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Governor Rick Perry has taken us to a new low in campaign advertising with his "Strong" ad. Under the guise of spirituality, Perry has taken the manipulation of religion for partisan political advantage to an incredible, almost unbelievable extreme. With a smile on his face, he trades on personal attacks and provable untruths that reveal no understanding of the First Amendment to the Constitution and very little respect for the integrity of religion.His ad suggests a war on religion that simply does not exist. His statement that he is "not ashamed to be a Christian" would seem to imply that too many of our public officials are. If anything, the opposite is true. Far too many candidates of both parties are trying to use their faith as a political weapon or qualification for office, rather than a source for inspiration. As I’ve had far too many occasions to say, this is a race for commander-in-chief, not pastor-in-chief.
via Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: The Dangerous Mix of Religion and Politics.
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For Republicans, this generic good-hair, able-to-talk, not-overtly-insane candidate is Mitt Romney. But there’s just one problem with this scenario: The Republican base hates Mitt Romney. The reasons for this are pretty obvious since Romney’s work establishing a universal health care system in Massachusetts provided the main blueprint for Obamacare, the healthcare law passed in 2010 that the GOP base feels is the ultimate symbol of an overreaching and tyrannical government. And that’s in addition to Romney’s assorted flip-flops on issues such as abortion and gay rights that have given social conservatives fits over the years. In fact, Multiple Choice Mitt is such a notorious opportunist that his entire political career can be summed up by paraphrasing a classic Snoop Dogg song: “Take a stance when it’s popular, but drop it when it’s not, drop it when it’s not.”
via The Great GOP Primary Crash and Burn: 5 Republican Would-Be Saviors Flame Out in Hilarious Ways | News & Politics | AlterNet.
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Holding a sign that condemned "big banks," Town of Fishkill resident Alan Cook stood near the intersection of Church and Market streets in the City of Poughkeepsie and acknowledged drivers who honked horns in support."I think it’s been going on way too long with the banks and the insurance companies," Cook said Saturday during a demonstration by "Occupy Poughkeepsie" in Hulme Park to honor Veterans Day. "The 1 percent is trying to screw the 99 percent, and they’re doing a good job of it."Cook said he wants to see "government-sponsored health care for all."Cook was one of more than 100 people who came to Hulme for a rally and march as the Occupy Poughkeepsie movement prepares to enter its second month.
via Occupy Poughkeepsie marchers have many messages but unified voices at festive rally | The Poughkeepsie Journal | poughkeepsiejournal.com.
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In this morning’s Wall Street Journal, Doug Schoen reports on the results of a poll he conducted of Occupy Wall Street protesters. Here is the nut graph: What binds a large majority of the protesters together—regardless of age, socioeconomic status or education—is a deep commitment to left-wing policies: opposition to free-market capitalism and support for radical redistribution of wealth…At Capital New York, Azi Paybarah has obtained the full poll results, and Schoen appears to have grossly misrepresented the results of his poll. He writes that a “large majority” are bound together by support for a “radical redistribution of wealth.” But when he asked the protesters what they’d like the Occupy Wall Street movement to achieve, just 4 percent said “radical redistribution of wealth,” which tied for last on the list of answers given. There is no mention of “radical redistribution of wealth” anywhere else in the poll.Meanwhile, 35 percent said they would like to “influence the Democratic Party,” Here are the full results of that question:
via BREAKING: Doug Schoen Grossly Misrepresents His Own Poll Results To Smear Occupy Wall Street | ThinkProgress.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to win the 60 votes needed to take up a House-passed bill that he wanted to use as the vehicle for emergency disaster relief.
The Nevada Democrat sought to provide $7 billion in disaster funding and said on the Senate floor that the money is urgently needed, arguing that emergencies have been declared in 48 states.
The Majority Leader fell seven votes shy of the 60 needed to proceed to the measure, picking up six Republicans. But 14 Senators did not vote, including six Democrats.
via Stand-Alone Disaster Bill Comes Up Short in Senate : Roll Call News.
