Archive for the 'direct action' Category
TPM: How You Can Help Give Joe Lieberman the Boot
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. [...]
Read More..>>Philly Voting Problems
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 [...]
Lieberman Reads Polls, Begins Kissing Obama’s Ass
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.
Read More..>>Donno Shaves His Beard
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 [...]
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, [...]
Letterman Rips McKKKain to Shreds
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.
Read More..>>Stealing Your Reproductive Rights Too
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 [...]
Palin and Planned Parenthood
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 [...]
Thin-Skinned at McCain HQ
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 [...]
Read More..>>I Love the Smell of Hypocrisy
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 [...]
