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Throw Out the Bible

On January 29, 2012 By

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

There it is, big as life and twice as mean. The oath of office that the new President [...]

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Tammy Baldwin’s Milwaukee Senate Campaign Office officially opened its doors Monday evening, and I’m glad I went, and not just because of the photo ops and the Brownie Bites. Hanging out with Democratic greats like Congresswoman Baldwin and Senator Herb Kohl (among many others) was nirvana for a political nerd like myself. But the best [...]

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I’m an atheist.  I have always been an atheist.  I was raised an atheist.  My kids are being raised as atheists.  I will die an atheist.

I don’t think “In god we trust” is an appropriate motto for The United States of America, a nation founded squarely on the seperation of church and state.

When I [...]

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War on Christmas

On December 2, 2011 By

Happy Holidays!!!

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It is time to get beyond the schadenfreude.  Oh, sure, it is a delight to see Herman Cain in denial over a 13 year “friendship,” so much that he is thinking of ending his campaign.  That’s not going to matter.  Sure, conservatives such as Hannity and Huckabee seemingly had no problem with [...]

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Sure, the first time Scott Walker poked his finger in the eyes of his constituents it was to banish collective bargaining among government workers in the state.  Everyone knows the furor this caused, and as Mary C. DeBattista of Wauwatosa notes, the furor is chiefly because it was based in dishonesty.  He did not mention [...]

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And Jesus Said to them….

On October 19, 2011 By

HUH? That was not thunder you heard yesterday, it was Jesus with a facepalm, after Wisconsin Republican Alvin Ott started the legislative session with a prayer for deregulation(H/T nick nice for the video)!

You honestly can not make this stuff up!

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Real Life Consequences

On October 19, 2011 By

Robert Greenwald, who always does great work, has taken on the Koch brothers and their polluting of a small town.

A bit long and depressing but worth the watch! .The exposure to this junk has real life consequences. Heaven forbid we make the multi billionaire Kochs pay a few more [...]

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The civility of the Christian right

On September 28, 2011 By

Watch and listen as a heckler later identified as David Serrano calls President Barack Obama the antichrist during reelection fundraiser for Obama in Los Angeles:

Is calling the President of the United States of American what passes for civility among the Christian right?

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Back in July I posted an entry about the “My Fellow American” project, and in the wake of the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in Washington D.C., New York City, and Pennsylvania, I wanted to revisit the project.

According to Elizabeth Potter from the “My Fellow American” project, reaction to [...]

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