From the monthly archives: October 2009
Georgia has issue, man. Serious issues. This story is just an example:
Patrick Lanzo likes to generate negative attention, by openly displaying his ugly racism and hate in the most vile and public ways possible. The owner of a roadside bar in a small Georgia town, Lanzo recently erected a giant sign in front of his Ku Klux Klan themed speakeasy, with the message: ?Obama?s plan for health-care: Ni**er rig it.?
I don’t take to using the little ** to soften the hate. Pat’s sign says Nigger rig it. It even got him on CNN, where he lies about being [...]
Full Story... →RT @dweinberger: #Nobel peace prizes are not rewards like the Oscars, but instruments to facilitate peace. Congrats, Mr. President. # Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, wingnuts to lose their ever loving minds. Right-wing radio will be most fun today! http://tr.im/Bdrv # RT @stevegarfield: [RNC Fail] RT @davewiner: RNC slams Obama award. http://r2.ly/n7ba | Taliban, Hamas, RNC. Nice company! # RT @BarackObama: Humbled. #
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Full Story... →I didn’t have high hopes for Ann Fisher when I heard she was going to be hosting a show on WOSU radio. She’s always done pretty well as a guest on TV (Columbus on the Record) but I never figured a newspaper journalist, especially one who writes for The Dispatch, could pull off hosting a two hour call-in show.
It turns out that I was wrong. Very wrong. And if you haven’t listened to “All Sides with Ann Fisher” yet then I highly recommend you do.
Sure, it’s going to take her a little time to get [...]
Full Story... →@ohiodailyfoss this always seemed like a loser to me in reply to ohiodailyfoss #
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Full Story... →People don’t seem to realize that the important election isn’t the once-every-four-years circus to pick a new President, but the much more frequent, and much more local, Congressional elections. As Matthew Yglesias points out, it’s really hard for Presidents to push public opinion (and thus dictate policy). The take-away for people frustrated with Obama is not to get frustrated with Obama, but to work hard to get progressives in Congress, and to put pressure on your representatives in the legislative branch.
And to remind people (especially independents) that their Republican or Blue Dog rep is one of the people [...]
Full Story... →Ted Strickland’s recent announcement that he wants to postpone the next phase of a planned income tax cut to help solve the ongoing state budget crisis has picked up endorsements from the Ohio Farm Bureau, the Ohio Manufacturer’s Association and the Ohio Chamber of Commerce – all groups that normally support Republicans and their pro-business ideas.
Meanwhile, John Kasich is making plans to campaign with Sean Hannity – the ultra-conservative Fox News talk show host.
I’m not sure who is advising Kasich on his campaign but it sounds like someone who has no clue about the political scene [...]
Full Story... →Conservative Republicans at an “Americans For Prosperity” meeting erupt in applause and jubilation at the news of Chicago – an American city – losing it’s bid for the Summer Olympics in 2016:
First and foremost the irony of a group called Americans for Prosperity cheering the loss of around $23 billion US dollars coming to an American city that could damn well use it. Love it.
Second, don’t ever let ANYONE tell you that these assholes are about being American, protecting America, her Constitution, or any other bill of goods they are selling. These people are psychopaths of [...]
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