Why Senator Sanders is a Total Badass

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Obama puts Medicare, Social Security cuts on the table

So, Barack? I know you be my baby's daddy and shit, but yo stank ass be pissin' me off. I told my baby you dead.

If you're so inclined, the Petition of Shared Sacrifice.

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Battle of the Bulges (Caution: Weiners Ahead... don't say i didn't warn you)

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I'm sorry... I just think this whole Weinergate has gotten a little over-inflated.

Do I think it was foolish and stupid of him?

Yes.

When men think with their penises, which we probably do more times than not, we're ALWAYS foolish and stupid.

Do I think it makes the man WORTHLESS?

No.

I can't believe people are this freaked out over this... If he didn't commit a crime, what the hell? Is everyone that FRICKING PURE?

WHAT. THE. F-BOMB...

What a lynch mob of puritanical BULLSHIT.

Pressure mounts on Weiner over sex scandal (How funny is that HEADline? That was their original title, which they have since changed. But, pressure, MOUNT, WEINER, OVER, SEX...? tee-hee-hee)

Howard Witz, a real estate broker in Brooklyn, part of Weiner's district in New York City, said he would support Weiner again should he remain in politics.

"It's a shame because he's a very effective politician," Witz said. "Disappointed? Maybe. But does it make me quit on him? No it doesn't. As long as he didn't commit a crime."

Another New Yorker, Joe Mele, was more blunt.

"Mayor? I don't think he should be dogcatcher," Mele said.

Really, Joe? REALLY? He shouldn't even be "DOGCATCHER"? Shall we just KILL HIM???

How about a little perspective...

I mean think about the crimes against humanity, the economy and the environment that the war criminal

Dick Cheney and HIS BULGE did (what the hell IS THAT anyway? A PUMPKIN?). And that asshole is still slithering on the streets.

If only our society was as vehemently intolerant of violent images...

So, yes. Anthony Weiner actually has a weiner... And as stupid as Weiner was with his weiner (I know... Old joke by now.), is it really so bad that the man is considered worthless? Are we that high and mighty that we can cast such simple and easy judgment? Apparently so...

I think given the attention that this has received, the man certainly regrets it...

AND DON'T WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE CONCERNED WITH?

Like the crimes against HUMANITY, the ECONOMY and the ENVIRONMENT?

When people start completely freaking out about other people's private lives, I just think it's so delusional and extremely judgmental. Pathetic... Unless it's actually a crime, really... What does anyone care...? I just don't get it... Yes, he showed a great lapse in judgment. But, FAR WORSE things have happened and are happening RIGHT NOW. With all the challenges that we're faced with today, THIS is garnering our attention?

So, WHO CARES about how the U.S. Intervened To Keep Haiti Slave Wages Low On Behalf Of Hanes, Levi Strauss...

Or... WHO CARES about how The U.S. and Its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World...

Or... WHO CARES about how Republicans Seek To Cut 1.3 Million Vets, or how UK’s Factory Farm Dairies May Have Created New Strain of MRSA.

And if that's all too heavy for you, how about how Peace Activists were Arrested for Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial - literally throttled by the neck, because of a federal court ruling barring dancing at national memorial sites. Not that I MUST dance at the Lincoln Memorial, but what if I WANT TO? Umm... FASCIST MUCH?

But, no. We're ALL PISSED OFF over a peeper on twitter.

So, all this circus and hoopla and rigmarole... Before my head explodes, let's dissect it, shall we? Let's see EXACTLY what he sent. And more importantly, what he SHOULD HAVE sent.

So, this is Weiner's chest...

Really, dude? That's all you've got for us? You don't even know these women... You could've sent them ANYTHING... And you sent her THAT? I mean, it's not bad... It's just kind of... slight, almost delicate. But, whatever... But Anthony... Can I call you "Anthony"? Cool. Anthony, dude... You could've used ANYONE's pics. You could've been all

SHAAZZAMM!! on her ass.

Or...

BAABAAMBII!!

Or just to mess with her, you could've been all

Get in me hairy belly!!!

Or you could've been all

REALLY GET IN ME BELLY!! DEEAADD SEXYY!

But, no. Instead you sent this,

Yawn.

THEN, you sent this...

