"Could a media
system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn
lies into truth?" - George Orwell, 1984
Fact: Republicans get mad at President Obama even when he re-enforces a law that was not onlyalready on the books, but was there during the entire 8 years of their own George W. Bush – and never challenged by Republicans; even in the 6 years they controlled both chambers of Congress.
Now that is that. But what about the Catholic issue? Well, it turns out that, under that law, Catholic charities were forced to include contraception because they didn’t qualify as a “religious employer”. But what about the Catholic Church? Among the general public, with the exception of “white Evangelicals”, the majority, including a big majority of Catholics, think employers should provide contraception coverage in their health plans. And who uses contraception? Of those who have had sex, 99% of all women and 98% of Catholic women.
Look! Personally, I don’t approve of the way Obama has governed. But the fact is that the GOP would attack Obama if we all woke up tomorrow morning and found that he had found a way to immediately pay off the entire national debt, funded Social Security and Medicare / Medicaid for the next 1,000 years while at the same time lowered taxes across the board to 2%, provided jobs for every unemployed and underemployed American and magically instilled peace on earth between each and every nation.
To hear the Republicans tell it, Obama has declared war on just about everything. It just happens to be Catholic’s this week. With that, this brings the total to 109 things (and counting) that he has declared war on. I’m sure by next week a couple of more will be added.
". . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." - Abraham Lincoln, 1864
Wells Fargo and a Foreclosure Suicide - ...things were fine until the bank claimed in 2009 that the couple missed a mortgage payment. The Rousseaus presented proof they had made the payment with a cashier’s check, but Wells Fargo insisted the money was still owed. This mistake set off a series of fees and problems that resulted in foreclosure proceedings. The couple fought the bank’s attempt to evict them from their house, even filing a lawsuit, but on Mother’s Day, a few days before being kicked out, Norman Rousseau reportedly gave up and shot himself.
Inhofe Staffer Asks Oil Lobbyist ‘Partners’ For ‘Better Coordination And Communication’ - “Moving forward, we --- your partners --- would kindly ask for better coordination and communication from you to prevent the Obama administration from pulling similar stunts in the future,” wrote Inhofe aide David Banks in the 800-word e-mail to two dozen lobbyists.
Matt Taibbi Can’t Believe Wall Street Donors Have Dried Up For Obama - The only reason banks backed Obama in 2008 is that they knew after the disastrous 8 years of Bush II there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell a Republican was going to win. But they're betting on Romney in 2012.
Issa’s monstrous witch hunt - Since taking over as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last year, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been investigating President Obama’s administration with the tenacity of Captain Ahab in “Moby Dick.”
White House & Dems Back Banks over Protests: Newly Discovered Homeland Security Files Show Feds Central to Occupy Crackdown - A new trove of heavily redacted documents provided by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) on behalf of filmmaker Michael Moore and the National Lawyers Guild makes it increasingly evident that there was and is a nationally coordinated campaign to disrupt and crush the Occupy Movement.
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