Washington State Senator Steve Hobbs is a founding member of the Road Kill Caucus of centrists Democrats. The Road Kill Democrats are known for often voting with Republicans on fiscal and labor issues. Hobbs recently voted against the Washington Investment Trust (state bank) that progressives had been passionately promoting. Despite his role in the Road…
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-the-Black-Bloc-Pres-by-Kirk-Oakes-120219-206.html “What I’m disillusioned with is what I perceive to be a relatively small group of people in disagreement with the Occupy Wall Street message, who would catalyze incidents that lead to overt violence, injury and ultimately death, and then leave the scene. Their sole stated purpose is to nullify the effectiveness of the actions…
Referendum 74 may be on the ballot in November, provided enough signatures are gathered. “This bill would redefine marriage to allow same-sex couples to marry, modify existing domestic-partnership laws, allow clergy to refuse to solemnize or recognize marriages and religious organizations to refuse to accommodate marriage celebrations.” See Approve Referendum 74.
“I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream,” Springsteen told the conference, where the album was aired for the first time. It was written, he claimed, not just out of fury but out of patriotism, a patriotism traduced. “What was done to our country was wrong and unpatriotic…
Some people might consider this video to be exploitative towards women. Others would have a more liberal attitude towards female sexuality.
The founders crafted a Federal system, with a strong central government, because society under the Articles of Confederation wasn’t working.   The Constitution asks the Federal government to provide for THE GENERAL WELFARE and to do lots of other things to secure our safety.  People who believe libertarian fantasies about minimal government should move to Somalia…
See Santorum: Satan is Systematically Destroying America “And Satan has [attacked] the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.”
Chris Tombrello responds: Wikipedia credits Tim Russert with coining “red state/blue state” during the 2000 elections. That year all of the TV news networks decided to use red/blue on their maps as a way to code the 2 parties. I’ve seen the use of colors used extensively in nations where there is low literacy, you…
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Chris-Hedges-is-Correct-Ab-by-Joe-Giambrone-120210-962.html “More of a parasite than a cancer, these pro-violence [Black Bloc] activists latch on to other nonviolent movements and use the cover of a large human shield to carry out actions that the large, nonviolent gathering wants no part of and did not sanction — and it puts their personal safety at risk without…
On Wednesday, a story broke that Rob McKenna has accepted $14k from a shady foreclosure firm that his office had put “on notice” for investigation. Â After sitting on those contributions for over four month, he only returned them to avoid an optics problem –Â days before he announced a settlement with major banks. See McKenna…