We Serve It, Even When It's Hard To Swallow
The struggles of our time go beyond partisan ideological posturing. The road must not be littered with the corpses of disagreement and petty bickering. This is a fight of the people, for the people, by the people. It comes down to the contrarian position that we are the ones who have lost our voice. It is not for the Corporatists to have the voice in Governance. It is rather we the people that must take back what has been stolen from us under the guise of Corporate Personhood.
So, Mitt Romney advocates Self-Deportation as his immigration policy. We want to know what the heck that means for the 12 million undocumented folks in this country? Is it Mittens Code for let states continue enacting “anti-immigrant” laws?
The U.S. Supreme Court has officially scheduled oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of President Obama’s landmark Affordable Care Act, particularly the healthcare reform’s individual mandate. The announcement confirms earlier speculation that the high court would issue a ruling on the healthcare law next year, during the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign.
The disgraced former House speaker revealed in a phone call with reporters Saturday, that as president, he would throw out entire courts and judges whose decisions he doesn’t agree with or like.
Mitt Romney is a permanent member of what I like to call Darwin’s Workshop. He is always evolving, and that makes it difficult to pinpoint his positions on anything. He changes positions like people change their underwear (daily). However, one thing is certain. As he makes his presidential run in 2012, Mitt Romney is not a progressive in any sense of the word.
It really is kind of disturbing to think that Newt Gingrich is sitting atop the polls in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, because he’s just…bad. He’s ill-tempered, mean-spirited, self-serving, self-aggrandizing, and every word that comes crawling out of his mouth just oozes with contempt and dickishness.
It all starts, like the Constitution says, by making sure he’s a citizen, is over thirty-five years of age, and is not Mitt Romney. Then, you’ve got to make sure he’s not Loopy (Bachmann), Dopey (Perry), Gropey (Cain), Mopey (Santorum) or Anti-war (Paul) . . . which leaves you with . . .
Are we talking about the American peoples’ dream of a corruption free government? Or, is this simply the wet dream of the hedge fund managers, the banksters on Wall Street, and people like the Koch brothers who want to abolish every regulation in place for the sake of profits? Is this really an effort to expand democracy, or is this simply another attempt at a corporate coup d’état?
When people ask me why these two candidates are so important, my answer is very simple: Both women are true progressives, and that’s what America needs. It’s pretty clear that the present ‘system’ of electing our leaders isn’t going to change any time soon. We’ve made halfhearted attempts at reforming the election process and have basically gotten nowhere.
Jon Stewart and John Oliver spar in the latest edition of The Daily Show’s “Indecsion 2012,” taking on the ABC News Iowa Debate and Mitt Romney’s $10,000.00 bet. Oliver encourages Mitt Romney to use his enormous wealth to finish Rick Perry once and for all.
Newt rose to power in the ‘90s by running against alleged Democratic corruption, but soon faced multiple accusations before the House Ethics Committee. Gingrich eventually had to pay a $300,000 fine for misusing his tax-exempt foundations for political gain – making him the only House speaker in American history to be disciplined by Congress for ethics violations.
Our favorite Teabaggers, Jackie and Dunlap, discuss Newt Gingrich’s frontrunner status and Mitt Romney’s $10,000 bet. Plus Jackie does his own version of Rick Perry’s “Strong” ad.
We know there is something wrong in this country when you can spin the name of Jesus Christ, the living body of love and grace, into a political platform. Especially when this platform demonizes the very people who sacrifice their own lives so that you can have that platform at all.
Veteran impersonator and Saturday Night Live cast member Darrell Hammond returned to the weekly variety show last night to reprise his spot-on impersonation of bloated billionaire Donald Trump in a spoof on Fox News and Greta Van Susteren, brilliantly played by Kristen Wiig.
No one is opposed to young people learning a strong work ethic. It’s a natural part of growing up and proper parenting. But that’s not what Gingrich and his cohorts are referring to. They truly believe that child labor laws should be relaxed or abolished all together in order to create a permanent working class of children.
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