http://teapartynationalism.com/index...ion&Itemid=104

In case there was any doubt

Yeah, that makes me feel better :giggle:

The different factions are each backed by a different wealthy person, corporation, or career politician. Rove is behind some of it, the brothers at Koch Industries (a couple of boys who inherited daddy's fortune and now share the #9 spot of the richest people) are behind a group, etc. Some are also pushing an extreme concoction of the god/guns/gays conservative social agenda, while others want to confine their pile of lies to monetary issues. All of the :slapfight: would be amusing if it were not destroying millions of lives and shredding the very fabric of our country.

Pretending like there are a zillion factions rather than one central Tea Party is part of the illusion they use to pretend that they are legitimately grass roots.

Mike Huckabee, the oaf from Arkansas who wants to run for Prez again in 2012, is calling for the execution of the Wikileaks source:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/1..._n_789964.html

Yeah, this dude is the epitome of fat old White guy who claims to be a "humane Christian" but advocates DEATH for someone who leaked the truth. He's also a GIANT Homophobe, sexist pig, and pompous overgroan knuckle-dragging idiot. (was that my outl loud voice?)

Oh but they will try to convince "the American people" that it's all Obama's fault because he "doesnt care about the working man" and "wants to kill Gramma" and "btw, did you know he wasnt born in this country!" and I heard that he eats live kittens for breakfast every morning AND he's the ANTICHRIST!

Oh Medusa, don't exaggerate...he only eats one kitten for breakfast :doh:

From the Prop 8 Trial tracker of all places......DADT
 

BREAKING: Senate Republicans refuse to vote on DADT repeal before tax cuts
by Andy Kelley

Senate Republicans have delivered a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid stating that they will not allow a vote on any piece of legislation coming before the Senate, without an extension of the Bush tax cuts. This news comes as the Senate prepares further hearings on the National Defense Authorization Act, which contains language to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

As Metro Weekly reports, the letter from Senate Republicans states:

[W]e write to inform you that we will not agree to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to any legislative item until the Senate has acted to fund the government and we have prevented the tax increase that is currently awaiting all American taxpayers…

With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities. While there are other items that might ultimately be worthy of the Senate’s attention, we cannot agree to prioritize any matters above the critical issues of funding the government and preventing a job-killing tax hike.

Efforts to link the Bush tax cuts to the NDAA are the latest in a thinly veiled series of efforts by GOP Republicans to bring the lame-duck Senate to a halt.

But this time, this obstructionism could spell disastrous results for the repeal of DADT. As the Washington Blade notes:

The letter is signed by all 42 members of the Republican caucus, including those who are seen as swing votes on moving forward with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” such as Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Scott Brown (R-Mass.). Newly seated Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is also among the signers.

Aubrey Sarvis, Executive Director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network responded to this news directly stating:

The Republican caucus that has expressed strong support for a vote on extending the Bush era tax cuts should be as equally unified in support of a vote in the lame-duck session on the nation’s defense bill, the very bill which provides for our security and the well being of service members who defend us every day,” he said in the statement. “It’s past time for those Republican senators who say they support a vote on the defense bill and repeal to show it with a vote, and not by words alone…

After twenty-three months of excuses and delays in this Congress, it’s time to vote. If Republicans or Democrats use ‘procedure’ and the tax bill as excuses for not voting that is the very same as voting no. A no vote when Reid calls the repeal vote will not only put senators on the wrong side of history, it will also put them in opposition to the overwhelming majority of those who serve in our armed forces and the most senior members of our military.

I for one, agree with Aubrey. The time for the Senate to act has come, and we cannot afford their newest distraction.

We will continue to bring you updates here as this story develops

Today in the crazy
 

1) This item from Talking Points Memo: "We've been very involved in CPAC for over a decade and have managed a couple of popular sessions. However, we will no longer be involved with CPAC because of the organization's financial mismanagement and movement away from conservative principles," said Tom McClusky, senior vice president for FRC Action.

"CWA [Concerned Women for America] has decided not to participate in part because of GOProud," CWA President Penny Nance told WND. [Ed. note: Penny Nance's title is chief executive officer of CWA. Another individual, Wendy Wright, holds the title of president.]

This regarding CWA and FRC as well as WorldNet Daily saying that they are pulling out of CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) this year because GOProud is being allowed to attend and set up a booth.

2) Having covered "we're conservative and hate gays"* now to the "we're conservative and look, the non-white people are coming right at us!".

The good news is that the right-wing isn't talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they're now concerned that he's going to use his honorary status as a Crow Tribe Indian to return the United States to Native Americans.

The outrage began after the President announced on December 16 that the U.S. would reverse course and support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The Declaration was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 2007, but the U.S., under President Bush, opposed it.

"The aspirations it affirms -- including the respect for the institutions and rich cultures of Native peoples -- are ones we must always seek to fulfill," the President said of the Declaration at White House Tribal Nations Conference where he announced the reversal. He went on to describe efforts to improve health care, education, and unemployment rates in tribal areas.

"While the declaration is not legally binding, it carries considerable moral and political force," the State Department wrote of the Declaration, "and complements the President's ongoing efforts to address historical inequities faced by indigenous communities in the United States."

Despite this, the right has seized onto some of the language to attack the President -- including Article 26, which says:

1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.
2. Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
3. States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous peoples concerned.
Obama was adopted as an honorary member of the Crow tribe during the 2008 campaign, and was even given the name "One who helps people throughout the land." Most of the outrage lobbed at the President in the wake of the announcement, naturally, references that fact.

Last week, the "Director of Issues Analysis" for the Christian conservative American Family Association, Brian Fischer, wrote a blog post claiming that "President Obama wants to give the entire land mass of the United States of America back to the Indians. He wants Indian tribes to be our new overlords."

"Perhaps he figures that, as an adopted Crow Indian, he will be the new chief over this revived Indian empire," Fischer wrote. "But for the other 312 million of us, I think we'll settle for our constitutional 'We the people' form of government, thank you very much."

Yesterday, the right-wing blog World Net Daily took it a step further in a post called "Obama to give Manhattan back to Native Americans? President believes nation can spare some sovereignty." The article describes how "President Obama is voicing support for a U.N. resolution that could accomplish something as radical as relinquishing some U.S. sovereignty and opening a path for the return of ancient tribal lands to American Indians, including even parts of Manhattan."

Yes, Virginia, this is REALLY happening in the United States.

*Just because it is, for some reason, necessary to say this (although it shouldn't be): my statement is not meant to imply that all conservatives hate gays or that all liberals are filled with sweetness, light and moral perfection. However, we ARE talking about conservative groups, pulling out of a conservative event because of the presence of queers. Trying to pretend that the same thing happens with liberal groups is just nonsense.

Cheers
Aj

That shut makes me fighting mad. Then, I stop. Who believes it and why? Gawd, we need to move the government to urgently revamp the disaster which is public education. To commit to curricula inclusive of critical thinking.