This is an excellent report on the behind the scenes investigation and suspect.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57579984/investigators-focus-on-possible-suspect-in-marathon-images/

Who says we don't have a choice in America?

At this point I choose shot in the face. To quote Han Solo, "Bring it on! I prefer a straight fight to all this sneakin' around."

I saw those comments in a Daily Kos Social Security diary. They made this tingle go up my leg and I felt compelled to share the sentiments.

Democrats are going to be clobbered for proposing Chained CPI. We tried to warn you.

It doesn't get any clearer...republicans want you to die quickly.

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/ryans-freudian-slip-we-are-not-going

I could watch this over and over. Am I a bad, bad girl?

"Welcome to town, new members of Congress. Now hit the phones."

For an incoming member of Congress still basking in the glow of electoral victory, it's a message that hits those in both parties hard -- the most direct indication that time in the people's chamber will be a bit different from the version taught in civics classes.

There are certain expectations of new members of Congress. According to the Democratic Congressional committee, they should prioritize raising money and just help their constituents later on...maybe. Cenk Uygur discusses this and other anti-productive, disheartening aspects of the money in politics problem.

(Lots of quotes from Dem Reps in this video)


*Read more from Ryan Grim and Sabrina Siddiqui/ Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/call-time-congressional-fundraising_...

The Onion couldn't top this. Whether it's the sad faces of all these put-upon dejected rich people, or the elderly minority couple who is depressed despite not paying extra taxes (or was that the point?), or the distressed single Asian lady making $230,000 who might not be able to buy that extra designer pantsuit this year, or the "single mother" making $260,000 whose kids presumably have a deadbeat, indigent dad just like any other poor family, or that struggling family of six making $650,000 including $180,000 of pure passive income and wondering how to make ends meet, mockery is almost superfluous. The thing mocks itself. That $650,000 family in particular is bizarre to the point of incredulity: those people could literally stop working entirely, live extremely well on $180,000 while doing nothing but watching television all day and staying home with their kids, and leave their high-salary jobs with their oh-so-onerous tax requirements to people who actually appreciate them.

Beyond mockery, though, that the Wall Street Journal would even dare publish such a thing without irony is indicative of the reality that the wealthy don't live in the same country as the rest of us. Their experience of life, and therefore of public policy, is on an entirely different plane. These are people who take tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars of yearly passive investment income for granted and think they earned that money, deserving to pay very low taxes on it. They're people who see a single individual making $230,000 as struggling to get by, and severely put upon by the loss of a couple thousand dollars to help pay for decrepit infrastructure and basic healthcare for the indigent.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-poor-poor-rich-of-wall-street.html

Anyway, Stephanie played two of his recent recordings on her show yesterday and I went in search of them immediately to post here. I wound up tweeting him to ask where I could find them and he kindly uploaded them to his SoundCloud account.

Enjoy! Play button is at the very top of the page.

Why does Obama get to live in the White House? It's not fair.
https://soundcloud.com/kenny-pick/nra-fake-ad-1-the-white-house

President Obama has an airplane... Why don't we have one?
https://soundcloud.com/kenny-pick/nra-fake-ad-2-air-force-one

The rest of his sound bites can be found here.


Another great home artist who creates entire songs is Rocky Mountain Mike

A sample of his work

I just saw this posted by James Carter IV on Facebook:

Audio of Scalia's remarks

This video is an example (if the close captioning is correct) of the extremist views held by corporations who hold a free market philosophy.

Access to water is not your right
believing you have a right to water - is an extreme belief
Water is a raw material and a "foodstuff" that should be
privatized and commercialized.

This video is an example of the extremist free market philosophy probably held by many of the corporations that belong to the American Legislative Exchange Council - your death means nothing compared to corporate profits. If this guy believes it - other corporations believe this for their raw materials also.

This is the first time I really truly understand what free market means to these people.
Free market means - it is okay for people to DIE as long as corporations can maintain high levels of revenues.

http://becauseican-2old2care.blogspot.com/2013/01/nestle-you-have-no-right-to-water.html

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So, what say you? I say we stop BUYING their freaking water!

Arrowhead
Aqua Spring
Calistoga
Deer Park
Deep Spring
Ice Mountain
Glaciar
Klosterquelle
Nestle Wellness
Nestle Pure Life
Ozarka
Poland Spring
Perrier
S. Pellegrino
S. Barnardo
Water Line
Zephyrhills