Obama Up By One Point More in Gallup Daily

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Friday October 05, 2012 · 10:07 AM PDT

2012/10/05 · 10:07

Short diary but good news so far! In the first Gallup daily to include a full day of post-debate, Obama expanded his lead by one point. It is now Obama 50 and Romney 45 in the rolling 7 day tracker. Of course as more polling days are included that are from after after the debate, it could still move in Romney's direction, but with the post-debate talk now moving toward Romney's lies and Big Bird, as well as today's jobs numbers, that seems increasingly unlikely.

Wall Street Jerks Blame Home Owners

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Friday October 15, 2010 · 5:53 AM PDT

2010/10/15 · 05:53

Incredible! Their sense of entitlement is boundless. Reuters today has an article in which:

Wall Street's reaction to the allegations that some banks cut corners while foreclosing on 3 million homes since 2007: Pay your mortgage in the first place.

http://www.reuters.com/...

Yes, it is the homeowners' fault that Wall Street lenders have been cutting corners in evicting them from their homes. Let's just ignore that these jerks are the ones that crashed the home market in the first place!

Below the fold, some quotes from our aristocracy and how you can "show them some love.

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 10:37 AM PDT

2008/10/28 · 10:37

John McCain defines spreading the wealth through a progressive tax policy as socialism, code for communist. By that definition, any President who had a higher income tax rate on the highest tax bracket than the curent one would by definition be a ~~socialist~~ communist.

According to tax figures gleaned from federal record at Nation Master, Dwight Eisenhower was a big old communist with a 92% tax rate on top earners.

More communist Presidents below the fold.

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 10:15 AM PDT

2008/10/26 · 10:15

With little time left in the Presidential campaign, the McCain and Palin camp is unleashing all that they have left -- a campaign that relies on appealing to bigotry and harks back to the Bush fear mongering of our past two elections.

They have already laid the groundwork, using code words to stoke fear and bigotry, not just among their menacing and scary base voters showing up at their rallies, but, they hope, among folks that are otherwise leaning Obama or who are still undecided but who they believe may harbor some of these fears and prejudices. Here are some of the code words. I am sure you can think of more:

“Terrorist Associations” – dark skin, scary, not like you.

“Socialistic” – communist dictatorship.

“Anti-American”, “Don’t think of America the way we do” – see numbers 1 and 2 above.

The problem is, at least so far, the code words have not been working. So, now, they are unleashing the Sarah Palin gone rogue theme....

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 5:55 AM PDT

2008/07/18 · 05:55

I so wanted to be with everyone at Netroots Nation and get the chance to meet and speak with so many of the wonderful folks here whom I read your posts several time daily.

My mother was in a terrible accident, so I have had to instead hit the road to go and be with her. I always feel like I am in a strange and unknown country whenever I have to leave Austin and head to other areas of Texas now.

Anyway, I hope Net Roots is a huge and wonderful success and that you enjoy our fun and beautiful blue oasis in a sea of red, even with the even hotter than usual weather. A few thoughts for leisure time below.

chrisj

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 8:11 AM PDT

2008/06/03 · 08:11

Here is a link to the AP story that tonight Clinton will be conceding that Obama has the delgates needed for the nomination. However, I find the following disturbing:

The former first lady will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race in her speech in New York City. She will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care. But for all intents and purposes, the two senior officials said, the campaign is over.

We need to go about healing, so I hope that she WILL soon end her campaign and urge her supporters to join her in supporting Obama.

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Tuesday April 15, 2008 · 1:06 PM PDT

2008/04/15 · 13:06

She just knew she had it this time. He had made the wrong move – the big error. He had dared to tell the truth, and now, all of the bitter elitists in the DNC crowd would be free to spew Rush Limbaugh talking points about him and her rightful coronation as the leader of the free world would be completed. After all, she had ~~been born~~ married into the royal name.

Yes, she would assume her rightful place as head of the most expensive table in the nicest restaurant in town. Victory was near. All that she had planned for was within her grasp. She downed a shot, pulled out a six shooter and blasted an unsuspecting mallard into oblivion, all the while assuming a position that looked very much like she might be praying.

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Tuesday March 18, 2008 · 1:52 PM PDT

2008/03/18 · 13:52

Jorge Bustamante, The U.N. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants. He visited several immigrant detention centers and interviewed immigrants and interviewed advocates in May of last year.

The purpose of the mission was to examine and report on the status of the human rights of migrants living in the United States. For the purposes of this report, "migrants" refers to all non-citizens living in the United States, including, among others, undocumented non-citizens and non-citizens with legal permission to remain in the country, such as legal permanent residents, work visa holders, and persons with refugee status.

What he found should make us ashamed and angry that our tax dollars are going to severe abuses of human rights (more below the fold). You can see the full report here

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Saturday March 15, 2008 · 7:23 PM PDT

2008/03/15 · 19:23

With all of the attention being given Obama's pastor, it seems strange that Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc., etc. have failed to give equal attention to the man with whom John McCain has campaigned and whom he has labeled his "spiritual advisor" -- Rod Parsley.

Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a "war" against the "false religion" of Islam with the aim of destroying it.

Who is this man McCain calls his spiritual advisor and what does he espouse? Have a look courtesy of www.rightwingwatch.org:

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Monday November 19, 2007 · 10:36 AM PST

2007/11/19 · 10:36

In the ongoing debate in this country over immigration and immigration policy, I believe a fundamental truth is being ignored. It is not even being discussed.

I believe this truth lies at the heart of why our policy makers have been unable to enact fair, just and comprehensive immigration reform. I believe it also why we are unlikely to see the kind of extreme border control/security measures and severe limits on immigration that the anti-immigrant folks say that they want.

The truth is -- our immigration system creates an enduring underclass to which we are addicted.

What we really want from any changes in immigration policy and enforcement is to REGULATE and CONTROL that underclass, not to deport it and certainly not to empower it. This is all we have done with any changes to immigration policy for the past several decades.

I should note that by "we" I do not mean specifically me or any fellow Daily Kos participants and I do not even mean the Tancredos of the world who only play a role in the collective "we".
By "we" a mean the societal structures, systems and institutions that lead to how we deal with immigrants and why we rely on this permanent underclass.

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Sunday November 11, 2007 · 8:53 AM PST

2007/11/11 · 08:53

He came here from Kalmykia. If you have never heard of it, Kalmykia is a republic that was once part of the Soviet Union. I had never heard of it until we assisted him with his asylum case.

He is a journalist and a person of great strength, integrity and courage who stood up against governmental oppression in his home country. Under threat of imprisonment and perhaps even death, he was forced to flee his country, placing his pregnant wife and their children into hiding.

He came to the U.S. and immediately requested asylum with immigration authorities. The rest of his story is below the fold.

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Thursday November 01, 2007 · 7:44 AM PDT

2007/11/01 · 07:44

Well, now in the irony is alive and well department, we find that for-profit prison contractor Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) hired undocumented workers and contractors with criminal records to work at the T. Don Hutto immigrant "family" detention center in Taylor, TX.

From the Austin Chronicle:

The dirty little secret is out: The T. Don Hutto Family Residential Center, a detention facility for immigrant families in Taylor, has employed undocumented workers, as well as contractors with criminal records.

This only came to light when Williamson County, which has a contract to provide some services for the facility, began looking at whether to cancel their contract at the facility, not out of humane concern, but due to liability issues raised by the alleged sexual assault of an immigrant being held in the facility, as well as other "concerns".

More on these "concerns" below the fold...

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