Dude. Brother... THIS? Dull gray boxer briefs with barely something for a chicken to scratch at... REALLY? You might as well have sent a pic of your piss-stained Underoos from 6th Grade.

I totally would've been all, "Hey, baby... Want to see what the Weiner is packing? Of course you do. Silly question... Well," [send]

SSHHAAZZAMMM!!

Or... "Do you like red...? Good. We're in luck."

BABAAMBII!! "Now, hand me the suntan lotion."

You could've done SO MUCH to mess with them. And now, I bet you're wishing you did... It would've at least made this witch hunt you're in a little more worth it...

You could've been all,

"Here I am back in the day. I know, you had NO IDEA I was this old, right? Me neither. Time flies when you're having fun."

Or,

"Here I am when I was in 6th Grade with blond hair in my pissed-stained Underoos at the beach! FLEXIBLE, right? I know... Those days are gone. Dang."

Or, "Here I am when I looked nothing like myself,

but I was in college touring Greece in my man panties and a wife beater."

Or...

"Here I am when I looked nothing like myself, but I just won the French Open. That was a cool day."

Or...

"Here I am when I used to run a jazzercise class by the pool back in my Vegas days..."

Or... "Did I ever show you "Rudolph"? No? Well..."

"How about that pickle?"

Or...

"Here I am when I was a matador back in Spain and my bulge was mongo. I'm the one on the right. Oh, wait... I'm the one on the left. Or... Umm. Yeah. Let's talk about when I was a cop."

"See? That's me on the beat back in the day."

"And did I ever tell you that I've competed in the Ironman like a zillion times?

'Cause I have."

"And did you know that I used to wrestle in college?

'Cause I totally did. I KNOW, RIGHT??"

"I know my bulges are totally hot. But, I just wish they were as big as the bulge in Kevin Charnas' pants."

"'Cause that be some impressive shit..." (I still have no idea why my pants were doing that. Oh, wait a minute, yes I do! Because I DO HAVE a giant bulge. Hey, don't shoot the messenger.)

Look, I know he screwed up. He was stupid. And at this point, he's finished. But really, besides Huma Abedin, his unfortunate wife, who REALLY got hurt here? This should be between him and his wife. And I think it's unfair to completely measure a person's worth on foolish moments. ESPECIALLY when no one was really harmed.

And an "angry" Nancy Pelosi...? Please... Talk about protruding bulges... House Democrats Step Up Calls for Weiner to Quit

As though all her freakish plastic surgery doesn't perpetuate a more harmful message to women everywhere...

And "angry"? Really, Nancy? "ANGRY"??

Well... apparently,

(don't say i didn't warn you...)

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Boo... Hiss...

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"Public anger is building over news that FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is leaving the FCC to become a lobbyist for Comcast – just four months after she voted to approve the Comcast-NBC merger. It's no wonder the American people are disgusted by Washington."

More, more, more... Whether it's money, power, status... It'll never be enough for the desperate and delusional. Too much looking out, not enough looking in.

You know what, Ms. meredith baker? Greed just isn't cool anymore. In fact, it hasn't been since the 80's. You think it is, but it's not. You're among the blind who are so busy and concerned with how you look, you've lost attention of just who you are.

How you live matters.

Please sign, if you're so inclined: Demand that Congress investigate Baker’s conflict of interest.

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American Fascism (And The 30 Year War)

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Michael Moore: People Still Have the Power

I always think it funny when people have such a strong opinion against Michael Moore and his work. And I usually reply, "Oh... What exactly is it you didn't agree with about what he said?"

And they get all huffy and say, "Well, I haven't seen his movies and I WON'T!! I CAN'T STAND HIM!!"

And they have NO IDEA why they don't like him. They have NO IDEA what he's saying or not saying because they never took the time to find out for themselves, let alone actually listen and contemplate the facts.

When people don't want to pay attention to WHAT's being said, they pay attention to who's saying it, or HOW it's being said. Anything but the actual content.

Heaven forbid we actually get to the true content of the matter.

I can't help thinking that if Michael Moore looked more like this,

that maybe he wouldn't be so polarizing... Or maybe people would be more willing to at least hear him out. Or lick him and give him a massage.

But seriously, if he looked like this (or the above guy with some clothes on),

I bet mainstream news would give him more coverage. I bet everyone would.

Union bill whizzing through Ohio Legislature

OOHH, YEAH???

