November 2010
labellerien asked: How do I find out what bills and such are up for voting in my state? I've been to the Tennessee website but can't seem to find anything.
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Prop 20 - Redistricting
VOTE: YES
WHAT IS IT? Currently, elected officials decide district lines. If you’ve ever heard of the term “gerrymandering,” that’s what this is. Prop 20 would create a non-partisan board to draw district lines.
WHY? Again, the current law allows gerrymandering. It sets up voter bias by cutting and pasting neighborhoods that vote along party lines into those party’s districts. Districts should be...
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Prop. 19 - Legalizing Weed
VOTE: YES
WHAT IS IT? Prop 19 would make smoking/owning weed not a crime. It would also tax marijuana, which could generate hundreds of millions of tax dollars for our budget-starved state. Minimum age to buy, possess or cultivate marijuana would be 21.
WHY? I know I’ve covered Prop 19 pretty extensively on here, so I’ll keep this short. Legalizing and taxing weed would generate tons of money for...
horselessrider asked: I love what you're doing with the candidates in the California elections. Do you think you could do that for Pennsylvania? I know that I, personally, would appreciate it greatly. I'd definitely point a lot of my friends to it as well. As a younger voter that is relatively new to politics, I (and many of my peers) would benefit from an easy-to-understand breakdown of the issues that...
kgisgettingitdone asked: Could you go over Prop 22? I'm not sure which way to vote, yes or no, but right now I'm thinking voting yes since Americans for Prosperity is endorsing the no vote. Thoughts?
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Treasurer
Honestly, the two main party candidates are 100% unappealing. Bill Lockyer (D) has had this job for 36 years. Our economy sucks, dude. FRESH BLOOD. Mimi Walters (R) says stuff like “I can’t believe Bill Lockyer let us sell so many bonds” but doesn’t outright say SHE wouldn’t do the same thing.
I say vote for Debra Reiger of the Peace and Freedom party. Worker’s...
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State Controller
Incumbent Democrat John Chiang versus Republican Tony Strickland
VOTE: Chiang
WHY CHIANG? Chiang blocked some parts of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s aggressive budget cuts, like furloughing state workers. He also made sure people got IOUs for their paychecks when the state government briefly froze spending. While the California budget is in need of help, refusing to pay your employees isn’t going to do...
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Insurance Commissioner
Democrat Dave Jones versus Republican Mike Villines
VOTE: Jones
Both candidates are currently California State Assembly members; however, Jones is the chairman of its Health and Judiciary Committee.
WHY JONES? Jones is more on the consumer’s side of the healthcare debate, pushing against insurers to create more competition and decrease rates. Villines is all about “Well how can we cut costs for...
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Secretary of State
Incumbent Democrat Debra Bowen versus Republican Ex-NFL Player/Businessman Damon Dunn
VOTE: Bowen
WHY HER? Bowen hasn’t done a great job, though she said the budget crisis forced her to significantly cut staff and that affected their progress. But she has made some updates to our voting system.
From the LA Times: “In Bowen’s first year in office, 2007, a study by the California Voter...
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Attorney General
Democrat (and San Fran DA) Kamala Harris versus Republican (and L.A. DA) Steve Cooley
VOTE: Harris
As the San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala increased the conviction rate from a disappointing 50% to above 70%. She is so strongly anti-death penalty that she risked her relationship with the SFPD by not seeking the death penalty when a man opened fire on and killed an officer.
From the LA...
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The Big 3
Governor: Jerry Brown (D)
Senate: Barbara Boxer (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Gavin Newsom (D)
I think there has been adequate outside media coverage – not to mention coverage in this blog – about these candidates. I won’t rehash it.
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STFU Voting Guide
I wanted to put together a voting guide for my home state (California) before the election. I’m going to evaluate the candidates, so I’m going to break up the posts by position. After it’s done I’ll make a master list and a printable ballot to take with you.
If you have any questions/concerns about California candidates or propositions, leave them in my Ask box and...
Jon Stewart's rally was bigger than Glenn Beck's... →
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October 2010
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ashleyvengenz:
Oh, liberals. Since I can’t reblog their shit (LOL SURPRISE)
“Let’s Just Say He Were A Muslim, Why Would It Matter to Anyone Who Isn’t A Racist?”
Are you joking me right now? Because everything comes back to racism, right? Do you really have no other way of standing up for what you believe in except to call people racists/homophobes/etc? Grow the fuck up, you are proving how...
