Gay-bashing Taken to a Whole New Level

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Saturday March 21, 2009 · 1:42 PM PDT

2009/03/21 · 13:42

I live in Fallbrook, CA - very conservative area, on the edge of Camp Pendleton in San Diego County. Our local paper ran this event announcement this week:

Pastor against homosexuality to speak April 3

TEMECULA — Scott Lively, Esq., founder and leader of Abiding Truth Ministries, known for his vocal stand against what he considers to be the promotion of homosexuality in today’s culture, will speak to the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly at a dinner meeting Friday, April 3, at Temeku Hills Clubhouse, 41687 Temeku Drive.

Check-in for the event is 6 p.m. and dinner begins promptly at 6:30.

Lively is the author of the book "The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party" and its sequel, "The Poisoned Stream."

http://www.thevillagenews.com/...

This is what our local Republican Party organization is promoting.

I hope anyone who finds this as distasteful as I do will write a comment on the Village News Blog at: http://www.thevillagenews.com/...

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Wednesday December 31, 2008 · 7:38 AM PST

2008/12/31 · 07:38

A majority of those who voted for Bush and McCain were, in effect, voting against their self interest.

They believed that Republican administrations are better for investors and the economy. This can be easily shown to be false by statistics compiled by the investment managers at eTrade Bank, which measures broad economic performance over the last 80 years:

S & P 500 Returns by Party
(Annualized monthly returns from 1928 – 2008)

All Administrations 14.5%

Republican Presidents 11.4%

Democrat Presidents 17.3%

I believe this is a result of Democrats focusing economic benefits on lower- and middle-class Americas, building the economy from the bottom up. Republicans focus benefits on the wealthy, which bleeds the economy, skimming profits for a few, leaving behind hollowed out businesses.

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 1:03 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 13:03

The Lord said unto Bush and the Republican Party – beware mistreating my people, or 10 plagues will be visited on you.

Water to Blood

7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of the Gulf Coast, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. And New Orleans felt the fury of God because George Bush didn’t care about Black People.

Let my people go!

Alien Frogs

8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with alien frogs:
8:3 And the river shall bring forth alien frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading troughs:
8:4 And the alien frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. But they will not bother the people of the Lord, who will be welcomed by them.

Let my people go.

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 8:45 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 20:45

Please let me introduce you to a solid Democratic candidate who is running against one of the most vocal and consistent supporters of Bush and his policies. Robert Hamilton is running against Darrell Issa in the 49th Congressional District in North San Diego County, on the edge of the Marine Base Camp Pendleton.

see: http://www.roberthamiltonforcongress...

In the November issue of Esquire magazine, Bob received this endorsement:

"Name a Bush-era controversy-- the U.S. attorneys scandal, disappearing white House e-mails, disastrously unqualified appointments, warrantless wiretapping, torture-- and Issa's been there to defend the party line. Esquire endorses Hamilton."

This week Hamilton, who is a Vietnam War veteran, also received the endorsement of retired Marine Corps four-star General Joseph P. Hoar.

Read the full endorsement below.

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 1:00 PM PDT

2008/09/30 · 13:00

This will be real short.

Here is a link to a video of Palin in the 2006 Governors’ debate.

Not quite the dingy bimbo characterized on Saturday Night Live.

http://www.youtube.com/...

The genius of Karl Rove was his ability to set the expectations so low, that anything short of running off the stage in tears will be considered a victory.

More on the flip side, as too many people are complaining that my to-the-point diary is not a diary at all...

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Is Palin as dumb as she seems to be?

338 votes Vote Now!

Is Palin as dumb as she seems to be?

Yes

161 votes

117 votes

Hell No

60 votes

Two-Thirds of Corporations Doing Business in the US Pay No Tax

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 10:25 AM PDT

2008/09/27 · 10:25

I was reading in the LA Times about the charges and counter charges McCain and Obama made against each other. The point of the article was to point out the facts behind the claims. During the debates McCain said Obama would raise corporate taxes, which are already the second highest in the world. Obama shot back that because of loopholes (created by lobbyists), corporations pay among the lowest taxes in the world.

To my astonishment, the LA Times said both were right – but with one significant difference: The highest statutory corporate tax rate in the US is second only to Japan. However, in August the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report that showed that two-thirds of US corporations and over two-thirds of foreign corporations pay NO TAX AT ALL, despite having $2.5 trillion in revenue.