WELL, speaking of "whizzing" and "Ohio Legislature"...

That's all I have to say about those shits.

A few of the world's past leaders and their policies towards trade unions:

‎* Stalin banned all free trade unions and outlawed strikes. * Mussolini gutted trade unions and put them under corporate and government control. * 1933: Hitler abolished collective bargaining, trade unions and arrested their leaders.

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Quarantine Oppression

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So, I've been on the verge of self-combusting this past week over the whole union-busting thing. Will would be so pissed off at me if I exploded in the house.

This past week, I've gotten into heated debates with friends and "friends" on facebook over the union-busting in Wisconsin.

It's been rather lively. But, I've had a tightness in my chest all week until I finally broke down and drank last night.

It was a Wintery night (we got a fucking FOOT of snow yesterday - as much as I love Winter, I almost started crying. I've HAD IT, BISHES!! HAD. IT.). And we had friends over for dinner (I made a hearty Greek stew called "Ladera") and having a beer and being around them was grounding for me and much needed. Will made a fantastic salad with buttery pears and a fresh baked blueberry pie that when eating it was like wrapping a warm blanket around cold shoulders. All was lovely and cozy until we threw a large piece of applewood on the fire that was still too green (should've aged a year before using it indoors for firewood) and the house filled up with smoke and everyone went home.

My eyes are still burning this morning and the whole house smells like a cabin... Better than an outhouse, I guess. See? There's always a bright side.

Well, back to my freak-out week. And what is to follow in this post... I don't like just posting rants without giving ideas of what you can actually do about something. Of course, making ourselves aware of something is the very first step. But, it also helps to remember that as consumers, we have power.

How and where you spend your money matters.

Computers (and Macs as well, which mine is) are manufactured in Taiwan and China. And the minerals used in them, as well as all of our other "gadgets" are mined in Congo, and the money that the Congo receives from that goes to finance horrendous wars. (As though there's a war that isn't horrendous.) Apple likes to sell itself as such a progressive, hip company. That's marketing. An image - smoke and mirrors. They're just as bad as any other company, they're just not so transparent about it.

And people who shop at WalMart are supporting manufacturing jobs in China. And of course, WalMart isn't the only place that sells shit from China. It's difficult to find products made here in the U.S. But, we should remember when we buy ANYTHING from China we're supporting manufacturing jobs there, not here. EVERYONE has a hand in this... So, if we're going to point fingers, we should be humble enough to remember that we should be pointing at ourselves first.

So, yes - it helps to be aware. I'm not saying be obsessed with it. Of course, we'll all meet limitations. I'm just saying, as a consumer, be aware. It helps to remember to keep your consumption of "gadgets" to a sane level. Do you need a new cell phone every year? Unless you're careless with it, no, you don't need new shit all the time. So, knock it the fuck off. Calm your ass down and stop dropping your phone in the toilet or your coffee. I've had the same blackberry for four years now and even though the battery isn't so great anymore, I just charge it more often. It's really not that difficult. I'd rather do that than ad more money than is necessary to the mineral industry in central Africa so that somehow, somewhere, my money goes to systematic rape, torture and death. I know, I'm silly like that.

When I was young and we would be sitting down for dinner as a family, the discussion often was politically or socially oriented in someway. And I'd think, okay, this is great that we're talking about it, but what do we do now? And if I do say so myself, I think being three years old and thinking that was rather something, no?

Okay, so I was a bit older. Four maybe...

OKAY, OKAY! JEEZ!! I was older, for Christ's sake!

Like, four and a half.

So, the koch brothers... Riding in on their cloud of evil.

What can you do? Spend your money responsibly. Here's an extensive list of these fuckers' business shit:

Koch Brothers' Products -- We're Surrounded.

Two other companies that suck the big one?

* If you're with AT&T, you should know that they gave to members of the House Tea Party Caucus during the 2010 election cycle (1).

* AT&T also repeatedly contributed to Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, the chief sponsor of House legislation that would redefine rape and severely restrict women's access to reproductive health care (2).

* If you're with Verizon Wireless, you should know that they contributed to the campaigns of Tea Party-backed Senators Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, Marco Rubio and Mike Lee (3).

And shame on APPLE for having exclusive contracts with either company for their iPhones. Progressive, my ass.

