I got a hold this video from the Facebook community Being Liberal:

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Like Cindy McCain did before her, Laura Bush came out on Larry King Live in favor of gay marriage and reproductive choice. My immediate reaction was, "Cool! Another conservative's wife has come over to the Dark Side." That is until I found out she has always had this stance. cris_nicewelts (I ( Read more... )

Following is a list of evidence of right-wing rhetoric concerning armed-overthrow, killing of political opponents, and ACTUAL ACTS thereof.

I'm sick of seeing people I care about living in denial. The threat is real:

**#The rising tide of right-wing threats and insurrections - alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

** 10/22/2010 GOP congressional candidate ( Read more... )

I'm considering dropping out of the Democratic Party and refusing to affiliate with any party at all. None of them match my views completely anyway. The major parties are way too tied in with the kleptocracy to be any good to anyone. I've aligned with the Democratic Party in the past because they have at least somewhat matched my views - more than ( Read more... )

The Coffee Party:

MISSION STATEMENT:
The Coffee Party Movement gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in government. We recognize that the federal government is not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will, and that we must participate in the democratic process in order to address the challenges that we face ( Read more... )

I have to admit I'm amused with the my local officials' and business leaders' reaction to the following remarks from President Obama:

“When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You ( Read more... )

I think "skeptical" is a good word to describe how I feel about this plan, chiefly because these religious extremists don't only exist in Afghanistan. We are, just like back in the Vietnam era, fighting ideology against ideology. I just can't see much good coming out of this because I don't see fighting an ideological war with military might as ( Read more... )

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/11/16/am.boy.no.pledge.cnn

Reading this again solidified my notion that Rand was a raving lunatic and that objectivism is sociopathy written into a mad person's political philosophy ( Read more... )

I've had enough of this talk about "bad" neighborhoods here in Vegas because a vast majority of it is either thinly veiled racism or just plain ignorance ( Read more... )

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