This morning, over at FranIAm’s place, she brought up an important point. She says we MUST become invested in good local politicians.

i finally made my party affiliation a non party affiliation. i no longer belong to a major party- or any party- in america. i try to adhere to what i believe in- and i have been pretty diligently trying to parse out my belief system for myself.

A very close call — Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States, by a vote that was a real squeaker, restored our most basic Constitutional right, habeas corpus.

“the Democrats are throwing the election away, for what, an inadequate black male? Who would not have been running if it had not been a white woman that was running for president.”-Harriet Christian
What. A. Fucking. Wingnut. And she purports to be on our side my dear reader.
H/T to SteveO at Bring it On! for finding [...]

The Clinton’s should probably swap memos more often. Bill supports one thing, Hillary supports another. Bill says one thing, Hillary says another. Of course, we could also talk about the rest of her entourage that supposedly speak for her, but generally seem to say the opposite of what she’s declaring.
This past weekend, [...]

Come on, Dean, do your stuff. I know I’m tired of this, and I think we’ve shredded ourselves enough for one cycle. Harry Reid, speaking on 3/24 to the Las Vegas Journal:
Q: Do you still think the Democratic race can be resolved before the convention?
Reid: Easy.
Q: How is that?
Reid: It will be done.
Q: It just [...]

Rachel, step-mom to PraetorOne, is giving us her pov on Hillary this morning. Please welcome her to Sirens Chronicles. She also contributes to the Coalition for a Democratic America~Dusty
I wish that the Hilary supporters in this country would realize that their candidate comes with a 48 to 52 negative approval rating. Sadly, however, [...]

we are the enemy our parents told us about.. 
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When they set out, it all looked so bright - away to the West, to the Denver convention, nothing but blue skies ahead. They had a continent to cross, a nation to convince, and they vowed to [...]

No matter how the masses vote this primary silly season, and I get to cast mine today..the true power is in the hands of the “Super Delegates” at the convention in Denver Colorado in August. Alternet has a decent writeup about the current situation with the remaining two Democratic nominees and delegates won and still [...]

Surely this isn’t a surprise to anyone that pays attention. In an investigative piece for TruthOut, Matt Renner’s opening salvo is this:
A think tank with close ties to the telecommunication industry has been working with a key Democrat in the Senate on a domestic surveillance bill that would provide telecommunications companies with retroactive immunity for [...]

This is courtesy of FactCheck.org. They do not play favorites as you will see. But it does tell us how full of bullshit and bravado BOTH parties are, which is a crying shame if you ask me. But you didn’t..so without further ado..the long-ass list of bs foisted upon us as the truth and nothing [...]

A Jolly Roger preface: I am not a kinder, gentler kind of guy. I pretty much call ‘em as I see ‘em, and that can be bothersome to the point of offensive. The rest of this post will be boilerplate Jolly Roger, and if you’re easily offended…. it’s time to find a “Brady Bunch” rerun [...]