GOP's BS on ACA – A Proposal

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Saturday August 17, 2013 · 10:03 AM PDT

2013/08/17 · 10:03

I noticed, when opening DK yesterday, a petition to counter the GOP's lies concerning the ACA (Obamacare). To that end I have a proposal that I feel will go a long way to pour cold water on their lies.
In 1992 a short, big eared, curmudgeon from Texas, Ross Perot, - candidate for POTUS - bought 1/2 hour of prime time TV. In that half hour, using charts and graphs on an easel, he explained, in his quintessential Texas twang, the state of US finance. Despite the simple format and yawn inducing subject matter, he garnered a large viewership and went from a 3rd party fringe candidate to a serious contender for the POTUS.

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Wednesday March 20, 2013 · 8:49 AM PDT

2013/03/20 · 08:49

This will be short. Hal Clements, Colorado director of the Dept. of Corrections was shot and killed as he opened his door last night. The shooter is unknown as is a motive for the crime. This comes on the day that the governor is to sign a stronger gun bill.
Not much more has been released by the police except they issued an alert for a 1990's black, SUV

In the Atmosphere of Obstruction the President Has Considerable Accomplishments

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Wednesday September 05, 2012 · 3:52 PM PDT

2012/09/05 · 15:52

Wayne Bomgaars compiled an impressive list of President Obama's accomplishments in his first four years. When looked at it is an unbelievable accomplishment considering a republican party who considers their most pressing need is to prevent a 2nd term for President Obama.
The current republican party is arguable the most obstructionist collection of no nothing corporate toadies in the history of the republic. Despite their obstruction the President has accomplish a laudable number of achievements.

Auto Industry saved
Got North Korea to stop enriching uranium
Iraq war ended
Bin Laden dead
Nuclear weapons reduced by 1/3 in US & Russia
U.S Gross Domestic product went from steady decline to increasing every ¼ of the Obama Presidency

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Monday July 16, 2012 · 10:00 AM PDT

2012/07/16 · 10:00

There is at least 50% of the US voting population that don't have a spotted hog's idea of what the ACA provides. And, I would guess, another 40% ...kinda understand it...a little bit...maybe. Is there any wonder why the public is so lukewarm about ACA? I'm in the 40% and I spend a lot of time on political web sites yet I would consider myself fairly ignorant on the subject. True, I could google up the entire act and 10 or 20 analysis of it – but I've got a life, as do most people.
How many can give a concise explanation of the act (I'm sure there are a modest number of Kossacks that can)? And Dkos folk are not in the low information segment of the population.

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Friday June 01, 2012 · 11:44 AM PDT

2012/06/01 · 11:44

US District Judge Robert Hinklehas stepped all over Gov. .Rick Scott's voter suppression efforts. He stated that the purge serves little if any purpose thus rendering them unconstitutional.

“The statute and rule impose a harsh and impractical 48-hour deadline for an organization to deliver applications to a voter registration office and effectively prohibit an organization from mailing applications in. “

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Wednesday April 18, 2012 · 10:41 AM PDT

2012/04/18 · 10:41

Frothy has some hard nuts about Mitt Romney and it appears he won't be much of a supporter of the Mittsters campaign. This based on the letter Frothy sent to his supporters and other Reptilicans and conservatives.
First reported by the Des Moines Register, a letter signed by Santorum that says,

"It truly frightens me to think what’ll happen if Mitt Romney is the nominee."

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Frothy drops out

carver

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Tuesday April 10, 2012 · 11:14 AM PDT

2012/04/10 · 11:14

Santorum has suspended his quest for the Reptilican nomination. This leaves Mittens driving the clown car.
I can't say I'm disappointed with his decision but it does remove the humor that was the Reptilican primary. I can't imagine the horror of a Santorum presidency (of course a President Rmoney doesn't fill me with hope either.)

The Fukushima Nuclear Accident is Far From Over

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Sunday April 08, 2012 · 6:44 AM PDT

2012/04/08 · 06:44

The amount of information we are given on a daily basis (most of it trivial nonsense) is overwhelming and often submerges issues that are both important and critical. One of those issues that are considered “over there” and not our problem is the nuclear disaster at the Japanese Fukushima reactors. From the Prison Planet.
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We noted days after the Japanese earthquake that the biggest threat was from the spent fuel rods in the fuel pool at Fukushima unit number 4, and not from the reactors themselves.
[...]
….Scientists say that there is a 70% chance of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hitting Fukushima this year, and a 98% chance within the next 3 years. (Bold mine)

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And the Clown Car Rolls on

carver

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Thursday March 08, 2012 · 8:16 AM PST

2012/03/08 · 08:16

Joe (Samuel Wurzelbacher) the Plumber has become the reptilican nominee for Congress in Ohio’s newly redistricted ninth congressional district to run against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur (who had just won the primary against Dennis Kucinich).

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Tuesday March 06, 2012 · 2:24 PM PST

2012/03/06 · 14:24

Iran is the 18th largest country in the world in terms of area, at 636,372 sq mi (larger than Alaska), Iran has a population of around 79 million, nearly 3 times that of Iraq. They have an oppressive theocratic government but, despite that, a functioning society.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), totaling about 545,000 active troops add around 350,000 Reserve Force and we have a total of around 900,000 trained troops. Iran also has a paramilitary, volunteer militia force within the IRGC, called the Basij, which includes about 90,000 full-time, active-duty uniformed members.

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carver

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Tuesday February 07, 2012 · 5:07 PM PST

2012/02/07 · 17:07

In the last couple of years I've tended to skip most of the Israeli /Palestinian diaries because they become to acerbic and vilifying to give credence to either side and I'm sure any comment I would make will piss off one or both of the “combatants”. I have began to consider the Israeli / Iran pissing contest in the same way – it's a no win argument .
There may be a, however, new revelation that could dry up some of that piss .

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carver

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Wednesday February 01, 2012 · 11:00 AM PST

2012/02/01 · 11:00

In America there are approximately 130,000 inmates housed in privately owned prisons. It's a foul stench within a justice system that leads the world in number of persons incarcerated within a state, federal or private institution.
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In 1984 the Corrections Corporation of America was contracted to oversee its first facility in Hamilton County, Tenn.. Such transition marked a new federal precedent of complete private control of a correctional institute.
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Employees of CCA,along with 2,000 state legislators and 250 private and corporate citizens, are active members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC, based in Washington, D.C., is actively engaged in criminal justice discussions in the U.S. Congress as well as state legislatures.[12]

The US (Land of the Free) has 5% of the world's population but has 25% of the total number prisoners world wide. Which makes the US one of the best places on the planet to run a for profit prison.

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