Yes the whole problem is our congress and its mostly the bullies, as you correctly called them, in the tea party in the house.

But Obama and the democrats are losing on most of my top priority issues without a fight. With the tea party in control of the house Obama would still lose but I...

Cruz was very clear tat he did not trust the wingnuts in the House to be able to hold the line on the budget. If you look at the crazies running for office in Virginia, you can see that the GOP is not going out of its way to encourage moderates. The inmates are in charge of the GOP asylum...

Fast forward to 2017...it will be interesting to see what happens when the HATED Obama is gone from the scene, regardless of who wins the White House. Will the House actually start working with a white male Dem? Will they work with a Dem woman? Will they work with a moderate Republican?

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I spend so much time on Facebook lately that I find myself searching for a "like" button.

As a former conservative who considered "liberals" to be commie pinko bedwetters, it has kind of amazed me that I am now able to wear my "liberal badge" proudly.

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Of course, Mike. But it is important to distinguish between small-scale attacks, to which we will always be vulnerable, and major catastrophic attacks like September 11. And it's important not to plan as if every attack were September 11. That's not an appropriate...

Politically, Congress does not want to be held accountable if a former detainee commits an act of aggression. Obama has lifted the ban on the transfer on Yemini prisoners. If the transfer actually occur, and violence results, he will be held responsible.Given those facts the speech was...

Listening to two lawyers for Gitmo prisoners on Melissa Harris-Perry today, the feeling I get is that the Yeminis at least just want to go home to their familes.

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Section 2. Clause 1 ..... Commander and Chief .........He shall have power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for offenses against the United States......

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A song that provides me with some relief when I find myself in a circular argument like the one you're in is "Going In Circles" by the Friends of Distinction. It soothes the nerves...

Profiling and devising a more efficient means, to by-pass our right to privacy, by the Internal Rebellion Suppression team, along with the TSA,  is how the government stays in power. ....Tax corporations like Apple and leave...

Basically what it boils down to is "profiling." Which I guess is a dirty word, but I find it highly interesting that the very people on the right who are horrified by THIS profiling, would sit quietly by and watch TSA profile, and only subject Muslims to additional scrutiny.

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I generally agree with your thesis, but for the record, New York City also has excellent hospitals. Those hospitals didn't have much to do on 9/11. There weren't many wounded people to treat.

Boston's hospitals were able to treat victims so effectively because the bombs were...

Verified,

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I was thinking back on this discussion. It was a very important one. I’m gong to have to remember to keep my frustration in check and begin to communicate my understanding instead of my anger. So I’m going to keep this discussion in mind. I think you’...

Very well said. We need people pushing for change and we need cautious people questioning what the results of those changes will be. I'm tempted to add a "reasonable" qualifier to both groups of people, but then I'm reminded of what George Bernard Shaw wrote:

What's the roadblock? Congress passed a law? Obama signed it?

Russia: Syria agrees to take part in talks
Foreign ministry says Assad government has agreed "in principle" to attend US-Russia brokered proposed peace conference.
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Verified,

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Maybe in zeal to oppose the current paleo-conservative leadership I’m giving the impression that I’m broad-brushing all conservatives. If I am, I want to both apologize for that, and correct that impression. I realize that there are many TRUE conservatives...

Those who like to rag on the Obama admin. as "being in the pocket of the banksters" and the like should check out "the Treasury Department" link in the above, as follows:

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Thanks, TMac, and thanks Ramona!  Please don't be shy about sharing your thoughts on Amazon.

Of course the Obamabots will force and focus the narrative to what ever supports them and their leader.  He is supposed to be the Commander and Chief, but he'll take the cover provided by the Congress, to avoid making a Command decision. She spoke up, as should...

Most of the stories about Medea Benjamin are focusing on her "rude" behavior rather than the death of a 16-year old. 

Maybe you're just trying to play their game, but I think it's inaccurate to associate conservatism per se with all of the negative connotations you're attributing to it. I mostly agree with your definition that conservatism means dedicated to conserving tradition, but I...

"The jobs you clearly don't want to do?.... It's too bad you often shoot off your mouth, before knowing all the facts, I clean toilets and its doesn't pay that well. Of course you would find it beneath YOU, as you do other American...

I guess I'm one of those who believe, whether we like it or not, it is a global economy, and the jobs that have gone overseas because companies want the cheap labor are NOT coming back.

I disagree with a lot of Resistance writes here, especially when it...

Are you tying to high-jack Michaels post? Or set a trap?  ..........To set the record straight, the way you posed your question and link was very disengenuous intended to ridicule . Aren't you so clever, trouble maker ? ......... Teaching you or many others, the...

That would mean Pope Francis is an "immature" Christian on understanding the "ransom sacrifice." Okey dokey, you're the grown-up expert Christian...

Nobody is ever going to read this anyway....

But I swear, when I come back to this post, I am sure it is one of the best blogs I ever wrote. 

haahahaha

At least it makes me laugh. 

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Maybe if we started listing bridge collapses or infrastucture failures, like they do gun deaths, maybe we could get the President to force Congress to act?  I wonder if this will be as bad as the bridge collapse on the Minnesota Interstate?   

Yes and a car and truck.  They think everyone was rescued.  That is good.  You would not believe how many bridges vibrate under big trucks.  You don't have to be over sized.  They usually have to have a permit and route approved before they can pull over size. ...

This is great!

Now I gotta get my kindle fixed.

People like you are bankrupting the Country. No one say's you can't be a Christian first;, so pack up your belongings as did Abraham and Sarah, leaving a life of comfort; going to another land they had never known. You could be just like the apostles and the...

Damn you, flattery will get your next book sold to me!

Yep, as far as we know two people have been rescued. We are watching several boats attempt to search right now to see if there is anyone else out there.  But there are several thousand people standing on the shore observing everything. Facebook should be filled with pictures of the collapse...

Interesting perspective. Me, I'm a Christian first. Nowhere in the Bible does it say Americans are my children, screw everyone else. For way too long the US, who has a fraction of the world's population, has consumed way more than our share of the world's resources. We have had a...

Okay, I'm convinced.  Be back later.  (Where's my Kindle?)

Congrats, Mike! I've downloaded my copy and look forward to reading it. I'll put it up as dag book of the month when I get a chance, probably next week. I figure Blowing Smoke has spent enough months as book of the month already. ;)

Pretty amazing picture, a different kind of "Tiger Mom," from video available at link

Caption: Ingrid Loyau-Kennett is shown talking to one of...

You can be in the novel I'm working on, TMac.  It's just... how do I write a character who is smarter than I am?

Richard, it's not just you. The stranger a story is, the more news coverage....enquiring minds and all...we are all complicit in wanting to stare at strangeness, it's human nature....

Two bucks?

As soon as I figure out how to get into that Paypal account of mine I'll buy. ha

Give me a few days to read it!

Oh and by the way, the 11th Commandment?

THOU SHALT NOT BLASPHEME ELMO

For chrissakes. hahaha