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Old photos of politicians, and some pointless links to where you can buy similar clothes, but look at them! Bill and Hilary Clinton, photos never die.
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Infographic of the Day: A public transit-style guide to the evolving Obama and Romney positions on gay marriage. (Embiggen.)
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Infographic of the Day: A public transit-style guide to the evolving Obama and Romney positions on gay marriage. (Embiggen.)
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Proving yet again that elected politics and Twitter are a dangerous mix (Exhibit A: Anthony “terrible mistakes” Weiner), Senator Chuck Grassley is fending off a Twitter hijack this morning. The attacker took a few shots at the PIPA/SOPA mess — Grassley co-sponsored PIPA…
Here’s Presidential contender Michelle Bachmann hiding in the bushes and spying on a gay rights rally. No really, I’m serious.
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Minnesota’s Republican-led House of Representatives decided last night to follow up the controversial decision to allow anti-gay “nu-metal minister” Bradlee Dean’s to recite Friday’s opening prayer with a vote in favor of putting a constitutional same-sex marriage ban on the state’s 2012 ballot.
A concerned constituent named Stephanie decided to e-mail her state representative, Tony Cornish (R-Good Thunder), using a form letter found on the Human Rights Campaign website. She promptly received a rather blunt response: “Give it a rest!!!!!!!!!!”
Taken aback, Stephanie took to Tumblr to write: “Correct me if I’m wrong, but this isn’t how my state representative is supposed to respond to his constituents about key issues, correct?”
Apparently Stephanie is not alone: Several others are reporting similar curt retorts from Cornish. “Emailed Rep. Tony Cornish via @HRC expressing disappointment,” tweeted Sommer Berg. “Response: ‘Cool off & try writing a sane letter.’ Nice.”
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Minnesota’s Republican-led House of Representatives decided last night to follow up the controversial decision to allow anti-gay “nu-metal minister” Bradlee Dean’s to recite Friday’s opening prayer with a vote in favor of putting a constitutional same-sex marriage ban on the state’s 2012 ballot.
A concerned constituent named Stephanie decided to e-mail her state representative, Tony Cornish (R-Good Thunder), using a form letter found on the Human Rights Campaign website. She promptly received a rather blunt response: “Give it a rest!!!!!!!!!!”
Taken aback, Stephanie took to Tumblr to write: “Correct me if I’m wrong, but this isn’t how my state representative is supposed to respond to his constituents about key issues, correct?”
Apparently Stephanie is not alone: Several others are reporting similar curt retorts from Cornish. “Emailed Rep. Tony Cornish via @HRC expressing disappointment,” tweeted Sommer Berg. “Response: ‘Cool off & try writing a sane letter.’ Nice.”
[shesarejector / minnpost / thanks shannon!]
A little historical perspective never hurt
tchy:
So I live in residence, as most of you already know. The doors that open up onto the hallway are unlocked with card keys, the slots of which, of course, are perfect for sticking flyers into. People…
Other great Michele Bachmann quotes:
“If we took away the minimum wage — if conceivably it was gone — we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.”
“And what a bizarre time we’re in, when a judge will say to little children that you can’t say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it.”
“I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.”
via BuzzFeed
For crying out loud. Are we really taking that position? Seems like an evolving policy on the right. Remember Rep. John Shimkus who in his bid to chair the house energy committee, asserted, with bible in hand, that there’s not need to worry about global warming because “God promised Noah…”. These are our leaders folks, we are sooo Fucked!
If someone saved our planet 2000 years ago, then why are we still fucked?
Even on a technical level, Jesus saved the people of earth from our sins. He is not credited with saving the planet from human-inflicted physical destruction. Also, 2,000 years ago, the planet was in WAY better shape than it is now.
