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Jonathan Martin gives pitiful analysis of Tea Party/GOP establishment mid-terms results

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Jonathan Martin mid-term narrative fail Last week I wrote the piece titled “Are the Traditional Media oblivious to the mid-term narrative that is falling apart?” The sub-title given the piece was “Force fitting a false mid-term narrative.” There were several inconvenient truths articulated. Specifically, President Obama’s poll numbers are not near as bad as implied. […]

Veterans groups slam Senator Richard Burr ‘insulting’ letter

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Richard Burr slammed for hypocrisy on veterans issues Senator Richard Burr was excoriated by veterans groups for politicizing the VA scandal. Richard Burr wrote an open letter in which he said It became clear at the hearing that most of the other VSOs attending appear to be more interested in defending the status quo within […]

Bernie Sanders excoriates GOP hypocrisy for abandoning veterans (VIDEO)

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Bernie Sanders gets real It is about time that those that are so vociferously calling for the ouster of Eric Shinseki be called out. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) did just that on Politics Nation. He called out Republicans for filibustering a bill that would have according to The Huffington Post, Sanders’ legislation addressed everything from […]

Courageous father blasts NRA after Elliot Rodger Massacre (VIDEO)

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Richard Martinez blasts NRA & Politicians We should all be tired of the senseless gun violence in this country. How many more must die? Richard Martinez, father of slain Christopher Martinez, displays his anguish and anger. “When will this insanity stop? Richard Martinez asked. When will enough people say, ‘Stop this madness!’ Too many have […]

Joe The Plumber: “Your dead kids don’t trump my Constitutional rights”

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Joe the plumber displays his insensitivity I have long said that Right Wing radio host and writers have made insensitivity, incivility, and inhumaneness vogue. Who can forget Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke, a women’s rights activist, a slut? He sort of apologized only after suffering advertising losses. Who can forget Glenn Beck’s ‘shoot them in […]

Gun control a big success in Australia – Blood on US politicians hands (VIDEO)

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One must be amazed that the American traditional media has allowed the NRA and Republican talking points to define the gun control narrative. This is no different than what they did and continue to do with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) debate. They continue to allow misinformation to lead the public discourse. If you are […]

Are the Traditional Media oblivious to the mid-term narrative that is falling apart?

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Force fitting a false mid-term narrative A democracy requires a free independent press. The 1st Amendment of the constitution codifies that right. Unfortunately while the press represented by the traditional media has the right to be free, it has chosen indentured servitude to the American plutocracy. There are severe dangers to this eventuality. Specifically the […]

Michael Moore on UC Santa Barbara Shootings: “Guns don’t kill people — Americans kill people.”

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Michael Moore has nothing more to say Michael Moore even while being out of words had a lot of words to illustrate his disgust, America’s disgust with the state of our gun culture after the Elliot Rodger killings. Remember when Michael Moore once thought that any release of the pictures from the Newton Massacre would […]

Elliot Rodger video telling why he was going to kill at UC Santa Barbara (VIDEO)

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Elliot Rodger speaks about why he was going to massacre innocent human beings. He does it because he feels dejected. He has been rejected by women. He is still a virgin at the age of 22. The long diatribe of this loser could have been summarized in his first one minute fifteen seconds are so. […]

Ben Carson: “What’s happening with the veteran is a gift from God” (VIDEO)

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Ben Carson takes ideology to a new level Dr. Ben Carson takes ideological rigidity to a new level. Ben Carson is a gifted neurosurgeon and otherwise intelligent person. Over the last several years he has allowed his ideological indoctrination to cloud his judgment. Sadly he does this at the expense of humaneness. Ben Carson showed […]