[The Confederacy's] "...foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based on this great physical, philosophical and moral truth." --Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy

Unions Are In Again: AT&T Gushes Over Its Union Support in Spam Email

Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:34 AM EDT

I'm just going to reproduce this spam email in its full glory. I never thought I'd see the day when a major US company was bragging about its union membership, but I guess Corporate America is already feeling the backlash from the GOP's anti-union assaults earlier this year …

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Republican Town Halll Meetings over Unpopular Budget Plan Get Ugly

Seeded on Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:48 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

"Excuse me, I'd like to get something off my chest," she said, standing. "You seem to think that because I'm not effected I won't care if my niece, my grandson, my child is affected. I do care.

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Robin Hood in Reverse - The Giant GOP Budget Scam

Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:45 PM EDT

Just google the following: "must-see budget chart." You will be led to the full version of the graphic I have posted here.

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Paul Ryan, author of entitlement-slashing Debt, Collected SS Benefits until he was 18. Hypocrite!

Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:06 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

One day as a 16 year old, Ryan came upon the lifeless body of his father. Paul Ryan, Sr. had died of a heart attack at age 55, leaving the Janesville Craig High School 10th grader, his three older brothers and sisters and his mother alone.

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Tea Party Fizzles across the Nation

Seeded on Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:50 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Politicians, political operatives and members of the media came close to outnumbering attendees at a much-hyped Columbia, S.C. Tea Party rally starring U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday. Sad.

politics, tea-party

Montana Governor Schweitzer Vetoes Tea Party Garbage with CATTLE BRAND. Priceless!

Seeded on Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:40 PM EDT (greatfallstribune.com)

In one of the most spectacular pieces of political theater in the Democrat's six years in office, Schweitzer applied red-hot branding irons to wooden plaques representing bills ranging from elimination of same day voter registration to a bill that would allow new open pit gold an …

politics, tea-party

The Made-Up and Entirely Fictional Debt Crisis

Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:42 PM EDT

The net household worth of the United States is estimated to be around $50 trillion. The amount of money the US government owes in Treasury bonds is around $14-15 trillion, and our nation's yearly "income" is slightly more than that $15T.

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