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As the last of the "Keating Five" in the Senate he has the bonafides to head the Banking Committee. After all, this will be the best CONgress Koch money can buy!!! If crazy John wasn't the son and grandson of Admirals his war exploits may very well have been limited to piloting a desk. But at least he fought unlike the gutlessness of the wanting to remain "politically viable" Slick Willie and the "champaign company" duty of Dumbya in the TANG when he bothered to show up, (those times he couldn't score coke) , or the "other priorities" of Dickhead Cheney.
once again, i object to your simplistic poll: there's no place for someone to suggest mccain SHOULD be chairman. while i doubt few of your respondents would make that choice, denying the possibility smacks of stalinism, or worse, Republicanism.
RFord ~ I don't think politicians are stupid--per se. However, they are all on the take from the fossil fuel industry. Of that, I have no doubt. Personally, I think Keystone was going to get approved regardless of who was in office. The only reason this charade of an election occurred was to shift the balance of power so that all these new Draconian measures could be enacted and blamed on Republicans rather than Democrats in order to preserve the illusion of a two party system. It also did a rather effective job of making it look like this shift in leadership was the choice of the American people and not the puppet masters that pull the real stings.
The new Republican catch phrase for global warming is, "I'm not a scientist." Of course, what they really mean is, "I'm not a scientist; and, until one is appointed for me by my oil company owners I really have nothing more to say on the subject... Please go away!" Let's face it folks, our government doesn't belong to us anymore; and, we need to stop acting surprised by what is going on. Until we get the money out of our election process, we have no Democracy; and, we will never be able to check corporate power. As long as corporate power remains unchecked our very existence as a species is threatened.
It's 2014, almost everyone has internet access. Details about scientist findings on global warming, how they got their finding and explanations about how global warming works are on the internet. So, when a politician denies climate change, they are either stupid, lying, or on the take from the fossil fuel industry.
Spot on! Agree totally. As this person said, there's more the Dems can/should do, but these are excellent beginnings--IF they will do it.
10 K you are right keystone will get approved. It will push 800 million barrels a day from Canada to the gulf that oil will get refined and shipped all over the world. Billions will roll through our economies and you probaly won't even notice it. Just think if it's approved in 2015 it would have only taken six years to get approved. How many billions of dollars that missed going through the US economy in those six years. To me I think this election is showing that Americans are starting to see the truth. I think Americas future looks awesome. Good for you guys. Prosperity is just around the corner. Finally.
Aren't there some Republicans out there who you can pull into your talk show who are not shouting like children brawling in the school yard? Or some democrats on the left who have a real intellect????
You are turning into Fox News of the Left with ridiculous polarization of a message/issue. How about finding some people who are not intellectual dunces as the ones you pull in...shame. More cheap journalism is what your show has turned into.
TM
The Dems that lost this election behaved so politically suicidal during the campaign one must suspect that some may have thrown the election intentionally. Keep in mind what these public servants earn in a year and how much dark money was floating around just for ads alone. I wouldn't be at all surprised if many of these races had candidates that were 'paid to take a fall' by acting a fool during the process. Election officials simply know better than to distance themselves from their own party's President and their own voting history right before an election. That's politics 101. Too many incumbents caved in too easily for me to buy the story that it was simply a case of mass party incompetence. Follow the money.
anybody got a line to Bloomberg for radio free america? i'll run a station in seattle!
I really despair of winning this battle against the corporate disinformation onslaugt and the buying of judges and politicians. The planet is being wasted by Greedy power hungry people that seem not to care about their own children.
How can we even possibly do anything to effect change when private companies count the vote and won't let us see the actual recount proof????? The supreme court is absolutely corrupt as several justices should be impeached. The senate was just sold to the highest bidders. Revolution seems impossible, guns won't get it. MOney is speech so only the rich can have anything to say. What the HELL NOW???? LETS JUST destroy the climate and the world for our kids? I can't believe I'm living this nightmare. We need some liberal billionaires to establish radio free america for america!!! The only thing I see to change some minds is to put out the truth on stations around the country to fight the insane right wing machine and educate the electorate. Jefferson said that without an educated electorate that the country cannot remain free. He was very right.
Well all I can say is if people like the climate and science denying Republicans cause our species to go extinct, at least I can be satisfied that we will take the Republcians with us to extinction. It's a huge sacrifice to make, but in the end there won't be anymore inhumae Republicans left on Earth either. Maybe the rest of life on Earth can continue on without human kind screwing up Mother Nature, because as it stands now, most of mankind is acting like a fatal cancer to all lifeforms on Planet Earth.
Here is a great petition by Bernie Sanders to make election day into a national holiday. I like that idea!
