Archive for July, 2010
John Boozman And Marion Berry Vote Against 9/11 Victims
Jul 30, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemShame on John Boozman and Marion Berry both. The two of them, the first a Republican and the second an increasingly awful conservative Democrat, were the only two members of the Arkansas delegation to vote against aid to victims of 9/11, including our emergency responders who put their lives on the line in the worst ...
Continue ReadingRepublicans And Blue Dogs Against 9/11 Victims: God Bless Anthony Weiner
Jul 30, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemAbout damn time someone got mad enough at the obstructionist to say what needed to be said: That's Congressman Anthony Weiner from New York standing up and fighting for the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, a bill that would have provided: up to $7.4 billion in aid to the survivors of 9/11, including all the first responders ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: David Whitaker Disappoints
Jul 30, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemTalk Business has a new profile of David Whitaker, candidate in AR-03. Whitaker got some surprisingly good news awhile back when it turned out he and Womack weren't too far apart in cash on hand: Womack raised $256,777 in the second quarter of 2010 and ended the quarter with $21,239. Whitaker raised $9,045 in the ...
Continue ReadingA Really Good Point To Consider
Jul 30, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemYou know, I happened to skim the Citizens' Daily Lobby site last night and found a good point made in early July about Secure Arkansas and the response to their initiative: The facts: Secure Arkansas failed to get enough Arkansas voter signatures to place its hate initiative against undocumented immigrants on the ballot. The message: ...
Continue ReadingLadies, This Is What They Think Of You
Jul 29, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemRemember Phyllis Schlafly? Yeah, I know, she's a washed up has been (who's name I could never pronounce for some odd reason), but she's in the news for this comment: "Unmarried women, 70% of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband out, you've got to have big brother government ...
Continue ReadingAR-01: Rick Crawford, Bought By Big Oil And Gas
Jul 29, 2010 2 Comments ›› ARDemOn the heels of the bankruptcy story, the Blue Hog Report has dug into Crawford's campaign contributors and found a rather telling name in the mix. Who is Trevor Rees-Jones, you ask? He’s the president of Chief Oil & Gas, LLC, out of Dallas, Texas. He is also, to date, the largest contributor to Karl ...
Continue ReadingMike Huckabee’s Guest Thinks Obama Is Bringing About The End Times
Jul 29, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemAs our friends at the Blue Hog Report would say...nuttier than squirrel turds.
Continue ReadingThe Flag At The Jonesboro Republican HQ
Jul 29, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemCan you imagine what would happen if a Democratic Party HQ hung the American flag in a disrespectful way? Can you imagine the howls from the Republicans? Democrats would be labeled communists and traitors. Hell, they've called us that over less. But, as usual, the Republicans have no room to throw stones. Especially if their ...
Continue ReadingMark Pryor Stands Up For Republican Obstruction
Jul 28, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemThe U.S. Senate is broken. With everything requiring 60 votes to begin and end debate, (without actual fillibusters happening mind you, just the threat of them) and with individual members able to place holds (secret or not) on nominees and legislation for any reason, it's no wonder that nothing is getting done. The ...
Continue ReadingArizona On Trial
Jul 28, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemToday a federal judge issued an injunction against parts of Arizona's racial profiling bill. The parts of the bill the judge froze: Portion of Section 2 of S.B. 1070: Requires police to inquire about the immigration status of anyone they stop, detain, or arrest if they reasonably suspect the person is ...
Continue ReadingI gotta brag…
Jul 28, 2010 No Comments ›› PolAddictIn my real job, as I have mentioned here before, I work for an organization called Wellstone Action. Our mission is: "Wellstone Action ignites leadership in people and power in communities to win change in the progressive tradition of Paul and Sheila Wellstone." That is all nice and everything but what does it mean? For WA it means that we ...
Continue ReadingNetroots Nation Photos
Jul 27, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemFinally, I'm getting some of the pictures loaded that I took at Netroots Nation: Me and Bill Halter. With Alexi Giannoulias, who's running for Obama's senate seat in Illinois, and Darcy Burner, a netroots hero who ran for Congress a couple of times in Washington. Probably the two most easy going, friendly, and down to earth politicians ...
Continue ReadingEight Craighead County JP’s Love Them Some Nepotism
Jul 27, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemMonday night, the Craighead County Quorum Court decided that it was better to protect nepotism and encourage corruption than to show residents of the county that their government was open and honest. The Craighead County Quorum Court voted 8-4 Monday against a proposed anti-nepotism ordinance that would outlaw the hiring of family members by direct supervisors. Justices ...
Continue ReadingDISCLOSE Act Held Up By Republicans
Jul 27, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemSadly, the DISCLOSE Act, part of the remedy to Citizens United, has been held up by Senate Republicans. Joe Lieberman, for some reason, had to miss the vote, though he plans to vote with the Democrats next time around, but the ball got left in Senator Olympia Snowe's court, and she continued to prove that ...
Continue ReadingAR-SoS: Mark Martin’s Assault On Science And the Future of Arkansas
Jul 26, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemThe Blue Hog Report again takes a hard look at Republican Secretary of State candidate Mark Martin. This time though, the focus is on Martin's intelligent design bill, where Martin attempts to dress religion up as science. As usual, the Blue Hog duo does a great job explaining that Martin's bill is unconstitutional, and that ...
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