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kpete's JournalMississippi GOPers Pushing Bill To ‘Assert The Sovereignty Of The State’
Source: Talking Points Memo
The bill, known as the Mississippi Balance of Powers Act, was authored by state Rep. Gary Chism (R), chairman of the House Insurance Committee, and Rep. Jeff Smith (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Earlier this week, the bill was referred to the House Constitution Committee.
“The provisions of this act shall serve as a notice and demand to the federal government to cease and desist any and all activities outside the scope of its designated constitutionally enumerated powers, and that attempt to diminish the balance of powers as established,” the bill reads.
The neutralization committee called for in the bill would enforce “a constitutional balance of powers,” and would be made up of the lieutenant governor, six members of the state Senate appointed by the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the state House of Representatives or his designee and six members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker. The committee will be allowed to review “any and all existing federal statutes, mandates and executive orders for the purpose of determining their constitutionality.” Any measure that is found to be “beyond the scope and power assigned to the federal government under Article 1 of the United States Constitution or in direct violation of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890” may be recommended for neutralization by the simple majority vote of each house of the Mississippi State Legislature.
“If the Mississippi State Legislature votes by simple majority to neutralize any federal statute, mandate or executive order on the grounds of its lack of proper constitutionality, then the state and its citizens shall not recognize or be obligated to live under the statute, mandate or executive order,” the bill reads.
Read more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/mississippi_sovereignty_bill.php?ref=fpa
http://www.clarionledger.com/assets/pdf/D0199718124.PDF
This is how it's done - Hillary Schools Congress and Teaches Girls
This. This is how it's done.
Secretary of State Clinton showed up to answer tough and sometimes ridiculous questions regarding the deadly September 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. In the process, she offered a tutorial for today's young women.
1) When a man asks you a question and then refuses to look at you as you answer, just keep going. Don't let his rudeness silence you.
2) When he interrupts you, return the favor.
3) When he says things you know are not true, correct him. Repeatedly.
4) When he attempts to bully you, mow him down with facts.
5) And whenever possible, smile. Nothing rattles an angry man like a woman who looks happy to annoy him.
more:
http://www.creators.com/liberal/connie-schultz.html
and for more fun check this out:
http://feministing.com/2013/01/24/how-to-deal-with-a-mansplainer-starring-hillary-clinton-in-gifs/
Congratulations Or Condolences?
anybody else have mixed feelings?
peace (still my answer) kp
Finally, the Republicans Are Afraid - By Robert Parry
Finally, the Republicans Are Afraid
Friday, 25 January 2013 11:04
By Robert Parry, Consortium News | News Analysis
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After his Inaugural Address as he stepped back into the U.S. Capitol, President Obama paused, turned around and looked back at the throngs of people waving American flags as far as the eye could see. He said wistfully, “I’m not going to see this again.”
From his seat in the Inaugural reviewing stands, Speaker Boehner saw the same impressive scene, and he may have grasped its implicit message. The large and diverse crowd personified the Obama coalition — and the mortal threat that it represents to traditional American politics, always dominated by white men of means.
Of course, the Republicans still have the Right-Wing Machine churning out propaganda to rally the party’s angry white-male base. Plus, the GOP is coming up with more new plans for minimizing the votes of black and brown people and maximizing the political clout of whites, such as a scheme in several states to apportion presidential electors based on the Republicans’ gerrymandered congressional districts.
But Boehner seems to sense that something fundamental has changed. Perhaps he was playacting a bit when he warned fellow Republicans that Obama hoped to “annihilate” the Republican Party. But – overdramatized or not – Boehner’s alarm suggests that finally it is the Republicans who are afraid.
MORE:
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14139-finally-the-republicans-are-afraid
The 11 Best Places To Go On A Redneck Vacation
The 11 Best Places To Go On A Redneck Vacation
1. The Mystery Hole (Anstead, WV)
Science has never been able to explain* the gravity defying conundrum that is West Virginia's Mystery Hole.
(*Well, if you want to get technical it's what scientists call a "hoax," but also, SHUT UP, SCIENTISTS.)
Hit the road! There's plenty to see and do across these here great states. CMT’s favorite family is back and hitting America’s highways for the road trip of a lifetime! The ALL-NEW season of My Big Redneck Vacation begins tomorrow at 9/8c, only on CMT.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/redneckvacation/the-11-best-places-to-go-on-a-redneck-vacation
Obama, Clinton To Do First Joint Interview On ‘60 Minutes’ This Sunday
Obama, Clinton To Do First Joint Interview On ‘60 Minutes’ This Sunday
TOM KLUDT 7:56 AM EST, FRIDAY JANUARY 25, 2013
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday will participate in their first joint interview on CBS' "60 Minutes," the White House announced Friday.
The official announcement came via Twitter from White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer.
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Earlier on Friday, Politico's Mike Allen tweeted that "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft will conduct the interview.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-clinton-to-do-first-joint-interview-on?ref=fpb
LOL! Jindal Says It: "We've got to stop being the stupid party."
Bonus Quote of the Day
-- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), quoted by the Washington Post.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/01/25/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PoliticalWire+%28Political+Wire%29
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-gop-must-stop-being-stupid-party/2013/01/24/d06d5ea6-6690-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss to announce retirement
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss to announce retirement
9:42 am January 25, 2013, by jgalloway
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will announce this morning that he’s dropping plans to run for a third term in 2014, a decision certain to set off an avalanche of Republican candidates who will seek to replace him.
Word out of Washington is that Chambliss broke the news to his senior staff this morning.
At least two GOP House members from Georgia, Paul Broun of Athens and Tom Price of Roswell, have been contemplating primary challenges to Chambliss, who has been criticized for participating in a bipartisan effort to broker a deal to address a $16 trillion federal deficit.
Both Chambliss and U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson had voted this month for the Senate-negotiated deal that avoided the “fiscal cliff” imposed by a 2011 fight over the federal debt ceiling. All Republican House members from Georgia voted against it.
Read more: http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2013/01/25/u-s-sen-saxby-chambliss-to-announce-retirement/
Clinton May Suffer from Double-Vision (Oh oh, what will the lemmings say?)
Clinton May Suffer from Double-Vision
The eyeglasses worn by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in recent days appear to be for treating double-vision, the New York Daily News reports.
"As she testified about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, the secretary of state appeared to have tiny vertical lines etched onto the left lens of her new brown specs... Experts told the Daily News that Clinton likely has a Fresnel prism placed on her glasses. The adhesive panel is used to treat double vision."
A Clinton spokesman confirmed to Daily Intelligencer that Clinton will "be wearing these glasses instead of her contacts for a period of time because of lingering issues stemming from her concussion."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hillary-double-mrs-clinton-specs-hint-impairment-article-1.1247375
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/hillary-clinton-glasses-fresnal-lens-concussion-double-vision.html
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