“1. Charles Wilson: Sentenced to prison last week for repeatedly threatening to...”
– 6 Terrorists Inspired by Fox News and Glenn Beck | BNET (via stfuglennbeck)
Old Fashioned Racially Motivated Conservative... →
jonathan-cunningham:
After a midterm campaign defined by hysterical claims about American Muslims and fear-mongering about the threat to national security posed by people who look Mexican, some anonymous Texas Republicans are going old-school with their latest attempt to suppress minority voter turnout. Yep, an old-fashioned “misleading flier in a black neighborhood” landed in Houston this...
“If you need any motivation (to vote), Sarah Palin, this week, told Mary Hart...”
– BILL MAHER, Real Time.
Heh.
(via inothernews)
“You’d be amazed how many times I take a picture with a very pregnant woman and...”
– Bill Clinton after an Ohio campaign event was interrupted by Rep. John Boccieri’s pregnant wife, Stacey, going into labor. (via virtualephemera)
God bless this man.
(via awomansplace)
Bill Clinton spontaneously makes women go into labor. Has Snopes covered this???
Californians Gear Up For Historic Recreational... →
Tumblr’s very own MorningGloria stumps for Prop 19 on Jezebel today.
“Apparently not content to let her humiliating performance at the Widener Law...”
– Former O’Donnell manager doubles down on the stupid : Dispatches from the Culture Wars
*facepalm*
(via giftedboi)
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I'm going as a socialist for halloween.
idoitcounterclockwise:
evilteabagger:
I’m just going to walk up to the kids with the most candy and tell them that they have more than enough candy for themselves and take a certain percentage of the candy and give it to the less fortunate trick or treaters.
You see, I think everyone’s happy when you spread the candy around. I do believe there is a certain point where you’ve gotten enough...
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“So, uh, what exactly was this? I can’t control what people think this was: I...”
– JON STEWART, closing out the Rally to Restore Sanity. (via inothernews)
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Gandhi on homosexuality.
littleorphanammo:
jasencomstock:
stfuconservatives:wreckonize:cakeanddiamonds:bossmama:lethalmutations:
Two gay Englishmen came to Gandhi in the 1930s and asked him what he thought of their relationship.
The Mahatma asked some questions and for a short time fell silent.
Then he said, “The greatest gift God gives us is another person to love.”
Placing the hands of each man in the other’s,...
Four questions for Republicans...and four answers... →
Questions:
What was the average monthly private sector job growth in 2008, the final year of the Bush presidency, and what has it been so far in 2010?
What was the Federal deficit for the last fiscal year of the Bush presidency, and what was it for the first full fiscal year of the Obama presidency?
What was the stock market at on the last day of the Bush presidency? What is it at today?
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librarianpirate asked: "I'm taking my pro-life signs and going home" is the new "I'm taking my ball and going home." So declareth I. I can't stop giggling.
Gandhi on homosexuality.
wreckonize:
cakeanddiamonds:bossmama:lethalmutations:
Two gay Englishmen came to Gandhi in the 1930s and asked him what he thought of their relationship.
The Mahatma asked some questions and for a short time fell silent.
Then he said, “The greatest gift God gives us is another person to love.”
Placing the hands of each man in the other’s, he quietly and with a smile asked,
“Who are we to...
“Women have a lot more open mucus membranes and they are getting sicker than men....”
– BP dispersants ‘causing sickness’ - Features - Al Jazeera English (via radicallyhottoff)
Why do Americans have to go to a news organization based in Qatar for honest news about America?
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(via cuntymint)
I really love Al Jazeera. They’re the best for international news and they have a...
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Gawker Responds...
http://gawker.com/5676725/why-we-published-the-christine-odonnell-story
They touch on a lot of things I tried to elaborate on but I guess I may have failed at.
Choice quotes:
Much of the criticism leveled against us is based on the premise that we think hopping into bed, naked and drunk, with men or women whenever one wants is “slutty,” and that therefore our publication of...
Christine O'Donnell & Gawker
rosietint:
stfuconservatives:
rosietint:
stfuconservatives:
http://welcometothisblogbitch.tumblr.com/ asked us:
Thoughts on Gawker/O’Donnell? I understand where NOW is coming from here — the author is clearly a shitbag, and the petty insults and pubic hair descriptions had nothing but nothing to do with anything — but isn’t there at least something to be said for exposing the hypocrisy...