.””

- Birth-control-exclusion bill goes to AZ Senate

Certainly the only thing preventing us from becoming the USSR is our freedom make medical decisions for our employees.