US POLITICS SPRING 2011: Let's just call off this country.

had to wiki DFL

Oh, The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL)

In the new GOP view, government ought to have no role in the prekindergarten education of children, he explained.

"New"? Hasn't that always been their view?

You're not very old for a curmudgeon.

In the new GOP view, government ought to have no role in the prekindergarten education of children, he explained.

fixed

It is all part of the master plan. They will be the masters. We will be the slaves.

Right-wing Christian Mom Home-schooling instructions

In the new GOP view, government ought to have no role in the prekindergarten education of children, he explained.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_06/the_antijobs_candidate030212.php

Romney as successful businessman versus Romney as job-cutting profiteer. In tonight's Republican debate he will characterize himself as the former.

Or maybe the latter too. Republicans like that.

Another delicious story about Obama and Wall Street.

Even greater than Ed’s policy concerns is his personal feelings of being ignored and shut out of the process. Ed is not unreasonable and realizes that many people had a hand in making these policy decisions and does not claim that his voice should be heard above the rest. He does, however, feel that he has a perspective on this issue that is unique and feels as though he did not have a venue in which to share his input.

can we make this a website where it puts anyone's name in

Over the past 30 years, Full Sail University has built a reputation as one of the premier art, music, and film schools in the world. Throughout the entertainment, media, and arts industry, Full Sail graduates have made their names working on award-winning films and albums, acclaimed video games and design projects, live productions, working inside major media companies, and more.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/06/10/239780/wisconsin-craft-beer/

It's All Culture War, pt. x

Tucked into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) much-discussed budget was a little-noticed provision to overhaul the state’s regulation of the beer industry. In a state long associated with beer, the provision will make it much more difficult for the Wisconsin’s burgeoning craft breweries to operate and expand their business by barring them from selling directly to restaurants and liquor stores, and preventing them from selling their own product onsite.

that's such a nutty provision---like, why? i mean obv it's to line the pockets of middleman distributors and please the state's large breweries, but is there any other pretense? how is that beneficial to the public?

also like how we basically just passed the yin to that provision's yang here in mn---go omar, go!

As noted in the link:

Joining MillerCoors in support of the provision are industry associations that have an interest in preserving the current business of beer distributors, including the industry’s lobby, the Wisconsin Beer Distribution Association.

MillerCoors also donated to Walker's campaign

idk, liquor politics have been really fucked up and corrupt since the rum trade, really.

beyond the "how could he!" and fake-free-marketeer gotcha type stuff, this is interesting 2me because of the constituency issues.

as in? wisconsinites love beer and this is the ultimate fuck you?

you can't think of it in terms of just another 'small business', it's a niche manufacturing segment that makes something that ppl who hate scott walker really like, if not vice versa.

or, more generously, nobody in walker-world really gave this a second thought because it's not really in their mental map of things to care about

i think the cultural politics of craft beer are a little more complicated than that g-man!

to turn it around, imagine a gov. feingold signed some reg that favored the larger gun makers over small boutique crafters in the state or something (the analogy doesn't work but just go with it). maybe it's 'no big deal' but it'd be a huge offense to the customer base!

xp well maybe

p sure there are loads of craft brewers who would identify as conservative/tea party dudes

conservative/tea party dudes are the exact ppl who would be pissed about being forced to sell their stuff through distributors thanks to state legislation, I would think

Well, yeah, but this wouldn't exactly the first time tea party dudes' beliefs don't exactly line up with they actually shout about.

sure but it might lift some scales from a few people's eyes and bolster the recall movement (...that's gonna happen, right?)

http://neversleep2.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/yes.jpg?w=266&h=221

lol where is that from

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2011/06/allen_west_flag_code_violates_federal_law.php

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Music, but horrible music:
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--You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro)

Great music:
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Music, but horrible music:
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--You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro)

(my typo = Anita Hill vs Clarence Thomas) --Huk-L

what the everliving fuck

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--James Mitchell

science sez AV wins

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/04/mathematicians-weigh-in-on-uk.html
--standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge)

huh?

anyway, i didn't think the flag code was like real law.

glumdalclitch

I can't believe what I'm hearing from folks? All, similar letters to yours.
Are you a Union member? If so, are they the communist giving you this
propaganda?
Do you know the who, what, when, where, why, and how, of Fidel Castro?
Hitler rose to power using and blaming the jews for the destruction of the
German economy. Castro built his army of murderers by blaming the rich
bankers and capitalist for destroying Cuba and taking advantage of the Cuban
people. Hummmm?

Yung Humma has lost his mind

slander AND bang it

the rep who wrote that, to one of his constituents, was caught in his parked car in the lot of a planned parenthood, with a loaded gun. his explanation to the police was that the PP location was just a coincidence, he was just trying to "check up" on a woman he'd gone on an online date with, who was no longer returning his calls.

this was last year some time? pretty sure i wrote about it.

http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=10229

yeah, you did

btw dude appears to be CRAZY

think this goes beyond appearances...

crazy like an ALPHA

Oh no! Communists! I've heard about those! I'm so scared! Those are those bad guys from that 80s movie with Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, right?

who could have known that this man would react so badly to a bunch of form letters from union members...

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/assets_c/2011/06/romney%20butt%20grab-cropped-proto-custom_6.jpg

top ten questions that should have been asked at the gop cnn debate?
http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/002207.htm
10. Would you appoint a Muslim-American to serve in your cabinet?
9. Do you believe, as Pastor John Hagee does, that "The United States must join Israel in a pre-emptive military strike against Iran to fulfill God's plan for both Israel and the West?" If not, why not?
8. Did you support President Obama's decision to triple U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan and quadruple drone strikes in Pakistan? What would your approach be now?
7. Do you believe that global warming is, as Republican Senator James Inhofe put it, "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people?" If not, do you believe that climate change is the result of human action? What would you do as President to combat it?
6. Would you ban abortion in all cases, including rape, incest and to protect the health of the mother? What criminal penalties do you think should American women and their doctors face?
5. Do you join the 235 House Republicans and 40 GOP Senators in supporting the Ryan plan to privatize the government Medicare program even though costs for private insurers have risen much more sharply?
4. In 2010, Republicans campaigned on a promise to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act enabling health insurance for 32 million Americans? If you favor repeal, what specific programs would you replace it with?
3. Do you agree with House Speaker John Boehner that failure to raise the debt ceiling would be a "financial disaster" for the United States?
2. The House Republican "Plan for Job Creators" calls for even more tax cuts for upper income Americans. Do you support that plan even though America created far more jobs when their tax rates were higher?
1. Do you believe that tax cuts pay for themselves?

I didn't watch the debate. You mean CNN's John King didn't ask those! I think questions 1 and 2 would work better if you first quoted and cited the economic analyses showing the higher job growth when tax rates were higher (and had follow-ups ready in case they said Clinton just luckily benefited from a tech boom)

RIP, Pres Newt

hahahahahahaha

xpost those questions are nice and all but there's no way that any of the candidates, except maybe Ron Paul, would have provides a direct answer to any of them.

I hope Newt's pres run goes on and on forever, just for the lols

I think he's at the point where scandals can't really hurt cause at least they remind people that he's running for president

I mean I basically forgot he was running every moment on the debate where he wasn't on screen