GOP, This Sad Trombone’s For You

Jun 24 2011

Turns out, Florida governor Rick Scott’s unpopularity is making voters think twice about whether to support a Republican for the presidency in 2012. Cue the sad trombone.

The electoral map just keeps trending bluer … .

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Take My School, Please

Jun 23 2011

jail cell or classroom?Since funding for education is feeling the budget hatchet these days more than usual, Michigan school superintendent Nathan Bootz wrote to the state’s governor requesting that his school be converted into a prison, where the average per-person expenditure is 4-6 times higher.

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Jun 21 2011

“According to a retired brigadier general who served as Gen. Petraeus’ chief logistician in Iraq, the Department of Defense spends $20 billion air conditioning tents and temporary structures for the military. That’s more than NASA’s entire $19 billion annual budget.”

WTF?!?

The insanity is documented here.

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If A Campaign Implodes And There Are No Staffers Around To Hear It, Does It Make A Sound?

Jun 21 2011

Gingrich’s finance team quit today.

It’s too bad he didn’t take the now-famous advice of a constituent and quit before he made a fool of himself.

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Rigging the 2012 Election: Oh, Yes They Can

Jun 21 2011

Laws are being passed in Republican-controlled states, counties and districts in the name of preventing voter fraud — not really a huge problem — but which actually work to control WHO gets to vote. Specifically, groups of people who helped get Barack Obama into office.

And the worst part? Almost no one’s talking about it.

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