An Exploration of what Mitt Romney doesn’t get about “it”

Some random dude on the youtube.

Says the guy who predicted the Iraq War might cost $50B and the Bush Tax Cuts would erase the deficit…

NYT: Indiana Becomes ‘Right to Work http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/indiana-becomes-right-to-work-state.xml “Seven years of evidence and experience ultimately demonstrated that Indiana did need a right to work law to capture jobs for which, despite our highly rated business climate, we are not currently being considered,” Mr. Daniels said in a statement that his office released after he signed the [...]

Romney: Any Concern By Anyone For Income Inequality Is ‘About Envy’

LAUER: When you said that we already have a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy, I’m curious about the word ‘envy.’ Did you suggest that anyone who questions the policies and practices of Wall Street and financial institutions, anyone who has questions about the distribution of wealth and power in this [...]

Buffet challenges GOP dollar-for-dollar on debt (Match this, Mitt!)

BOSTON — Warren Buffett is willing to put his money where his mouth is, if only congressional Republicans would join him. The billionaire investor, in the new issue of Time magazine, says he will donate $1 to paying down the national debt for every dollar donated by a Republican in Congress. The only exception is Senate [...]

Iran, Oil, Israel, the NDAA, and the 2012 Election : A Primer

Let’s start this off with a curious conjunction of news articles as presented by the Google News algorithm. And I also ran across this article over on Juan Cole’s site. Will his New Sanctions on Iran Cost Obama the Presidency? Posted on 01/03/2012 by Juan A sharp drop in the value of the Iranian currency [...]

IT’S WORKING INTERNET, RESISTANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO THE NETWORK!

Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Sony Electronics — some of the largest video game companies in the world — have all pulled their support for an online bill that could encourage censorship online, according to an updated list of supporters of the bill. Those three companies all supported the Stop Online Piracy Act SOPA when it [...]

Bill Gates Mug Shot Silhouette in all Office Software

This one is pretty fun.  Ran into this blog post yesterday about the picture being in Sharepoint. I said…hrrm…that looks familiar…just like that placeholder in Outlook… And yep…it’s him… For those that wonder how this whole thing started… Bill Gates was arrested for speeding in Albuquerque. He frequently was caught speeding in his Porsche 911. [...]

House GOP Walks Out Rather Than Vote on Payroll Tax Cut

Take a look….make the pledge…then walk off…ignoring the people’s business. The Republicans then turned around and immediately started lying about what they did. All in a fight to give more breaks to Big Oil. UPDATE: Even the WSJ is calling b.s. on this…even while doing so in a b.s. way. GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell [...]

Keeeyyyystoooooooone!!!

A member of the House Tea Party caucus said Republicans are rallying behind Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in the payroll tax cut standoff, calling him “William Wallace” in their “‘Braveheart’ moment.” Speaking Monday on Fox News, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) suggested contrary to reports that the Tea Party wing of the party is forcing Boehner’s [...]

Hump Day Link Dump (Romney’s KKK Logo and Gay Rights Bashing, Dodd on China, Carrier Low IQ, Gingrich’s Latest Lie, Robert Reich Explains, Trump Fails Again, and Newt’s Class War)

Romney uses KKK tagline for his campaign, “Keeping America American”. Romney tells vet his marriage should be illegal. MPAA head Chris Dodd (yes, that one) is envious of China’s Great Firewall, and think the U.S. should have one here.   Curious note… part of the point of the Chinese firewall is to avoid paying outrageous [...]

This Week in the Police State…

First up…the Comitatas Posse is back in town, militarizing the homeland. WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a controversial provision to let the military detain terrorism suspects on U.S. soil and hold them indefinitely without trial — prompting White House officials to reissue a veto threat. The measure, part of the massive National [...]

Kansas Governor (one of those “small government Republicans) pays someone to monitor Twitter for bad things about him…picking up from there….(UPDATED: Governor Apologizes…for his staff…)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback is rejecting her high school principal’s demand that she apologize. Emma Sullivan told The Associated Press on Sunday that she’s not sorry and an apology letter wouldn’t be sincere. via Teen whose tweet about Kan. gov. got her in [...]

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