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/democracyday?utm_source=target&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sign+Bernies+petition+to+establish+a+Democracy+Day+holiday+featuredlinkurl&utm_campaign=Target:+Petition+Make+Election+Day+a+Holiday+11-08
Kend will be well pleased with my grim prediction...Obama will OK the Kochstone pipeline!
How does several billion dollars worth of mass marketed lies accepted as truth by millions of gullible voters equal a credible message from those voters? The National Media claimed today that suddenly for some bizzare reason our divided government stands a good chance of getting things done. Yet the divided government a few days ago for some reason stood no chance. Truth is the divided government a few days ago was being obstructed by the minority Republicans abuse of the Senate filibuster rule. The House Teapublicans lead by a barely functional drunk likewise made sure nothing got done. Truth is not a matter of opinion.
So now the Democrats are expected to cower and give in to the billionaire's demands, in other words, honor their multi billion dollar disinformation investment. In my opinion if the Dems give an inch it will spell the end of the Democratic Party and at the same time create a great chance for a third party President in 2016. Let's face it , the polls show very little support for Teapublican policy and on the Democratic side, a weak ineffectual party that has been so timid speaking out, always on defense, caused the voters to just stay home. When your own President feels just fine with not speaking out, you're in wicked bad trouble.
If you're really concerned about the environment, you should check out this crowd sourcing site for solar-panel roadways:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways
The idea is brilliant: solar panels you can drive on. Put them on your street, get your electricity from them. Buy an electric car, never pollute again.
That's step one. Step two is getting the stuff already in the air out of the air. People are working on that as well.
There's hope people. Don't be so down about it all.
$2.81 here in Maine. I agree. WTF is going on? I believe you are right.
you need to watch www.cowspiracy.com today, and become informed!
I think one of the biggest problems you have with climate change in America is the billions of government waste. Just to name a few. Solyndra wasting over a half a billion of hard working tax payers money. What about Ivanpah oh well there goes 1.8 billion to a plant that produces a fraction of the energy it promised. Now they are asking for a half a billion more hard working tax payers money to subsadise it. I can't image how many more one percenters the environmental movement has produced. The solution is very simple. Clean burning natural gas. Oops sorry I forgot it is a fossil fuel, can use it.
Just those two companies blew 2.3 BILLION that feeds a lot of people. Or sends a lot of kids to college. If it helped reduced green house gases at all maybe but the fact is it did almost nothing.
Thom, there is more at stake than the survial of OUR species. Our inept stewardship of this planet is killing the eco system most important to survival of life. Our oceans are being devistated and disrupting the food chain at an unpresidented pace.
The GOP didn't win because they out raised and out spent the Democrats or because they out worked them or had slicker ads. The GOP won because people were voting against the policies of Obama and to a slighty lesser extent, the Democrats. This was an "anti" vote not a "pro" vote. The people will be just as happy to throw out the same or even different Republicans or Democrats in two years if a serious positive change hasn't been made in the direction of this country. The underlining message here was that the mid-term elections was a close as we can get to a "No Confidence" vote in this country, and yet another reason for including Independents and third parties.
It seems modern Amercian politics, regardless of political party, is about the rich buyin elections and pushing the opportunity of average Americans to run for office further out of their reach. This simply reinforces control of the corporate elite's control over the government. If we can't get serious campaign finance reform, then we should, at least, get term limits to mimimize the damage.
I certainly hope so. If booze and cigarettes can be legal, then why not pot? Simply make the same age requirements as for booze and cigarettes; package it like cigarettes and tax it at the same rate as booze. The revenue can go for serious drug treatment programs.
How about a real choice---like "yes" or "no" answer? I'm not a big fan of McCain, but he has the military experience to at least understand what might be required. And right now, it looks more like Obama is the one who hasn't met a country he didn't want to invade or "bomb bomb bomb".
I can only imagine that in short time cannabis prohibition will be completely lifted on a global scale. This prohibition was created by a handful of wealthy investors who wanted to remove the only obstacle to their oil and wood pulp monopolies that they owned and wanted to milk for all they are worth. The public were taken advantage of during a time of great vulnerability to go along with this plan. Now after many decades, not only is the truth being made public and common knowledge, the impact of the subterfuge is also being made known. There is no turning back now. The truth has caught up to the deceivers and this genie is never going to be stuffed back into his bottle.
Reply to flyguy8650 -- I do not think I want to ever get rid of one of favorite Nannies, the FDA. I want that government in my life.
We do not need to close down our borders. We need to require E-verify, and put employers who violate it in jail. You should read the article in the LA Times of May 1, 2013.