Watching the House

post from DemConWatch on 01 August 2011 05:53:07 PM. © DemConWatch

I am watching the House debate, and am curious why when people run over, there doesn't seem to be a sound cut-off button for the mike.

It's sad to watch. 2 minutes a person (sometimes less) - so many lies, so much pain on the part of some.

The vote is scheduled for sometime around 6:30 - and it's unlikely they'd hold it if they didn't have the votes.

This is a sad day for America. Hobson's Choice.

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Letter to the Editor - Government by Hostage
Taking

post from BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash on 01 August 2011 05:46:53 PM. © BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash

MARK PERKEL, LETTER TO THE EDITOR ON BUZZFLASHT AT TRUTHOUT

For those Americans who don't understand the debt deal it's government by hostage taking. Congress forms a gang of 12 who are supposed to agree on a way to cut the deficit. If the gang fails or congress doesn't pass what they recommend, then the trigger is pulled and each hostage is shot.

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Today on The Stars Hollow Gazette

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 01 August 2011 05:37:01 PM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Our regular featured content-On This Day In History August 1 by TheMomCatPunting the Pundits by TheMomCatEvening Edition by ek hornbeckThese featured articles-Congressional Game of Chicken: Countdown to Default Part 2 (Up Date) by TheMomCatShrill? by ek[...]

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Homegrown Economic Terrorism

post from BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash on 01 August 2011 05:35:21 PM. © BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash

TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT

I might have respected the Republicans
If they'd gone into hibernation
In shame over the disasters they caused
During Dubya's administration.

However, that isn't how they roll ---
Their main goal is catering to the rich
Even if they make our country worse
They can't resist scratching this itch.

They lack a viable candidate for 2012
And the only arrow in their quiver
Is ruin Obama by ruining the economy:
So what if it makes Americans shiver?

This crop of current Republicans is
A defiant, single-minded crowd of
Self-destructive nutcases who the late
Jim Jones would've been proud of.

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Quote of the Day

post from They gave us a republic... - Front Page on 01 August 2011 05:18:47 PM. © They gave us a republic... - Front Page

Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money:

Under the circumstances, it's easy to forget that Democrats control the White House and the Senate, and that we live in a country where taxing the rich is extremely popular, and cutting entitlements is extremely unpopular. This is like giving up a three-run game-winning homer to Mario Mendoza.

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Pelosi: Give me a Satan Sandwich with Satan Fries
on the Side

post from Taylor Marsh on 01 August 2011 05:17:16 PM. © Taylor Marsh

It was 1978 and Jimmy Carter was on his way down, down, down, and Donna Summers, disco and Reaganomics was on the way in and up. So, if in the 21st century we’re going to revisit Republican economics of the ’80s, we might as will bring back[...]

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Attack On DHS Travels From Conspiracy-Monger Alex
Jones To Fox News

post from Media Matters for America - Latest Items on 01 August 2011 05:17:00 PM. © Media Matters for America - Latest Items

A story about a Department of Homeland Security video that began at a website operated by radio host Alex Jones and was then covered on Fox News is just the latest example of how Fox has been moving increasingly toward pushing the conspiratorial views of Jones.

AfterAlex Jones Took Credit For Pushing Fox News To The Fringe...

Jones:"Fox News Is An Alex Jones Wannabe." On his radio show, Jones praised then-Fox News host Glenn Beck for helpingto mainstream the conspiratorial views of Federal Reserve critic G. EdwardGriffin, claiming that "Fox News is an Alex Jones wannabe," and adding that "We'vepushed Fox News, greedy to have the biggest market share, to tell some of thetruth." [Genesis Communication Network, The Alex Jones Show, 3/28/11]

Jones: "Beck Goes From A Mainline Conservative To Having G. EdwardGriffin On." Jones commended Beck for doing "a great thing" in having anti-FederalReserve author G. Edward Griffin on his show. According to Jones, his conspiracytheories are "now mainstream news" as "the train is pulling intothe station." He went on to explain Fox News' role in bringing thesetheories to light:

