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Vietnam veteran: “When did we become a nation of such panic?”

On the front page of my morning Los Angeles Times was this headline: White House grapples with limits of air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Seems we need more assistance than we're getting in order to stop ISIS in its tracks. Quelle surprise. Then I read and watched the latest breaking news on Ebola. Between those scary accounts and GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter's lies about !!! TEN ISIS FIGHTERS !!! having crossed the Mexican border RIGHT INTO TEXAS, USA!! it dawned on the GOP to blame President Obama for his lack of feck and obvious schemes to fulfill his dreams of [...]

By nicolesandler|October 9th, 2014|Tags: ebola, end the wars, healthcare, hysteria, ISIS, L.A. Times letters to the editor, misinformation, panic, Rep. Duncan Hunter, The Rachel Maddow Show, Video, war, world crisis|3 Comments

Voting rights gutted in #WI: “Judicially imposed chaos.”

Last night, Rachel Maddow laid out disturbing Wisconsin Voter ID Law details. Republicans resort to cheating, gerrymandering, and voter suppression because they have nothing to run on. They've been on the losing side of the issues, their congressional leaders rely on obstruction rather than legislation, and their state legislators and governors eliminate voting rights in order to eliminate Democratic voters. They continue to be the party of discrimination. Rachel: Wisconsin is a state that has never had a documented case of voter fraud by way of impersonation... That's the kind of voter fraud that would, conceivably, be put off, deterred, stopped by [...]

By nicolesandler|October 8th, 2014|Tags: 2014 elections, court ruling, Jon Erpenbach, Scott Walker, The Rachel Maddow Show, Video, voter ID, voter suppression, voting rights, wisconsin|9 Comments

Sarah Palin: Truth an “endangered species at 1400 Pennsylvania Ave.” (VIDEO)

Yes, Sarah Palin actually said this at the Value Voters Summit (it's at the end of the segment): I couldn't resist a few tweets: Rick Perry can't get to 3, Sarah Palin will never make it past 1400. #1600ReasonsPalinIsStillAnIdiot Ruh roh! Now Sarah Palin's really behind the 6 ball! #1400gate High 3s, Sarah Palin! #1400gate I guess this is what Sarah Palin would call a Catch 14. #1400gate Ruh roh! Now Sarah Palin's really behind the 6 ball! #1400gate Sarah Palin thinks a picture's worth 700 words. #1400gate Palin taught her kids this song: "2 Blind Mice." #1400gate On Palin's [...]

By nicolesandler|September 26th, 2014|Tags: idiot, Sarah Palin, Value Voters Summit, Video|6 Comments

We’re paying a cowardly Congress to do nothing as bombs drop

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As long as Rachel Maddow continues to spotlight Congress's disappearing act, I'll continue to post her rants. Above is her latest. Our Congress has not nearly as much interest (as the UK) in this matter. [Boehner] doesn't want this existing Congress to debate military action, he wants it to be the new one, the next Congress, as in, "the one that isn't elected yet" that will convene next year in 2015. Now that the war has started in Iraq and Syria, and they say it will be a years-long [...]

By nicolesandler|September 26th, 2014|Tags: cowards, House of Representatives, ISIS, recess, schedule, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, US Senate, vacation, Video, world crisis|1 Comment

“There’s a reason Congress repulses the people of the U.S.” (VIDEO)

A few days ago, I posted this: “It’s starting to look like an Iraq War.” Where’s Congress? Rachel Maddow picked up where that left off. She was reporting on the Senate's passage of expanding the training of Syrian rebels. Then she got a little sidetracked, and for good reason. VERY good reason: And in completely unrelated news, the United States military continues to wage a war against ISIS... Congress has yet to say anything about that use of force by the U.S. military in Iraq, let alone the 1600 American troops that have been deployed back to Iraq to take part in [...]

