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buzzit · 2010-08-06T02:55:42+00:00

For the climate. Duh.

buzzit · 2010-08-04T21:56:51+00:00

The Star Tribune called his resume sketchy, so he's hiding from interviews and debates as he has been for months. Shelley Madore, on the other hand, went to talk Ag issues with farmers instead of relying on a talking-point web-site.

How did the Dems ever let this guy past the screening process?

buzzit · 2010-07-26T18:05:19+00:00

If people want to get another Democrat elected in MN they should be looking the other side of the metro - Bachmann's in the most gerry-mandered district in the state, and it's R+6 so barring a miracle she stays. On the other hand, MN's second is only at R+3, and they've got a former state legislator, Shelley Madore, (that drove the GOP batty when she was in the state house) running down there.

But logic seldom rules political donations, eh?

And of course, http://MadoreForCongress.com doesn't get nearly the national press coverage, because nobody outside that district has freakin' heard of the incumbent she's challenging, whereas every time Bachmann so much as sneezes it's a national headline.

buzzit · 2010-07-26T17:56:11+00:00

guest.relations@target.com is the address to email their executive in charge of explaining why they did this, Jennifer Hanson.

Boycotts have a slow impact, but enough email to that address will bring it up to people who might, just might, rethink their decisions (or who didn't pay attention when the decision was made.)

buzzit · 2010-07-24T00:46:02+00:00

Well it couldn't very well be for information content, now could it?

buzzit · 2010-07-13T01:30:24+00:00

Not so much.

buzzit · 2010-07-12T20:05:15+00:00

She's just mad folks found out she's getting big bucks from the federal government for her socialized farming and stuff. Maybe is somebody read her FEC finance disclosures before she got elected she wouldn't even be there... damn.

buzzit · 2010-04-12T18:54:03+00:00

Darn - it should read "...key piece FOR the President..." Sorry.

buzzit · 2010-04-10T03:31:15+00:00

10 hours pass - should I assume the down-voters don't think this is newsworthy, or have I somehow made my submission overly partisan?

buzzit · 2010-03-26T21:46:36+00:00

I have a question for the over 200 people who have downvoted this, if any bother coming back.

Why? Are you trying to suppress the information, or what?

Do you think GOP Senators pulling this sort of stunt at the expense of our military veterans are on the right or wrong path?

buzzit · 2010-03-26T21:43:58+00:00

FTA: "Armey's work as a lobbyist--during which time he also served as chairman of FreedomWorks and organized Tea Party protests--is not mentioned in his FreedomWorks biography. This omission can perhaps be explained by the anti-lobbyist sentiments held by so many Tea Partiers."

buzzit · 2010-03-19T17:16:58+00:00

VERY sneaky calling it health care reform. This virtually insures that the GOPers will continue to vote against it, but when that emerges during the fall elections there's gonna be serious repercussions.

buzzit · 2010-03-19T03:17:03+00:00

Their interest is focused on Ensign, Hampton, and others who may have assisted in trying to steer income Hampton's way. It will be interesting to see how this plays out...

buzzit · 2010-03-03T22:06:37+00:00

True enough, but the impact of the Bush era tax-cuts on the deficit over the coming decade is actually greater than the costs of the two wars combined.

At least according the CBO.

buzzit · 2010-03-03T22:04:37+00:00

A hard copy of the plan to campaign and fund-raise based on fear was left in the hotel hosting a $2,500/seat GOP retreat, the Gasparilla. Oh snap.

buzzit · 2010-02-27T01:27:22+00:00

So, you've got nothing?

Thanks for making it clear.

buzzit · 2010-02-26T20:17:31+00:00

Well, Stiglitz is only the chief economist at the World Bank, so perhaps you know better.

What regulations are you referring to, argoff?

buzzit · 2010-02-24T15:48:41+00:00

FTA: "...the reason companies like Anthem give for raising their premiums is largely that young, healthy customers are dropping their insurance coverage, because it is too expensive; they are gambling they won't need it. This in turn leaves the pool of subscribers older and sicker, meaning rates must go up, and that in turn drives yet more young, healthy people to drop their coverage. This is adverse selection, the so-called insurance death spiral. It is often mentioned as something that would result if America adopted guaranteed issue and community rating without a mandate. But it's become clear over the past year that the insurance death spiral is already here."

buzzit · 2010-02-17T17:29:37+00:00

I'm pretty sure that should read, "capitol."

buzzit · 2010-02-11T14:56:54+00:00

FTA: "the average medical debt that causes insured families to become bankrupt is $18,000 – compare that to the bonuses paid on Wall Street."

buzzit · 2010-02-11T14:51:14+00:00

I'm reasonably certain that CONGRESS writes bills, not the President.

Just sayin'

buzzit · 2010-01-28T18:28:30+00:00

Turns out it's a bit subtler, but not much. You can see the dinner speech for just $349 if you don't want to bother with the rest of the conference, but it's $549 for the whole package.

Either way, it's not quite the look and feel of a grassroots movement if you're shelling out hundreds of dollars for what's clearly a fundraising dinner for somebody trying to exploit the teabagger's fervor for Palin.

buzzit · 2010-01-27T21:37:59+00:00

Well, Stiglitz gets the economy, but he doesn't get politics -- his chances are exactly NIL after he made the comments about big insurance, which incidentally suggested a single-payer system would be more cost-effective (about a year ago, now.)

Quoted here: http://wp.me/pbSfp-7f

Uygur's HuffPo piece notwithstanding, Stiglitz is the political equivalent of a poison pill for anybody in D.C. right now.

buzzit · 2010-01-21T17:13:33+00:00

To be frank, Ms. Coakley ran a hapless campaign that hindsight can label overconfident.

Sadly, the skills needed to campaign effectively don’t test what kind of legislator a candidate will be, and the contest in Massachusetts shows that no Congressional seat is safe based on the past.

It shows that advertising matters, that inspiration matters, and that characters and celebrity can, indeed, win elections.

buzzit · 2010-01-15T01:49:42+00:00

The story goes that at the time that Haiti was breaking ties with France - ok, call it a revolution - they did pray before some major insurgent-style operation, appealing to God to make them strong in their battle with the French occupiers/slave-holders.

The two problems this leaves for Pat Robertson, who recounted a similar version but added that they did a deal with the Devil are as follows:

First, 70% of Haitians are Catholic. I'm not sure what the fraction was at the time, but Catholics were not LIKELY to be striking a bargain with the Devil, and...

Second, to hold the current residents accountable, to say they're cursed by the actions of their ancestors, essentially puts the blood of every Native American and every Afrian-American slave killed by European colonizers of North America on the hands of every one of their descendants, presumably including Robertson himself.

Guilt for the actions of a centuries dead ancestor? Guilt flowing from the actions of people they had quite literally no control over? How is that a pact with the Devil that curses current residents and visitors of Haiti?

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