Archive for the 'direct action' Category

TPM: How You Can Help Give Joe Lieberman the Boot

Posted by Brendan on November 6th, 2008 filed in DemocRAT, direct action, elections, just desserts, politics, right wing dingalings, youtube

Watch this video from Talking Points Memo: the goods are around the 3:23 mark, but the whole 6 minutes and change is worth watching:

As Marshall points out, after the election the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee makes recommendations for committee assignments: those already in office usually keep their assignments, but that’s at the committee’s discretion. [...]

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Philly Voting Problems

Posted by Brendan on November 4th, 2008 filed in calling bullshit, direct action, elections

Daily Kos:
If you are in Philadelphia, PA and you click the box for Obama, and then click straight Democratic ticket, it will cancel out your vote for Obama. No one is quite sure why, but it’s happening . I [...]

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Lieberman Reads Polls, Begins Kissing Obama’s Ass

Posted by Brendan on October 28th, 2008 filed in DemocRAT, calling bullshit, direct action, elections, hypocrisy, politics

Someone just realized he took the wrong side. Let’s not just hope that the Dempcratic leaderships gives him the boot, let’s force them to do so.

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Donno Shaves His Beard

Posted by Brendan on October 24th, 2008 filed in Philadelphia, direct action, family, friends

My buddy Donno, responsible for a couple of the tattoos on my arms and legs, is shaving his beard:
My friend’s wife died of breast cancer this summer, not only widowering him, but also leaving their 6 children motherless.
Her obituary is here.
Even if you don’t have kids, I’m sure all of you realize that having them [...]

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GOP SENATOR GORDON SMITH: “EAT SHIT, AMERICA!” (No, really!)

UPDATED BELOW

Via Open Left, this is the most disgusting thing I have read in years. DO NOT EAT ANYTHING MADE BY SMITH FROZEN FOODS, a company owned by Oregon Republican tool Senator Gordon Smith:
I just got a Sierra Club press release with some very gross information about Gordon Smith’s company, Smith Frozen Foods. Apparently, [...]

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Letterman Rips McKKKain to Shreds

Posted by Brendan on September 25th, 2008 filed in comedy, comedy gold!, direct action, just desserts, lying republican filth, politics

Note to self: never ever ever ever ever ever cancel on Dave Letterman and then get caught lying about the reason. Just brutal. This went on over the course of the entire show.

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Stealing Your Reproductive Rights Too

Posted by Brendan on September 24th, 2008 filed in abortion, direct action, lying republican filth

Not content to send Henry Paulson (ex-Goldman Sachs, soon to be back at Goldman Sachs) to steal $700,000,000,000 in taxpayer money for Goldman Sachs:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley may be among the biggest beneficiaries of the $700 billion U.S. plan to buy assets from financial companies while many banks see limited aid, according [...]

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Palin and Planned Parenthood

Posted by Brendan on September 18th, 2008 filed in abortion, direct action, prank, reproductive rights, right wing dingalings

As I’ve pointed out, one of the reasons Sarah Palin forced the rape victims of her little town of Wasilla to pay for their rape kits (a $1200.00 expense) probably has to do with her opposition to abortion and her almost certain belief that certain forms of contraception are the same thing as abortion.
If this [...]

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Thin-Skinned at McCain HQ

Posted by Brendan on September 4th, 2008 filed in calling bullshit, direct action, elections, politics, right wing dingalings

So culminating the day of scorn and mockery at John McCain and Sarah Palin’s decision to slag patriotic community organizers, I decided to call the campaign ((703) 418-2008 if you’re interested). To my surprise (ok not really) I learned they are just as thin-skinned and prone to explosive outbursts of rage as Johnny POW [...]

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I Love the Smell of Hypocrisy

Posted by Brendan on September 4th, 2008 filed in calling bullshit, direct action, elections, hypocrisy, politics, right wing dingalings

Oh, this looks like fun!:
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain will speak in New York City on September 11 at a non-partisan forum for public service, organizers said Wednesday.
The event is organized by “ServiceNation,” a coalition of about 100 organizations that aims to strengthen democracy by encouraging civic action and volunteer work.
Obama and McCain [...]

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