And so out comes Fox News twoyears ago with Dick Morris saying, "Hey, the conspiracy theorists werewrong about world government, U.N. takeover, global currency. But now they'reright." That's a quote. And so Beck goes from a mainline conservative tohaving G. Edward Griffin on for over 30 minutes Friday. [Genesis CommunicationNetwork, The Alex Jones Show, 3/28/11]

Jones: Fox News Is "Moving More Towards What Beck WasDoing." Discussing Beck's departure from Fox News, Jones noted that Beck"basically said what we've been saying for years, that the mainstream media isimploding." Jones added:

Just three years ago, when hejoined Fox -- two and a half years ago -- Fox said there's no such thing as aworld government, no such thing as the Council on Foreign Relations, no suchthing as the Bilderberg Group, they would not speak its name. Since then, it'sall over their channels, and you see Hannity, you see all of them moving moretowards what Beck was doing. So basically, they're getting rid of Beck so theycan just basically take my information, hence his information,and spin it in a Republicanoid way. [Genesis Communication Network, The AlexJones Show, 4/7/11]

...Fox News Is Now Turning To Alex Jones For News

JonesWebsite Infowars: "DHSVideo Characterizes White Americans As Most Likely Terrorists." From aJuly 21 article on Alex Jones' Infowars website:

A new promotional video releasedby the Department of Homeland Security characterizes white middle classAmericans as the most likely terrorists, as Big Sis continues its relentlessdrive to cement the myth that mad bombers are hiding around every corner, whenin reality Americans are just as likely to be killed by lightning strikes orpeanut allergies.
The video is part of HomelandSecurity's $10 million dollar "See Something, Say Something" program thatencourages Americans to report "suspicious activity," which in every casethroughout history has been a trait of oppressive, dictatorial regimes.
In the course of the 10 minuteclip, a myriad of different behaviors are characterized as terrorism, includingopposing surveillance, using a video camera, talking to police officers,wearing hoodies, driving vans, writing on a piece of paper, and using a cellphone recording application.
Despite encouraging viewers notto pay attention to a person's race in determining whether or not they may be aterrorist, almost all of the scenarios in the clip proceed to portray whitepeople as the most likely terrorists. Bizarrely, nearly every single one of the"patriotic" Americans who reports on their fellow citizen is either black,Asian or Arab. Imagine if the video had portrayed every terrorist as an Araband every patriotic snoop as white, there'd be an outcry and rightly so, butthis strange reversal must have been deliberate on the part of the DHS, butwhy? Is this merely political correctness taken to the extreme or is somethingdeeper at work? [Infowars.com, 7/21/11]

FoxNation Picks Up Infowars Item. A Fox Nation post reproduces the firstparagraph of the Infowars article, then provides a link to the article. [FoxNation, 7/21/11]

FoxHost Eric Bolling Picks Up Infowars Item: "We Were Looking Over Some Stuff, AndThis Thing Came, It Hit Us Right Smack In The Face." In a segment on FoxNews' The Five, co-host Eric Bolling said in his introduction to asegment on the DHS video: "We at The Five this morning, we're looking over somestuff, and this thing came, it hit us right smack in the face." Echoing theInfowars item, Bolling went on to say that the video shows "white male averageAmericans end up being the terrorists, and the people calling the terror inhappen to be -- all of them happen to be black, Asian or Arab." [Fox News, TheFive, 7/21/11]

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House Debt Ceiling Watch Party: One Whole Hour of
Debate

Go team Live on CSPAN now – House debate on deficit bill. As the Democratic party circles the drain and the House votes to impose draconian austerity measures and create a Super Congress to cut Social Security and Medicare, we are going to[...]

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BioWar

The Naval Medical Research Center has quietly conducted a rapid-response test to judge how quickly the US military could respond to a biowarfare attack from two unknown biological warfare agents, one bacterial, one viral. The exercise, conducted in[...]

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