EXCERPT: Here's a Cut and Paste for those who love them, but this idea was done so well, I had to put it here.
The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge by Laura Clawson Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 01:00:04 PM PDT Daily Kos readers are awesome and send awesome emails: I, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:
I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this...

EXCERPT: Hi y’all, I don’t write many articles, AND was kinda hoping we had a resident expert, or experts on healthcare, and insurance who could write up some fair, accurate and balanced deal on the present crisis, and Pres. Obama’s proposed solutions, as well as getting a look at the Republicans’ alternative fixes.
Luckily for me, TIME magazine did a bang up job, which I read while sitting in the doctor’s office this fine morning. Clean bill of health, blood tests came in good, the bad...

EXCERPT: So, in 30 minute I'm hit both these stories.

More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason.
"I heard this lady, she was like, 'Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?' She's like, 'I'm scared they might do something to my child,'" said camper Dymire Baylor.
The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club. The Valley Swim Club is a private club that advertises...

EXCERPT: You buy a coat and vest, pants are half off! haha
Ok so after Sen. Ensign's affair went public, now we got Gov. Mark Sanford R- SC flying off to Argentina to get it on with his mistress. What is it with Republicans, that they can't seem to be faithful to their wives, or abide by the vows they've made to their wife, God and in front of their families? I mean, is fidelity only for the little people, in the Republican playbook?
Also, do we know if his mistress is an American citizen, or...

EXCERPT: Hello everyone. This is going to be a collection point for all the stories, articles and books coming from real American Conservatives, regarding the real and total failure that the conservative philosophy is when enacted. The point being, like many things, conservatism sounds great, but you don't want them running your state.
Here is the first, from Richard Posner...
By the end of the Clinton administration, I was content to celebrate the triumph of conservatism as I understood it,...

EXCERPT: These are some ideas, some stolen from others, or old textbooks.
Stop socializing losses, and privatizing gains.
Companies that are too big to fail, are too big to exist.
The people who drove us into the ditch should be the ones to pay for the tow truck to pull us out.
For big banks / insurers that want to give bonuses for risky behavior, those bonuses should be tied to long term efforts. And they shouldn't be paid out until those risky ventures are completed, and paid back.
Regulate...

EXCERPT: Sometimes telling the truth isn't the best policy. Especially if you are a lying scumbag.
From the AP wire, the GOP's plan for the next 2 years...
GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry, a key player in helping craft the Republican message, has offered an unusually blunt description of the Republican strategy right now.
McHenry’s description is buried in this new article from National Journal (sub. only):
"We will lose on legislation. But we will win the message war every...

EXCERPT: Here is where the 3 sides are butting heads on each post today, on the economy. In the following T = taxes, G = govt spending
The Democrats, being generally Keynesians, see the market cycles lows as the time that G should increase to spur the economy, creating jobs, and boom times T should be raised, thereby paying back the debts incurred during the lows.
The Republicans, being generally opposed to large government, always want T lowered, whether the economy is up or down, which...

EXCERPT: The Mandate So, after Sen. Obama dismantled Sen. McCain, and the Democratic Party swept up bigger majorities nationally in both chambers of congress, we can say clearly that Pres. Elect Obama has a clear mandate for his platform. What did this include? Getting US troops out of Iraq, in 16 months National Healthcare reform, getting universal coverage, and stronger regulation of HMO’s Alternative Energy Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure Jobs here, let...

EXCERPT: Here is how the polls are shaping up, and how I see the final numbers---
The polling is showing O - 51 Mc- 44
I think the national total will be more like O - 51 Mc - 47 with the rest going about 1% each to McKinney, Nader, and Barr.
The EV though is going to O - 353 vs Mc - 185
With McCain dropping all of PA, FL and OH - which he needs all 3 to win in any scenario. Among the swing states McCain will take IN, and MO, Obama will take VA, NC, and all 3 of PA, OH and FL.
The biggest...