The good news is that the Senate will now confirm people we need to run the government. The bad news is that by forcing this measure the Repricans have done major damage to the unwritten constitution. When Madison and his colleagues wrote the first constitution, they imagined it as way for one party[...]
Archive for November, 2013
November 23rd, 2013 - 3:46 pm § in Uncategorized
Ave Challenge
Identify this woman: a. Burlesque star from Seattle’s early history. b. wife of Mendel, before he became a monk c. first Jewish woman to get an MD in the US d. published early insights into sex after Darwin. e. White Russian double agent in St. Petersburg. [...]
BREAKING NEWS:The Democrats and Teachers Union Push Court to Rule For Class Based Schools
The AP reports that a King County Superior Court judge is scheduled to hear oral arguments today over the constitutionality of Washington’s new charter school law. The case is being brought by the teachers unions acting with “coalition of parents, educators and community groups.” W[...]
Republicans Declare War!
Republicans Anger Fuels The Reprican Cause JONATHAN WEISMAN of the NY Times writes that the senate’s overturn of the Filibuster rule is the beginning of “warfare beyond even what Americans have seen in the past five years. “ How Often Filibusters Have Been Used ” fo[...]
November 21st, 2013 - 4:07 pm § in Misc.
Reprican Web Site is Now an Art Critic?
WashPost Cartoonist Toles Compares ObamaCare Critics to Segregationist George Wallace News busters is a weird part of the right wing reality machine. The site tries hard to find examples it says are “liberal” bias in the “main stream media.” Here is one of their wor[...]
November 21st, 2013 - 12:40 pm § in Misc.
What is a Reprican?
Ask Rand Paul: “We want our freedoms back!” Or ask Ted Cruz or click on the image to read more about his co partisans.[...]
Our Debt to The Phillipines
Give back to the Philippines in the wake of a tragedy Americans recognize out debt to the slaves, the Native Americans and to others we have abused. Somehow we forget our onetime colony .. The Philippines. We also seem empty handed as the Philippines lives n the shadow of Beijing’s versi[...]