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[Translate] The good news as Wall Street gives a thumbs-down to the “No taxes, No jobs” deficit-ceiling-deal (with its built-in automatic spending cuts virtually certain to kick in amid more Congressional gridlock) is that U.S. crude oil futures ended Thursday at $86.63 a barrel in New York — down $5.30! The bad news is that oil companies only use the futures price to justify increasing prices at the pump no matter what their profits have been lately. Still, the GOP got out of the way of putting FAA employees and...

[Translate] Not in 2012. The debate last night showed there’s still room for national-caliber candidates, which is probably why Ambassador Huntsman is set to jump in. While Huntsman comes as no surprise to pundits, he needs the national exposure now if he’s to have name recognition to run for 2016. And that’s what last night was all about, because unseating an incumbent President in a bid for a second term is harder than it may seem. Just look at the previous administration. All but two of last night’s debaters...

[Translate] The GOP majority in the MN state legislature invited controversial “Reverend” Bradlee Dean, who advocates the killing and or incarceration of gays, to make the opening “prayer” for today’s session. Dressed in a track-suit, Dean used the time to question the religious affiliation of U.S. President Barack Obama. Bradlee Dean, opening 20 May 2011 MN Legislative session at invitation of GOP   Editor, journalist, entrepreneur, political consultant, photographer, and former Congressional Campaign...

[Translate] I think it’s safe to assume that there will remain a certain non-trivial segment of the electorate that isn’t so much “for” anything as they are, to put it in plain words, “against President Obama.” Editor, journalist, new-media guru, communications strategist, and former Congressional Campaign Manager committed to social and economic justice. Their numbers will fluctuate some, and their fervor (which is to say, willingness to make noise) is likely to increase as the November 2011 election...

[Translate] Democrats took a shellacking, and it’s partly my fault — not because I took time away from journalism to help manage a Congressional Campaign against an incumbent Republican in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District, rather because I failed to engage more people in the process. Look, both major parties have a collection of loyal supporters who consistently identify as a Democrat or a Republican, and many of them turn out reliably to vote even in non-Presidential elections. Polls prior to November revealed...

[Translate] Many of the pundits and commentators have been speculating, uttering for public consumption variations on a disingenuous theme: the Tea Party threatens to undermine the grand old Republican party. Are you falling for it? Nothing could lead you further from the truth. Ask what motivates those who echo this “conventional wisdom” In the case of most employed in the media the answer is simple enough, they seek attention because their producers use ratings as the primary metric – corporate media thrives on...

[Translate] It was amazing to many to learn recently that it was one Senator, Alabama’s Richard Shelby, on a quest for a massive earmark for his home state, that was able to suspend all progress in filling key leadership roles in many government agencies. No wonder some in the GOP lament government effectiveness as unattainable: their own party is preventing many key agencies from having leaders. Americans were stunned to learn that the objections weren’t based on qualifications, or even philosophical differences, but...

[Translate] More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! | Get my widget! | Visit YouTube | Visit UShow.com UPATE: Joe Wilson is Top Trend on Twitter, and getting slammed, too. Some are asking who was the person yelling “You Lie” out to the President as he explained that illegal aliens would not receive health care According to the Huffington Post, That person’s Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina. I personally thought his outburst, which caused Democrats on the other side of the congressional...

[Translate] Minnesota’s 6th district congressional Representative, Michelle Bachmann, missed a golden opportunity this afternoon to step back from the partisan talking points and rumor-mongering before an overflow crowd at her town hall meeting in a Junior High School auditorium in Lake Elmo. Fresh from criticism that she had been much too quick to depart an event earlier in the week in St. Cloud, Bachmann responded to virtually every question or comment from the crowd with long-winded recitations of her already familiar litany:...

[Translate] More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! | Get my widget! YouTube.com I’ve got to admit, I’m not a fan of South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford and mainly because of his refusal to use the stimulus money to help the people of his state and due to his constant “I’m better than you” approach to President Obama. I’d hoped Sanford would get what’s coming to him. I was more than a little annoyed that Sanford allowed himself to be considered a 2012 Presidential candidate...

[Translate]   More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Blip.tv, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Viddler Gay Marriage: the act of a man marrying a man or a woman marrying a woman will be the issue that revives the Republican Party. Consider that for the first time, more Americans – including myself – support Gay Marriage than oppose it 49 percent to 46 percent according to the latest Washington Post / ABC Poll. But that near 50-50 split is common in many polls and shows that as the idea...