The 10 Most Brazen Lies Offered By the Remaining GOP Presidential Hopefuls

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:34 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Americans are still struggling to come to terms with the loss they felt as the wackier GOP candidates fell by the wayside.

entertainment, candidates, gop, republicans, lies, romney, paul, hypocrisy, cain, newt

VIDEO: Mitt Romney's Greatest Hits -- Sympathy For The Corporation

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:35 AM EST (Think Progress)

Up until now, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has been the presumed frontrunner of the GOP presidential candidates.

people, election, politics, president, romney, corporations, hypocrisy, delusion, free-market, bain

Newt Gingrich is angry

Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:01 PM EST (Politico)

Newt Gingrich trundles into the meeting hall - - a former X-rated movie theater - - to rapturous applause. He is not the best-looking guy in Republican race or the best-funded or the most ideologically pure.

campaign, election, politics, president, struggle, gingrich, obama, fear, policy, romney

DHS Pumping Money into Drones for Domestic Surveillance, Hunting Immigrants and Seizing Pot | | AlterNet

Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:55 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The Department of Homeland Security says it needs a fleet of two-dozen Predator and Guardian drones to protect the homeland adequately. Designed for military use, 10 of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are already patrolling U.S.

us, immigrants, politics, homeland-security, waste, marijuana, millions, surveillance, protect, dhs

The Evolution of Gay Rights in Under 7 Minutes – Politics – Utne Reader

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:10 AM EST (Utne)

Ryan O’Connell warns viewers that “Unless you’re made of stone or a homophobe, this video will make you weep openly.” That’s quite a dare, so I took it. And within a minute, I was weeping. Openly.

constitution, gay-marriage, marriage, politics, rights, change, reality, liberal, conservative, equality

Mitt Romney Wouldn't Know a Free Market If It Bit Him on the Ass

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:10 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The lion's share of the wealth Mitt Romney accumulated during his years at Bain Capital was extracted not only by laying off workers and raiding their pensions, but by using what conservatives call “big government” to redistribute wealth from taxpayers to Bain's inv …

market, taxes, politics, government, partnerships, fees, subsidy, hypocrisy, bain, loopholes

Why Are US Job Numbers Better Than Europe's? Thank the Deficit! | | AlterNet

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:02 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Last Friday, Eurostat released the latest European unemployment data for November 2011. The results were horrific, with unemployment rates in Spain now close to 23 percent (as at November 2011 and rising) and Greece 18.8 percent (as at September 2011) and rising.

economy, jobs, democrats, unemployment, republicans, deficit, data, home-prices, equity, stimulus

Eliot Spitzer: 2 Bold Ideas Obama Should Embrace to Stand Apart from Mitt Romney | | AlterNet

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:59 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

First, an idea that will not only generate greater equity and simplicity in the tax code but also create a powerful ideological divide between the president and Romney. The president should propose treating capital gains as ordinary income.

taxes, republicans, obama, romney, income, wealth, hypocrisy, capital-gains, tax-code, inequity

Mitt, Son of "Citizen's United"

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 8:59 AM EST (Truthout - All Articles)

If income and wealth in America were as widely shared as in the first three decades after World War II, we’d have less reason to worry.

election, politics, corruption, power, policy, romney, wealth, greed, citizens-united, super-pacs

Time to Stop Being Cynical About Corporate Money in Politics and Start Being Angry

Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 3:14 PM EST (Truthout - All Articles)

My resolution for 2012 is to be naïve - dangerously naïve. I’m aware that the usual recipe for political effectiveness is just the opposite: to be cynical, calculating, an insider.

oil, congress, money, politics, power, influence, votes, change, corporations, sell

Thanks to Our Military Debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan, America's 'Superpower' Status Has Officially Ended

Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 10:03 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

After all, having seemingly moved much of the U.S. to Iraq, leaving was no small thing. When the U.S.

bush, iraq, afghanistan, washington, pentagon, politics, war, military, waste, obama

The Newtification of Mitt Romney

Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 8:43 AM EST (MotherJones.com)

"I believe in those principles. One of those principles was that we would be a merit society.

elections, power, opportunity, lies, language, entitlement, romney, wealth, truth, hypocrisy

ALEC - America's Secret Political Power

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 4:18 PM EST (Truthout - All Articles)

As the coming federal election sucks all the oxygen out of America’s political room, it’s easy to ignore the power of the states, and the changes that are quietly taking place across the country independent of — and often hostile to — the federal governm …

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After Iran threatens US carrier, bluff will probably be called

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 2:17 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)

While Iran is no match for America's conventional military ability, something Iranian war planners should be well aware of, the increasingly strident threats and counter-responses are increasing the chances of fighting in the area.

