Republicans propose to cut food stamp spending by 5%

Food Stamp Cuts Would Deny Benefits To At Least 4 Million: CBPP

Remember our Founders. Remember who we are. Remember what we do.

The Founders and Climate Change

Would the opposition please look at the other side? Just look. There is no bad intent.

The White House Blog

Republicans Threaten Networks Over Projects on Hillary Clinton

"The chairman of the Republican National Committee threatened on Monday to refuse to partner with CNN or NBC on any presidential primary debates if the two networks move ahead with plans for television projects on Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition

Conservative's mental functions illustrate why the world is still flat

Analyzing political conservatism as motivated social cognition integrates theories of personality (authoritarianism, dogmatism–intolerance of ambiguity), epistemic and existential needs (for closure,

regulatory focus, terror management), and ideological rationalization (social dominance, system justification). A meta-analysis (88 samples, 12 countries, 22,818 cases) confirms that several psychological

variables predict political conservatism: death anxiety (weighted mean r .50); system instability (.47);

dogmatism–intolerance of ambiguity (.34); openness to experience (–.32); uncertainty tolerance (–.27);

needs for order, structure, and closure (.26); integrative complexity (–.20); fear of threat and loss (.18);

and self-esteem (–.09). The core ideology of conservatism stresses resistance to change and justification

of inequality and is motivated by needs that vary situationally and dispositionally to manage uncertainty

and threat

Getting tired of this same old song?

John Boehner: No Debt Ceiling Hike Without Spending Cuts

Political distraction leaves problems unsolved

Are Corporations Trying to Distract Us with Social Issues While They Take Control of Our Economy?

Ten thousand years

I enjoyed the similar video about Obama "Yes We Can". Here is the McCain version. Depressing.

YouTube - john.he.is

Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

The shoe is on the other foot. Let's see what happens with the party that brought us "swiftboat".

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq

Write your congressperson!

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq: "The Democrats are reacting to this charade by conceding the battle before it begins, with Michigan's Carl Levin offering to remove a deadline from the amendment he and Jack Reed, D-R.I., co-sponsored (the deadline was already riddled with loopholes) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offering to 'compromise' with Senate Republicans by dropping his already watered-down demand for a spring 'withdrawal.'"

Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure: "Cenk Uygur: Rove didn't just break the Republican Party. Rove also leaves behind a broken president, a broken army, a slew of broken laws and a broke country. "

The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander

AlterNet: The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander [VIDEO]: "The Seinfeld star plays a part-Karl Rove, part-Lord Voldemort character who plots to keep the Democrats road blocked in Congress in this hilarious short video. "

Finally - some good news for the day.

Family values belong in the family not in politics. My values are my own and I don't want anyone else's forced on me. Religion can't do it because it has no force other than a vague threat of hell. Government can try to do it with laws but that disenfranchises a huge number of the people. I believe having my own values is a constitutional right.

Family-Values Politics Loses Its Value - To the Contrary (usnews.com)

It's Bush's Birthday, This Year He'll Take Cash

What a political beg letter. What nerve.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: It's Bush's Birthday, This Year He'll Take Cash

Eleanor Clift on Dick Cheney's Dangerous Influence

This is from a longtime confidant of Bush and Cheney. A Republican that believes Cheney has destroyed the Republican party

Eleanor Clift on Dick Cheney's Dangerous Influence - Newsweek Capitol Letter - MSNBC.com: "Under the guise of national security, Cheney has gotten away with curbing civil liberties, condoning torture and launching an unnecessary war. He’s also chipped away at environmental regulations and done myriad favors for his friends in the business world. His stealthy intervention undermined former EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman and led to her resignation. He shapes tax policy and energy policy and whatever else strikes his fancy, installing himself as president of Corporate America."

What is in Cheney's Secret Papers?

The Pap Attack!!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: What is in Cheney's Secret Papers? [VIDEO]:

From the article:

"Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire and GoLeft TV talks about how Dick Cheney has become the poster child for Republican secrecy, corruption, and failure. Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire and GoLeft TV talks about how Dick Cheney has become the poster child for Republican secrecy, corruption, and failure. "

Right-Wing Judicial Activism Runs Amok

Democrats when they were the minority party spinelessly gave the Bush administration whatever it wanted. In the war on Iraq, energy policy, prescription prices that cannot be negotiated..... But the biggest legacy is the packing of the Supreme Court with loyal Bushie right wing neocons. It was my biggest fear and it has come to pass. My children and yours will suffer for a generation because the Democrats were spineless.

Rights for students and workers have been taken away and given to religious and corporate entities.

AlterNet: WorkPlace: Right-Wing Judicial Activism Runs Amok

From the article:

"Congressional Democrats never stood up to Bush's far-right judicial nominees. With this week's decisions, Americans are reaping what their lack of back-bone sowed."

People convicted in Abramoff probe

Hmmmm, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, is there a pattern here?

People convicted in Abramoff probe

Just what we need - another actor in the whitehouse

Look at what this guy is defending!

ABC News: Fred Thompson Defends His Lobbying Past:

"Thompson, who likes to cast himself as a political outsider, earned more than $1 million lobbying the federal government for more than 20 years. He lobbied for a savings-and-loan deregulation bill that helped hasten the industry's collapse and a failed nuclear energy project that cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars.
He also was a lobbyist for deposed Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was widely criticized for endorsing 'necklacing,' the gruesome practice of execution where gasoline-soaked tires are thrown over a person's neck and set ablaze."

Hey Dude, Where's My Vacation?

While Republican undercut unions this is what is going on.

AlterNet: WorkPlace: Hey Dude, Where's My Vacation?:

"Nearly one-fourth of American workers have no paid vacation or holidays, according to a recent study from the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and nearly half of all private sector workers have no paid sick days."