Now, CREDO MOBILE is a different story. Thankfully, we have choices.

Credo Mobile will buy out your contract and as you probably well know, they're active with donating a certain amount from your monthly bills to progressive causes as well as generating petitions for those same causes. They're constantly offering deals - single users, family plans, you name it, they cover it. And they don't support oppression and bigotry and hate while they're doing it.

Credo is ENGAGED in progress. And they're total badasses. (And no, I'm not getting a dime for saying so.)

AND, if you care to shop, eat or stay at places that support workplace equality?

Here's your Buyer's Guide.

In the heated debates on Facebook, a theme that comes up quite regularly, is that people get confused with socialistic ideals, communism, fascism, capitalism and democracy. The terms are NOT inter-changeable. It helps to know what each one actually means.

Socialistic ideals and democracy are NOT mutually exclusive. Somewhere along the line, people have been sold a bill of goods (some pun intended) by private enterprise that wants more private enterprise (not surprisingly) that socialistic ideals are anti-democratic. NOT TRUE. The two are NOT mutually exclusive, NOT either-or... And most countries that have strong social ideals are DEMOCRACIES. Even Sweden.

UUmmm, bork, bork, bishes...

Government wasn't a dirty word until the spokesmodel Reagan came along. He deregulated and handed the keys to Don Regan and Wall Street.

Corporations work to profit.

Governments should work to serve its people.

And with that bottom line, who are you going to trust?

Multi-national corporations???

Look at the "happiest" countries in the world. The thing that they all have in common? Democracies with strong social ideals. They actually TRUST their governments. And in the days of FDR, this country trusted theirs as well.

If you support some social ideology, people will call you a communist or a fascist because they're too stupid to know the difference.

AND capitalism and democracy are not synonymous. The former is about markets. The later is about voice. Look at China. A totalitarian country with a capitalist economy. Get ready for our future...

It's no longer democracy when people lose their voice. And a collection of people right here, right now are being told they don't have a voice.

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Chopping Blocks

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One of my closest buds in the whole wide world writes, "This is an overt attempt to break the back of the Unions. Without whom we would not have child labor laws, the 40 hr work week, sick leave, pensions, vacation time, minimum wage, overtime pay etc. Stand up for the voice of these hard working teachers etc. Have you noticed the irony that Tea party demonstrations are looked at by the Republicans as the voice of the people yet these demonstrations are socialist."

It's true, Claud... "Irony" and hypocrisy - their standard.

Stand with Wisconsin workers against the right-wing attack on their rights.

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Wake Up. And Shut The Corporate Machine Down.

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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

~ Margaret Mead

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Ladies and Gentlemen, May I Introduce, The Human Cheeto - The Weeper of The House

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You want something to cry about, Boner? WE'LL give you something to cry about...

Please sign: Send health care hypocrites the form to repeal their own insurance.

*** Ohio voters think John Boehner’s tears make him strong

Uumm... No, we don't.

So, obviously, this is one more stupid piece of "news" to be added to the pile degrading in the corner, although how completely inane it is makes me laugh. I love mass generalizations.

I probably wouldn't be laughing if Ohio didn't also have two incredible badasses like Senator Sherrod Brown and Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

We don't think that the human cheeto's tears show strength.

We don't think that.

We don't think that.

We don't think that.

We think it shows his smeared mascara.

Unfortunately, he never cries over something as cool as "puppies".

What a showboater that blubbering queen is...

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Greed Is Its Own Hell

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"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

*** If you're so inclined, "Sens. Feingold, Franken, Brown, Boxer, Merkley, Whitehouse, Durbin, Harkin, and Schumer: You are our progressive heroes and we need you now. Please join Sen. Bernie Sanders and do everything you can to block the 'deal' to extend the Bush tax bailout for millionaires." Please sign the petition.

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Turkeys

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"For 2 years, GOP leaders in Congress fought tooth and nail to oppose health care reform. They did their best to keep tens of millions without coverage, decrying any effort to help citizens as "socialist," "fascist" or some other equally baffling "ist." And incredibly, they are now talking about repealing it.

And yet, when it comes to their own coverage, Republicans in Congress are not only using government-sponsored health care, they are whining about having to wait for it."

Please sign this petition asking them to repeal their own health care. And why shouldn't they? They can't afford it on their own?

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