Gov. Walker to close Oshkosh, WI bus system

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Sunday February 20, 2011 · 6:04 PM PST

2011/02/20 · 18:04

There has been a video going around that is not getting anywhere near the attention it deserves:

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

Tomtech & FalcoAmadeus both have diaries on it.

In it, Rep. Gordon Hintz goes Weiner on the state Republicans on the now infamous "Budget Repair Bill" in Wisconsin.

But at 2:57 in the video, a fact I haven't heard about elsewhere comes up in the debate:

We find out that there are $47 million of federal aid cuts, and my city writes to me and says "Yes, we will have to close our bus system."

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Obama will never prosecute Bush in order to protect himself

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Friday November 12, 2010 · 6:39 PM PST

2010/11/12 · 18:39

The talk of prosecuting Bush after his boasts of committing atrocities needs to stop. Not because that opinion is wrong, but because it will NEVER HAPPEN.

It will not happen because Obama is a weak leader. It will never happen because Obama intends to commit the same atrocities as we speak. Jailing Bush for the same crimes he is committing now will be the end of his presidency, and it sets the stage for his own inevitable prosecution when Emperor DeMint steals the 2012 election, and decides not to "turn the page," or "look forward, not backward."

If history is any guide, it's not the crime that gets you in trouble: it's the cover up. So Obama's solution is simple: create a situation where a cover up is not necessary. If the byproduct of this approach is that Bush gets off scot free, that is a small price to pay to ensure he will never miss any of little Sasha's soccer games while sitting in jail.

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Saturday November 06, 2010 · 3:46 PM PDT

2010/11/06 · 15:46

Of all the punditry & comments by useless hacks, I think this sums up situation in the most concise terms possible:

The fundamental narrative of the Democrats came down to "it really isn't as bad as you think it is and we're trying and just give us more time, and you don't really need to be this worried, it will all be ok soon."

But the problem with anything that de-legitimizes the real experience and real emotions of ordinary people is that it feels false - the Tea Partiers may have been lying about immigration and mosques as central issues, the traditional Republicans trying to blame Obama for a recession that started firmly on their watch, but their lies weren't as big as the one that said "it is all basically ok, you are over-reacting."

Given a choice between two lies, one immoral but at least marginally plausible (scapegoating has a long history and the dubious charm of familiarity to many), the other viscerally, obviously false, it isn't too surprising what the outcome was.

The Election is Over - Now What Do We Do With All the Fear?
[Emphasis Added]

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Friday October 29, 2010 · 6:31 PM PDT

2010/10/29 · 18:31

It's bad enough that these idiots are embarrassing to our friends & co-workers, but now the embarrassment has gone global.

Literally.

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Tuesday October 26, 2010 · 6:55 PM PDT

2010/10/26 · 18:55

I love Barbara.

The number of weasely, mealy mouthed, "please sir, can I have some more," weak people on our side of the aisle grows everyday.

But not Barbara. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, no; not Barbara. When her mouth opens, it stays open.

This year, talk like that coming from a non-elephant is supposedly political suicide.

Really?

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