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NEW YORK – For the American economy – and for many other developed economies – the elephant in the room is the amount of money paid to bankers over the last five years. For banks that have filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the sum stands at an astounding $2.2 trillion. Extrapolating over the coming decade, the numbers would approach $5 trillion, an amount vastly larger than what both President Barack Obama’s administration and his Republican opponents seem willing to cut from further government deficits.
That $5 trillion dollars is not money invested in building roads, schools, and other long-term projects, but is directly transferred from the American economy to the personal accounts of bank executives and employees. Such transfers represent as cunning a tax on everyone else as one can imagine. It feels quite iniquitous that bankers, having helped cause today’s financial and economic troubles, are the only class that is not suffering from them – and in many cases are actually benefiting.
Mainstream megabanks are puzzling in many respects. It is (now) no secret that they have operated so far as large sophisticated compensation schemes, masking probabilities of low-risk, high-impact “Black Swan” events and [...]
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Alec Baldwin – Two years out from 2013 and our interest in his interest in running for mayor has lapsed into disinterest. The 30 Rock star says he would be totally down for being mayor, except for the actually-running-for-office part. Oh, and the whole protecting-the-city-from-an-impending-hurricane? Sounds a bit too complicated to Baldwin. While it’s heartening to see a mega-star like Baldwin take an interest in New York City politics, his recent interviews have done nothing to dispel the notion he seems unprepared for the political arena. But fear not! As Jack Donaghy, he still has an incredible head of hair and an ongoing commitment to “awesomeness.”
Byron Brown – The Buffalo mayor’s administration took a beating this week from his former human resources commissioner, Karla Thomas, who told the Buffalo News that Brown’s administration was driven by paranoia and bullying. She singled out first Deputy Mayor Steve Casey as a “tyrant” and says Brown had “lost his way,” among many other specific charges. Of course, Thomas had an axe to grind after a very public firing earlier this year – but some of Thomas’ critiques did seem to ring true.
Nan Hayworth – It may [...]
Two potential public positions did not take the floor for Monday’s debate. Republican county executive hopeful MaryEllen Odell and Patterson town supervisor challenger Capasso chose not to participate.
via Eastern Putnam County Hosts Southeast and Patterson Primary Debates | The Examiner News.
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Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
By Deena Stryker
An Italian radio program’s story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland literally went bankrupt. The reasons were mentioned only in passing, and since then, this little-known member of the European Union fell back into oblivion.
As one European country after another fails or risks failing, imperiling the Euro, with repercussions for the entire world, the last thing the powers that be want is for Iceland to become an example. Here’s why:
Five years of a pure neo-liberal regime had made Iceland, (population 320 thousand, no army), one of the richest countries in the world. In 2003 all the country’s banks were privatized, and in an effort to attract foreign investors, they offered on-line banking whose minimal costs allowed them to offer relatively high rates of return. The accounts, called IceSave, attracted many English and Dutch small investors. But as investments grew, so did the banks’ foreign debt. In 2003 Iceland’s debt was equal to 200 times its [...]
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Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: The Dangerous Mix of Religion and Politics
Governor Rick Perry has taken us to a new low in campaign advertising with his "Strong" ad. Under the guise of spirituality, Perry has taken the manipulation of religion for partisan political advantage to an incredible, almost unbelievable extreme. With a smile on his face, he trades on personal attacks and provable untruths that reveal no understanding of the First Amendment to the Constitution and very little respect for the integrity of religion.His ad suggests a war on religion that simply does not exist. His statement that he is "not ashamed to be a Christian" would seem to imply that too many of our public officials are. If anything, the opposite is true. Far too many candidates of both parties are trying to use their faith as a political weapon or qualification for office, rather than a source for inspiration. As I’ve had far too many occasions to say, this is a race for commander-in-chief, not pastor-in-chief.
via Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: The Dangerous Mix of Religion and Politics.
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