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8 GOP Primary Moments That Would Make Jesus Weep

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:46 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

But you have to wonder watching some of the Republican debates and press conferences if the GOP hopefuls have actually read the New Testament.

politics, war, gop, republicans, message, jesus, poor, rich, politicians, christianity

Why Some Right-Wing Christians Love Ron Paul (And Why Liberals Really Shouldn't) | | AlterNet

Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:18 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

One of the Pastors endorsing Paul is the Reverend Phillip Kayser who explains his reasons for supporting him to TPM: Reached by phone, Kayser confirmed to TPM that he believed in reinstating BIblical punishments for homosexuals — including the death penalty — …

constitution, rights, restrictions, protection, bible, fundamentalism, libertarian, bigotry, separation, ron-paul

Are You Being Tracked? 8 Ways Your Privacy Is Being Eroded Online and Off

Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:13 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Few people have ever heard about CIQ. Running under the app functions, CIQ doesn't require the user’s consent (or knowledge) to operate. On Android phones, it can track a user’s keystrokes, record telephone calls, store text messages, track location and more.

technology, fbi, life, privacy, invasion, records, consent, tracking, gps, keystrokes

Gingrich, the anti-conservative

Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:53 AM EST (The Washington Post)

When discussing his amazingness, Newt Gingrich sometimes exaggerates somewhat, as when, discussing Bosnia and Washington, D.C., street violence, he said, “People like me are what stand between us and Auschwitz” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 16, 1994].

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"I Cannot Eat Your Prayers": How Student Debt Changed One Woman's Mind on "Christian Charity" | | AlterNet

Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:58 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

I grew up in an evangelical home, and was an earnest “liberal-evangelical” into my early twenties. Now I think that my former religious faith—not unlike my faith in the U.S.

jobs, lupus, politics, healthcare, poverty, debt, protester, luck, silence, default

How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men and Helped Make the U.S. Into a Selfish, Greedy Nation

Seeded on Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:03 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Only rarely in U.S. history do writers transform us to become a more caring or less caring nation. In the 1850s, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was a strong force in making the United States a more humane nation, one that would abolish slavery of African Americans.

wall-street, money, politics, influence, profits, society, capitalism, greed, consequences, ayn-rand

Bail-out Bombshell: Fed "Emergency" Bank Rescue Totaled $29 Trillion Over Three Years

Seeded on Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:12 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Here’s the hurricane: In reality, no less than $29.616 trillion is the total emergency assistance provided by the Fed to foreign and domestic entities during the Global Financial Crisis. Let’s repeat that: $29 trillion. This astounding number is over twice U.S.

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10 of The Craziest Things Newt Gingrich Has Ever Said

Seeded on Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:47 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

In light of his resurgence, let’s take a trip down memory lane and examine some of the most absurd statements Gingrich has made over the years. Rehashing every outrageous comment by Gingrich would be a lengthy endeavor, so this is not a comprehensive list.

gay-marriage, politics, obama, torture, child-labor, atheist, hypocrite, newt

Eliot Spitzer: 5 Ways to Make Banks Pay for Their Secret $7 Trillion Free Ride | | AlterNet

Seeded on Fri Dec 2, 2011 9:29 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

During the deepest, darkest period of the financial cataclysm, the CEOs of major banks maintained in statements to the public, to the market at large, and to their own shareholders that the banks were in good financial shape, didn’t want to take TARP funds, and that the r …

economy, wall-street, fraud, politics, ceo, banks, finance, lies, bankrupt, tarp

6 Shocking Revelations About Wall Street's "Secret Government"

Seeded on Thu Dec 1, 2011 9:06 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

We now have concrete evidence that Wall Street and Washington are running a secret government far removed from the democratic process.

congress, economy, wall-street, money, politics, power, finance, federal-reserve, capitol-hill, lobbyists

Why Telecoms Get Away With Screwing Customers to Pump Up Their Massive Profits

Seeded on Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:51 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

On October 27 the Federal Communications Commission announced a reform plan of the Universal Service Fund (USF) as part of its implementation of the National Broadband Plan.

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The 10 Most Brazen Lies Offered By the Remaining GOP Presidential Hopefuls
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