More protest songs

Really nice Flash video of "Lives in the Balance" by Jackson Browne.

DINOs Ditch the Dems

OK,

On this page, will be a list of Democrats and their positions on Joe Lieberman's independent run for US Senate, against the DULY ELECTED candidate Ned Lamont (52% to 48%).

By Position:

Support Ned

Harry Reid
Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden
Evan Bayh
John Edwards (first to call and congratulate)
Russ Feingold
Charles Schumer
Emmanuel Rahm
Chris Dodd
Wyden (OR)


Support Joe

Ken Salazar - CO

Said support Joe before primary, no confirmation:

Daniel Inouye, HI

Undeclared:

The rest...

Updates to come.

Well, at least they are consistent.

UPDATE:

The Bankruptcy bill "supporters"

The following voted against the following amendment:

To protect servicemembers and veterans from means testing in bankruptcy, to disallow certain claims by lenders charging usurious interest rates to servicemembers, and to allow servicemembers to exempt property based on the law of the State of their premilitary residence.

Baucus (D-MT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bond (R-MO)
Byrd (D-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Johnson (D-SD)
Nelson (D-NE)


Those that voted to pass it

Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Byrd (D-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Conrad (D-ND)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Stabenow (D-MI)

Remember these names when their next primary comes up.



DINO list update...

The following democrats voted for cloture on the "min wage + inheritance tax relief" poison pill bill, which no doubt would have passed on the floor.

The bill, which would raise the minimum wage to $7.25 (still below inflation adjusted $5.15 where it has been for 10 years), also included...

The hybrid bill would exempt the first $5 million of an individual's estate from inheritance taxes, and the first $10 million of a couple's estate, by the year 2015.

Estates worth as much as $25 million would be taxed at capital gains rates, which are currently set at 15 percent but are scheduled to increase to 20 percent.

Inheritance tax rates on larger estates would drop to 30 percent.

A clever little trick by the Republicans in the house. They can say they tried to raise minimum wages but the "Dems" wouldn't let them.

Anyway, here are the consistently Republican supporting Democrats.

Byrd (D-W. Va.), Lincoln (D-Ark.), Nelson (D-Fla.), Nelson (D-Neb.)

Nelson of Nebraska and Byrd of West Virginia are really starting to piss me off with their enabling of all things Republican.

At least Salazar (CO) "broke ranks" and actually voted as a democrat this time.

Dr. Seuss and Life Lessons

The Lorax.  

When the once-ler came to a place, it was a lovely place, filled with Truffula Trees of great beauty.  So entranced was the Once-ler that he cut a tree down and knitted a Thneed - "an odd-looking but versatile garment that he insisted "everyone needs."

Eventually, the Once-ler cut down all the trees, leaving only a dark, smoggy, world where nothing grew.

Lesson: Take care of the environment, renewable sources, etc.

The Sneetches:

In a world far away, full of glorious beaches, lived wonderful creatures, known as the Sneetches.

One group of them had stars on their bellies "stars upon thars" and another group did not.  The sneetches with stars on their bellies would not associate with those without stars, believing they were inferior.

A 'fix-it-up chap named Sylvester McMonkey McBean' told the Sneetches without stars upon thars to never fear, that he had a 'star-on' machine and that they could go through for the measly sum of $3.00 each.

Now that everyone had a star, the original star bellied sneetches were angry.  But Mr McBean said that he could remove their star for the paltry sum of $10.00

The sneetches continue to run through both machine until no one knows who is who or who had a star.  Of course, now they are out of money and Mr. McBean leaves them alone.

Moral: People are the same inside, regardless of how they look outside (Man, we need this one now for sure)

The Zax

A story about a South going Zax who meets up with a North going Zax, and both get caught up in their "trax".

"I'm a North going Zax and I always go North, not an inch to the East not an inch to the West.  Now out of my way"

"Well...

Of course the world didn't stand still.  The world grew.

In a couple of years, the new highway came through

And they built it right over those two stubborn Zax

And left them there, standing un-budge in their tracks."

Moral: "stay the course" may not be the best strategy.

The Butter Battle Book

It all starts with a man taking his grandson to see the wall that separates the Yooks (US) and the Zooks (USSR).  A battle that started over which side of the bread should be buttered.

Each side keeps making larger and larger weapons until the "smallest and deadliest" is finally developed (A nuke).  The story ends with both sides threatening to blow the other up and neither side willing to back down.

Moral: Arms races are unwinnable.

Green Eggs and Ham  Moral: Try something before you say you don't like it.

Yertle the Turtle

He is "king of all he sees" so he makes his Turtles build a tower of turtles so he goes higher and higher.

Eventually, the turtle at the bottom says:

"I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights."

When Yertle refuses to listen to him, he demands that the pile go higher and higher, until it finally topples, with a burp by the turtle at the bottom.  And the story ends:

"And the turtles, of course...  all the turtles are free, As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be."

Moral: Everyone (not just the wealthy) deserve rights.  

Well, please add to this, I think Geisel was a genius, and I know he drew quite a few political cartoons in his day as well.

More P,P, & M protest songs

Some more...

The Times they are a Changing.

Music

Peter, Paul and Mary singing Blowing in the Wind.

Republicans "Outfox" the people

I am sickened by this video.

It clearly shows that the Republicans have nothing but disdain for the democratic process:

WAMP: The other side says all the time, you run this place. You’ve got majorities in the House and Senate. And I want to remind them that we do. And if we didn’t want to do this, we wouldn’t do it. You know why we are doing it this way? Because this is the better way to do it because the small businesspeople and the family farmers need certainty in terms of this estate tax. We eliminated it but it comes back. It is an onerous tax. It’s an unfair tax. When you raise wages, it is a fixed cost in business, You have to compensate that with smart business investments through tax polcy. Our tax policy has been good for America. Our economic policy is good for America.

This minimum wage increase is a savvy way to put it all together and make this medicine for America go down smooth and keep our economy strong. Because this will force some fixed costs up in small business, and you can’t just throw it on them without some people losing their jobs, and this is a fair and responsible way to do it. I know why you’re so mad and why you say things you don’t really mean. It’s because you have seen us really outfox you on this issue tonight. That’s what we are doing today is bringing a very crafty, smart, good for America, good for the economy package and still allow the minimum wage to go up.

Please, get this video out to everyone you can. We need to take our government back from these people.

They are actually PROUD of the fact that they were able to piss on poor people by "outfoxing" the DEMS.

SMALL BRAIN + BIG EGO = Conservatives without Conscience