This should be the campaign headline – hammered ever day from now till the election.

More below the fold...

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127 votes Show Results

Did you know that 2/3 US Corps Pay No Federal Taxes?

127 votes Vote Now!

Did you know that 2/3 US Corps Pay No Federal Taxes?

Yes

53 votes

68 votes

Don't Care

2 votes

Lower the Tax Rate Anyway

4 votes

Let's Compare the Cost of the Bailout

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 11:05 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 11:05

I think this is an under reported issue about the bailout that needs to be brought to national attention by letters to the editor, news releases, and emails to our elected officicals:

The total cost of the bailout proposed over the last two weeks is expected to top a Trillion Dollars. How does that compare to some essential programs that help ordinary people:

The Food Stamps program costs less than $30 billion per year, helps nearly 26 million people, whose average monthly household income is $640.

Head Start helps poor pre-school children. The program costs $7 billion dollars per year.

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a United States federal government program that gives funds to states in order to provide health insurance to families with children who can't afford it. The cost is about $4 Billion per year - and Bush vetoed a bill to expand the program.

What other programs should we be talking about to put this taxpayer funded bailout in proper perspective? Please add to this list in your comments.

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Should we support any bailout of Wall Street

78 votes Vote Now!

Should we support any bailout of Wall Street

No - let them suffer

24 votes

No - but we should support some form of bailout

8 votes

Yes, with major penalties to executives and more benefits to taxpayers

46 votes

Yes - as proposed

0 votes

The Black Vote Goes to Democrats - Again...

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 5:50 PM PDT

2008/09/21 · 17:50

I ran across this political cartoon in an old black family album left behind in an abandoned house. It's probably from the late 30's or early 40's - but in its way is timeless:

The Republicans have always tried to convince minorities that they really have their best interests at heart, but history proves otherwise.

This goes back to the first part of the last century.

What McCain's VP Pick Says...

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 8:59 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 20:59

With the pick of Sarah Palin, McCain is again following in the footsteps of Bush by picking a totally unqualified person just because of her political ideology and political calculation.

This is just what led to disasters with Katrina, post-Iraq war planning, the Justice Department scandals, National Intelligence failures, and other government positions that were filled by Bush with under qualified, young Kool-aid drinkers.

McCain must be really desperate, as only a few months ago he said he would only pick a highly qualified person ready to be president on day one.

Below is a side by side review of Palin's qualifications vs. Obama's qualifications.

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Monday August 04, 2008 · 11:17 PM PDT

2008/08/04 · 23:17

By now most informed voters know the story of how John McCain dumped his disabled first wife, Carol, after she waited for him to return from Vietnam. But, the details expose a rot at the core of this man who would be president.

In an article in the Daily Mail, Ross Perot (who paid for Carol McCains medical expenses while McCain was a prisoner of war) has this to say about the Republican nominee,

"McCain is the classic opportunist. He’s always reaching for attention and glory. After he came home, Carol walked with a limp. So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona. And the rest is history."

There are more details to this sorry story, that need to get out to the public.

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 11:55 AM PDT

2008/07/31 · 11:55

Let’s keep some facts in mind:

- The number of attacks on US troops has "fallen" to 200 per week.
- The Iraq War is currently costing the American taxpayers $12 billion a month, not counting such things as long-term care for our wounded.
- 4,125 US military have been killed
- Over 29,000 US military have been wounded (not counting the PTSD victims, who are committing suicide at alarming rates).
- The total cost of the war is expected to top $3 tillion, after initial Bush administration estimates were under $80 billion.

The Iraqi people and their government want us to leave, in about the same timetable as Barack Obama suggests. We will be leaving behind some 58 "permanent" bases we’ve built over the last 5 years.

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 1:31 PM PDT

2008/07/25 · 13:31

The Bush administration pushed for, and got, the biggest bailout in history of private shareholders, at taxpayer’s expense. The National Debt was raised $800 Billion to cover it.

The banking and mortgage industries and millions of homeowners are in terrible shape. Foreclosure rates are at levels not seen since the Great Depression, and bank failure rates could reach depression-era levels, if not for swift action by the government to bail them out, and even then it will be too late for many.

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