By nicolesandler|September 19th, 2014|Tags: 2014 elections, Iraq, ISIS, MIA, President Obama, recess, Syria, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Congress, Video, war, world crisis, your tax dollars at work|5 Comments

“Kids are the only people in the world you’re ‘allowed’ to hit.” (VIDEO) #ViolenceIsViolence

Please watch this entire video. It's less than a minute long: I had some very disturbing conversations on Twitter yesterday. Not only were they disturbing, but mind-boggling. I was floored that I had to provide the following information to so many people: Merriam-Webster: Definition of SPANK : to strike especially on the buttocks with the open hand Merriam-Webster: Definition of STRIKE :to hit (someone or something) in a forceful way Spanking = hitting in a forceful way. Hitting = violence. Clear? Unless, of course, you don't consider striking or hitting to be violent. But, oops, physical force is part of the very definition of [...]

By nicolesandler|September 16th, 2014|Tags: Adrian Peterson, bullying, child abuse, children, domestic violence, Louis CK, mental health, spanking, Video, violence|Comments Off

“‘The military stuff’ will ‘make it all worse’” (VIDEO)

Via MSNBC: Washington’s “armchair generals” are applauding Pres. Obama’s military plans against ISIS, but is that the best course? Phyllis Bennis and William McCants discuss. After listening and watching, and watching and listening, I've come to the conclusion that, so far, Phyllis Bennis (of the Institute for Policy Studies) is the clearest and most credible voice when it comes to the ISIS mess we're getting ourselves into. William McCants' insights were also invaluable, but Bennis has come through with flying colors time after time. She deciphers the convoluted crises in the Middle East in an easily understood way, making me wish [...]

By nicolesandler|September 12th, 2014|Tags: cost of war, enough already, hysteria, ISIS, Phyllis Bennis, The Last Word, Video, war, William McCants, world crisis, world gone mad|Comments Off

“It’s starting to look like an Iraq War.” Where’s Congress?

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Watch and listen carefully. Rachel Maddow lays out exactly what we're up against in this "fight against ISIS" that, per new polls, Americans have started to support. But ISIS has anti-aircraft artillery. The group upon which we're dropping bombs inside Iraq? They have anti-aircraft weapons. That means pilots and crews who are dropping bombs are at risk. P.S. and by the way, this is not being called "combat," yet pilots and crews fighting ISIS can be shot down. Rachel: So politically, it may be very convenient to say [...]

By nicolesandler|September 10th, 2014|Tags: 2014 elections, Iraq, ISIS, President Obama, speech, Steven Sotloff, Syria, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Congress, Video, war, world crisis|1 Comment

“‘Dither’ is the Republican word for “think” (VIDEO)

On "The Last Word," there was a segment devoted to how President's Obama is trying to deal with ISIS, including his order for an airstrike on terrorists in Somalia (see video above). Naturally, the names John McCain and Lindsey Graham were inserted into the conversation, because what would criticism of the president be without mention of war hawks like Grampy McBombBomb and his sidekick L'il Lindsey? Or someone else whose name rhymes with Schmee Schmouble-U Schmush? Lawrence O'Donnell: "We're also living in the aftermath of the complete lack of a George W. Bush long term strategy for what it meant for the United States of America to invade, occupy, take [...]

By nicolesandler|September 3rd, 2014|Tags: foreign policy, George W Bush, GOP fail, Iraq, Iraq war, ISIS, Lawrence O'Donnell, President Obama, terrorism, The Last Word, Video|2 Comments

Vietnam veteran: “When did we become a nation of such panic?”

Voting rights gutted in #WI: “Judicially imposed chaos.”

Sarah Palin: Truth an “endangered species at 1400 Pennsylvania Ave.” (VIDEO)

We’re paying a cowardly Congress to do nothing as bombs drop

“There’s a reason Congress repulses the people of the U.S.” (VIDEO)

“Kids are the only people in the world you’re ‘allowed’ to hit.” (VIDEO) #ViolenceIsViolence

“‘The military stuff’ will ‘make it all worse’” (VIDEO)

“It’s starting to look like an Iraq War.” Where’s Congress?

“‘Dither’ is the Republican word for “think” (VIDEO)

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